Vital Voices Podcast
1) Kay Wade
We visit a home kitchen in Southwest Virginia to learn about the late summer ritual of making the garden-clearing relish known as chow-chow. Kay Wade and her family have been using the same chow-chow ...Show More
2) Pal Barger
In an interview from 2003 that has never been aired before, the late Frederick “Pal” Barger, founder of the regional restaurant chain Pal’s Sudden Service, talks about his business philosophy. With st...Show More
3) Cheryl Bennett
We visit the tiny community of Broylesville, in Washington County, Tennessee, to talk with Cheryl Bennett. She and her husband Dwight own and live in the old Broylesville Mill, and they are documentin...Show More
4) Dr. John Shelton Reed
Dr. John Shelton Reed, an authority on all things Southern and a retired University of North Carolina sociology professor, returns to “Vital Voices.” This time his subject is a classic New Orleans coc...Show More
5) Curtis Buchanan
His chairs are in use at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home in Virginia, and around the breakfast table in the Governor’s Mansion in Nashville, Tennessee. Meet Curtis Buchanan, who has been making Wi...Show More
6) Don Cusic (part two)
We delve more deeply into the life and times of the late Chet Atkins, in part two of our interview with Don Cusic, author of the new biography, Chet Atkins: Mr. Guitar, published in 2025 by the Univer...Show More
7) Don Cusic
We look at the life and work of the late guitarist Chet Atkins, originally from Luttrell, Tennessee. Our guest is Belmont University professor Don Cusic, author of a new biography entitled Chet Atkins...Show More
8) Dr. Kristen Scarpato (part two)
In part two of our discussion about prostate cancer, Dr. Kristen Scarpato, a urologic oncologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, talks about various treatment options.
9) Dr. Kristen Scarpato
In the first of two programs on the subject, we discuss prostate cancer, the most common cancer among men. Our guest is Dr. Kristen Scarpato, Associate Professor of Urology at Vanderbilt University Me...Show More
10) Mayor Peter O’Leary
Peter O’Leary, Mayor of Chimney Rock Village in Western North Carolina, talks with us about restoration and recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene’s destruction. O’Leary’s business sust...Show More