Temple Grandin is a professor of animal science at Colorado State University. When she was two and a half years old, she had no speech and all the symptoms of severe autism. Early intensive speech therapy enabled her to speak by age four. Her mother always encouraged her interest in art and urged her to […]
Mary Kay McBrayer received her MFA in non-fiction creative writing from Georgia College & State University. She is the author of the true crime book America’s First Female Serial Killer: Jane Toppan and the Making of a Monster (Mango 2020). Her writing has appeared in Oxford American, Narratively, New/Lines Magazine, FANGORIA, Architectural Digest, and elsewhere. She […]
WCPL and WNKY present the first installment of their new Brainstorming lecture series. Brainstorming with Jim Cantore will share accounts of Jim’s career as a rockstar meteorologist and provide insights into extreme weather. Known for his live reports from severe weather events, Cantore embodies the passion and knowledge of The Weather Channel that makes him […]
Jeff's career in NASCAR began in 1974 working as a tire changer for Walter Ballard. Becoming one of the best jackmen in the business, Hammond served on all three of driver Cale Yarborough's Winston Cup championship seasons. The combination of owner Johnson, driver Waltrip and crew chief Hammond set the sport of NASCAR on its […]
Jennifer Moorman is a bestselling author of magical realism and southern fiction, a self-taught baker, a curious traveler, and a dreamer, living in a magic house in Nashville, Tennessee. Love Hudson-Maggio is a renowned author of southern & international fiction, a CEO and founder of a marketing tech firm, and a world traveler living in […]
From the acclaimed author of Flygirl and the bestselling author of Code Name Verity comes the thrilling and inspiring true story of the desegregation of the skies. “This beautiful and brilliant history of not only what it means to be Black and dream of flying but to, against every odd, do so, completely blew me […]