Maya Angelou's Black History Month Special

Maya Angelou defines Black History, as it is embraced in our popular culture with an emphasis on the civil rights era and a poetic acknowledgement of late activist, Rosa Parks. This one hour historical trek takes us from the 1950's thru the 1990's. Dr. Maya Angelou renders a poetic portrait of the day-to-day lives of African Americans during the civil rights era, when artists and activists, musicians and ministers joined hands with people from all walks of life to bring about a historic change in our culture.
Friday, February 3, at noon (Fresh Air returns on Monday.)

Dialogue

Dialogue A look back at Black Wednesday. It was five years ago that Knox County Commissioners violated the state’s sunshine law in a brazen one-day scramble for power. Former commissioner Mark Harmon and former Knoxville News sentinel reporter Rebecca Ferrar were there and joined Matt Shafer Powell on Dialogue. Audio from the program is available on the Podcast page.
Aired Wednesday, February 1, at 1 p.m.

WUOT News Feature

It’s been just over two years since a powerful earthquake hit the country of Haiti. Among the many efforts to rebuild the country, University of Tennessee architecture professor John McRae and former graduate-student Wyn Miller are working in an area called Fond des Blancs, about 70 miles from capital city Port au Prince. WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper speaks with McRae and Miller, who are working with UT students to help improve the area’s infrastructure. On the drawing board: a major road and bridge project, water quality improvements, and a school, under construction and scheduled to open in September…
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>>listen to Wyn Miller on Haiti's charcoal industry and its effect on the country

PolitiFact Tennessee is a partnership between WUOT News and the Knoxville News Sentinel. Each Friday morning, Chrissy Keuper sits down with News Sentinel reporters Tom Humphrey in Nashville and Michael Collins in Washington. They'll take a look at some of the comments being made by Tennessee's politicians and elected officials and attempt to separate fact from fiction. They'll put them on the Truth-O-Meter to see if their claims are legitimate or if their pants are on fire.
Week 1: Tom Humphrey in Nashville, whose first item has to do with one of Tennessee's federal representatives...
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Week 2: Michael Collins, Washington DC Reporter for the News Sentinel and a member of the PolitiFact Tennessee team...
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Saturday on The Metropolitan Opera

Donizetti's "Anna Bolena" Anna Netrebko portrays the ill-fated queen driven insane by her unfaithful king. She sings one of opera's greatest mad scenes in this Met production by David McVicar. Ekaterina Gubanova is her rival, Jane Seymour, Ildar Abdrazakov sings Henry VIII, and Marco Armiliato conduct.
Saturday, February 4, at 1 p.m.
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WUOT News Feature

This year, East Tennessee PBS is broadcasting a series about the history of the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge. Ray Smith has worked at Y-12 for more than 40 years. He began in maintenance and at one time or another was responsible for every building on the site. But Y-12 administrators developed a new job for him: Smith became the facility's first historian, a now permanent position at the facility. WUOT's Chrissy Keuper spoke with him about what actually goes on at one of the most mysterious places in the nation...
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