Scenic Roots
Mondays - Thursdays / 3 PM - 3:30 PM
"Scenic Roots" offers conversations that matter in the heart of Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley.
From the mountains to the river, our conversations are rooted deep within every corner of our community - reflecting who we are, who we were and who we can become.
We engage with the news that affects our community, behind and beyond the headlines. We build bridges that span from creators and innovators to storytellers and the outdoors. We focus on our challenges as many communities in one - as we celebrate what inspires us. We resonate with countless voices - in words and spaces, sounds and songs.
We are "Scenic Roots."
- Ray Bassett hosts and produces "Scenic Roots" at WUTC.
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(Aired Weds 10/22/25) Chattanooga is on the cutting-edge map for tapping the potential of - and building the future for - quantum computing. This summer, our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - hosted its first international quantum workshop. -
(Aired Tues 10/21/25) The SMILE Fund is an investment account managed by students here at UTC. Here's the second episode of a podcast hosted by two students in the fund: Zane Warren and Justice Cardenas. -
(Aired Tues 10/21/25) Economic growth may seem abstract - but we feel its presence, and its absence, in everyday life. Dr. Claudia Kramer is UTC's Probasco Chair of Free Enterprise at the Gary W. Rollins College of Business. -
(Aired Tues 10/21/25) We’re speaking with Dr. Lori Mann Bruce, our Chancellor here at UTC - for our monthly series, “Chatting with the Chancellor.” -
(Aired Mon 10/20/25) Jazz is one of the many forms of music flowing through Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley for decades. On Sunday, the Chattanooga Jazz Fest - a new local celebration - comes to the Chattanooga Choo-Choo. -
(Aired Mon 10/20/25) Creativity can reflect - as well as nurture - mental health. That relationship is at the heart of a multimedia gallery exhibition of artwork - titled “The Art That Gets Us Through” - at ClearStory Arts in Chattanooga. -
(Aired Mon 10/20/25) This week, the Lookout Comedy Festival returns to downtown Chattanooga. From Wednesday through Saturday, twelve shows featuring more than 30 comics will be held at venues across the Southside. -
(Aired Mon 10/20/25) Two twins are separated during a shipwreck. The story that unfolds is “Twelfth Night,” this fall’s production from Scenic City Shakespeare at three locations this month. -
(Aired Mon 10/20/25) In the 1980s, the nonprofit Chattanooga Venture engaged thousands of residents - and the results revitalized this city. A series of speakers is now revisiting that era. -
(Aired Mon 10/20/25) Hamilton Counted is a data project that tracks issues across Hamilton County such as public safety, addiction and homelessness. The latest report examines countywide data from the first half of this year.
