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In our second Writing Roundtable episode, renowned literacy expert Lester L. Laminack joins us to discuss his Ferris wheel of education concept, providing a fresh perspective on educational trends. Lester examines the current state of writing instruction, investigating how recent developments influence students' writing experiences and skills. Listeners will gain valuable insights into the evolving landscape of writing pedagogy as Lester addresses the promising advancements and potential challenges facing educators. GO DEEPER:Read Lester's original "Ferris Wheel" piece on The Robb ReviewABOUT OUR GUEST:Lester Laminack, Professor Emeritus, Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina is a full-time writer and consultant working with schools throughout the United States and abroad. He is the author of over 25 books for teachers and children. His academic publications include Climb Inside a Poem (Heinemann) Cracking Open the Author's Craft (Scholastic), Bullying Hurts: Teaching Kindness Through Read Aloud and Guided Conversations (Heinemann), The Writing Teacher's Troubleshooting Guide(Heinemann), Writers ARE Readers: Flipping Reading Strategies into Writing Instruction (Heinemann), Reading to Make a Difference(Heinemann), The Ultimate Read Aloud Guide 2nd Edition (Scholastic) and The Ultimate Read Aloud Collection Fiction and Nonfiction (Scholastic), Critical Comprehension: Lessons for Guiding Students to Deeper Meaning (Corwin). Lester is also the author of several children's books including: The Sunsets of Miss Olivia Wiggins, Trevor's Wiggly-Wobbly Tooth, Saturdays and Teacakes, Jake's 100th Day of School, Snow Day!, Three Hens and a Peacock (2012 Children's Choice K-2 Book of the Year Award), and The King of Bees all published by Peachtree Publishers. His most recent book for children is Three Hens, a Peacock, and the Enormous Egg. His most recent book, A Cat Like That was released in January 2025.Lester is available for professional development and school author visits. You can contact him via his website, and follow him on Facebook.Thanks to our affiliate, Zencastr! Use our special link (https://zen.ai/mqsr2kHXSP2YaA1nAh2EpHl-bWR9QNvFyAQlDC3CiEk) to save 30% off your first month of any Zencastr paid plan. Send us a textPlease subscribe to our podcast and leave us ratings/reviews on your favorite listening platform.You may contact us directly if you want us to consult with your school district. Melanie Meehan: meehanmelanie@gmail.com Stacey Shubitz: stacey@staceyshubitz.com Email us at contact@twowritingteachers.org for affiliate or sponsorship opportunities.For more about teaching writing, head to the Two Writing Teachers blog.
Episode 55 is a discussion with award winning novelist, short story writer, poet, and big-time McCarthy fan, Ron Rash. Ron attended Gardner Webb University in Boiling Rock NC and then earned his master's in English at Clemson University. He is a writing and English faculty member at Western Carolina in Cullowhee, NC, where he serves as the John and Dorothy Parris Distinguished Professor of Appalachian Cultural Studies. Ron has won many (I mean, many) honors and awards, including the Academy of American Poets Prize in 1986, O'Henry short story awards in 2005, 2010, 2019, and the Frank O'Connor International short story award in 2010. His collection of stories Chemistry and Other Stories was a finalist for the Pen/Faulkner award, as was his novel Serena. His most recent novel is The Caretaker, a novel set during the Korean War but dealing primarily with class stratification and the home-front in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. The Caretaker was selected by the New York Times as one of the Best Books of the Year for 2023.Ron was the Keynote speaker at the McCarthy Conference in October, 2024 and was kind enough to sit for an interview and discuss our mutual passion for the works of Cormac McCarthy.Thanks to Thomas Frye, who composed, performed, and produced the music for READING MCCARTHY. The views of the host and his guests do not necessarily reflect the views of their home institutions or the Cormac McCarthy Society, although in our hearts we hope they'll follow along. Download and follow us on Apple, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you're agreeable it'll help us if you provide favorable reviews on these platforms. To contact us, please reach out to readingmccarthy@gmail.com. Support the showStarting in spring of 2023, the podcast began accepting minor sponsorship offers to offset the costs of the podcast. This may cause a mild disconnect in earlier podcasts where the host asks for patrons in lieu of sponsorships. But if we compare it to a very large and naked bald man in the middle of the desert who leads you to an extinct volcano to create gunpowder, it seems pretty minor...
Pendant quinze jours, alors qu'ils traversent les États-Unis, Miguel Allo et Jérôme Colin vont chaque jour à la rencontre des écrivains majeurs de l'Amérique d'aujourd'hui. Aujourd'hui, Ron Rash, que Miguel et Jérôme ont rencontré chez lui, dans sa cabane nichée au cœur des montagnes appalaches, à Cullowhee ! Il vient de publier « Une tombe pour deux » chez Gallimard. Ils abordent ensemble le style de vie des habitants du sud des Appalaches, les oppositions entre les zones rurales et urbaines, son sentiment à l'approche des élections et ce qu'il attend d'un président. Résumé du livre : "Une tombe pour deux" Les Hampton, propriétaires de vastes terres, de la scierie et du magasin général de Blowing Rock, petite ville de Caroline du Nord, désapprouvent l'amitié que leur fils Jacob porte à Blackburn, croque-mort défiguré et boiteux à la suite d'une polio. Et plus fortement encore son mariage avec la très jeune Naomi, fille d'un paysan sans le sou. Profitant de l'éloignement de Jacob, parti combattre en Corée après avoir confié Naomi à son ami, ils élaborent un plan inqualifiable justifié à leurs yeux par une certaine idée de l'amour parental. En fait, il s'agit surtout de protéger leurs intérêts et l'honneur de la famille. Merci pour votre écoute Entrez sans Frapper c'est également en direct tous les jours de la semaine de 16h à 17h30 sur www.rtbf.be/lapremiere Retrouvez l'ensemble des épisodes et les émission en version intégrale (avec la musique donc) de Entrez sans Frapper sur notre plateforme Auvio.be : https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/8521 Abonnez-vous également à la partie "Bagarre dans la discothèque" en suivant ce lien: https://audmns.com/HSfAmLDEt si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement. Vous pourriez également apprécier ces autres podcasts issus de notre large catalogue: Le voyage du Stradivarius Feuermann : https://audmns.com/rxPHqEENoir Jaune Rouge - Belgian Crime Story : https://feeds.audiomeans.fr/feed/6e3f3e0e-6d9e-4da7-99d5-f8c0833912c5.xmlLes Petits Papiers : https://audmns.com/tHQpfAm Des rencontres inspirantes avec des artistes de tous horizons. Galaxie BD: https://audmns.com/nyJXESu Notre podcast hebdomadaire autour du 9ème art.Nom: Van Hamme, Profession: Scénariste : https://audmns.com/ZAoAJZF Notre série à propos du créateur de XII et Thorgal. Franquin par Franquin : https://audmns.com/NjMxxMg Ecoutez la voix du créateur de Gaston (et de tant d'autres...)
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair…" It is striking how much these immortal words, written by Charles Dickens in the mid-19th century at the height of the Industrial Revolution, still apply today. We live in a similarly paradoxical era, only a more complex one. It was during Dickens' time that we began down the unstainable path of prioritizing industry over ecological health, mainly because we were captivated by the hope of progress, or resigned to its inevitability. These conditions really haven't changed. What is different is the accelerated pace of change. Most of the technological comforts we take for granted occurred within the past one hundred years, including electricity, which almost nobody had access to one hundred years ago.So how do we best live and love in modern times? Perhaps the key is to escape the boundaries of time. Both men on this program have stepped outside the conventions of their day. They have left behind modern technological conveniences and chosen to directly encounter the natural world. Thomas Rain Crowe, following the tracks of Thoreau, retreated to his own cabin in the woods, where he lived without electricity and running water for four years. Marc Thibault has ventured deep into the Amazon rainforest on many occasions. He just came back a couple of days ago.What have these men learned about life while indigenizing themselves to the land? Can we remember what it is to be fully human and learn to live and love in the broadest possible sense? What do kinship systems of nature teach us about love? Can modern society learn to go beyond insular love between two humans and become one with the Beloved, one with the Great Mystery of life we are all so privileged to experience.ABOUT OUR GUESTS:Thomas Rain Crowe is an internationally published author, editor, and translator of more than thirty books, including the multi-award winning memoir Zoro's Field: My Life in the Appalachian Woods (2005). He is also a publisher himself (New Native Press) which publishes works of environmental activism and cultural preservation. He was born and raised in Cullowhee, NC. in the Appalachian mountain region of western North Carolina, and this laid the foundation for his literary endeavors and also shaped his profound connection to his land based cultural heritage. During the 1970s he lived abroad in France and then returned to the US, moving to San Francisco, where he became editor of Beatitude (Be-at-a-tood) magazine and press in San Francisco, which made him one of the “Baby Beat” generation. From 1979-1982, he moved back to the woods of western North Carolina to live in the aforementioned cabin where he composed Zoro's Field. His literary repertoire includes poetry collections, essays, and books that delve into themes encompassing nature, spirituality, social issues, and the human condition. Beyond his original poetry, Crowe became renowned for his skillful translations of contemporary and historical European, Sufi, and Hindu poets, including his most recent publication, a masterful translation of select Kabir poems entitled Painting from the Palette of Love, which I might add, I just devoured over the last two days. For a quarter century Marc Thibault has been involved in the social and environmental impact sphere as an entrepreneur, system thinkers and policy influencer covering a wide span of industries and issues developing novel solutions requiring human-centered design while integrating environmental and social concerns. His spent 10 years pioneering model-driven decision support systems until he had his first life-changing epiphany, when he realized how much modern humans, especially children, were exposed to toxic chemicals. Being a father of two boys, he devoted the next 15 years to solving environmental health issues working across the private, public and non-profit sectors and has also worked with hybrid B corps to provide plant based alternatives to toxic chemicals and better protect our children – And then he had his second life changing experience in 2012 when he visited the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest which led him to starting Nativien (an Indigenous-centered hybrid organization using the universal language of medicinal plants). He is currently active in supporting Indigenous Peoples to create a network of Living Pharmacies throughout the Amazon Rainforest, with three essential goals: 1) bring about a biocultural economy, 2) strengthen Indigenous Traditional Knowledge systems, and 3) change the way moderns relate to the natural world and traditional Indigenous communities.
