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 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 at steed@wuot.org
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Michael deLisle joins Todd to talk Allman Brothers, Hendrix, and Tennessee Sunshine, his new release. -
Margherita Fava and Sam Adams visit WUOT to talk about the upcoming Nxt Gen series, providing a platform for a younger generations of Knoxville musicians to produce and promote their own music. -
After a break, the Knox Asian Festival returns to the World's Fair Park this Sunday. The free event with feature a variety of entertainment, education and food. Organizer Kumi Alderman explains the finer details of this popular festival. -
Legendary singer Bettye LaVette talks with Todd Steed about her unflinching pursuit of her musical vision and her upcoming performance at the Tennessee Theatre. -
Stamatoula Kaousias returns to Flipside to make her case that certain groups that Todd adores, may not be, in some cases, all that adorable. -
Nicki Collett from the Tennessee Theatre pops in to discuss the upcoming Pass The Mic series at the Tennessee Theatre and the Black Opry Revue. Todd picks out some choice cuts from several of the artists in the Revue, including Nikki Morgan (pictured above) and Jennah Bell. -
UT History professor Ernie Freeberg speaks with UT historian Dr. Shellen Wu, a specialist in modern Chinese history. She helps us understand the origin and legacy of the fair’s most popular exhibit, the pavilion hosted by the People’s Republic of China. Promoters of the fair liked to claim that history was being made in Tennessee—and in the case of the China pavilion, they delivered on that promise. -
Storyteller extraordinaire Sheila Arnold talks with Todd Steed about her upcoming performance at Flatwater Tales in Oak Ridge. -
In our first episode, UT History professor Ernie Freeberg speaks with historian Michael Camp, who has written a book on energy policy in the 1970s and 80s. Camp says that the long lines at the gas pumps caused by the energy crisis of 1973/74 set the stage for the Carter administration’s focus on energy conservation—and inspired its support for Knoxville’s proposal to host an international energy exposition almost a decade later.
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Taber Gable stopped by with his ensemble to talk about his latest projects and what's ahead. Hear Taber break it down with Kyle Miles, Jonathan Pinson, and Andrew Renfroe.
