Todd Steed
Music Director, Host, ProducerA Knoxville native, Todd began working at WUOT in 2006 as jazz coordinator. Todd serves as music director and host of Studio 865/Flipside, Improvisations and Changing Course. He produces the popular music and travel podcast 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.
Prior to working at WUOT, Todd worked overseas in China, Lithuania and Indonesia. Upon returning to the states, he served as study abroad coordinator at UT's Center for International Education.
Recently, Todd was inducted into the East Tennessee Writer's Hall of Fame.
You can reach Todd via email.
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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. -
Vance Thompson zoomed in to Improvisations to share the details of the upcoming KJO season. -
Drummer Graham Monroe stopped by WUOT to take a turn on the Blindfold Game. He scored several direct hits. -
Moon Zappa talks with Todd Steed about her new memoir, Earth To Moon. The book captures her unorthodox and often painful upbringing in the house of Frank and Gail Zappa. With grace, laugh-out-loud humor and sharp insight, Moon captures her unique journey in this page turning memoir. She talks candidly here about her hit single, her relationship with her siblings, and they way forward. And delicious tea. -
Red Dead Redemption 2 is a wildly successful history-based video game. The game is lauded for its realism and attention to detail. But how does it fare as a re-creation of history? UT history professor Tore Olsson takes up that question in a special class at UT and also in his new book: Red Dead's History: A Video Game, an Obsession, and America's Violent Past. Todd Steed caught up with Torre Olson to discuss the book. Olsson will be at Union Avenue Books on August 15th at 6:00. -
Hunter Deacon sits down with Todd Steed to discuss some of the great recordings that informed his path as a musician. A must listen for drummers and those who wish to understand them. -
The new director of the University of Tennessee Press, Katie Hannah, stopped by WUOT to discuss several new projects and her vision for the campus publisher. -
The Knoxville History Project will celebrate the 100th anniversary of when Knoxville leaders and outdoor enthusiasts took an idea by Annie Davis and created a remarkable grassroots movement to establish a new national park in the Great Smoky Mountains. Jack Neely and Eric Dawson sat down with Todd Steed to talk about the unlikely success of the movement that gave birth to the park. Information for the three day event can be found here. -
The last time Tennessee played in the College World Series finals, Harry Truman was president and Humphrey Bogart won his first and only Oscar. It’s been a long wait, but the Vols are back and taking on Texas A&M on Saturday evening in Omaha. Todd Steed caught up with UT Daily Beacon sports editor Caleb Jarreau who is covering the College World Series in Omaha. -
Studio 865 welcomes Knoxville musicians Mal Nombre for a lively discussion on their debut release, Mal Nombre.
