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I am here because of a storyteller. Charles Osgood was the host of CBS News Sunday Morning for more than 22 years - but his first love in broadcasting was radio. I worked for Charlie as his final producer in New York for The Osgood File, his drive-time feature that aired nationwide for decades on CBS Radio.

Just a few days into Black History Month - and Juneteenth is just a few months away. The Chattanooga Festival of Black Arts and Ideas is already planning ahead. Ric Morris is the Festival’s founder and CEO.

Empower Your Future is an annual forum hosted by the Department of Finance and Economics at UTC’s Gary W. Rollins College of Business. This year’s keynote speaker - on Wednesday, February 14th: Jackie Morgan, Senior Outreach Advisor at the Nashville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

Coming to UTC: Bassem Eid on Israel, Hamas and Gaza. The Fed’s Jackie Morgan at UTC’s “Empower Your Future.” Ric Morris on the road to this Juneteenth in Chattanooga. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Bassem Eid is an internationally-recognized human rights activist, based in East Jerusalem. On Wednesday, February 14th, Bassem - who is Palestinian - will lead a discussion here on our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, free and open to the public, starting at 5:30 PM.

For a Chattanooga nonprofit, the work for children in Haiti. Gateways for future women in tech at this year’s “STEM for Her.” Shine the Light: “Bright Star” at Artistic Civic Theatre in Dalton. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

For years, the Children’s Nutrition Program of Haiti - a nonprofit here in Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley - has helped women and families to break the cycle of malnutrition in a remote and mountainous area of southern Haiti - but in the past few years, their work has been disrupted by shock after shock.

Women are the majority of the population here in Chattanooga - but less than a quarter of the city’s IT workforce. On Saturday, the Chattanooga Technology Council - or ChaTech - hosts this year’s “STEM for Her,” starting at 8 AM at the Gerald McCormick Center at Chattanooga State Community College.

When Steve Martin and Edie Brickell collaborated on a bluegrass album more than a decade ago, not only did the title song - “Love Has Come For You” - earn a Grammy, but their work inspired a musical: “Bright Star.” On Wednesday, March 14th, “Bright Star” opens at Artistic Civic Theatre in Dalton.

(Aired Thu 2/15/24) On Thursday afternoon, live here on WUTC, Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly joined us for our latest conversation. Among the topics: financing for a new multi-purpose stadium for the Chattanooga Lookouts; the first-ever citizen-led parks and outdoors advisory committee - and more.