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This Friday Feature was a spotlight on the unique Asheville Radio Museum, located on the campus of AB Technical Community College. Guest was Stuart Smolkin, who serves as museum curator. Smolkin talked about all the vintage equipment visitors can view when they visit the museum, as well as what is a radio wave and just how did Morris Code work. This interview originally aired June 25, 2021.

New Tunes at 2 Monday 7/5: Rising Appalachia – The Lost Mystique of Being in the Know

New Tunes at Two Tuesday 7/6: Angelique Kidjo – Mother Nature.

New Tunes at Two Wednesday 7/7: Paula Fuga

He’s endured house fires, a car accident, and blindness in his 60’s that he says “gave me the perspective to see my true destiny”, which for him is a fulltime music career. Produced by Dan Auerbach, who calls him “the greatest living Soul singer”!

In the conclusion of this two podcast series, you get to hear some surprising facts about the Shelton Laurel Massacre and related events, which by themselves are still surprising to many people just considering the events of those tragedies. Even once you get past the shocking nature of the executions, there are lots of ironies and unexpected twists to the story. This episode features details on the Massacre itself as well as another big surprise that Vicki Lane, Sheila Kay Adams and Taylor Barnhill revealed in their interview, plus a theory on how the seeds of this terrible event were sown. Also featured is music about the Civil War and songs that were widely popular in that era.

New Tunes at Two Wednesday 7/14: I See Hawks in L.A. – On Our Way

New Tunes at Two Thursday 7/15: The Wallflowers – Exit Wounds

New Tunes at Two Tuesday 7/13: John R. Miller – Depreciated

New Tunes at Two Monday 7/12: The Flatlanders – Treasure of Love