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Dr. Carole Myers of the University of Tennessee College of Nursing speaks with Dr. Robert Pack, Director of the East Tennessee State University Addiction Science Center, about Substance Use Disorder.

Dr. Carole Myers of the University of Tennessee College of Nursing speaks with Tennessee State Senator Dr. Richard Briggs about health issues that will be up for discussion during this year's session.

Medical marijuana legislation is a perennial fixture in the Tennessee General Assembly. Dr. Carole Myers of the University of Tennessee College of Nursing speaks with Karen Pershing, Executive Director of the Metro Drug Coalition about the difference between medical marijuana, recreational marijuana, and CBD products.

Conversations about Tennessee's climate and weather are becoming more and more complicated. We’re seeing rapid climate changes in Tennessee, like everywhere else, and those changes are becoming more extreme, causing more damage, and some of them, like periods of extreme heat, are lasting longer. WUOT's Chrissy Keuper spoke with three Tennessee climatologists, one from each of the state’s Grand Divisions: Kelsey Ellis, Alisa Hass, and Dorian Burnette.

As humans become increasingly urbanized, urban forests grow more important because of the wide range of benefits they confer to animals, plants, water, and the environment. Dr. Carole Myers of the UT College of Nursing speaks with Dr. Sharon Jean-Philippe of the UT Institute of Agriculture, who focuses on green infrastructure in populated areas.

Tracy Pintchman is giving the University of Tennessee’s 2022 Anjali Lecture in Hindu Studies. She is a professor of religious studies and director of the International Studies Program at Loyola University of Chicago and she spoke with WUOT's Chrissy Keuper.

Dr. Carole Myers speaks with Kinika Young of the Tennessee Justice Center about what the state's Medicaid gap means for Tennesseans.

WUOT's Chrissy Keuper speaks with Dr. Jan Simek of the University of Tennessee Department of Anthropology about his book, A Dark Pathway: Precontact Native American Mud Glyphs from 1st Unnamed Cave, Tennessee, published by University of Tennessee Press.

Dr. Carole Myers of the University of Tennessee College of Nursing speaks with Tony Garr about surprise medical bills and what the recently enacted federal No Surprises Act covers.