Shows to Air on Thursdays and Sundays Through Early June
Six Wilmington College students and a faculty member will offer insight into rural living in a series of radio interviews airing on Yellow Springs' National Public Radio station, WYSO FM 91.3, starting Thursday (April 30) and running through early June.
PICTURED: WC students Kayla Wyse, Aryn Copeland and Morgan McFarland are pictured recording their interviews in January. BELOW: County Lines creator Renee Wilde (CENTER) is flanked by, from the left, Lucy Enge, Carly Fitz, Professor Corey Cockerill and Grace Smith.
They will be featured on a program, County Lines, which tells stories from small towns and rural communities. County Lines creator Renee Wilde described the series as a project that "teaches interviewing techniques to students and then turns them loose to interview each other."
She calls them "peer-to-peer stories."
The WC contingent, which conducted the interviews in January on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, was led by Dr. Corey Cockerill, associate professor of communication arts and agriculture, who described the experience as "a career highlight for me." The students are: Lucy Enge, Kayla Wyse, Morgan McFarland, Grace Smith, Carly Fitz and Aryn Copeland.
Wilde described the stories as "uplifting, candid and full of hope" She said her NPR editor feels these are "exactly" what people need to hear in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Kudos to Wilmington College for your lovely interviews and, on a personal note, you have restored my faith in humanity with these conversations," Wilde added. "I really didn't know what to expect from your talks, but I was totally blown away!"
The six interviews that made the final cut include: "Modern Agriculture Is More Than an Old White Man in Overalls" by McFarland, Fitz and Smith, airing April 30 and May 3; "A Revival of Rural Communities" by Cockerill and Enge, May 7 and 10; "Appreciating the Different Lifestyles Americans Lead" by Enge and Wyse, May 14 and 17; "A Journey to Rural Life" by Cockerill and Copeland, May 21 and 24; "Essential Oils, Asiatic Beetles and Changing Course on Climate Change" by Enge and Wyse, May 28 and 31; and "The Value of Social Capital and Small Towns by Cockerill and Copeland, June 4 and 7.
The stories will air during WYSO's Morning Edition on Thursdays, at 6:44 and 8:44 a.m., and again on WYSO Weekend on Sundays between 10 and 10:30 a.m. Archived stories will be available on WYSO's website, <www.wyso.org>. In addition, the series has been made available for broadcast by public radio stations across Ohio.
"Kudos to Wilmington College for your lovely interviews and, on a personal note, you have restored my faith in humanity with these conversations," Wilde added. "I really didn't know what to expect from your talks, but I was totally blown away!"
The six interviews that made the final cut include: "Modern Agriculture Is More Than an Old White Man in Overalls" by McFarland, Fitz and Smith, airing April 30 and May 3; "A Revival of Rural Communities" by Cockerill and Enge, May 7 and 10; "Appreciating the Different Lifestyles Americans Lead" by Enge and Wyse, May 14 and 17; "A Journey to Rural Life" by Cockerill and Copeland, May 21 and 24; "Essential Oils, Asiatic Beetles and Changing Course on Climate Change" by Enge and Wyse, May 28 and 31; and "The Value of Social Capital and Small Towns by Cockerill and Copeland, June 4 and 7.
The stories will air during WYSO's Morning Edition on Thursdays, at 6:44 and 8:44 a.m., and again on WYSO Weekend on Sundays between 10 and 10:30 a.m. Archived stories will be available on WYSO's website, <www.wyso.org>. In addition, the series has been made available for broadcast by public radio stations across Ohio.