Richard Winham shares the first part of a conversation with Margaret Renkl, author of “Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss.”

The DEO Clinic in Dalton, Georgia provides free health care services to people with low incomes and no insurance of their own. On Saturday, the clinic will host a 5K race at Haig Mill Trail. Heather Donahue is executive director of The DEO Clinic.

When we talk about “equity in the arts,” what does that mean? What’s the difference between talking the talk - and doing the work? On Friday, ArtsBuild here in Chattanooga will host a virtual conference with speakers and resources for creatives and arts organizations now grappling with these questions.

When this nation invaded Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks, the projections of how long we would stay - and how we would leave - never met reality during the past twenty years. But let’s go back to the beginning of the beginning.

In New York City, these words from the Roman poet Virgil are inscribed underground: “No Day Shall Erase You From the Memory of Time.”

Remembering 9/11, twenty years later, in Chattanooga. The 12 Horsemen of Afghanistan; Equity in the Arts. Talking Writing: Author Margaret Renkl, Part I. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Richard Winham shares the second part of a virtual performance by roots band Lazybirds for the Mountain Spirit Acoustic Series at the Isis Music Hall in Asheville, North Carolina. (First aired November 2020)

In Alabama, T.K. Thorne is an author - and a retired captain of the Birmingham Police. Her latest book - which delves behind the scenes of the city’s racial turmoil during the pivotal 1960’s - is titled, “Behind the Magic Curtain: Secrets, Spies and Unsung White Allies of Birmingham’s Civil Rights Days” - published by NewSouth Books.

How can what is known as “open data” - data available to the public - make local government more transparent, responsive - and effective? Here in Chattanooga, the City’s answer can be found at its Office of Performance Management and Open Data - where, by the way, they are now hiring.

How the City of Chattanooga leverages open data. Author T.K. Thorne on her book “Behind the Magic Curtain.” Mountain Spirit Acoustic Series: Lazybirds, Part II. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”