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Vital Voices

Vital Voices

By: Fred Sauceman
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 Vital Voices features interviews with a wide variety of people talking about the subjects they are most passionate about in life. Art
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  • John U. Bacon

    John U. Bacon
    Feb 6 2026
    Our guest is John U. Bacon, author of The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Currently on the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list, the book recounts the story of the sinking of the freighter in the waters of Lake Superior, resulting in the deaths of the 29 crewmen, on November 10, 1975. This is part one of two “Vital Voices” programs with John Bacon.
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    18 mins
  • Taylor Branch

    Taylor Branch
    Jan 27 2026
    Pulitzer-Prize-winning historian and biographer Taylor Branch is featured in a discussion with East Tennessee State University history professor Dr. Daryl Carter, recorded at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast in Johnson City, Tennessee. Branch is one of the most prolific chroniclers of the American civil rights movement and the leadership of Dr. King.
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    18 mins
  • Willa Johnson

    Willa Johnson
    Jan 20 2026
    We remember the 2022 floods in Eastern Kentucky with flood survivor and documentary filmmaker Willa Johnson, a native of Letcher County, Kentucky.
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    18 mins
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