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Get to know Daphni with Daphfae Photography, and how she got her start in art.  Join host Andrea Kruszka as she sits down with Daphni with Daphfae Photography. They discuss how she got started in art and photography, her favorite styled sheets that she has done, as well as what she hopes others take away from her work and ... Read More »

University of Memphis’s Dr. James Whelan discusses the rise in gambling issues. If you’ve watched sports on television in the last year, you understand the influence of sports betting on our society. As more and more states legalize sports gambling, you’re seeing it in your face more and more. Take, for example, the recent March Madness games. Dr. James Whelan ... Read More »

Learn about Handcrafted Home Cookeville with Founders Jen Luna and Emma Levitz.  Join host Andrea Kruszka as she sits down with Jen Luna and Emma Levitz, Founders of Handcrafted Home Cookeville. They discuss their respective backgrounds in arts and crafts, what Handcrafted Home Cookeville is, and how and why they started the business, as well as who some of ... Read More »

Dr. Dennis Duncan discusses his work exploring food insecurity at Tennessee Tech Tennessee Tech Professor of Agriculture Dr. Dennis Duncan is looking at ways to address food insecurity through education. Join us as we take a look inside the work to explore food insecurity and Tennessee Tech University. Today In The Upper Cumberland airs each weekend as a way to ... Read More »

Learn more about the Storyteller House For The Arts with Founder Laura Holloway.  Join host Andrea Kruszka as she sits down with Laura Holloway, Founder of Storyteller House For The Arts in Cookeville. They discuss what Storyteller House For The Arts is and their mission, how she got her start in the performing arts, as well as how the ... Read More »

Overton County teacher Jennifer Eislander discusses the new Basic Education Plan Governor Bill Lee’s new funding formula for public education faced some of its toughest questions so far this week as the legislature bore down into the details. Overton County teach Jennifer Eislander has spent a lot of time in the last several weeks trying herself to get answers to ... Read More »

Get to know and learn more about Cookeville clay artist and glassblower Jeff Lee  Join host Andrea Kruszka as she sits down with Cookeville clay artist and glassblower Jeff Lee. They discuss how he got started creating art, the pottery projects that he is currently working on, as well as where he draws inspiration for his various projects from. ... Read More »

Learn how to prepare for severe weather with Putnam Co EMA Director Tyler Smith. March is that time of the year when severe weather begins across our region. Cold temperatures, then warm temperatures, lots of wind – they all come into play as does moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. How should your family prepare for the severe weather season? ... Read More »

Learn more about digital design artist and Tennessee Tech student Nate Wheeler.  Join host Andrea Kruszka as she sits down with Cookeville digital design artists, and Tennessee Tech University student, Nate Wheeler. They discuss how he got started working in design and art as a kid, the projects that he is currently working in, as well as how the ... Read More »

Tennessee SCORE’s David Mansouri discusses the new education funding formula. Legislative committees on Capitol Hill in Nashville took their first in depth look at the Governor’s new funding formula for state education. We go inside that formula with the head of Tennessee SCORE – a group that wants to sustain and increase Tennessee’s growth in academic achievement. Its President and ... Read More »