The Stadium Heads podcast on the Sports Gambling Podcast Network is back and this episode they are breaking down the FBS Independent Stadiums and some of their top FCS Stadiums. Pick Dundee aka (@TheColbyD) & Michael Barker (@CFBcampustour) break down Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana and key in on UConn and Umass's home stadiums as well as some of their favorite FCS Stadiums. Is McGuirk Stadium with Umass a better college football stadium than the perception it has recently got online? Does UConn have a great stadium with Pratt & Whitney Stadium? Is E.J. Whitmire Stadium the home to Western Carolina in Cullowhee, North Carolina one of the best stadiums to catch a college football game in America? Does South Dakota State have a gem of a college football stadium in Brookings, South Dakota with the Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium? Is the Fargo Dome one of the toughest stadiums to grab a win at in Fargo, North Dakota? Is Robert W. Plaster Stadium in Springfield, Missouri one of the more underrated stadiums in the college football world?Have the Delaware Blue Hens in Newark, Delaware built up a great stadium in UD Stadium? Does Central Arkansas have an unbelievable and unique stadium in Conway, Arkansas with Estes Stadium? Is the Ice Castle aka Stambaugh Stadium in Youngstown, Ohio a bucket list college football stadium? We talk it all and more on this episode of The Stadium Heads. JOIN the SGPN community #DegensOnlyExclusive Merch, Contests and Bonus Episodes ONLY on Patreon - https://sg.pn/patreonDiscuss with fellow degens on Discord - https://sg.pn/discordDownload The Free SGPN App - https://sgpn.appCheck out the Sports Gambling Podcast on YouTube - https://sg.pn/YouTubeCheck out our website - http://sportsgamblingpodcast.comSUPPORT us by supporting our partnersCirca Sports - 16 MILLION in guaranteed prizes w/ Circa Survivor & Circa Millions - https://www.circasports.com/circa-sports-millionFootball Contest Proxy - Use promo code SGP to save $50 at - https://www.footballcontestproxy.com/Rithmm - Player Props and Picks - Free 7 day trial! http://sportsgamblingpodcast.com/rithmmUnderdog Fantasy code SGPN - Up to $250 in BONUS CASH - https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-sgpnGametime code SGPN - Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code SGPN for $20 off your first purchase - https://gametime.co/ADVERTISE with SGPNInterested in advertising? Contact sales@sgpn.io Follow The College Experience & SGPN On Social MediaTwitter - https://twitter.com/TCEonSGPNInstagram - http://www.instagram.com/TCEonSGPNTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@TCEonSGPNYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheCollegeExperienceFollow The Hosts On Social MediaColby Dant - http://www.twitter.com/thecolbydPatty C - https://twitter.com/PattyC831NC Nick - https://twitter.com/NC__NicK
The Stadium Heads podcast on the Sports Gambling Podcast Network is back and this episode they are breaking down the FBS Independent Stadiums and some of their top FCS Stadiums. Pick Dundee aka (@TheColbyD) & Michael Barker (@CFBcampustour) break down Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana and key in on UConn and Umass's home stadiums as well as some of their favorite FCS Stadiums. Is McGuirk Stadium with Umass a better college football stadium than the perception it has recently got online? Does UConn have a great stadium with Pratt & Whitney Stadium? Is E.J. Whitmire Stadium the home to Western Carolina in Cullowhee, North Carolina one of the best stadiums to catch a college football game in America? Does South Dakota State have a gem of a college football stadium in Brookings, South Dakota with the Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium? Is the Fargo Dome one of the toughest stadiums to grab a win at in Fargo, North Dakota? Is Robert W. Plaster Stadium in Springfield, Missouri one of the more underrated stadiums in the college football world?Have the Delaware Blue Hens in Newark, Delaware built up a great stadium in UD Stadium? Does Central Arkansas have an unbelievable and unique stadium in Conway, Arkansas with Estes Stadium? Is the Ice Castle aka Stambaugh Stadium in Youngstown, Ohio a bucket list college football stadium? We talk it all and more on this episode of The Stadium Heads. JOIN the SGPN community #DegensOnlyExclusive Merch, Contests and Bonus Episodes ONLY on Patreon - https://sg.pn/patreonDiscuss with fellow degens on Discord - https://sg.pn/discordDownload The Free SGPN App - https://sgpn.appCheck out the Sports Gambling Podcast on YouTube - https://sg.pn/YouTubeCheck out our website - http://sportsgamblingpodcast.comSUPPORT us by supporting our partnersUnderdog Fantasy code SGPN - Up to $250 in BONUS CASH - https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-sgpnCirca Sports - 16 MILLION in guaranteed prizes w/ Circa Survivor & Circa Millions - https://www.circasports.com/circa-sports-millionFootball Contest Proxy - Use promo code SGP to save $50 at - http://proxy.footballcontest.comRithmm - Player Props and Picks - Free 7 day trial! http://sportsgamblingpodcast.com/rithmmGametime code SGPN - Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code SGPN for $20 off your first purchase - https://gametime.co/OddsJam - 7-day free trial and 35% off your first month subscription promo code SGPN - https://fas.st/t/yaJkJgH132 NFL Team Previews - https://www.sportsgamblingpodcast.com/2024-nfl-team-previews/ ADVERTISE with SGPNInterested in advertising? Contact sales@sgpn.io================================================================Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER CO, DC, IL, IN, LA, MD, MS, NJ, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV, WY Call 877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY) Call 1-800-327-5050 (MA)21+ to wager. Please Gamble Responsibly. Call 1-800-NEXT-STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 (KS, NV), 1-800 BETS-OFF (IA), 1-800-270-7117 for confidential help (MI)
Luke Manget is an author, historian, and assistant professor of history at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. After a reading from an 1870's newspaper about a strange race of beings known as “saugers,” we dive straight into the significance of ginseng on the American frontier [1780's], specifically in southern Appalachia: Va, WV, NC. We get into such topics as: the commons vs private property; old world mandrake folklore; & deterring poachers with traps. Luke then describes the ginseng digger stereotype as perpetuated & mythologized by newspapers of the late 19th-century, opening a discussion about class in Appalachian society. For the last third of the episode we hear about the other roots and herbs that were dug for profit besides ginseng; the counter-medical-establishment herbalism movement of the 1800's; and lastly, newspaper accounts of The Wild Man of the Woods.Reading from Ginseng Diggers: A History of Root and Herb Gathering in Appalachia by Luke Manget. Check out Luke's site The Southern Highland where you can purchase his book, Ginseng Diggers. Music:"Ginseng Sullivan"Written by Norman BlakePerformed by Andy & Graham FerrellCourtesy of Old Home Place Recordings"Ginseng Blues"Written by the Kentucky RamblersPerformed by The Bird Family Band"Weary Blues"Traditional SongPerformed by Andy & Graham FerrellCourtesy of Old Home Place RecordingsSupport Our Numinous Nature on Patreon.Follow Our Numinous Nature & my naturalist illustrations on InstagramCheck out my shop of shirts, prints, and books featuring my artContact: herbaceoushuman@gmail.com
"Choral programs don't exist in a vacuum. They exist in a place, and they exist in a place that serves a people. That people group is always bigger than choir. The first thing that you've gotta do is answer the question, 'how are my people, how is my place going to be served by choral music?' and then build that. You've gotta build that one step at a time."Joshua Cheney, a native of Fayetteville, North Carolina, is the Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. He is responsible for the leadership and administration of GWU Choirs, to include the direction of Concert Choir, Men's Chorale, Handbell Ensemble, and the Worship Ensemble. Joshua also teaches courses in conducting, voice, and guitar.In addition to his work in teaching, Joshua currently serves as the Interim Music Minister for the First Baptist Church of Asheville, North Carolina. In this role he participates in worship planning and leads the Adult Choir in rehearsal and worship. Joshua is an active performer and has sung professionally with the North Carolina Master Chorale Chamber Choir, Bel Canto Company, the Red Shift Choir, and Coro Vocati. Joshua is a regular clinician, adjudicator, and presenter, having directed honor choirs, adjudicated choral festivals, and given lectures at professional conferences throughout the South. Previous appointments include service as the Assistant Professor of Choral Music at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee, the Assistant Director of Music and Worship at the First United Methodist Church of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the Choral Music Educator at John M. Morehead High School in Eden, North Carolina, and the Choral Music Educator at Harnett Central Middle School in Angier, North Carolina.Joshua holds the B.A. in Music Education from Campbell University, the M.M. in Choral Conducting and Church Music from Mercer University, and the D.M.A. in Choral Conducting from Louisiana State University. Joshua is married to Rebekah Cheney, who serves as the Director of Annual Giving at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. Joshua and Rebekah reside in Asheville, North Carolina.To get in touch with Joshua, you can find him on Instagram (@jcheneyconductor or @gardnerwebbchoirs) or email him at mailto:jcheney1@gardner-webb.edu .Choir Fam wants to hear from you! Check out the Minisode Intro Part 3 episode from February 16, 2024, to hear how to share your story with us.Email choirfampodcast@gmail.com to contact our hosts.Podcast music from Podcast.coPhoto in episode artwork by Trace Hudson
For our regular listeners, this episode is a special episode of the PodCats designed specifically for guests that are touring the campus of Western Carolina University on their own! The audio tour follows along the self-guided tour route provided on maps at the Office of Admissions. We hope that the guests listening while walking around campus enjoy their time in Cullowhee, and we look forward to seeing you back on
For our regular listeners, this episode is a special episode of the PodCats designed specifically for guests that are touring the campus of Western Carolina University on their own! The audio tour follows along the self-guided tour route provided on maps at the Office of Admissions. We hope that the guests listening while walking around campus enjoy their time in Cullowhee, and we look forward to seeing you back on
This week Patrick finishes the summer student spotlight with two current Entourage Tour Guides Alex and Alex! The summer debate topics wrap up as the PodCats enjoys the final days of summer in Cullowhee! Also, Patrick provides a quick preview of some of the activities around the first few days of the school year!
This week Patrick finishes the summer student spotlight with two current Entourage Tour Guides Alex and Alex! The summer debate topics wrap up as the PodCats enjoys the final days of summer in Cullowhee! Also, Patrick provides a quick preview of some of the activities around the first few days of the school year!
