The Appalachian; In Conversation: Recent Episodes
Sammy Hanf
This is a bi-monthly podcast where our news editor has conversations about issues big and small, and how they affect the Appalachian Community. Episodes are released every other Thursday, email us at news@theappalachianonline.com if there's something you would like to see us talk about.
We sat down with Susan Keefe, Professor Emerita of Anthropology, to talk about a grave marker to be installed in Boone Cemetery and the history of the Junaluska community here in Boone.
For this episode we sat down with Robert Wright Lee, he is a distant relative of the confederate general Robert E. Lee and an adjunct instructor here at Appalachian. Lee has made media appearances condemning public statues of his ancestor, most famously at the VMA's where he introduced Susan Bro. We talked about why his faith compels him to stand against racism and the church's role in progressive movements.
For the first episode of our new podcast our news editor sat down with Jordyne Blaise, Associate Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Compliance, to cut through the noise about how the Trump administration plans to handle affirmative action policy after a report from the New York Times on a Department of Justice initiative made waves at the end of the summer.