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(Aired 6/08/24) Norman Blake, bluegrass legend and hometown hero, chats about his early influences, recording with Johnny Cash and his involvement with the film "O Brother Where Art Thou?" on "The Songbirds Radio Hour," recorded at the Songbirds Guitar and Pop Culture Museum in downtown Chattanooga.

(Aired Thu 6/27/24) “Seventy-six trombones led the big parade / With a hundred and ten coronets close at hand…” “The Music Man” is this summer's production at Signal Mountain Playhouse. Our own Richard Winham spoke with the lead actors.

Afghanistan has an ideal climate for growing saffron, the most expensive spice in the world. But little is exported. Rumi Spice is working with small farmers there to build the U.S. market for it.

The port town of Bayonne in France's Basque region is known for its colorful food and culture. And since 1464, its residents have celebrated the remarkable, local cured ham at the springtime Ham Fair.

Florida officials say they were investigating a rogue message on a group chat stating, "it's time to speak up before another 17,000 people are dead."

The gunman in Thursday's shooting at Northern Illinois University had stopped taking his medication and became erratic before opening fire inside a lecture hall, police say. Five people were killed before Stephen Kazmierczack killed himself.

The de facto leader of Myanmar will testify in front of the International Court of Justice to answer charges that her country carried out genocide against the Muslim minority group.

Linguist Christopher J. Moore has made a career of searching out some of the world's most "untranslatable" expressions — words from around the globe that defy an easy translation into English. Moore shares a few of his linguistic favorites from his new book In Other Words: A Language Lover's Guide to the Most Intriguing Words Around the World.

He has been the Speaker of the House for more sessions of Congress than any previous Republican, but Rep. Dennis Hastert is far from a household name. One reason is that Rep. Tom DeLay called a lot of the shots. But another is that Hastert has been loath to cross swords with anyone -- until now.

Thrive Regional Partnership - which strives to cultivate what it calls “responsible and inspired growth” in this corner of the Southeast - hosts its annual Tri-State Summit on Wednesday, November 13th and Thursday, November 14th at The Chattanoogan Hotel in downtown Chattanooga.