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Since it is Addison's first Friday back in Charlotte we thought we would celebrate by sharing the episode on Long Distance Relationships with The Martin's. Kirstyn Martin is someone who had the most influence on Addison in Cullowhee and discipled her for two years! We are so excited that you get to hear her + her husband's nuggets of wisdom!
This week Patrick continues the summer student spotlight with two current Entourage Tour Guides Calesia and Keelin! The summer debate topics are in full swing as the PodCats enjoy summer in Cullowhee! Also, Patrick does a quick preview of the upcoming fall sports schedules so that you can start making your plans now to cheer on the Catamounts!
This week Patrick continues the summer student spotlight with two current Entourage Tour Guides Calesia and Keelin! The summer debate topics are in full swing as the PodCats enjoy summer in Cullowhee! Also, Patrick does a quick preview of the upcoming fall sports schedules so that you can start making your plans now to cheer on the Catamounts!
This week Patrick continues the summer student spotlight with current Entourage Tour Guide Jarrod and former Entourage Tour Guide Brandon! The summer debate topics are in full swing as the PodCats enjoy summer in Cullowhee!
This week Patrick continues the summer student spotlight with current Entourage Tour Guide Jarrod and former Entourage Tour Guide Brandon! The summer debate topics are in full swing as the PodCats enjoy summer in Cullowhee!
People began traveling to Jackson County to beat the heat in the 1790s. Guests Nick Breedlove, ED of Jackson County tourism and Brett Stewart of Outland Hospitality in Cashiers, NC, share why this region is the place to cool off.There is so much to see and do in Jackson County. With charming small towns like Balsam, Cashiers, Cullowhee, Dillsboro, Glenville, Sylva, Tuckasegee, Webster, and Whittier, the area is filled with lots of fun and enjoyable activities from hiking and fly-fishing to artist galleries and historic sites. Nick shares why people began traveling to the mountains to beat the heat in the late 1790s and brings the story back to modern day with the same perspective and why people beat the heat by traveling there today. Brett shares what it was like growing in Cashiers and provides a local perspective of what it was like in the 80s and 90s. He explains what is bringing people back to Jackson County today and why they are creating new entrepreneurship businesses. Outland's projects include Hotel Cashiers, a reinvented motor lodge in the heart of Cashiers, NC, and Outland Great Smoky Mountains Chalet & Lodge, a unique destination at the doorstep to the Great Smoky Mountains and Blue Ridge Parkway. Nick and Brett share how the Jackson County Tourism Development Association supports area businesses and how the community is focused on developing talent and helping boost local economy.And they provide some very helpful travel tips for summer travel, like how to be bear-wise and keep an eye out for wildlife and how to make the most of your trip with the best times to visit with lower rates. Also, Jackson County is a leader in sustainable tourism with programs like Leave No Trace to help educate and inform travelers to become savvy and responsible travelers.Only on Speaking of Travel. Tune in! Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories and so much more.
This week Patrick continue the summer student spotlight with recent graduate, and former Entourage Tour Guide Lori! The summer debate topics are in full swing as the PodCats enjoy summer in Cullowhee!
This week Patrick continue the summer student spotlight with recent graduate, and former Entourage Tour Guide Lori! The summer debate topics are in full swing as the PodCats enjoy summer in Cullowhee!
Welcome to the Pinkleton Pull-Aside Podcast. On this podcast, let's step aside from our busy lives to have fun, fascinating life giving conversation with inspiring authors, pastors, sports personalities and other influencers, leaders and followers. Sit back, grab some coffee, or head down the road and let's get the good and the gold from today's guest. Our host is Jeff Pinkleton, Executive Director of the Gathering of the Miami Valley, where their mission is to connect men to men, and men to God. You can reach Jeff at GatheringMV.org or find him on Facebook at The Gathering of the Miami Valley.A veteran head and assistant coach with over 30 years of experience, Jayson Gee went to Cullowhee after spending the previous two seasons as an assistant coach at Cincinnati. Gee made the move to Rock Hill from fellow Big South Conference member Longwood, where he was the Lancers' head coach from 2013-18. Along with Longwood, he has also served as a head coach at the University of Charleston (W.Va.) from 1996-2003. Combined, he has a career head coaching record of 202-175 over 11 seasons.Gee has also served as an assistant or associate coach at Cleveland State (2006-13), where he helped the Vikings to three NIT bids and an NCAA tournament appearance and was named one of the nation's top 10 assistant coaches by BleacherReport.com. Gee's squad at Cleveland State defeated fourth-seeded Wake Forest in the first round of the 2009 NCAA tournament. He also was an assistant coach at St. Bonaventure (2003-06), Ohio (1993-96), and Youngstown State (1989-93).The veteran basketball coach is also the author of “The Battle for Brandon,” a book that is a dramatic and compelling story about Jayson Gee and his wife, Lynette, and their son Brandon's courageous fight against child onset paranoid schizophrenia. The Gee family also worked with mass media veteran Chad Bonham to transform the book into a documentary that has received endorsements from Emmy Nominated and Golden Globe Award winning actress Jennifer Garner, WNBA MVP Tamika Catchings, former Pittsburgh Steeler Antwaan Randle El, and many more.Gee was one of 18 selected for the 2008 ACE (Achieving Coaching Excellence) Program in Indianapolis. Sponsored by the NCAA Black Coaches and Administrators Council, the ACE Program prepares minority collegiate coaches for success as future head coaches.Originally from Springfield, Ohio, Gee played four years at the University of Charleston in West Virginia, helping the program to a record of 92-30, including 30-5 during his sophomore season. A two-year team captain, Gee finished his collegiate career third in both rebounds (844) and games played (122). He was inducted into the Charleston Athletics Hall of Fame in 2003 after previously being inducted into the Springfield South High Hall of Fame in 2000.Gee earned his bachelor of science degree in social science education from Charleston in 1988, and his Master of Science degree in sport science and administration from Ohio University in 2003.Jayson and his wife, Lynette, have two sons, Brandon and Bryan, and a daughter, Briana.
In local news, in light of recent car break-ins, the Boone Police Department is advising people to take certain precautions to ensure it doesn't happen to them. According to the Watauga Democrat, the Boone Police Department has responded to multiple incidents in Boone where parked vehicles were broken into and items were stolen. The police advise people to lock their vehicles, park in well-lit areas, either hide or remove valuables from the car and make sure to not leave the vehicle running when away from the vehicle. In state news, a centuries-old canoe was found in a North Carolina lake. According to, The News & Observer, the canoe, which was recovered April 12th, is believed to be about 900 years old and is believed to be in relation to Native Americans who lived near Lake Waccamaw. According to The News & Observer, about a dozen people worked together to pull the canoe out of the water. The 28-foot canoe is now being taken to Waccamaw Siouan lands. In national news, a Black teenager was shot in the head after knocking on the wrong house in Kansas City Missouri. According to The New York Times, 16-year-old Ralph Yarl went to pick up his brothers from a friend's house, but instead of going to a house on Northeast 115th Terrace, he went to a house on Northeast 115th Street. Answering the door was a white man who shot him in the head and then in the arm. The shooter, 84-year-old Andrew D. Lester, was taken into custody and then released on Friday after 24 hours without any charges. However, given recent uproar this past weekend, officials said Lester was recently charged with the following: “Assault in the first degree.” “A class-A felony, and could face life in prison if convicted.” “He also was charged with armed criminal action, which carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison.” Yarl was hospitalized but has since been released. Now onto sports. In App State sports news, the Mountaineer softball and baseball teams are in action today. The softball team will travel to Cullowhee this afternoon to take on Western Carolina at 4 pm. The softball team is coming off a three-game series with South Alabama, where they lost all three games of the series. As for the baseball team, they will take on UNC Asheville tonight at Smith Stadium at 6 pm. The team is coming off a three-game series with Georgia Southern, finishing the series 1-2. In NBA news, the first round of the playoffs continued last night, as the 76ers and Kings secured wins over the Nets and Warriors by the scores of 96-84 and 114-106 respectively. The Warriors and Kings matchup culminated with Warriors power forward Draymond Green getting ejected after stomping the chest of Kings' power forward Domantas Sabonis. This was just one negative in the Warriors' close loss. And finally in NFL news, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin has been cleared to resume football activities after he suffered a cardiac arrest on the field during a game in January. According to ESPN, Bills general manager Brandon Beane said he is “fully cleared and is in a great head space to come back and make his return”. That is all for your Tuesday afternoon sports report. Now, here's your Weather forecast. Today's weather is courtesy of Booneweather.com. Today is a windy and clear day with a high of 65 degrees and a low of 47.
Luzene Hill didn't think of herself as an artist until well into midlife. Today, she's untethered by discipline in her feminist and Native American matrilineal expression. Hill is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians living in Cullowhee. A series of recent drawings and a new performance video are at the core of “Revelate,” an exhibition of Hill's work on view through May 15 at the Asheville Art Museum. In today's episode, Hill talks about her formative years in Atlanta, her path to artistic expression and the personal and cultural trauma and violence informing her art.Episode photo credit: Jeffrey Gibson StudioSupport The Overlook by joining our Patreon campaign!Advertise your event on The Overlook.Instagram: AVLoverlook | Facebook: AVLoverlook | Twitter: AVLoverlookListen and Subscribe: All episodes of The OverlookThe Overlook theme song, "Maker's Song," comes courtesy of the Asheville band The Resonant Rogues.Podcast Asheville © 2023
Happy Holidays from the PodCats! This week Patrick takes some time to review some of the many events that have happened over the past year in Cullowhee! He also catches everyone up on our Catamount Athletic teams as they wrapped up the fall sports season and kicked the winter sports into high gear. Joining Patrick this week is Caroline and Aly, two of the Tele-Recruiters that work in the Office
Happy Holidays from the PodCats! This week Patrick takes some time to review some of the many events that have happened over the past year in Cullowhee! He also catches everyone up on our Catamount Athletic teams as they wrapped up the fall sports season and kicked the winter sports into high gear. Joining Patrick this week is Caroline and Aly, two of the Tele-Recruiters that work in the Office
This week, Patrick is bringing you the PodCats from the road! While out traveling for college fairs in the eastern part of NC, Patrick catches us up on the world of Catamount sports, the numerous events and activities taking place on campus over the next few weeks, and some of the Homecoming event highlights! We look forward to seeing all of the alumni back on campus this weekend and appreciate
This week, Patrick is bringing you the PodCats from the road! While out traveling for college fairs in the eastern part of NC, Patrick catches us up on the world of Catamount sports, the numerous events and activities taking place on campus over the next few weeks, and some of the Homecoming event highlights! We look forward to seeing all of the alumni back on campus this weekend and appreciate
We're back (weekly hopefully) with a new episode! Hating on the non-native but oddly popular (Chrysanthe) Mums and some native alternatives, that should be the standard. Also, reviews and stories from the July 2022 Cullowhee Native Plant Conference. Enjoy.Support the show
This week Patrick highlights various events that are taking place on campus and in the region that highlight what makes fall in Cullowhee so special. He also recaps all that has taken place in Catamount Athletics over the past couple of weeks, while also previewing upcoming games for the teams. Thanks for listening and as always, Go Cats!
