Whence We Came

News Talk 94.1/AM 1600 presents Whence We Came, hosted by the Upper Cumberland’s own John Owen. Each week, John will trace the history of our nation through the eyes, ears, and stories of Upper Cumberland residents. The hour is spent painting a picture of family members, their remembrances, and a look at life in our region.

The show airs each Sunday at 2pm on News Talk 94.1 and will be available on demand every Sunday afternoon.

Weekly English United States Personal Journals · Documentary John Owen

73 Episodes

60 – 73

Whence We Came: David Fisk Pt 1

On this week's edition of Whence We Came - Host John Owen sits down with, and explores the life of David Fisk. Together they discuss his parents and his hometown of Huntingdon, Massachusetts, his time in the Air Force, and how it changed him as a husband, and as a…

11 Dec 2022 44 min

Whence We Came: Rick Garrels Pt 1

On this week's edition of Whence We Came - Host John Owen sits down with, and explores the life of Rick Garrels. Together they discuss how Rick's parents met, being born in Minnesota, and his family moving to San Antonio while his father was in the Air Force, his time…

4 Dec 2022 44 min

Whence We Came: Tina Francis

On this week's edition of Whence We Came - Host John Owen sits down with, and explores the life of Tina Francis. Together they discuss her being born and raised in Cookeville, having parents that were such a different age, her 17 years at Parkview Elementary, bringing that "family environment"…

27 Nov 2022 1 hr 07 min

Whence We Came: Dan Brubaker

On this week's edition of Whence We Came - Host John Owen sits down with, and explores the life of Dan Brubaker. Together they discuss his parent's ministry that traveled around the country, his experience joining the U.S. Air Force/Department of Defense and working with President Reagan's "Star Wars" operation…

20 Nov 2022 57 min

Whence We Came: Bob Whittaker Pt 3

On this week's edition of Whence We Came - Host John Owen continues to sit down with, and explore the life of Bob Whittaker. Together they discuss his philosophical approach to relationships for success in the workplace, how they would go about finding performers for their shows traveling all over…

13 Nov 2022 1 hr 12 min

Whence We Came: David Little Pt 2

On this week's edition of Whence We Came - Host John Owen continues to sit down with, and explore the life of David Little. Together they discuss former, memorable teammates of David, his first coaching job and time teaching geology at Cookeville Junior High School, the opportunity to become the…

6 Nov 2022 44 min

Whence We Came: David Little Pt 1

On this week's edition of Whence We Came - Host John Owen sits down with, and explores the life of David Little. Together they discuss David's mother being from the Upper Cumberland, and moving to Detroit during World War II, the high school that he went to in Detroit, and…

30 Oct 2022 44 min

Whence We Came: Dean Cobb

On this week's edition of Whence We Came - Host John Owen sits down with, and explores the life of Dean Cobb. Together they discuss Dean's siblings, her memories of her grandparents from growing up, how and when she became involved in going to church, the role that her foster…

23 Oct 2022 1 hour

Louise Young Pt 2

On this week's edition of Whence We Came - Host John Owen continues to sit down with, and explore the life of Louise Young. Together they discuss Louise's family farm, the general store owned by members of Louise's family, the Florida man who would purchase her great-grandaprents' home place, as…

16 Oct 2022 44 min

Louise Young Pt 1

On this week's edition of Whence We Came - Host John Owen sits down with, and explores the life of Louise Young. Together they discuss when and where it all got started for Louise, her mother's side of the family, the people that they both know in common, the cemetery…

9 Oct 2022 44 min

Whence We Came: Daphene Richardson

On this week's edition of Whence We Came - Host John Owen sits down with, and explores the life of Daphene Richardson. Together they discuss when and where she was born, her mother's home remedies for when her and her siblings would get sick, lineage in the surrounding area with…

2 Oct 2022 50 min

Whence We Came: Bob Whittaker Pt 2

On this week's edition of Whence We Came - Host John Owen continues to sit down with, and explore the life of Bob Whittaker. Together they discuss his experience hitchhiking from Double Springs to Cookeville to play baseball, how the culture has changed over the years, his new job in…

25 Sep 2022 44 min

Whence We Came: Bob Whittaker Pt 1

On this week's edition of Whence We Came - Host John Owen sits down with, and explores the life of Bob Whittaker. Together they discuss his early childhood, his father working in a defense plant in Detroit, supporting the war efforts, and his family's move back to Putnam County, his…

18 Sep 2022 44 min