From conquering drug addiction to contributing to a cleaner Earth, folks in the Tennessee Valley are kicking off the new year with their chins up and their ambitions high. In this episode of the Public Radio Hour, we take you to A Partnership for a Drug-Free Community, to tourtheir brand new Recovery Resource Hub of Huntsville. They've recruited peer support specialists and consultants who will help match those suffering from substance use disorder, addiction and mental illness with resources available in our community.Jake Snavely, owner of Bio-One Huntsville talks with us about helping families with loved ones who are ready to give up their hoarding habits, among other services provided by the decontamination and cleanup company.WLRH's Brett Tannehillthinks about starting with a clean slate in the garden, as our dormant flowerbeds are preparing to spring to life. He talks with members of the Tennessee Valley Garden Association about the 8th annual Community Seed Swap, this Friday at 6 PM, at Church of the Nativity in downtown Huntsville.And Executive Director of Solid Waste Disposal Authority Doc Holladay stops by as well to go into detailabout the new SWDA program, RANA, or Recycling Alliance of North Alabama, and how our community is rethinking how they recycle.Links/ Info. related to this episode! >>Bio One Huntsville:https://www.bioonehuntsville.com/Partnership for a Drug Free Community:http://www.partnershipforadrug-freecommunity.org/(Office Number:256-539-7339)Recovery Resource Hub Helpline:1-844-307-1760SWDA:http://swdahsv.org/RANA:https://recycling-alliance.com/Seed Swap/ TVCGA:https://www.facebook.com/tennesseevalleycga

On this week's Public Radio Hour, our Elder Care Series comes to a crescendo with three separate views on getting older and the issues that come with it. We hear how Huntsville's Monte Sano Mountain community innovated an alternative to assisted living, with a neighbors-helping-neighbors, village culture. We'll pull our bikes off the rack in the garage to roll alongside folks at Tweed Ride; we'll ask them how they'd like to age. And on our elder care panel, three advocates for resolving elder care issues discuss relevant topics like elder abuse, phone and email scammers and more.Info. from our panel on the Strategies and Training to Advance Greater Elder Safety held in Aug. 2019:https://www.ioaging.org/services/education-training-caregiversToll-Free Hotline to report Elder Abuse: 1-800-458-7214To learn about Monte Sano Village:https://montesanovillage.org/To learn about Village to Village Network:https://www.vtvnetwork.org/

In this episode of The Public Radio Hour, we bring you stories of the macabre-- blood, knives, and the supernatural. Our newest staff members, Korey Wilson and Stephenie Walker, read stories by Kathryn Tucker Windham that are sure to chill your bones. Bonnie Blagg makes us all hide under the covers with her story, featured on Snap Judgment's Spooked series. Benny Pitsinger-from our latest Local Aliens CD- tells a cautionary tale of greed about an old blind jazz harpist and a thief. And we step into a dark part of the Sundial Writers Corner, as Jamie Dodson, a former intelligence officer, tells us about the time his family was visited in their sleep by a most frightening ghost, drenched in red ...

In this epic episode of the Public Radio Hour, we board our audio spacecraft to venture into anextraterrestrial realm of local music, also known as Local Aliens IV. Host Brett Tannehill and Valley Sounds producer Nate Emery chat about this year's lineup and preview a few songs featured on the CD.The Blank on Blank podcast shares an ultra-rare interview from 1983 with Sally Ride, the first American female astronaut in space. Ride talks with feminist icon Gloria Steinem about her views on sending womeninto space, her predictions on a second moon mission and much more. And president of the Von Braun Astronomical Society Beth Bero stops by to talk with Brett about Astronomy Day 2019, as well as her upcoming presentation at the planetarium- Spooky Skies: Things from Space that Can Kill You. Get in our orbit, and click the play button!VBAS--http://vbas.org/Sally Ride/ Gloria Steinem talk animated--https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9eZ5HktBiILocal Aliens/ Valley Sounds Meet and Greet Info--http://wlrh.org/valley-sounds-meet-and-greet

