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Public Radio Hour - Mountain Lakes, Local Lineup,...

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2021/04/08

On this episode of the Public Radio Hour, we'll hear how businesses and local makers are finding success thanks to north Alabama's amazing trails and lakes. Then, we'll dive deeper and explore how Alabama's workforce is changing and evolving with the rise of automation and artificial intelligence. We'll also continue our local music stage check-ins at Mars Music Hall and we hear about the Local Lineup public concert series. And after all that wandering, we'll end up in The Invisible City drifitng on

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Public Radio Hour - Ghost Stories & Aeolians Evade a...

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2020/11/17

On this spoOo0oOoky edition of The Public Radio Hour, Sundial Writers Corner contributor Sara McDaris regales us with a traditional Scottish tale of how a weeping widow found her lost love... Buckle up, because Theatre Huntsville will scare the pants off of you when you hear about the revenge of Aunt Jenny... and they will oblige us with a fable from local legend, master of storytelling and Jeffrey the ghost’s best ghoul-friend, Kathryn Tucker Windham, “The Phantom Steamboat of the Tombigbee...” We

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Public Radio Hour - Election, Science Fest, New...

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2020/10/29

Our series, 'The Hard Part,' continues this week, where Katy Ganaway talks with Huntsville Police Captain Dewayne McCarver, exploring paths to unity and healing, following the lasting mark made at June protests in Huntsville. That conversation was recorded in our studios Oct. 2, 2020; John Carroll, chairman of the Alabama Fair Ballot Commission, delivers an Election Day primer of the ever-convoluted proposed amendments to our state's constitution; October 24-31, the Huntsville Science Festival goes

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Public Radio Hour - COVID Masks & Tests; White Lies;...

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2020/08/02

Last week, we concluded a special NPR podcast series, 'White Lies.' This week, we follow up with the show’s co-host, Andrew Grace, on works in progress and get a behind the scenes account of the making of the series. And we’ll hear a captivating work of prose by Sundial Writers Corner contributor and Huntsville Literary Association Young Writers Contest winner, Calvin Engstrom. WLRH's Katy Ganaway hosts this week, with Brett Tannehill producing. Want to know more about the stories featured in

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Public Radio Hour 'Alabama's New Normal pt. 4' 5/28/20

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2020/06/20

In this episode of The Public Radio Hour, we continue to explore Alabama's New Normal, as the state tries to reopen businesses and resume daily life as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to grow. We'll talk about the challenges of reigniting live music and the performing arts with Purple 19 founder Judy Allison, discover the joys of curbside service with Alyx Kim-yohn of the Huntsville Madison County Public Library, learn about efforts to keep the mission alive at Redstone Arsenal with Garrison

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The Public Radio Hour 'Alabama's New Normal - pt. 3'...

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2020/05/28

As Alabama continues to mitigate the spread of coronavirus, restrictions on our economy are gradually loosening up. This is the third installment of our ‘New Normal’ series for stories on how our community is seeking the balance between staying healthy and welcoming back business. This episode, we hear how the Huntsville/ Madison County Public Library is digitally preserving our coronavirus stories, w/ library archivist Shalis Worthy. Owner and operator of Sugar Belle, Andrew Judge, tells us how his

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The Public Radio Hour 'Alabama's New Normal - pt. 2'...

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2020/05/22

In this episode of The Public Radio Hour, we continue exploring our strange new COVID-19 reality with our series, 'The New Normal.'We'll hear about the challenges of reopening child care centers from Camille Bennett of the Alabama Child Care Coalition. Dr. Karen Landers with the Alabama Department of Health updates us COVID-19 testing efforts. HudsonAlpha's Dr. Neil Lamb talks with us about herd immunity and using science to play defense against infection.And the new CEO of the Huntsville Botanical

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Public Radio Hour 'Alabama's New Normal: pt. 1' [5/7/20]

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2020/05/21

As Alabama continues to mitigate the spread of coronavirus, restrictions on our economy are gradually loosening up. This is the first installment of our ‘New Normal’ series for stories on how our community is seeking the balance between staying healthy and welcoming back business. This episode, Land Trust of North Alabama's Marketing Director, Melanie Manson, shares some of her favorite nature trails, & tips on how to practice social distancing in the wilderness. Claire Aiello, V.P. of Marketing

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Public Radio Hour - Trailblazing Women of North...

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2020/05/07

This week, we honor women in North Alabama, finding their voice and taking their "Seat at the Table." You'll hear about the world in which women are working to improve here in the Tennessee Valley- in manufacturing, STEM, music, and more traditionally male-dominated lines of work. Photos by Kavolshaia Howze. Links related to this episode: Women's Fund of Greater Birmingham: https://womensfundbirmingham.org/ Reckon AL: https://www.al.com/reckon/ NASA profile for Dr. Joyce Neighbors:

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The Public Radio Hour - COVID Testing 1..2..3.. - ...