This week Patrick highlights various events that are taking place on campus and in the region that highlight what makes fall in Cullowhee so special. He also recaps all that has taken place in Catamount Athletics over the past couple of weeks, while also previewing upcoming games for the teams. Thanks for listening and as always, Go Cats!
This week Patrick and Jalin are rejoined by Josh! Josh has been hard at work preparing for the return of in-person Orientation this summer in Cullowhee. Hear all about what to expect at orientation, plus we get to know more about Josh with the PodCats Questionnaire. We're also joined this week by Ryanne and Lindsay, one of our Orientation Counselors and one of our Entourage tour guides, for our summer
This week Patrick and Jalin are rejoined by Josh! Josh has been hard at work preparing for the return of in-person Orientation this summer in Cullowhee. Hear all about what to expect at orientation, plus we get to know more about Josh with the PodCats Questionnaire. We're also joined this week by Ryanne and Lindsay, one of our Orientation Counselors and one of our Entourage tour guides, for our summer
In this episode, we interview Matt Jolley. With his wife Crystal and their six children, Matt lives on a farm outside of Cullowhee, NC, where Western Carolina University is located. In this episode, you'll hear Matt's passion for discipleship and an update on the residency program located on his farm.
Western Carolina University is looking for feedback as the school updates its future land use plan. This year's student population at Western Carolina University surpassed the predictions which estimated there would be just over 11,000 students in the year 2023. Mike Beyers is chief financial officer of the school. "As we work on this update we don't plan to project the growth to be quite as great over last 8 years. We expect it to slow a bit," said Beyers. The Cullowhee campus of Western Carolina University is about 600 acres. Beyers says the updates will likely focus on upgrading older facilities. "The master plan isn't looking so much at how many square ft to accommodate growth but rather how will we deal with aging facilities that we currently have," said Beyers. Many included in the previous master plan from 2014 have already taken place. That includes new student housing, a new parking deck and the $110.5 million Apodaca science building, which opened in August. "The Apodaca
In this episode of the Dudes n Beer podcast host Christopher Jordan welcomes back Mary Joyce, researcher and author of the book Cherokee Little People Were Real, featuring testimonies of men who discovered ancient little tunnels, small skeletons and even a child-size skull with all its wisdom teeth when they were working on early construction projects at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. In the second part of the episode, we are joined by investigative journalist and whistleblower Mitchell Gerber to discuss the devastating realities behind Chinese state sanctioned organ harvesting that is specifically targeting practitioners of Falun Gong as enemies of the state. Join the dudes n Beer podcast as we peer into the world of the Cherokee little people with Mary Joyce and organ harvesting in China with Mitchell Gerber. The Dudes n Beer Podcast is a proud member of the HC Universal Network family of podcasts. For more great shows and content subscribe at HCUniversalNetwork.com. The Dudes n Beer would like to thank the continuing support of our listeners and sponsors including PodcastCadet.com, Use Code Dudes20 to save 20% off today! The Dudes n Beer Podcast has teamed up with True Hemp Science, Austin, TX based suppliers of high-quality full spectrum emulsified CBD products and more. Visit TrueHempScience.com TODAY and use code Dudes7 to save 7% off your order of $50 or more and get a free 50mg CBD edible!
In this episode of the Dudes n Beer podcast host Christopher Jordan welcomes back Mary Joyce, researcher and author of the book Cherokee Little People Were Real, featuring testimonies of men who discovered ancient little tunnels, small skeletons and even a child-size skull with all its wisdom teeth when they were working on early construction projects at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. In the second part of the episode, we are joined by investigative journalist and whistleblower Mitchell Gerber to discuss the devastating realities behind Chinese state sanctioned organ harvesting that is specifically targeting practitioners of Falun Gong as enemies of the state.Join the dudes n Beer podcast as we peer into the world of the Cherokee little people with Mary Joyce and organ harvesting in China with Mitchell Gerber.The Dudes n Beer Podcast is a proud member of the HC Universal Network family of podcasts. For more great shows and content subscribe at HCUniversalNetwork.com.The Dudes n Beer would like to thank the continuing support of our listeners and sponsors including PodcastCadet.com, Use Code Dudes20 to save 20% off today!The Dudes n Beer Podcast has teamed up with True Hemp Science, Austin, TX based suppliers of high-quality full spectrum emulsified CBD products and more. Visit TrueHempScience.com TODAY and use code Dudes7 to save 7% off your order of $50 or more and get a free 50mg CBD edible!
In this episode of the Dudes n Beer podcast host Christopher Jordan welcomes back Mary Joyce, researcher and author of the book Cherokee Little People Were Real, featuring testimonies of men who discovered ancient little tunnels, small skeletons and even a child-size skull with all its wisdom teeth when they were working on early construction projects at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. In the second part of the episode, we are joined by investigative journalist and whistleblower Mitchell Gerber to discuss the devastating realities behind Chinese state sanctioned organ harvesting that is specifically targeting practitioners of Falun Gong as enemies of the state. Join the dudes n Beer podcast as we peer into the world of the Cherokee little people with Mary Joyce and organ harvesting in China with Mitchell Gerber. The Dudes n Beer Podcast is a proud member of the HC Universal Network family of podcasts. For more great shows and content subscribe at HCUniversalNetwork.com. The Dudes n Beer would like to thank the continuing support of our listeners and sponsors including PodcastCadet.com, Use Code Dudes20 to save 20% off today! The Dudes n Beer Podcast has teamed up with True Hemp Science, Austin, TX based suppliers of high-quality full spectrum emulsified CBD products and more. Visit TrueHempScience.com TODAY and use code Dudes7 to save 7% off your order of $50 or more and get a free 50mg CBD edible!
In this episode of the Dudes n Beer podcast host Christopher Jordan welcomes back Mary Joyce, researcher and author of the book Cherokee Little People Were Real, featuring testimonies of men who discovered ancient little tunnels, small skeletons and even a child-size skull with all its wisdom teeth when they were working on early construction projects at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. In the second part of the episode, we are joined by investigative journalist and whistleblower Mitchell Gerber to discuss the devastating realities behind Chinese state sanctioned organ harvesting that is specifically targeting practitioners of Falun Gong as enemies of the state. Join the dudes n Beer podcast as we peer into the world of the Cherokee little people with Mary Joyce and organ harvesting in China with Mitchell Gerber. The Dudes n Beer Podcast is a proud member of the HC Universal Network family of podcasts. For more great shows and content subscribe at HCUniversalNetwork.com. The Dudes n Beer would like to thank the continuing support of our listeners and sponsors including PodcastCadet.com, Use Code Dudes20 to save 20% off today! The Dudes n Beer Podcast has teamed up with True Hemp Science, Austin, TX based suppliers of high-quality full spectrum emulsified CBD products and more. Visit TrueHempScience.com TODAY and use code Dudes7 to save 7% off your order of $50 or more and get a free 50mg CBD edible!
Former Cullowhee Scholarship winner and current Landscape Architect Sadie Walters drops by to chat with John & Preston about her new project promoting sustainable charging stations for electric vehicles.
Doris Lance is an avid hiker and wildflower photographer who happens to be over the age of 70. She's also the author of the book Botanical Reflections––a book to “Explore feelings, reduce anxiety, and reconcile emotional conflicts” all through time spent journaling with wildflowers. Doris presents a unique message on health, fitness, and aging. I think you'll appreciate her message to slow down and take things in, not because of age, but because of the wisdom that comes from experience.Currently Doris is an Emeritus instructor at Cuesta College, in California, she acquired a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Carolina University, in Cullowhee, N.C., as well as specialized graduate studies.During the show, Doris shares:– How she developed her approach to health, fitness, and aging that revolves around nature and hiking.– Why she decided to become a hiker in 1999 and what she learned from that first major hike to Mount Fuji.– What is the transformative power of nature and how it soothes the mind and the soul.– What are the major health and fitness benefits that she received from hiking and nature.– The biggest misconceptions people have about hiking.– How walking in nature is different than walking on a treadmill.– How to prepare for making a major hike.– How to get hiking health and fitness benefits without going to Mount Fuji.– The best advice she gives people over 50 to help them live longer, healthier, and happier lives?To contact Doris, or purchase your book, Botanical Reflections, go toBook –https://www.wildflowerinspirations.com/Facebook –https://www.facebook.com/AuthorDorisLance/?__xts__[fusion_builder_column]=Instagram –https://www.instagram.com/wildflowerexplorer/Never Too Late for Fitness Radio with Phil Farishttps://businessinnovatorsradio.com/never-too-late-for-fitness-radio-with-phil-faris/Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/doris-lance-author-hiker-and-fitness-advocate-age-well-with-movement-and-nature
Doris Lance is an avid hiker and wildflower photographer who happens to be over the age of 70. She's also the author of the book Botanical Reflections––a book to “Explore feelings, reduce anxiety, and reconcile emotional conflicts” all through time spent journaling with wildflowers. Doris presents a unique message on health, fitness, and aging. I think you'll appreciate her message to slow down and take things in, not because of age, but because of the wisdom that comes from experience.Currently Doris is an Emeritus instructor at Cuesta College, in California, she acquired a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Carolina University, in Cullowhee, N.C., as well as specialized graduate studies.During the show, Doris shares:– How she developed her approach to health, fitness, and aging that revolves around nature and hiking.– Why she decided to become a hiker in 1999 and what she learned from that first major hike to Mount Fuji.– What is the transformative power of nature and how it soothes the mind and the soul.– What are the major health and fitness benefits that she received from hiking and nature.– The biggest misconceptions people have about hiking.– How walking in nature is different than walking on a treadmill.– How to prepare for making a major hike.– How to get hiking health and fitness benefits without going to Mount Fuji.– The best advice she gives people over 50 to help them live longer, healthier, and happier lives?To contact Doris, or purchase your book, Botanical Reflections, go toBook –https://www.wildflowerinspirations.com/Facebook –https://www.facebook.com/AuthorDorisLance/?__xts__[fusion_builder_column]=Instagram –https://www.instagram.com/wildflowerexplorer/Never Too Late for Fitness Radio with Phil Farishttps://businessinnovatorsradio.com/never-too-late-for-fitness-radio-with-phil-faris/Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/doris-lance-author-hiker-and-fitness-advocate-age-well-with-movement-and-nature
The Skip Prosser Coaching Tree has become all the more bountiful: 3x All-ACC selection at Wake Forest Justin Gray is now the Head Men's Basketball Coach at Western Carolina. From the guiding influences of both Prosser and Pat Kelsey, to his North Carolina basketball roots and relationship with his old roommate Chris Paul, listen as Gray details the journey that's landed him in Cullowhee. Plus, Gray offers the blueprint for what he believes will earn the Catamounts their first trip back to the NCAA Tournament since 1996. https://bowmangrayracing.com/ Follow host Kyle Schassburger on Twitter or Instagram @KyleSchass See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week's Mocs on the Mic podcast, presented by SmartBank, features track and field head coach Andy Meyer and senior Nicole Buehrle. Meyer talks about the first three meets of the season and looks forward to the Southern Conference Championships in Cullowhee, N.C., May 1-2. Senior Nicole Buehrle is having an outstanding season with three personal records and ranks high in the Southern Conference in the 800 meter and the 1500 meter races.
