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Check It Out With Kathryn Wisinger

Each week, join Kathryn Wisinger from the Putnam County Library will discuss the latest in books and what goes on inside libraries around the Upper Cumberland. A new show airs ever Sunday at 3 PM on News Talk 94.1.
Weekly English United States Books
66 Episodes
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Check It Out With Kathryn Wisinger: Cookeville Lifestyle Magazine's Chelsea Dartez

This week on Check It Out...Kathryn Wisinger visits with Chelsea Dartez, publisher of Cookeville Lifestyle Magazine. They discuss leaving the music industry to create Cookeville Lifestyle Magazine, laying the magazine out to put it together looking at technical things like color scheme and ad layouts, and the big vision that…
2 Jul 2023 18 min

Check It Out With Kathryn Wisinger: Out On A Limb Productions

This week on Check It Out...Kathryn Wisinger meets with Kathy Gilpatrick, owner of Out On A Limb productions in Cookeville. Kathy talks about her love of theatre as she really became interested in high school, all that she did to get her foot in the door by doing little things…
4 Jun 2023 18 min

Check It Out With Kathryn Wisinger: Cookeville Battalion Chief James Clouse

This week on Check It Out...Kathryn Wisinger sits down with Battalion Chief of the Cookeville Fire Department, James Clouse. The two look at what made James interested in choosing to be a firefighter as a career, the most common type of call that they get, and more general and need-to-know…
27 May 2023 18 min

Check It Out With Kathryn Wisinger: Cookeville History Museum's Beth Thompson

Kathryn Wisinger talks with Beth Thompson, manager of the Cookeville History Museum. The two talk about general history of when and how Cookeville got its' own history museum, the story behind the Cookeville Depot, otherwise known as "The Crown Jewel" of the Tennessee Central Railroad, and some of the upcoming…
21 May 2023 18 min

Check It Out With Kathryn Wisinger: Putnam Co. Library Employee Nelda Stewart

This week on Check It Out...Kathryn Wisinger talks to Nelda Stewart, an employee of the Putnam County Library for over three decades. The two discuss if Nelda has held the same position the entire time she's been with the library, explaining her daily responsibilities at the library, and items that…
7 May 2023 18 min

Check It Out With Kathryn Wisinger: Tennessee Tech PhD Student Jamaal Thompson

This week on Check It Out...Kathryn Wisinger meets with Jamaal Thompson, a PhD student from Tennessee Tech University. They discuss Jamaal's background growing up in Nashville and how he found his way into a master's program, some of Jamaal's resources and experiences with his focus of study, & the support…
30 Apr 2023 18 min

Check It Out With Kathryn Wisinger: Putnam County Children's Librarian Carol Teeters

This week on Check It Out...Kathryn Wisinger visits with Carol Teeters, the children's librarian from the Putnam County Library. Together, they discuss Carol's background starting out as an elementary school teacher then spending 20 years as an kindergarten through eighth grade librarian, all of the programming the library offers for…
16 Apr 2023 18 min

Check It Out With Kathryn Wisinger: Local Storyteller Dwight Henry

This week on Check It Out...Kathryn Wisinger talks with Dwight Henry, a local storyteller from Cookeville. Together, Dwight and Kathryn dive into what storytelling is and how Dwight started telling stories,  he tells a story about "sugar" and how it's always played a role in his life, and discussing Storyfest…
9 Apr 2023 18 min

Check It Out With Kathryn Wisinger: Wags And Whiskers President Elizabeth Sofia

This week on Check It Out...Kathryn Wisinger sits down with Elizabeth Sofia, President of Wags and Whiskers here in Cookeville. Elizabeth explains what the meaning and purpose is behind "Wags and Whiskers", her journey from the first closing of Wags and Whiskers to being named the President, and what the…
26 Mar 2023 19 min

Check It Out: Kathryn Wisinger and Tabitha Rexford

This week on Check It Out...Kathryn Wisinger visits with Tabitha Rexford, a clutter coach. The two discuss how Tabitha's path of a clutter coach and financial literacy started at the library as a 12 year old, where she feels most people need help when it comes to financial literacy, and…
19 Mar 2023 18 min

Check It Out: Kathryn Wisinger and Jennie Ivey

This week on Check It Out...Kathryn Wisinger meets with the Jennie Ivey, who's very familiar with the Putnam County Library. Jennie talks about her experience being apart of the Putnam County Library managing the Baxter branch,  thoughts about books being a refuge to people and how reading is one of…
12 Mar 2023 19 min

Check It Out: Kathryn Wisinger with Michelle Parrott and Wayne Key

This week on Check It Out...Kathryn Wisinger visits with Michelle Parrott and Wayne from the UT Ag Extension Office. They discuss some of the things that the agriculture extension office does, what a soil sample is and why you'd need one, and the family and consumer science program the office…
5 Mar 2023 19 min

Check It Out: Kathryn Wisinger And James Akenson

This week on Check It Out... Kathryn Wisinger is joined by James Akenson, an education professor at Tennessee Tech. James talks about how long he's taught at Tennessee Tech, "The Big Bang" with country music recording sessions brought country music in Bristol, TN, and who are some of the singers…
26 Feb 2023 19 min
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