Present Tense

We hear from iconic author, historian, conservationist and Echota Cherokee Rickey Butch Walker whose love for the Warrior Mountains called him to work to form a movement to save the Bankhead National Forest.

In episode 2, we hear from citizen eco-warrior, artist, potter, and teacher Ruth Manasco. Ruth talks with us about her life, the forest and the work to achieve passage of the Eastern Wilderness Act, designating a swath of the Bankhead National Forest as the Sipsey Wilderness.

Janice Barrett of Wild South’s Alabama office offers context about the Warrior Mountains, the Bankhead National Forest and the Sipsey Wilderness, and the movement to protect them.

In Episode 1 of this 13-part series, we hear from Lamar Marshall, a powerful voice in the movement to save the Bankhead National Forest from the toxic policies of the US Forest Service. Lamar talks about wilderness as a right and a legacy, worth fighting for.

Introducing a fascinating series of interviews and conversations with the eco-warriors who fought the US Forest Service policies that did grave harm in the Bankhead Forest of north Alabama.

Musician Davey Williams sat down with Present Tense host Anne Markham Bailey to talk about origins, art, birth, cancer, music and more.

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n the first episode of Season 2 we sit down with poet Erica Dawson as she sits down at Revelator Coffee in Birmingham, Alabama with host Anne Markham Bailey to talk about being a poet, the power of poetry in society, her relationship with words, and more.

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Yasmeen Khan, Senior Rare Book Conservator at the LIbrary of Congress sits down with host Anne Markham Bailey in Washington to talk about her family, her Pakistani lineage and her work as a conservator.

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