Former App State QB Logan Hallock joins the BGP Lounge! We recorded this episode a while ago but it's perfect for a week like this!Many Mountaineers will recognize the name Logan Hallock as that guy that came in out of NO WHERE to help beat Western Carolina back in 2012. He threw 20 consecutive complete passes in a winning effort in Cullowhee. It's a great conversation about a period of time right before the move to FBS.
Preached by Jesse Boyd in the open air on the campus of Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina (3/7/2011). Do you, like Cain, presume to come to God on your terms? You cannot come to Him except on His terms.
Segment 1 - ETSU Men's Basketball's busy last couple of days and a look ahead to what the Wednesday trip to Cullowhee may hold Segment 2 (31:00) - ETSU Women's Basketball's solid bounce back against Wofford Saturday Segment 3 (44:00) - The SoCon Men's Basketball Stock Report takes a detailed and thorough look around the league and dives into league player of the year talk Segment 4 (1:05:40) - Bold Predictions recap
Rural counties in Western North Carolina are vaccinating first responders. BPR went to a mass COVID-19 vaccination in Jackson County. A cold wind blows outside the Jackson County Recreation Center in Cullowhee. But it hasn't stopped officers, firefighters and first responders from lining up to receive their COVID-19 vaccines. "There's actually been a good turn out. It was actually real smooth once we got in line." That's Kent Davis, a deputy with the Jackson County Sheriff's Office. He's worked in law enforcement for more than 35 years. "I have elderly parents so I was concerned for them. I think if you care about people at all than you wouldn't want to spread it," said Davis. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office had to close for a week this month because of an increase in COVID-19 cases locally. Davis felt it was a good idea for him to get the vaccine because he is in contact with so many people as part of his job. Jennifer Webb agrees. She is a volunteer firefighter. "Because we come
On this Christmas special, we have two guests for your entertainment. In the first hour, we have Mary Joyce discussing her book "Cherokee Little People Were Real". We discuss testimonies of men who discovered ancient little tunnels, small skeletons and even a child-size skull with all its wisdom teeth when they were working on early construction projects at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. In the second part of the show, I am joined by Dennis Stone, owner of the enigmatic site near Salem, New Hampshire. Dennis has inherited the site and has spent the best part of 40 years trying to get the bottom of this unusual construction. To say the site is controversial would be an understatement and Dennis takes us through some of the unusual buildings and investigations carried out during this time. A big thank you to both my guests for joining me today. Mary's site can be found here: Dennis's site is here: Our Patreon is now live, with bonus content, early release of the regular show, articles and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up! Join here now for the flat fee of $4 a month which is a bargain! Don't forget, you can now show your support with our Merchandise shop on Redbubble! Check it out here! We are also now on Vburl - check us out here: You can join us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram as well. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel! Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear. All artwork by Dean Bestall and the show was produced by Brennan Storr of the Ghost Story Guys. Mysteries and Monsters is a part of the Straight Up Strange Network.#MaryJoyce #Cherokee #NorthCarolina #LittlePeople #Bigfoot #Cullowhee #NativeAmerican #DennisStone #Salem #NewHampshire #AmericasStonehenge #Mystery #Archaeology #Goodwin #Controversy
Ivan Shires is a senior that studies Computer and Information Systems and minors in Digital Data Storytelling at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. As a web analytics intern at the DME internship program, Ivan's daily tasks include making the DME Interns website run better by improving the accessibility for users, checking the content quality of the website and lowering the bounce rate (leaving one page of a website and going to another) by keeping people engaged with the content and graphics of the website. His duties as head of the analytics department include making sure everyone is on track with their web analytics training, weekly reports and knows how to use programs like Tableau and Google Analytics for their projects.
Coach Brett Ferguson shares his coaching journey and how he ended up in Cullowhee, NC coaching at Western Carolina University. In September he was promoted to an Assistant Coach after spending the previous two seasons as WCU’s Director of Basketball Operations. He got his start in the business as a Student Manager at Michigan State University under Tom Izzo. Coach Ferguson was a was a part of back-to-back regular-season Big Ten Championships and consecutive Final Four appearances in 2009 and 2010 while serving as a Student Manager at MSU. Following his time in Lansing he interned for the video department of the Big Ten Conference office in Chicago where he worked with both the football and basketball officials including organizing clinics. In 2012 he accepted a GA/Video Coordinator position at Winthrop and the next season he was hired at his alma mater to serve as the Video Coordinator at Michigan State and was a part of their 2015 Final Four run. After serving as the Video Coordinator at MSU he went to work with Powerhouse Hoops, an official member of the Under Armour Association (UAA) in Phoenix, Ariz., as a coach and personal basketball skills trainer for kids ages six through high school. Coach Ferguson also was an advanced scout for two NBA teams – the Brooklyn Nets and the Atlanta Hawks.
Cherokee Little People Were Real by Mary A Joyce was written to help preserve a unique bit of American history, a history that captivates the imagination. The book features testimonies of men who discovered ancient little tunnels, small skeletons and even a child-size skull with all its wisdom teeth when they were working on early construction projects at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. Discoveries also were made at old moonshine and mining sites south of the campus. The book features lots of photos, including one of an intriguing face on an ancient metal oval that was found after an historic flood washed away significant topsoil in the region. Discovery sites are clearly pointed out on maps that may help archaeologists discover even more evidence that an ancient race of Little People once lived in the North Carolina Mountains.Today we will discuss if the Cherokee Little People & Moon Eyed People were in fact the same.http://skyshipsovercashiers.com/Jared Murphy will also join us Conflict Radio - Episode 30 The Cherokee Little People Are Realhttps://conflictradio.net/
On September 4 th and 5 th Blue Ridge Public Radio in partnership with Smoky Mountain News and Mountain Xpress held two forums with the major party candidates for the currently vacant seat in North Carolina's 11th Congressional district. Republican Madison Cawthorn and Democrat Moe Davis faced each other at Western Carolina University's Biltmore Park campus, and then again at the school's main campus in Cullowhee. Cory Vaillancourt of Smoky Mountain News and BPR moderated. Below is a condensed one-hour program the features portions of both forums. You can watch the full forums anytime on the BPR Facebook page . (The BPR News Presents theme song is The Vibes by Audiobinger)
On September 4 th and 5 th Blue Ridge Public Radio in partnership with Smoky Mountain News and Mountain Xpress held two forums with the major party candidates for the currently vacant seat in North Carolina's 11th Congressional district. Republican Madison Cawthorn and Democrat Moe Davis faced each other at Western Carolina University's Biltmore Park campus, and then again at the school's main campus in Cullowhee. Cory Vaillancourt of Smoky Mountain News and BPR moderated. Below is a condensed one-hour program the features portions of both forums. You can watch the full forums anytime on the BPR Facebook page . (The BPR News Presents theme song is The Vibes by Audiobinger)
Nearly 400 people marched on the campus of Western Carolina University Wednesday afternoon in response to racist videos featuring students that were posted to social media last weekend. Those students are no longer enrolled at Western Carolina and will not return. In a sea of purple face masks, students gathered near the fountain on campus for the Whee United March - a play on the campus location in Cullowhee. "Whee Want Change, Whee Want Change," the crowd chanted. Senior Donnavan Spencer is a criminal justice major and a starting running back for the Catamounts football team. He was one of the event's organizers. Spencer thanked university leadership for Tuesday night's announcement that all five student in the videos were expelled. "That made this movement even more powerful that we stood up for something and we got justice. But like I've told everybody today this doesn't stop this is just the beginning. That we don't want this to be a moment thing, we want this to remain a movement
In this final episode of our three-part series, Faith-Based Programs and Their Impact on Rural Communities, which we're doing in collaboration with and supported by The Duke Endowment, Michelle chats with three experts about efforts rural churches are making to narrow the academic achievement gap and improve literacy rates for students in rural North Carolina: Dr. Helen Chen, consultant and researcher, Sharon Locklear, Director of the Sandy Plains United Methodist Church Summer Literacy Program in Pembroke, N.C., and David Reeves, Senior Minister at Cullowhee United Methodist Church in Cullowhee, N.C. During summer months, Dr. Chen notes, there is often a dearth of academic enrichment opportunities in rural communities, and literacy programs implemented by rural churches can help ensure that students meet mandatory grade-level literacy requirements and prevent "summer slide." The Duke Endowment’s Rural Church summer literacy initiative, whose roots date back to 2012, provides churches with grants to host six-week reading camps that ,include 90 hours of instruction, coupled with wraparound services, such as breakfast and lunch, transportation, and family engagement activities. Reeves' church hosted its first camp last year, which was extremely successful. It prompted them to continue the camp this year, albeit with a shorter program and a focus on children who did not have access to remote learning, while also adhering to CDC safety recommendations. Dr. Chen points out that the pandemic accentuates the literacy gap in rural communities and necessitated increased virtual learning this summer. Locklear's program, which also began last year and has continued this year, provides Native American students, "who are more tactile learners," with additional hands-on activities, such as magnet boards for sentence structure and poster boards for vocabulary instruction. This episode is sponsored by The Duke Endowment, www.dukeendowment.org.
