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Buddy Pearson is sits down with Dr. Teddy Burch, an assistant professor in the Communications Department at Tennessee Tech University. Teddy talks about working for the school newspaper in college as his first opportunity, some of the common occurrences he deals with teaching advanced news writing, and the book he wrote for the podcasting class that has everything from how to step up to troubleshooting help.

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George Halford meets with Mark Odom, a Marketing and Infrastructure Consultant for the Rogers Group that has been involved in different areas of the Upper Cumberland. Mark discusses a co-op he was apart of with McDowell Road Builders, his family's involvement in Upper Cumberland basketball from Tennessee Tech to the AAU level, and the new TDOT modernization fund that will help Putnam County improve roads.

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Sam Brooks talks with Workout Anytime Gym co-owner Jerry Pugh. Jerry talks about the growth of the gyms with 20 locations spread across six states, what attracted Jerry to working in EMS, and everything a person can expect when they walk in the gym for the first time.

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Tiffany Anton talks with Christine Faccinto, the owner of Thunderhawk Canine in Cookeville. Christine talks about her path to her career today coming from a background dealing with animals, the value of having your pets being trained, & what it was like breaking into the community when she first arrived. 

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Buddy Pearson talks with three more members of the Putnam Co. School Board as School Board Appreciation continues. Lynn McHenry touches on the different jobs board members allows for a good mix of backgrounds, how Dawn has been able to show the ropes to some newer members, and what keeps David McCormick coming back every four years after already serving for 20. 

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George Halford meets with Larry Bragga, a former educator, mayor, & baseball coach. Larry talks about assuming the head baseball coach and assistant basketball coach his first year teaching high school, moving to Cookeville to help his son Matt upstart Tennessee Tech baseball, & his experience when the program started to see real success.

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Ben Rodgers talks with Lindsey Bruce and Kelly Fitzpatrick from the town of Baxter on the grant they are working on to improve the downtown. They discuss what Baxter offers to the public from a business owner's perspective, how long the process took to buy the properties and getting them up to code, & what the $7500 could do for the town of Baxter right now.

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Sam Brooks is joined by Peyton West, a former member of the boys' basketball team at Monterey High School. They begin with discussing the 2020 season when playing at Vol State , the experience going from middle school basketball to high school basketball as a freshman, and how it was different playing without his brother during his junior year. 

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Tiffany Anton visits with Lisa Garcia, the owner of Cleanse Wellness Spa in Cookeville. They discuss what the motivation was for Lisa to start a different kind of wellness spa, some of the success stories she's seen in just over a year of doing this in Cookeville, and the other services they offer that have health and other benefits

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Buddy Pearson is joined by Putnam County School Board members Jill Ramsey, Kerry Ledbetter, & Kim Cravens. Jill talks about where she started her teaching career and how it progressed, what prompted Kerry to run a spot on the Putnam Co. School Board, & Kim discusses her inspiration to run for school board in the beginning.

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