Chrissy Keuper
Former News Director, Host, ProducerChrissy served as WUOT's News Director and host of monthly public affairs talk show Dialogue from late 2021 to early 2023. Her first job with the station was as weekend student announcer while earning her bachelor's in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee. She had previously been the station's local host for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered news programs; occasionally filled in as host for WUOT's Morning and Afternoon Concerts; and had won multiple awards for her interviews, feature stories, and Dialogue.
In Chrissy's rare free time, she serves on the board of Discover Life in America; leads book discussions for Knox County Public Library's All Over the Page series; enjoys the many offerings of a growing Knoxville, specifically art, food, and parks and greenways; nurtures a growing collection of begonias and other plants; and otherwise has her nose in a book.
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Tennessee advocates for early childhood education and child nutrition are headed to Washington, D.C., to ask federal lawmakers for more funding, both here in the U.S. and in other parts of the world. WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper spoke with one of those advocates, Ann Marie Cornelison, a preschool teacher from Kingsport who is also the Save the Children Action Network’s legislative lead for Tennessee’s 1st District. -
The University of Tennessee’s Clarence Brown Theatre begins a new season with a new artistic director. Ken Martin spoke with WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper about what he envisions for the future of the CBT and the live entertainment industry. -
Knoxville Opera’s first opera of the season is called Glory Denied. It’s the story of Colonel Floyd James Thompson, America’s longest-held prisoner of war, who spent nearly nine years in captivity in Vietnam and Laos during the Vietnam War. Dean Anthony is Knoxville Opera’s Producing Director and he spoke with WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper about the opera and its connection with the Congressional Medal of Honor Celebration in Knoxville. -
On our next Dialogue, a snapshot of Knox County’s unhoused population. What has changed from the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic to today? How is the current housing crisis affecting this population? What are the plans for the future? WUOT's Chrissy Keuper will speak with:Nate First, Knox Homeless Management Information System or KnoxHMIS through the Social Work Office of Research and Public Service (SWORPS) in the University of Tennessee College of Social Work; Kristine Townsend, Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee; Candace Allen, McNabb Center; Michael Dunthorn and Shawn Griffith, Homeless Program Coordinators for the City of Knoxville Office on Homelesseness.Join us for Dialogue today, September 7th, at noon on WUOT. -
About 1 in 6 people living in the U.S. are Hispanic/Latino. This number is expected to grow to 1 in 4 by 2035. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Hispanic population grew by 3.8% from 2020 to 2021, the largest growth among any group. The Hispanic population in TN is the third largest racial or ethnic group behind Whites and Black/African Americans. Dr. Carole Myers of the University of Tennessee College of Nursing speaks with Cristina Cáceres, Director of Community Resources at Centro Hispano de East Tennessee about the healthcare challenges facing this community. -
Today is the first day of fall classes at Maryville College and this year, the college is partnering with RT Lodge, a restaurant, hotel, and special event site on campus, for classes and other learning opportunities associated with a new major. WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper spoke with Maryville College President Dr. Bryan Coker about the new Hospitality and Regional Identity major and what it means. -
Each year about 1 in 10 infants in the United States is born prematurely. Prematurity is defined as being born before 37 weeks of gestation. Due to major advances, babies born very prematurely are more likely to survive than even a few decades ago. Dr. Carole Myers of the UT College of Nursing speaks with Dr. Kathy Newnam, Associate Professor in the UT College of Nursing and a neonatal nurse practitioner at UT Medical Center.
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The Frontier supercomputer is the world’s first exascale supercomputer (with an exact HPL score of 1.102 Exaflop/s) and has just made its formal debut at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Justin Whitt is OLCF's Program Director and the project director for Frontier. WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper spoke with Whitt earlier this summer, just after the TOP500 project ranked Frontier the fastest supercomputer in the world. -
In 2018, playwright and songwriter Candace Corrigan was asked to write a musical about Tennessee’s role in the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, officially guaranteeing the right to vote for women. The musical, A Vote of Her Own, made its debut at Knoxville’s historic Bijou Theatre. Corrigan spoke with WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper about the musical. -
Dr. Carole Myers of the UT College of Nursing speaks with Dr. David Bassett, UT Professor Emeritus of Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies, about his studies of physical activity and energy expenditure, especially the impact of walking on body weight, blood pressure, blood lipids, and other cardiovascular risk factors, and about how many steps are enough for good health.