The first day of class for most UNC System schools is August 17. BPR spoke with a Western Carolina University student who already contracted COVID-19 as school officials set out new policies to address the pandemic. Miranda Curtis is from Murphy. She's a hospitality and tourism management major at Western Carolina University. Right now she's rethinking that career path... "I mean it seemed like a good major before all of this started," says Curtis, who is 23-years-old. Curtis spent the summer working at Brio Tuscan Grill at Harrah's Cherokee Casino and taking online classes at Western while living in Cullowhee. About a month ago she started having a constant headache - that's when she tested positive for COVID-19. "I couldn't breathe a lot. My friends would call me on the phone and I just wouldn't even be able to get a sentence out because I was so out of breath," says Curtis. She's okay now but still isn't sure where she caught the coronavirus. Harrah's announced a COVID-19 outbreak
Molly Sawyer used to sculpt stylized horses and human figures from clay. That changed after her battle with breast cancer. "The work became a response to my own direct experience with life, death," she said. "I guess the issue of mortality has always been present in my deeper thought process." Today, Sawyer's work is a mashup of found objects such as driftwood, stone and metal rods with braided or balled-up wool, twine, ash and fur. She usually works large, with some installations at once clumped on the floor, leaning against a wall and hanging from the ceiling. The dimensions and materials make this body of work difficult to place in galleries focused on sales, but Sawyer is riding a wave of exposure in area museums and art centers. She's among the 50 artists invited into the Asheville Art Museum's "Appalachia Now!" exhibition, and Sawyer is soon opening solo shows at Revolve in Asheville and at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee.
Erin Fox is originally from Murphy, North Carolina, and she received her BSED in Secondary English Education from Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. She earned her master’s degree in Gifted and Talented Education several years later from Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Fox was initially hired at Gaffney High School to be an English II teacher. During her seventeen years at Gaffney High she has taught Advanced Drama, Drama I, Introduction to Drama, Theatrical Movement, Academic Assistance, English I, English II, and English III. She loves the teaching opportunities that exploring literature and English Language Arts provides for her students and herself. As she works to challenge them, they challenge her as well, and she loves to infuse their work with kinesthetic/tactile lessons and artistic endeavors. Fox wants to provide students with personal ways to interact with the literature so that it speaks to their individual hearts in very real ways. She loves working with students in a variety of ways but most especially through the Fit2gether committee, the Miss Cherokeean Pageant, and the Homecoming Committee. Fox serves as the CCSD Employee Wellness Coordinator and creates and leads twice weekly workouts with faculty and staff members and their families across the district. She is married to her best friend, Danny Fox, and they have two children: a twelve-year old son, Jack, and an eight-year old daughter, Scout. Erin's Book Recommendations Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies about Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be The Badass Life: 30 Amazing Days to a Lifetime of Great Habits - Body, Mind, and Spirit If you are interested in connecting and collaborating with Erin, you can e-mail her at erin.fox@cherokee1.org --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/todd-scholl0/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/todd-scholl0/support
In this episode I Interview with MMA Fighter Katie Perez .Steve and I chat about UFC on ESPN 6: Reyes vs. Weidman. Katie "Maquina Asesina" Perez (4-1-0) is a Amateur MMA Fighter out of Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States. Her facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/katie.perez.378/about?lst=1029973124%3A100000080221403%3A1569526935 The link to my podcast interview about my new vampire books is https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vampire-book-author-marc-j-ritorto-business-conversation/id1474533155?i=1000448722613 Please dont forget to follow us on facebook @marcthesharkmmahow or on Twiiter @marcthesharkbjj Also please give a donation by click on the donate buttton at wwww.marcthsharkmmashow Listen to us using the Radio Public podcast app. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marcthesharkmmashow/support
Long time friend of the show, Dr. Dawn Sherry drops by to chat about this year's conference. The field trips, the speakers and most of all, the companionship.
Intro: A tremendous performance from ETSU Women's Basketball on the road in Cullowhee last night gives the Bucs their first win away from Brooks Gym this season Segment 2 (14:15): Sandos at his unequivocal best in breaking down Southern Conference tiebreakers in both men's and women's basketball Segment 3 (38:45): A preview of the final day of the regular season for the ETSU men and women Segment 4 (52:05): Bold Predictions
Intro: A preview of national signing day for ETSU Football one week ahead of the deadline Segment 2 (21:30): ETSU Men's Basketball Guard Patrick Good stops by after blazing through Cullowhee by hitting a program-record 11 3's Segment 3 (51:15): Lando's Land with Landon Owen centers around a college basketball Take Or Leave
Intro: Looking back at an historic night in Cullowhee that featured Johnson City's own Patrick Good flamethrowing from deep in a 91-69 ETSU Men's Basketball win Segment 2 (18:30): ETSU Women's Basketball's Saturday in Macon that saw the Bucs ahead at the half before Mercer got hot Segment 3 (32:00): Pros v Jays centering around Jay Sandos "demo reel" for the supposedly open University of Michigan Men's Basketball job Segment 4 (47:45): Recapping Friday's Bold Predictions that ended up being a clunker for The Sidekick
2018 was a tough year for flooding in the United States, and nowhere worse than in the Carolinas, where Hurricane Florence dumped three feet of rain in spots. Damage is estimated at $13 billion but at least half of that is uninsured – as most residents had no flood insurance. While some didn't know they needed it, others took a gamble by going without and lost.But the bigger folly some argue is federal flood insurance itself which encourages some homeowners to disregard risk, by providing subsidized premiums at a level far below what's actuarially-required to cover the claims' costs. The same program also pays homeowners to rebuild their flooded homes in the same low-lying spots, over and over again.How can we better protect our lives and property from flood waters? And what urgency will Florence bring to the debate on providing better flood insurance protection for coastal and inland residents alike? Host Lisa Miller sat down with a catastrophe risk modeler and a coastal flood scientist to get some answers.Show Notes: Lisa's guests are both PhD's – one working in private sector flood insurance and the other in public university research on flooded coastlines – and both are focused on mitigating risks. Dr. Roger Grenier is Senior Vice President and Global Resilience Practice Leader at AIR Worldwide in Boston. His team has worked since 1992's Hurricane Andrew to develop catastrophe modeling as a way to predict the severity of extreme events. Their data and analytics has helped make the insurance and reinsurance industries more resilient over time. Dr. Robert Young is a Professor of Coastal Geology and Director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. His team of scientists and policy analysts examine how storms and sea level rise are changing America's coastline and communicate their findings to policymakers. From individual homeowners to local communities to federal agencies, they have developed tools to protect from and adapt to flood risks. Dr. Grenier said advances in modeling technology are having a greater influence in assessing and pricing flood risk. Older mapping technology, largely based on historical data, such as stream flows and hazard areas based on land use, has been used primarily by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to determine risk and rates. The NFIP has evolved over its past 50 year history and is now beginning to adopt catastrophe models. “When you develop a model, you can look forward and assess not only changes in land use but also changes in the climate and that's how our models are driven, by starting really with a climate model as opposed to relying strictly on historical data,” said Dr. Grenier. Modeling brings other benefits: its cost and scalability mean more frequent updates and more realistic gray areas of risk in place of black and white maps, where a property is strictly “in” or “out” of a particular flood zone. The podcast also discusses policies on pricing risk and funding rebuilding after flood calamities. Dr. Young said federal policy provides “moral hazards”: incentives to do the wrong thing rather than the right thing. After storms, federal flood insurance and federal Stafford Act disaster funding pay to restore homes and sometimes elevate properties and structures to help prevent future flooding, something he said is only a partial solution.“If you lift-up an oceanfront home, you still have to hold the shoreline in place. And if you raise a community anywhere in the floodplain, you still have to get utilities to that community and get transportation in there. The biggest problem that I see right now is that there are very few incentives to change the exposure map for these communities, to get some properties out of areas that are in the floodplains,” said Dr. Young.Case in point: Dauphin Island, Alabama. This community of repetitive loss properties has received seven disaster declarations in the past 30 years. There have been properties rebuilt multiple times in the same location following successive storms, thanks to federal and state subsidies that rebuild the infrastructure. From 1978 through September 2018, the taxpayer-backed NFIP has paid out more than $68 billion in claims – historically, nearly 30% of claims are paid to the 1% of properties classified as repetitive loss properties.“It's not the folks on Dauphin Island that are crazy, it's the rest of us that are crazy for allowing that to happen,” said Dr. Young. The answer he said is changing incentives by finding a way for the true cost of living in these dangerous places to be incorporated in the cost of these properties. The imbalance occurs in both high-cost oceanfront investment properties but also in affordable housing communities along our coastline.The podcast also discusses this year's White House budget that stressed reforms to bring needed financial stability to the debt-ridden NFIP and expanding the private market to reduce the federal government's NFIP exposure. Under budget director Mick Mulvaney's proposal, FEMA would have authority to discontinue NFIP coverage for extreme repetitive loss properties following future losses. Starting in 2021, coverage for commercial properties would be phased-out, while no policies would be written for new construction inside a special flood hazard area. FEMA meanwhile is forging ahead and redesigning NFIP's 2019 rates to more realistically price risk. Dr. Grenier predicted that any future changes will be by a measured process as the private insurance market evolves, so it can price for it and provide reserves for it. “People need to understand the limitations of maps and understand other aspects of the home, such as elevation. They need to hear the message about buying flood insurance, whether from private insurers or the NFIP, and be realistic about what they can expect when they have no insurance versus having a flood policy.Private insurance companies, powered by advanced catastrophe risk models, are able to better understand risk. In Florida, encouraged by model regulation to encourage a vibrant private market, nearly 30 companies are offering coverage as an alternative to NFIP at competitive rates.Host Lisa Miller, a former Florida deputy insurance commissioner, noted “it's clear as crystal that when it comes to flood risk, we still build too close to known dangers. The growing folly of our public policy is encouraging risky human behavior. And we all pay, some with our own checkbook, the majority through higher taxpayer subsidies, and yet others, sadly, with their lives.”Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode:Private Flood Insurance & Resilience webpage (Lisa Miller & Associates)IBHS Fortified Home™ Program (Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety) Coastal Wind Damage in North Carolina from Hurricane Florence (AIR Worldwide In Focus, 10/8/18)The Aftermath of Hurricane Florence (AIR Worldwide, 10/18/18)Flood insurance paid homeowners $100,000 more than FEMA after Harvey, expert says (Houston Chronicle, 6/16/18) Private flood insurance could fill North Carolina's coverage gap (Lisa Miller column in the Raleigh News&Observer, 11/16/18)Our View: Federal flood insurance program needs rethinking (Fayetteville Observer, 12/2/18)North Carolina Flooding Exposes Flaws in Flood Insurance Program (Bloomberg News/Bureau of National Affairs, 9/21/18)New resilience organization at FEMA aims to build ‘culture of preparedness' (Global Resilience Institute, 6/5/18)** The Listener Call-In Line for your recorded questions and comments to air in future episodes is 850-388-8002 or you may send email to LisaMiller@LisaMillerAssociates.com **The Florida Insurance Roundup from Lisa Miller & Associates, brings you the latest developments in Property & Casualty, Healthcare, Workers' Compensation, and Surplus Lines insurance from around the Sunshine State. Based in the state capital of Tallahassee, Lisa Miller & Associates provides its clients with focused, intelligent, and cost conscious solutions to their business development, government consulting, and public relations needs. On the web at www.LisaMillerAssociates.com or call 850-222-1041. Your questions, comments, and suggestions are welcome! Date of Recording 12/3/18. Email via info@LisaMillerAssociates.com Composer: www.TeleDirections.com © Copyright 2017-2018 Lisa Miller & Associates, All Rights Reserved
John attended the 'Poster Session' at Cullowhee this year where each recipient is required to do a poster explaining their work.
