StoryTown Radio

Voices from the Archive: Don Burger

Episode Summary

In this month's Voices from the Archive, listen to artist Don Burger share the story of how he and his wife Deb found their home in Jonesborough. 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.

Episode Notes

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: Don Burger

Story Collector: Shawn Hale

Producer & Narrator: Nori Shaw

Editors: Nori Shaw, Anne G'Fellers-Mason

Music:
Music by audionautix.com
Titles: Rocky Top (trad.)

Sponsors:
Tennessee Arts Commission (https://tnartscommission.org/)
Trivia with Budds
The Silver Raven
Mountain Empire Cremation and Burial Service
The Wild Women of Jonesborough

McKinney Center (mckinneycenter.com)