Bob Bell meets with Director of Putnam County Schools Corby King. They discuss the Governor's recent special legislative session on education during the COVID-19 pandemic, the current state of Putnam County Schools and how the students have adapted to the many challenges brought on in 2020, as well as how new technology from the pandemic may change education in the next five years.

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Michael Detwiler talks with Crystal Young, Executive Director of Hope Center Adoption & Family Services in Cookeville. They discuss her life growing up and attending Tennessee Tech University, her love for serving others, her time working in ministry, and her experience working with families and adoptions.

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Sam Brooks sits down with Tennessee Tech University football legend and former NFL kicker Wayne Anderson. They discuss his time at TTU, what it was like transitioning from college football to the NFL, and he offers an insider's perspective on the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on college athletics.

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Tiffany Anton meets with Amanda King and Jennifer Shaw with Restored & Co in Livingston. They discuss what the boutique is and the products that they offer, and what it was like opening a store in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Bob Bell sits down with State Senator Paul Bailey. They discuss the recent special session on education, COVID-19's impact on education, the merits of in-person learning vs remote learning, as well as state economic recovery efforts and their impact on state education.

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Michael Detwiler sits down with Dr. Toney Hudson, local physician and owner of Occupational Health Center in Cookeville. They discuss his background and time in medical school, why he came to Cookeville to practice medicine and what that was like starting out, as well as the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic as a physician.

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Sam Brooks meets with former Cookeville High School football head coach and local sports icon Ron Chambers. They discuss his life growing up playing sports, his coaching career including his time taking over the CHS football program, as well as some of his career highlights.

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Tiffany Anton talks with Diego Alvarez, owner of Royal House of Cheese in Cookeville. They discuss how and when his catering business got its start, where the origin of the business's name comes from, and how the COVID-19 pandemic initially impacted business, and what he's done to adapt and move forward through it.

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Bob Bell meets with Thomas Fuhrman, Principal of Jere Whitson Elementary School in Cookeville. They discuss his background and career, what the student body at Jere Whiston Elementary is like, and the impact that remote learning has had on the school and what the pros and cons of those changes have been.

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Michael Detwiler meets with Tyler Asher, Director Of Small business at the Upper Cumberland Development District. they discuss his background and the work that he does at the UCDD, the services that the UCDD provides to businesses, as well as his hobby of woodworking, and the projects that he's worked on.

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