Western Carolina University is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina. The small town is named for a legendary Cherokee warrior and the area has a strong connection to this tribe. The university is the fifth oldest in the UNC system and was established in 1889. What started off as a high school, grew to become a teaching school and then the university that it is today. As is the case with so many universities, it has seen its measure of death, some from tragic circumstances. This has left a spiritual residue in several of the buildings on campus. Our listener Sarah Hollingsworth is a former alum and tour guide for the school and she joins us to share the history and haunting experiences, including some of her own, at Western Carolina University. She also shares several of the legends from the area. The Moment in Oddity features the Mellified Man and This Month in History features King Kong premieres in New York City. Check out the website: http://historygoesbump.com Show notes can be found here: https://historygoesbump.blogspot.com/2018/03/hgb-ep-247-western-carolina-university.html Get your burial plot today: http://patreon.com/historygoesbump Music: Vanishing from http://purple-planet.com (Moment in Oddity) In Your Arms by Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com (This Month in History) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ All other music licensing: PODCASTMUSIC.COM License Synchronization, Mechanical, Master Use and Performance Direct License for a Single Podcast Series under current monthly subscription.
In an unlikely place at an unlikely time, a group of black and white former sharecroppers, socialist organizers, and Christian reformers began an agricultural experiment in pursuit of economic subsistence and human dignity. Historian Robert Hunt Ferguson, in Remaking the Rural South: Interracialism, Christian Socialism, and Cooperative Farming in Jim Crow Mississippi (University of Georgia Press, 2018), makes the surprising case that the Depression-era Mississippi Delta provided the necessary conditions for the flowering of such an endeavor. New Deal policies inspired socialist optimism while their racial exclusions left displaced tenant farmers looking for work and attracted to enterprises like Delta Cooperative Farm and Providence Farm, which promised to break them from the cycle of debt and offer them equal access to the schooling, medical care, and opportunity enjoyed by the white middle class. These cooperative farms drew inspiration from the transnational communitarian movement and advanced the radical visions of the American Socialist Party and the religious left, including celebrated theological Reinhold Niebuhr, who served as president of their board of trustees. While the experiment struggled with agro-ecological obstacles and internecine power struggles, and ultimately could not withstand the postwar attacks of white supremacist movement, Delta and Providence stand as models of how those trapped within withering hegemonies imagine a most just and free society and set out to do the daily labor of bringing it into being. Robert Hunt Ferguson is an assistant professor of history at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and his publications include “Mothers Against Jesse in Congress: Grassroots Maternalism and Cultural Politics of the AIDS Crisis in North Carolina” (Journal of Southern History, Feb 2017). Brian Hamilton is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Wisconsin, Madison where he is researching African American environmental history in the nineteenth-century Cotton South. He is also an editor of the digital environmental magazine and podcast Edge Effects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In an unlikely place at an unlikely time, a group of black and white former sharecroppers, socialist organizers, and Christian reformers began an agricultural experiment in pursuit of economic subsistence and human dignity. Historian Robert Hunt Ferguson, in Remaking the Rural South: Interracialism, Christian Socialism, and Cooperative Farming in Jim Crow Mississippi (University of Georgia Press, 2018), makes the surprising case that the Depression-era Mississippi Delta provided the necessary conditions for the flowering of such an endeavor. New Deal policies inspired socialist optimism while their racial exclusions left displaced tenant farmers looking for work and attracted to enterprises like Delta Cooperative Farm and Providence Farm, which promised to break them from the cycle of debt and offer them equal access to the schooling, medical care, and opportunity enjoyed by the white middle class. These cooperative farms drew inspiration from the transnational communitarian movement and advanced the radical visions of the American Socialist Party and the religious left, including celebrated theological Reinhold Niebuhr, who served as president of their board of trustees. While the experiment struggled with agro-ecological obstacles and internecine power struggles, and ultimately could not withstand the postwar attacks of white supremacist movement, Delta and Providence stand as models of how those trapped within withering hegemonies imagine a most just and free society and set out to do the daily labor of bringing it into being. Robert Hunt Ferguson is an assistant professor of history at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and his publications include “Mothers Against Jesse in Congress: Grassroots Maternalism and Cultural Politics of the AIDS Crisis in North Carolina” (Journal of Southern History, Feb 2017). Brian Hamilton is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Wisconsin, Madison where he is researching African American environmental history in the nineteenth-century Cotton South. He is also an editor of the digital environmental magazine and podcast Edge Effects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In an unlikely place at an unlikely time, a group of black and white former sharecroppers, socialist organizers, and Christian reformers began an agricultural experiment in pursuit of economic subsistence and human dignity. Historian Robert Hunt Ferguson, in Remaking the Rural South: Interracialism, Christian Socialism, and Cooperative Farming in Jim Crow Mississippi (University of Georgia Press, 2018), makes the surprising case that the Depression-era Mississippi Delta provided the necessary conditions for the flowering of such an endeavor. New Deal policies inspired socialist optimism while their racial exclusions left displaced tenant farmers looking for work and attracted to enterprises like Delta Cooperative Farm and Providence Farm, which promised to break them from the cycle of debt and offer them equal access to the schooling, medical care, and opportunity enjoyed by the white middle class. These cooperative farms drew inspiration from the transnational communitarian movement and advanced the radical visions of the American Socialist Party and the religious left, including celebrated theological Reinhold Niebuhr, who served as president of their board of trustees. While the experiment struggled with agro-ecological obstacles and internecine power struggles, and ultimately could not withstand the postwar attacks of white supremacist movement, Delta and Providence stand as models of how those trapped within withering hegemonies imagine a most just and free society and set out to do the daily labor of bringing it into being. Robert Hunt Ferguson is an assistant professor of history at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and his publications include “Mothers Against Jesse in Congress: Grassroots Maternalism and Cultural Politics of the AIDS Crisis in North Carolina” (Journal of Southern History, Feb 2017). Brian Hamilton is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Wisconsin, Madison where he is researching African American environmental history in the nineteenth-century Cotton South. He is also an editor of the digital environmental magazine and podcast Edge Effects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In an unlikely place at an unlikely time, a group of black and white former sharecroppers, socialist organizers, and Christian reformers began an agricultural experiment in pursuit of economic subsistence and human dignity. Historian Robert Hunt Ferguson, in Remaking the Rural South: Interracialism, Christian Socialism, and Cooperative Farming in Jim Crow Mississippi (University of Georgia Press, 2018), makes the surprising case that the Depression-era Mississippi Delta provided the necessary conditions for the flowering of such an endeavor. New Deal policies inspired socialist optimism while their racial exclusions left displaced tenant farmers looking for work and attracted to enterprises like Delta Cooperative Farm and Providence Farm, which promised to break them from the cycle of debt and offer them equal access to the schooling, medical care, and opportunity enjoyed by the white middle class. These cooperative farms drew inspiration from the transnational communitarian movement and advanced the radical visions of the American Socialist Party and the religious left, including celebrated theological Reinhold Niebuhr, who served as president of their board of trustees. While the experiment struggled with agro-ecological obstacles and internecine power struggles, and ultimately could not withstand the postwar attacks of white supremacist movement, Delta and Providence stand as models of how those trapped within withering hegemonies imagine a most just and free society and set out to do the daily labor of bringing it into being. Robert Hunt Ferguson is an assistant professor of history at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and his publications include “Mothers Against Jesse in Congress: Grassroots Maternalism and Cultural Politics of the AIDS Crisis in North Carolina” (Journal of Southern History, Feb 2017). Brian Hamilton is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Wisconsin, Madison where he is researching African American environmental history in the nineteenth-century Cotton South. He is also an editor of the digital environmental magazine and podcast Edge Effects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In an unlikely place at an unlikely time, a group of black and white former sharecroppers, socialist organizers, and Christian reformers began an agricultural experiment in pursuit of economic subsistence and human dignity. Historian Robert Hunt Ferguson, in Remaking the Rural South: Interracialism, Christian Socialism, and Cooperative Farming in Jim Crow Mississippi (University of Georgia Press, 2018), makes the surprising case that the Depression-era Mississippi Delta provided the necessary conditions for the flowering of such an endeavor. New Deal policies inspired socialist optimism while their racial exclusions left displaced tenant farmers looking for work and attracted to enterprises like Delta Cooperative Farm and Providence Farm, which promised to break them from the cycle of debt and offer them equal access to the schooling, medical care, and opportunity enjoyed by the white middle class. These cooperative farms drew inspiration from the transnational communitarian movement and advanced the radical visions of the American Socialist Party and the religious left, including celebrated theological Reinhold Niebuhr, who served as president of their board of trustees. While the experiment struggled with agro-ecological obstacles and internecine power struggles, and ultimately could not withstand the postwar attacks of white supremacist movement, Delta and Providence stand as models of how those trapped within withering hegemonies imagine a most just and free society and set out to do the daily labor of bringing it into being. Robert Hunt Ferguson is an assistant professor of history at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and his publications include “Mothers Against Jesse in Congress: Grassroots Maternalism and Cultural Politics of the AIDS Crisis in North Carolina” (Journal of Southern History, Feb 2017). Brian Hamilton is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Wisconsin, Madison where he is researching African American environmental history in the nineteenth-century Cotton South. He is also an editor of the digital environmental magazine and podcast Edge Effects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies
