The Fancy Farm Picnic is famous for three things: Bingo, political speeches with raucous crowds and barbecue as far as the eye can see. Thanks to COVID-19, however, two out of three won't happen. (At the barbecue is still there.) Matt talks with Mayfield Messenger Editor Eric Walker about the picnic's history and the impact of its diminished status this year.

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Matt Schorr chats with freelance reporter Tony Centonze about navigating the strange world of community journalism, which is made all the stranger in the midst of a global pandemic and national protests.

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Murray Ledger & Times reporter John Wright joins Matt to talk about his adventures with various newspapers throughout Western Kentucky. Those include adrenaline-fueled, high-speed drives through the woods to find a massive boat wreck and talks with COVID-19 survivors.

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This is a special in-between episode with an important announcement! Matt Schorr's webcomic -- Moby Dick: Back from the Deep -- returned to Kickstarter this week, and we'd like to invite everyone aboard. If comic books are your thing, follow the link below and consider supporting this project.

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Chris Smith, Regional News Director for USA Today Network - Tennessee and author of Salamanders of the Silk Road, joins Matt to talk about his experiences as Senior Editor for the Leaf-Chronicle in Clarksville and his journalistic adventures in Florida and Alabama. His tales include chair tossing and insult hurling, but not a single wrestling ring. For more updates on this show and others, be sure to follow the Schorr Manor Facebook Page.

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With the coronavirus pandemic in full force, Matt takes a moment to tell a few of his own stories about life in quarantine.

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Tavia Green from ClarksvilleNow joins Matt to talk about her earliest -- and perhaps most intense -- experiences as a journalist. The conversation includes tragedy, bizarre interviews and the importance of local journalism in small communities.

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Joe Jackson, radio journalist for Bristol Broadcasting, joins Matt to talk about his experiences in the field, including their shared experience on a county-wide manhunt that ended in a truly unexpected way. Longtime lighteners may remember this as Matt's own story from our very first episode, and he's revisiting it here with someone else's perspective!

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Richard Stevens, Clarksville's Director of Communications and former Leaf-Chronicle Publisher, joins Matt to look back on his career and some of the most unique memories that came with it. There are tornadoes, bounced checks, PhDs ("Public Degrees in Hard Drinking") and so much more. This episode also marks our one-year anniversary, and we're celebrating with a brand new intro and theme song!

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Leigh Landini Wright, an Associate Professor at Murray State University's Journalism and Mass Communications Department, joins Matt to look back on 2019 and some of the changes in the industry, not to mention her own adventures covering the recent Kentucky Governor Election with her students.

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