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Learn about TTU group CODE and their recent conversation with state legislatures This week, a group of Tennessee Tech student athletes asked a group of Tennessee legislatures to sit down and discuss a recent letter about the national anthem and protest. The Legislatures asked the heads of the state universities to stop the protest. The Tennessee Tech group named CODE ... Read More »

Learn more about custom instruments with McMinnville builder Nathaniel Wright. Content hosted by iono.fm Join host Emily Newman as she sits down with McMinnville custom instrument builder and repairer Nathaniel Wright. They discuss how he got started playing and then creating guitars, what the commission process is like and the work that goes into each project when working on an ... Read More »

Find out how you can remember the March 3rd, 2020 tornado victims this week. This weekend marks the juncture between two memorable weather moments in our community’s history. Next week, the community will remember the March 3rd, 2020 tornado. This past week, the region got power restored after a powerful multi-day ice storm. Thousands spent part of the week in ... Read More »

This week, meet Cookeville graphic designer, illustrator & muralist Maya Mathews Content hosted by iono.fm Join host Emily Newman as she sits down with Cookeville graphic designer, illustrator, and muralist Maya Mathews. They discuss where she’s from, the mural that she did at World Foods in Cookeville and her creative process for it, as well as where she finds inspiration ... Read More »

Personal Growth Counseling’s Elizabeth Rodgers discusses teen eating disorders. Some 9% of the U.S. population will deal with an eating disorder at some point in their lives. Most of those are women, though eating disorders also affect men. Did you know that eating disorders are the second most deadliest mental illness in the United States second only to opiod addiction? ... Read More »

This week, get to know more about Baxter woodworker and wood-turner Bill Gray. Content hosted by iono.fm Join host Emily Newman as she sits down with Baxter woodworker and wood-turner Bill Gray. They discuss the stories and artistic process behind several of his pieces, where he finds the inspiration to create, as well as his favorite types of wood to ... Read More »

Ruth Dyal discusses the growth and future of tourism in the Upper Cumberland. Tourism continues to grow as an Upper Cumberland industry. Even through COVID, our collection of state parks and outdoor recreation facilities brought people from all over the nation. And with the hope that COVID may soon come to an end, there’s optimism for the future. Ruth Dyal ... Read More »

Get to know Livingston ceramic artist Jonathan Strong and what led him to art. Content hosted by iono.fm Join host Emily Newman as she sits down with Livingston ceramic artist Jonathan Strong of Strong Stoneware. They discuss how his background in the army led to him being introduced to art, how and why he creates his own clay, what his ... Read More »

Putnam Co Director of Schools Corby King discusses learning loss caused by COVID As the state legislature prepared for a special session on education, figures about learning loss came forward. For example, Tennessee third graders – a 50% drop in reading, a projected 65% drop in math proficiency with COVID one of the main reasons. But what do the numbers ... Read More »

Learn more about the tattoo creation process with tattoo artist Emily Sands. Content hosted by iono.fm Join host Emily Newman as she sits down with tattoo artist Emily Sands with Black Heart Tattoo in Cookeville. They discuss what inspired her and made her decide to become a tattoo artist, the process of getting a tattoo for the first time, and ... Read More »