"We are not the only creatures on Earth...I don't want that in the year 2050 when I go diving that there are more plastics than fish. And this is the big concern, this program is to make people aware of their impact in their daily living." wkms.org/science/2017-0…

This is Walter Brown, a former #roustabout who worked loading and unloading riverboat freight in the early 1900s. Workers used songs as a way to communicate and keep the pace. More about these songs and the work to preserve them in Ep 3: The River and The Rousters. Available now.

In Ep 3: The River and The Rousters, we learn about a genre of folk music from riverboat workers in the early 1900s. Some have collected these songs to preserve the music of roustabouts, including "John Gilbert," pictured here in the music book "Roustabout Songs." Ep link in bio!

Roustabout Barney Allison sang the song "I'm Goin' Up the Rivuh" (sic) for a Paducah woman named Mary Wheeler. In her book "Steamboatin' Days," Wheeler compiled stories and songs from former river workers like Allison. More in Ep 3: The River and The Rousters.📷: McCracken Co Library

While researching for our season all about rivers, we uncovered a story that, when first reported, seemed straightforward. But the more we dug in, the more we understood that this story required multiple episodes. Listen as we give a glimpse of The Story of Tanasi. #riverlife

In the Story of Tanasi, Part 1: Birth of a River, we hear from Anthropology Prof. Gerald Schroedl as he talks about being hired for The Tellico Archaeological Project, a salvage excavation in the Little Tennessee River basin prior to construction of the Tellico Dam and Reservoir.

In The Story of Tanasi, Pt 2: The River's People we meet some of the last people to live in the #TennesseeRiver river valley before it was flooded by the #TVA, people who have been defined by the beauty of the remote landscape and their harrowing struggle to save it. #TellicoDam

In Pt 2: The River's People we meet Alfred Davis, whose family owned land around the #LittleTennesseeRiver for generations. When the #TVA started buying up farms to build the #TellicoDam, he didn't believe the stories, until they showed up at his own family's farm. Link in bio!

Check out this website listener Dr. Gregory Smithers shared with us cherokeeriverkeepers.org Part of an ongoing effort to decolonize maps of the United States, the Cherokee Riverkeepers site includes an interactive map of cultural places, over hill towns, and more. #TellicoDam

In The Story of Tanasi, Pt 3: The Small Fish in the Highest Court we hear from Zyg Plater, the tenacious young lawyer that helped the #LittleTennesseeRiver farmers take their fight against the #TVA all the way to the Supreme Court. Available now, wherever you get your podcasts.

In Part 3: The Small Fish in the Highest Court, we hear about the #TVA vs. Hill Supreme Court case (1978) People committed to the cause made these bumper stickers in an effort to raise awareness of the #snaildarter and #tellicodam. Hear more about their efforts now. Link in bio.

In Pt4: Together in Protest, Together in Death we hear from the Cherokee, whose sacred sites were also to be flooded by the #TVA's building of #TellicoDam. Enrolled member Gene Branson recalls visiting the river valley as part of his job with the telephone company. Link in bio.

In Pt 4: Together in Protest, Together in Death we hear from Colonel Bob Blankenship, Tribal Council Member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee. In the episode, he shares details about his involvement in the #Tellico salvage excavations of sacred Cherokee sites. Ep link in bio.

In Pt 5: What Remains? we hear more from Carolyn Ritchey, whose family's farm was taken by the #TVA for the #TellicoDam Project. She's holding an old photo of the family's cow pasture, that today is the site of Tellico Village subdivision. Ep link in bio. #ThisIsHome #ComingHome

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As the founder of #NationalRuralHealthDay, we'd like to say... Happy National Rural Health Day! 🎉 We're excited to celebrate the #PowerOfRural and honor the selfless, community-minded, and determined spirit that prevails in #rural America.

In this episode we hear from a former substance misuser how she overcame her addiction & is now helping others with recovery. As director of a sober living facility in rural western Kentucky, she's working to stamp out the stigma of addiction treatment. middleofeverywherepod.org