S13:E17. 4.25.2026

Today, our feature is 4-H and how this organization is vital to our community and country through youth and adult volunteer programs. Our special featured guest today is the late Dr. Joe Johnson, President Emeritus of the University of Tennessee.

I originally recorded and aired this show in 2014 during the first season of my show. I am currently in my 13th season. So, this recording was actually made in 2014 in Dr. Johnson’s office at UT, Knoxville when Dr. Johnson was still working. He passed in 2023.

Having served on the foundation board of 4-H and participating in 4-H as a child in Alabama, Dr. Johnson relays to us his feelings on the importance of this vital organization.

This is a picture of the late, Glodine Davis, who passed away at the young age of 65 in 2017. She was known as “The Broccoli Lady”. Fred Sauceman has shared a lovely audio memory of her and her broccoli casserole on my latest radio show and podcast. I am thankful for people like Fred, who keep memories of Glodine alive through his writing and recordings. Photo: Fred Sauceman

We'll also hear all about broccoli casserole from Fred Sauceman. Mary Constantine has a touching story about her own childhood experience with 4-H and corn muffins and Tony Lawson, General Manager of WDVX Radio will share with us his youth experiences with 4-H and how it got him out of the holler of Campbell County and exposed him to things he had not yet seen.

Links to people and events mentioned in the show: 4-H, TN: https://4h.tennessee.edu/Pages/default.aspx

Fred Sauceman: https://www.facebook.com/fred.sauceman

Mary “Dee Dee” Constantine: https://twitter.com/skilletsister

Tony Lawson: https://wdvx.com/featured-photos/tony-lawson/