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Real stories, real people. This storytelling program is filled with true-life adventures of people past and present from Jonesborough, Tennessee, and the surrounding Southern Appalachian Region. Each program presents stories built around a common theme. All of these stories, which are collected from the hills and hollers, and sometimes up in the Mountains of East Tennessee, are scripted into a show that explores the culture, heritage, and history of these diverse voices. Home to the town of the first Abolitionist Newspaper in the Country. Home to the state that made Women’s Suffrage a reality. Home to Warner Institute, training Freedmen and Women as teachers beginning less than a decade after the end of the Civil War. Surprising, heartwarming, and often hilarious stories of the independent East Tennessee people come to life in this podcast with a voice and accent that can be found nowhere else. Sponsored by: The Tennessee Arts Commission, WETS 89.5 FM, The Town of Jonesborough, The McKinney Center, The Wild Women of Jonesborough, McLeod Organics, Trivia with Budds, Wolfe Development, Gary and Sandee Degner, and Terry and Sandy Countermine.
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Voices of the Archive: Rufus Houston and Rick Newell

Mon Jan 12 2026

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Voices from the Archive is a monthly segment of StoryTown Radio. It shares stories from people living here, just how they told them. You might think of it like a news report that tells you about all sorts of things. From ghost stories to apple butter, you could learn just about anything from the people living here in East Tennessee. Listen in as they tell the stories of their lives here in Appalachia. StoryTown Radio is a production of the McKinney Center's Story Initiative. Grounded in the belief that stories connect people to each other, the Story Initiative sets out to collect, archive, and share the stories from the region. Broadcast from Jonesborough, Tennessee, the Storytelling Capital of the World, StoryTown Radio is one way these stories are shared with people, nearby and all around. Instagram: @storytownjbo Facebook: StoryTown Radio Show Storytellers: Rufus Houston and Rick Newell Story Collector: Michelle Treece, Brittany Butler, and Skye McFarland with Conversations that Matter. More Conversations that matter content can be found on their YouTube Playlist, linked below: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0P5WvVe_kzcaUPkhU5ORJe4QZU6to56A&si=6t4nSYps8ZY-7Zm9 Producer & Narrator: Nori Shaw Editors: Nori Shaw Music: Music by audionautix.com Titles: Rocky Top (trad.) Sponsors: Tennessee Arts Commission (https://tnartscommission.org/) McLeod Organics Trivia with Budds The Wild Women of Jonesborough Gary and Sandee Degner Terry and Sandy Countermine Wolfe Development McKinney Center (mckinneycenter.com)

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Voices from the Archive is a monthly segment of StoryTown Radio. It shares stories from people living here, just how they told them. You might think of it like a news report that tells you about all sorts of things. From ghost stories to apple butter, you could learn just about anything from the people living here in East Tennessee. Listen in as they tell the stories of their lives here in Appalachia. StoryTown Radio is a production of the McKinney Center's Story Initiative. Grounded in the belief that stories connect people to each other, the Story Initiative sets out to collect, archive, and share the stories from the region. Broadcast from Jonesborough, Tennessee, the Storytelling Capital of the World, StoryTown Radio is one way these stories are shared with people, nearby and all around. Instagram: @storytownjbo Facebook: StoryTown Radio Show Storytellers: Rufus Houston and Rick Newell Story Collector: Michelle Treece, Brittany Butler, and Skye McFarland with Conversations that Matter. More Conversations that matter content can be found on their YouTube Playlist, linked below: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0P5WvVe_kzcaUPkhU5ORJe4QZU6to56A&si=6t4nSYps8ZY-7Zm9 Producer & Narrator: Nori Shaw Editors: Nori Shaw Music: Music by audionautix.com Titles: Rocky Top (trad.) Sponsors: Tennessee Arts Commission (https://tnartscommission.org/) McLeod Organics Trivia with Budds The Wild Women of Jonesborough Gary and Sandee Degner Terry and Sandy Countermine Wolfe Development McKinney Center (mckinneycenter.com)

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Top 97.7% by pitch volume (Rank #48874 of 50,000)
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Episode count
137
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Feb 10, 2026
Social followers
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Latest episode date
Mon Jan 12 2026

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What is StoryTown about?

Real stories, real people. This storytelling program is filled with true-life adventures of people past and present from Jonesborough, Tennessee, and the surrounding Southern Appalachian Region. Each program presents stories built around a common theme. All of these stories, which are collected from the hills and hollers, and sometimes up in the Mountains of East Tennessee, are scripted into a show that explores the culture, heritage, and history of these diverse voices. Home to the town of the first Abolitionist Newspaper in the Country. Home to the state that made Women’s Suffrage a reality. Home to Warner Institute, training Freedmen and Women as teachers beginning less than a decade after the end of the Civil War. Surprising, heartwarming, and often hilarious stories of the independent East Tennessee people come to life in this podcast with a voice and accent that can be found nowhere else. Sponsored by: The Tennessee Arts Commission, WETS 89.5 FM, The Town of Jonesborough, The McKinney Center, The Wild Women of Jonesborough, McLeod Organics, Trivia with Budds, Wolfe Development, Gary and Sandee Degner, and Terry and Sandy Countermine.

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