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Richard Powers goes deep

Pulitzer Prize winning author Richard Powers has released a bold new novel called Playground. Set in the world’s largest ocean, Playground explores the last wild place we have yet to colonize and explores interweaving themes of technology and our shared humanity. Todd Steed caught up with Richard Powers to explore the novel and find out how a single photograph changed his life.

A Knoxville native, Todd began working at WUOT in 2006 as jazz coordinator now serves as program director and host of Studio 865/Flipside, Improvisations and Changing Course. Todd's newest podcast is Improvisations to Go. Todd got his start in radio at WUTK, where he served as both news and music director while earning his undergraduate degree in journalism at UT. He later earned a master’s degree in education, also at UT. Recently, Todd was inducted into the East Tennessee Writer's Hall of Fame.

You can reach Todd at steed@wuot.org