This Conversation

Author Elizabeth Boyd looks at the perpetuation of racism, sexism, and classism through sorority rushes, beauty pageants, and a Confederate pageant, held annually in Natchez, Mississippi.

The book is scheduled for publication in August 2022.

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Charles Vess is a fantasy artist and is known for his work with Marvel Publishers where he worked on Spider-man. Later he wrote and drew the Spider Man graphic novel Spirits of the Earth.

In this October 2021 interview he talks about his forthcoming 2022 calendar and explains how he wound up living and working in Abingdon, Virginia.

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Rev. Paul Seay is co-author of From Heaven to Earth: Christmas for New Believers, Old Believers, and Nonbelievers along with college friend and roommate Rev. Wil Cantrell. These days, Seay serves as pastor of Methodist Churches in Abingdon, Virginia. Cantrell serves as pastor of Concord United Methodist Church in Farragut, Tennessee.

In this interview, prior to Christmas 2021, Seay addresses some significant questions about the Christmas story.. He reminds us that Jesus was a Jew and discusses the importance of that context, and he recognizes the incredulity of a virgin birth.

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In November, 2020, Virginia voters approved a Constitutional Amendment establishing a bi-partisan commission to fix the problem of gerrymandering and take redistricting power away from the legislature. When the new commission was unable to agree on a map, the Virginia Supreme Court took over, as specified in the amendment.

New voting maps are now in place.

How have things changed? Is the new system a success?

League of Women Voters members Peggy Layne and Chris DeRosa were deeply involved in the process of change and provide great insight into the new plan.

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Sullivan County, Tennessee school officials do not like for their students to hear about White Privilege -- unless an opposing view is presented. They suspended teacher Matthew Hawn for sharing a profane poem about white privilege on video by Black poet Kyla Jenée Lacey in a high school class on "Contemporary Issues." One wonders what the opposing view that there is white privilege would be. What happens now? Will he be reinstated? Hear his story in this interview, aired on WEHC in September 2021.

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Lou Buantello has been driving the big rigs for many years -- and he loves it. As Junior Brown's song says, he's "semi-crazy." And he's our guest from the back of his big rig while his partner is taking a shift in their long haul from Virginia to California and back. Get an insight into a truck driver's view of the four wheelers and hear advice to those who are driving the little sedans alongside the 18-wheelers. Aired on WEHC Dec. 8, 2021.

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Dr. Douglas Pote found rural southwest Virginia for a career in medicine and also found an outlet on the stage. writing about for his passion for music history and the Bristol recording sessions' big bang in country music. Stay tuned to the big screen where "Keep On the Sunny Side" may show up to share the Carter Family story with a national audience.

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Dr. Jessica Moerman, Sr. Director for Science and Policy with the Evangelical Environmental Network, talks from her point of view as both a climate scientist and a Christian. Hear her details about trusting in both God and Science ... and the evidence she says shows that humans have contributed to planet warming that goes far beyond normal cycles and endangers our survival.

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Shayne Weister of Glory Ridge Farms is all about bees. He says his bees make the best honey and it's available at Orr's Farm Market in Martinsburg, West Virginia. He points out that bees are responsible for feeding cows and what you can do to help save them as he describes the basics of a bee hive. Aired Dec. 1, 2021 on This Conversation with host Teresa Keller on WEHC.

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Dr. Jessica Moerman is Sr. Director for Science and Policy with the Evangelical Environmental Network.

Her Ph.D. is in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences from Georgia Institute of Technology.

In This Conversation with Teresa Keller, originally aired on WEHC-FM, Emory, Va., Dr. Moerman talks about her work in studying God's creation, and the evidence that humans are the cause of the warming planet.

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WEHC 90.7 FM is the Voice of Southwest Virginia.