In this hour, our WLRH Community Newsroom exploreswhy solar power for homeowners in Alabama is a losing proposition, with Daniel Tait of Energy Alabama. Producer Brett Tannehill gets the Tennessee Valley caught up on the state's upcoming bicentennial events,in a conversation withHuntsville Madison County Bicentennial Committee executive director Sally Warden. Ed Carr, the Alabama State Ambassador for Team Rubicon, an international disaster aid nonprofit, talks with WLRH's Katy Ganaway about what it takes to sign up with the organization, and why having military experience adds value to a volunteer. And the Goethe Institut and KCRW Berlin's The Big Pond Podcast, bring us the story of how U.S. military vet Gail S. Halvorsen brought joy to children living in the somber times of the Cold War.

This episode of The Public Radio Hour feature part 1 of 2 special podcasts from Planet Money on recycling. Valley Sounds producer Tim Miller sits down for a visit with musician DeQn Sue. Executive director of the Huntsville Madison County Bicentennial Committee Sally Warden stops by for her monthly update on upcoming bicentennial events. And WLRH Community Newsroom producer Dan Pawlus has the final installment of his interview series exploringchallenges faced byHuntsville's theater community as he talks with Vivienne Atkins of Independent Musical Productions.Find the Planet Money recycling podcast "A Mob Boss, A Garbage Boatand Why We Recycle" HEREExplore Huntsville's amazing local music scene through the Valley Sounds podcast archive HEREHear music by Deqn Sue HERE ... and check out her NPR Tiny Desk Concert HEREFind events celebrating Alabama's Bicentennial HERE

In this hour, the WLRH Community Newsroom presents part two of a three-part interview series exploring Huntsville's theater community-- we hear from Leslie Gates of Theatre Huntsville. Morning Blend Host Dorrie Nutt talks with Jazz artistWillie Ruff about his musical influences and his Kepler Project, which Carl Sagan commandeered to add to the Golden Record aboard Voyager I. We also take a ride on Huntsville's public transit system. We take a look into the five-year, five-phase plan that kicked off July 1, 2019, and how it will affect locals who dependon the system.

In this hour,we'll have two entries from the WLRH Community Newsroom, as we talk music and audio production with Charles ˜Toot' Snoddy, and begin a three-part interview series exploring Huntsville's theater community as we talk with Luz Latilano and Beth Keys of Lyrique Music Productions. The Sundial Writers Corner will also introduce us to Olivia Fox, one of this year's winners of the Huntsville Literary Association's Young Writers Contest. And WLRH's Katy Ganaway talks with Mark Brazeal, VP of Administration for Mazda Toyota, about howthe company is investing in local training initiatives to round out its workforce...

In this hour, we travel back in time as we continue to celebrate Alabama's Bicentennial, head down to the pond for adventure with Meigan Bailey in the Sundial Writers Corner, and we'll get stranded on the moon in a creepy radio drama that imagines what would happen if the Apollo 11 mission never made it home. We also launch our newest series of stories exploring the challenges many of us will face with elder care. WLRH's Katy Ganaway introduces us to Lee Judge and her mother, Allene Henderson. Lee and Allene share their elder care story about a difficult decision that had to be made after years caring for Allene's sister, Juanita...LINKS FOR HELP WITH ELDER CARE and DEMENTIANational Alliance on Mental Illness Huntsville chapter ...https://www.namihuntsville.org/Huntsville Madison County Senior Center ...http://www.seniorview.com/

On this episode of The Public Radio Hour, we'll talk cyber security withEstonian ambassador and former Minister of Cyber Defense Jonatan Vseviov, learn about new protections for the rare Spring Pygmy Sunfish from conservationist Michael Sandel and preview upcoming Bicentennial events with Huntsville Madison County Bicentennial executive director Sally Warden ...