In January's episode of Voices of the Archive, we'll be hearing from Rufus Houston and Rick Newell, two Jonesborough residents who volunteer with JAMA, Jonesbroough's local food pantry. In this episode, we'll hear how Rufus and Rick found Jonesborough, as well as their expiriences volunteering at the pantry. Visit JAMA's Facebook Page to learn more about Jonesborough's local food pantry: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064754196619 Voices from the Archive is a monthly segment of StoryTown Radio. It shares stories from people living here, just how they told them. You might think of it like a news report that tells you about all sorts of things. From apple butter to ghost encounters, you could learn just about anything from the people living here in East Tennessee. Listen in as they tell the stories of their lives here in Appalachia. StoryTown Radio is a production of the McKinney Center's Story Initiative. Grounded in the belief that stories connect people to each other, the Story Initiative sets out to collect, archive, and share the stories from the region. Broadcast from Jonesborough, Tennessee, the Storytelling Capital of the World, StoryTown Radio is one way these stories are shared with people, nearby and all around.
Voices from the Archive is a monthly segment of StoryTown Radio. It shares stories from people living here, just how they told them. You might think of it like a news report that tells you about all sorts of things. From ghost stories to apple butter, you could learn just about anything from the people living here in East Tennessee. Listen in as they tell the stories of their lives here in Appalachia.
StoryTown Radio is a production of the McKinney Center's Story Initiative. Grounded in the belief that stories connect people to each other, the Story Initiative sets out to collect, archive, and share the stories from the region. Broadcast from Jonesborough, Tennessee, the Storytelling Capital of the World, StoryTown Radio is one way these stories are shared with people, nearby and all around.
Instagram: @storytownjbo
Facebook: StoryTown Radio Show
Storytellers: Rufus Houston and Rick Newell
Story Collector: Michelle Treece, Brittany Butler, and Skye McFarland with Conversations that Matter. More Conversations that matter content can be found on their YouTube Playlist, linked below:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0P5WvVe_kzcaUPkhU5ORJe4QZU6to56A&si=6t4nSYps8ZY-7Zm9
Producer & Narrator: Nori Shaw
Editors: Nori Shaw
Music:
Music by audionautix.com
Titles: Rocky Top (trad.)
Sponsors:
Tennessee Arts Commission (https://tnartscommission.org/)
McLeod Organics
Trivia with Budds
The Wild Women of Jonesborough
Gary and Sandee Degner
Terry and Sandy Countermine
Wolfe Development
McKinney Center (mckinneycenter.com)