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2020/04/29

In this episode of The Public Radio Hour... You're feeling sick with symptoms of the novel coronavirus, so you go get a test-- you get the swab up the nose, and then... you wait in isolation. What's happening while you're waiting, and what does the future look like for coronavirus testing? Host Brett Tannehill talks with Dr. Neil Lamb, vice president of educational outreach at the Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology about testing, herd immunity and how we might eventually establish a new

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The Public Radio Hour - Stories of Love - [2/13/20]

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2020/02/28

This episode of the Public Radio Hour is packed with tales of love- lost, found, unrequited, and everything inbetween. Our Sundial Writers Corner regales us with stories of the extraordinary lengths one would travel for love, being stood up in purple footie pajamas, pondering the origins of love and where it grows, and so much more. We hope you settle in with someone close to you and enjoy "Stories of Love."

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The Public Radio Hour - A Clean Slate - [1/30/20]

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2020/02/18

From conquering drug addiction to contributing to a cleaner Earth, folks in the Tennessee Valley are kicking off the new year with their chins up and their ambitions high. In this episode of the Public Radio Hour, we take you to A Partnership for a Drug-Free Community, to tour their brand new Recovery Resource Hub of Huntsville. They've recruited peer support specialists and consultants who will help match those suffering from substance use disorder, addiction and mental illness with resources

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PRH - Aging Gracefully and the Challenges of Elder...

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2020/01/31

On this week's Public Radio Hour, our Elder Care Series comes to a crescendo with three separate views on getting older and the issues that come with it. We hear how Huntsville's Monte Sano Mountain community innovated an alternative to assisted living, with a neighbors-helping-neighbors, village culture. We'll pull our bikes off the rack in the garage to roll alongside folks at Tweed Ride; we'll ask them how they'd like to age. And on our elder care panel, three advocates for resolving elder care

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Public Radio Hour 'Stories of Haints, Greed and...

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2019/11/17

In this episode of The Public Radio Hour, we bring you stories of the macabre-- blood, knives, and the supernatural. Our newest staff members, Korey Wilson and Stephenie Walker, read stories by Kathryn Tucker Windham that are sure to chill your bones. Bonnie Blagg makes us all hide under the covers with her story, featured on Snap Judgment’s Spooked series. Benny Pitsinger-from our latest Local Aliens CD- tells a cautionary tale of greed about an old blind jazz harpist and a thief. And we step into

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Public Radio Hour 'Spooky Skies, Local Aliens IV,...

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2019/10/28

In this epic episode of the Public Radio Hour, we board our audio spacecraft to venture into an extraterrestrial realm of local music, also known as Local Aliens IV. Host Brett Tannehill and Valley Sounds producer Nate Emery chat about this year's lineup and preview a few songs featured on the CD. The Blank on Blank podcast shares an ultra-rare interview from 1983 with Sally Ride, the first American female astronaut in space. Ride talks with feminist icon Gloria Steinem about her views on sending

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Public Radio Hour 'Energy, Candy Bomber, Team...

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2019/10/07

In this hour, our WLRH Community Newsroom explores why solar power for homeowners in Alabama is a losing proposition, with Daniel Tait of Energy Alabama. Producer Brett Tannehill gets the Tennessee Valley caught up on the state's upcoming bicentennial events, in a conversation with Huntsville Madison County Bicentennial Committee executive director Sally Warden. Ed Carr, the Alabama State Ambassador for Team Rubicon, an international disaster aid nonprofit, talks with WLRH's Katy Ganaway about what

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Public Radio Hour 'Twickenham Fest, Recycle Pt2'...

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2019/09/27

This episode of The Public Radio Hour, we hear the latter part of Planet Money's exploration into why we take part in residential recycling, and whether that practice is hurting or helping the Earth... Plus the co-creators of Twickenham Fest, Susanna Phillips and Matt McDonald, drop by our studios to discuss the big event for classical music lovers, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year!

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Public Radio Hour '20th Anniversary Chandra...

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2019/09/23

On this episode of the Public Radio Hour, we mark the 20th anniversary of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. Marshall Space Flight Center for X-ray astronomy Dr. Martin Weisskopf joins MSFC historian Brian Odom to talk about Chandra's history and discoveries. We also look ahead to the future of X-ray observation with research astrophysicist and NASA study scientist Dr. Jessica Gaskin ...

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Public Radio Hour 'DeQn Sue, Recycle pt1, Theater...

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2019/08/23

This episode of The Public Radio Hour feature part 1 of 2 special podcasts from Planet Money on recycling. Valley Sounds producer Tim Miller sits down for a visit with musician DeQn Sue. Executive director of the Huntsville Madison County Bicentennial Committee Sally Warden stops by for her monthly update on upcoming bicentennial events. And WLRH Community Newsroom producer Dan Pawlus has the final installment of his interview series exploring challenges faced by Huntsville's theater community as he

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Public Radio Hour 'Willie Ruff, Public Transit, Local...

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2019/08/15

In this hour, the WLRH Community Newsroom presents part two of a three-part interview series exploring Huntsville’s theater community-- we hear from Leslie Gates of Theatre Huntsville. Morning Blend Host Dorrie Nutt talks with Jazz artist Willie Ruff about his musical influences and his Kepler Project, which Carl Sagan commandeered to add to the Golden Record aboard Voyager I. We also take a ride on Huntsville's public transit system. We take a look into the five-year, five-phase plan that kicked

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