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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.
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66 Episodes
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Check It Out With Kathryn Wisinger: Lisa Uhrik of Plenty Downtown Bookshop

This week on Check It Out...Kathryn Wisinger talks with Lisa Uhrik, the co-founder of Plenty Downtown Bookshop in Cookeville. Lisa talks about her reading origin story growing up with a grandmother that loved books, where audio books may fall on the scale of controversial book topics, and how Plenty has…
7 Apr 18 min

Check It Out With Kathryn Wisinger: Randy Porter and The Role of Reading

This week on Check It Out...Kathryn Wisinger meets with Randy Porter, the Putnam County Mayor, as National Reading Awareness Month continues. They touch on how Randy found a hobby in reading when growing up, realizing the important roles that reading plays in one's life as he moved through school, &…
17 Mar 18 min

Check It Out With Kathryn Wisinger: Why Reading Is Important

This week on Check It Out...Kathryn Wisinger visits with the Mayor of Cookeville Laurin Wheaton as she discusses why reading is an important piece to still have in our lives today. Laurin talks about how she gained a love for reading after being a late bloomer, if she prefers the…
10 Mar 18 min

Check It Out With Kathryn Wisinger: Promoting Literacy In Kids

This week on Check It Out...Kathryn Wisinger sits down with Carol Teeters, the Children's Librarian from the Cookeville branch of the Putnam Co. Library as National Reading Awareness Month begins. They talk about why reading is such an important skill for us to have in our life, what types of…
3 Mar 18 min

Check It Out With Kathryn Wisinger: Loxx Salon & Aspire Beauty Academy

This week on Check It Out...Kathryn Wisinger meets with Mike Franklin, co-owner of Loxx Salon and co-founder of Aspire Beauty Academy in Cookeville. Mike talks about how he transitioned from working at one school to opening his own, how they keep up and stay relevant in an ever-changing industry, and…
25 Feb 18 min

Check It Out With Kathryn Wisinger: Braille Reader Hannah Willis

This week on Check It Out...Kathryn Wisinger visits with Hannah Willis who learned how to read in Braille after losing her eye sight. Hannah begins with the experience of losing her eye sight in 8th grade, the different types of technology she uses on a daily basis to help her,…
9 Feb 18 min

Check It Out With Kathryn Wisinger: Putnam County Library's Lettie Collier

This week on Check It Out...Kathryn Wisinger visits with Lettie Collier of the Putnam County Library, the new bilingual story time reader. Lettie talks about how beneficial it is to know and speak another language, some of her favorite Spanish cultural traditions which is one thing being promoted during bilingual…
26 Jan 18 min

Check It Out With Kathryn Wisinger: Chef Chad Combs

This week on Check It Out...Kathryn Wisinger sits down with Chef Chad Combs, owner of The Putnam Room in Cookeville. They touch on the difference between ordinary cooking and being a chef, Chad shares some quick and easy weeknight dinners to do when you don't feel like cooking, and any…
21 Jan 18 min

Check It Out With Kathryn Wisinger: Monterey Depot's Rafferty Cleary

This week on Check It Out...Kathryn Wisinger sits down with Rafferty Cleary of the Monterey Depot Museum. They discuss how Rafferty's role as Cultural Administrator has expanded since its inception, all of the different things you can at the Depot Museum, and unique events in Monterey that give people ideas…
7 Jan 18 min

Check It Out With Kathryn Wisinger: Meet Author Dr. Lauren Farmer

Kathryn Wisinger visits with local author, Dr. Lauren Farmer as she discusses her book After The Storm: A True Story of Tragedy, Survival, and Hope.  They touch on what led Lauren to being a writer while not having a big interest in writing, if writing it was easier to write…
17 Dec 2023 18 min

Check It Out With Kathryn Wisinger: Craig Pyle, Hidden Holly Farm

This week on Check It Out...Kathryn Wisinger sits down with Craig Pyle, the owner of Hidden Holly Farm in Putnam County.  They discuss the five basic principles to re-generative farming, what makes Hidden Holly Farm different from other farms, and some book recommendations Craig has on how to learn more…
3 Dec 2023 18 min
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