In this episode, Dr. Barbara Tucker takes a road trip to John C. Campbell Folk School. Located in Brasstown, NC, the Folk School offers year-round weeklong and weekend classes for adults in craft, art, music, dance, and more. It is the oldest and largest folk school in the United States and a non-profit adult educational organization based on non-competitive learning.

The Folk School staff welcomed Barbara and her friend Mary Sheetz, and in this episode she talks with Rachel Watson, 2-D Coordinator, and with several instructors and students. She visited in late July and hopes to return to this fascinating, charming, and creative place.

Whitney and Brandon Cawood, parents and first-time documentary filmmakers, join us to discuss their journey of discovering that their child has a life-altering sensitivity to synthetic dyes, Their documentary seeks to unravel the impacts of synthetic dyes which leads to an unexpected series of shocking stories and surprising discoveries.

Find out more about To Dye For here!

Join us for a fascinating conversation with Amanda Brown, the visionary leader of the Creative Arts Guild in Georgia. As the oldest community-based multi-disciplinary arts organization in the state, the Creative Arts Guild has been nurturing creativity and fostering community for generations. Amanda shares insights into the organization's mission, challenges, and future aspirations. We'll also discuss the importance of arts education, the role of creativity in personal growth, and the Guild's commitment to making the arts accessible to everyone.

Join Barbara as she sits down and talks to Jan Bramlett and Mark Hannah, two longtime Dalton residents who share the same mutual love for filmmaking. They discuss their experience, which spans over three decades of writing, directing, and producing movies.

This episode is in memory of Burr who was best known as a director of horror films, many of which attained a cult following status.

On this episode, Curtis Hill, senior pastor of Brainerd Baptist Church in Chattanooga, TN, joins us to discuss how the media we consume and other distractions our can impact our spiritual walk and creativity.

In this episode, we are joined by our first guest naturalist, Ray Zimmerman. "What is a naturalist?" you may ask. The short answer is "any person who studies the natural world" and Ray certainly does so through his beautiful poems and stories.

Find more of Ray's work here: https://www.rayzimmermanauthor.com/

In this episode, we are joined by two world-class musicians who started a farm in the Northwest Georgia hills! Dr. Ellie Jenkins and Dr. Eric Hanson sit down with Barbara to discuss the why, how, and what of their farming experience and how it fits with their extensive musical and teaching careers.

Dr. Jenkins mentioned a book on creativity. It can be found at https://a.co/d/bjXfjTi

The website for their farm is https://www.hissingpossumfarm.com/

This episode is live on location!

Join Dr. Barbara Tucker as she visits the Rabbit Valley Farmer’s Market, which operates May through early October on Saturday morning 9-1. It is a nonprofit not a business, but it supports local, small businesses and was formed in 2020 to revitalize the area following the effects of COVID-19.

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