In an unlikely place at an unlikely time, a group of black and white former sharecroppers, socialist organizers, and Christian reformers began an agricultural experiment in pursuit of economic subsistence and human dignity. Historian Robert Hunt Ferguson, in Remaking the Rural South: Interracialism, Christian Socialism, and Cooperative Farming in Jim Crow Mississippi (University of Georgia Press, 2018), makes the surprising case that the Depression-era Mississippi Delta provided the necessary conditions for the flowering of such an endeavor. New Deal policies inspired socialist optimism while their racial exclusions left displaced tenant farmers looking for work and attracted to enterprises like Delta Cooperative Farm and Providence Farm, which promised to break them from the cycle of debt and offer them equal access to the schooling, medical care, and opportunity enjoyed by the white middle class. These cooperative farms drew inspiration from the transnational communitarian movement and advanced the radical visions of the American Socialist Party and the religious left, including celebrated theological Reinhold Niebuhr, who served as president of their board of trustees. While the experiment struggled with agro-ecological obstacles and internecine power struggles, and ultimately could not withstand the postwar attacks of white supremacist movement, Delta and Providence stand as models of how those trapped within withering hegemonies imagine a most just and free society and set out to do the daily labor of bringing it into being. Robert Hunt Ferguson is an assistant professor of history at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and his publications include “Mothers Against Jesse in Congress: Grassroots Maternalism and Cultural Politics of the AIDS Crisis in North Carolina” (Journal of Southern History, Feb 2017). Brian Hamilton is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Wisconsin, Madison where he is researching African American environmental history in the nineteenth-century Cotton South. He is also an editor of the digital environmental magazine and podcast Edge Effects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Stedman Mitchell, 98 years old in 2014, tells his history of working in the food business with Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC. He talks about his time with the university from 1942 to 1975, when he retired. >
Stedman Mitchell, 98 years old in 2014, tells his history of working in the food business with Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC. He talks about his time with the university from 1942 to 1975, when he retired. >
Cullowhee scholarship winner Eleis Lester drops by to drop a lot of deep thoughts on us about the future and what our roll can be in making it a better place and oh yeah; Girl Power!
This week, we spoke with Bruno Y Hinojosa-Ruiz, a co-director of CIMA, Companeros Inmigrantes de las Montanas en Accion, about some immigration situations in Western NC, organizing here and the case of Elmer Reynoso-Reynoso, a Guatemalan-born resident of Weaverville who was recently released from detention after public outcry and pressure. http://www.cimawnc.org Announcements Bo Brown support First, we would like to briefly announce that long time revolutionary and former political prisoner Bo Brown has just been diagnosed with a condition which is very similar to Parkinson's Disease. She has always worked tirelessly against racism, sexism, homophobia, and transphobia, and has brought awareness and attention through all means to the plight of the prisoner. Since being in prison is an experience which is designed to follow everyone for their entire lives, let's help this comrade with her current situation. For more information and to donate, you can visit: https://www.youcaring.com/bo-brown-655777 Milo Yiannopoulos, hater to appear at WCU On Wednesday, October 12th Alt-Right, anti-muslim, anti-semite, anti-feminist, white nationalist Milo Yiannopoulos is speaking at Western Carolina University. He's being sponsored by the College Republicans at WCU in Cullowhee, about an hour drive west of Asheville. To get there, one can travel West on i-40 for about 25 minutes then out US-74 South for 35 minutes. It would be a pity if this stop on the "Dangerous Faggot Tour" were to be disrupted by anti-racists. Just sayin. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/milo-yiannopoulos-western-carolina-universi... His website is here: https://www.yiannopoulos.net/index.html Playlist: http://www.ashevillefm.org/node/17777
>93-year old Pelham Thomas, an Alabama native, is currently a blueberry farmer in Cullowhee, North Carolina. He’s been retired from the Math Department at Western Carolina University for more than 30 years.
>93-year old Pelham Thomas, an Alabama native, is currently a blueberry farmer in Cullowhee, North Carolina. He’s been retired from the Math Department at Western Carolina University for more than 30 years.
This episode of Connect airs on November 18, 2015. Julia Trantham is in her first appointment as a deacon in Cullowhee, NC. She is a native of Canton, NC and and a 2013 graduate of Duke Divinity School.
Sundays, 9:00PM 'til 11:00PM (central) - THE INTREPID RADIO PROGRAM with Scotty Roberts and John Ward - www.intrepidradio.com and www.ipbn-fm.com/listen-chat.html "UFOs, Underground Bases & The Little People" JOINING the lads is Mary Joyce, who has worked for two major metropolitan area newspapers as a writer, columnist, artist, Sunday magazine editor and feature editor. On the side, she’s written magazine articles and five other books. Currently she is editor of the Sky Ships overCashiers website which features cutting-edge topics.Her career includes working for a Fortune 100 company coordinating art and printing for talking children’s books. In that capacity,she worked directly with many creative teams including those atMarvel Comics, Golden Books, Mr. Rogers, Berenstain Bears andSteven Spielberg’s “ET” book staff. She also has worked for the world’s largest private printing company, a major metropolitan air pollution control agency, a community college and political campaigns. “Cherokee Little People Were Real” was written to help preserve a unique bit of American history – a history that captivates the imagination. The book features testimonies of men who discovered ancient little tunnels, small skeletons and even a child-size skull with all its wisdom teeth when they were working on early construction projects at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. Discoveries of an ancient race of Little People also were found at old moonshine and mining sites south of the campus. “Tangible Evidence of Jesus Left Behind for Us to find” presents fascinating information about Jesus that generally is not known. It also serves as a bridge between archaeologists/researchers and most of the rest of us. The information is presented in a very concise and easy- to-read style along with color photos, art, maps and graphics that help bring the evidence to life. Visit Mary's website - http://www.skyshipsovercashiers.com Tune in for what will surely be another interesting show... * * * THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS YOU CAN LISTEN LIVE: • Listen/Chat at: www.IPBN-FM.com/listen-chat.html or www.intrepidradio.com • Other LIVE stream sites: TuneIn: http://goo.gl/OZ4W5X, and NOBEX Radio • Podcasts: http://ipbn.podomatic.com also on Stitcher, and iTunes!!! • Download the IPBN-FM mobile app! (Search "Intrepid Paradigm or IPBN) • iTunes: http://goo.gl/DOUBLe • Google: http://goo.gl/L7i2MB Go to: www.TalkStreamLive.com - where you can download the TSL android app and search for "Intrepid Radio." Join our LIVE chatroom at www.intrepidradio.com * * *
Moose and Abigail sat down on location with the members of Porch 40 before their performance at Granite Falls Brewing. Puling influences from an array of genres, Porch 40, from Cullowhee, NC has a rapidly growing fanbase and are currently touring the southeast supporting their new album "Spread It Heavy.” Porch 40 is also heading the Summer Lawn Party in Hickory NC on June 20, 2015. www.summerlawnparty.com.
Actor Nick Searcy was born on March 7, 1959 in Cullowhee, North Carolina. A graduate of the University of North Carolina, he began his career in theater, appearing in numerous off-Broadway productions. He only started gaining prominence, however, in the 1990s, when he first cracked acting for film and television. Small roles in regional productions led to some degree of recognition in the 1991 film Fried Green Tomatoes, where he held a small, but crucial, role as the abusive husband of Mary-Louise Parker’s character. He then appeared in several other memorable films, such as The Fugitive and The War. Searcy made his directorial debut in 1997, both helming and acting i
This week for our Community Gathering for Worship, we welcomed Tonya Vickery to the pulpit. Rev. Vickery and her husband, Dr. Jeffrey Vickery, are our co-pastors of the day. They serve together as the pastors of Cullowhee Baptist Church in Cullowhee, NC. The title for her sermon is: "Leave the Jug Behind" and is drawn from John 4:5-52.
This week for our Community Gathering for Worship, we welcomed Tonya Vickery to the pulpit. Rev. Vickery and her husband, Dr. Jeffrey Vickery, are our co-pastors of the day. They serve together as the pastors of Cullowhee Baptist Church in Cullowhee, NC. The title for her sermon is: "Leave the Jug Behind" and is drawn from John 4:5-52.
This week's show takes us to Cullowhee for the Mountain Heritage Festival, visits the Davidson County Ag Fair, samples Yadkin Valley Popcorn, tours the Esmeralds Inn in Chimney Rock and we go biking on the Point Lookout Trail in Old Fort.
This week's show takes us to Cullowhee for the Mountain Heritage Festival, visits the Davidson County Ag Fair, samples Yadkin Valley Popcorn, tours the Esmeralds Inn in Chimney Rock and we go biking on the Point Lookout Trail in Old Fort.