Berry Craig's Notebook

Berry Craig, a WKCTC professor of history, has been the host of Berry Craig's Notebook since 1989, the year he came to the college after spending a dozen years as a daily newspaper columnist.  A 30-minute talk show, Berry Craig's Notebook features a variety of guests and topics.  Craig has talked baseball with a New York Yankees scout with a quartet of World Series championship rings and has listened to a harrowing tale of a World War II B-17 bomber crewman shot down in the English Channel. In between, Berry and his guests have discussed politics, history, civil rights, women's rights, labor unions, movies, religion, humor, psychology, ecology, music, business, and more.

Dr. Dave Krueger - October 3, 2008
Berry interviews former WKCTC professor, Dr. Dave Krueger about the crisis on Wall Street.
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Louis H. Chappell, WWII Veteran - September 26, 2008
Berry interviews Bronze Star recipient, Louis H. Chappell about his service in WWII. He shares stories about his close call with a buzz bomb, battles in England and France, and what it was like when he returned home from the war to his hometown in Paducah, Kentucky.
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Heather Ryan - September 19, 2008
Berry interviews 1st District Congressional candidate, Heather Ryan. Ryan expresses her views on the country's social and economic issues. The Navy veteran and women's rights fundraiser admits that she is a long shot candidate, but hopes for a surprise win in November.
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Ethics of War and Peace - September 12, 2008
Berry interviews David Nickell, associate professor of socialogy at West Kentucky Community & Technical College about how the different cultural perspectives influence our decisions toward war and peace.
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WKCTC Counselor, Jerry Anderson - September 5, 2008
Berry speaks with West Kentucky Community & Technical College Counselor, Jerry Anderson. The show focuses on WKCTC's new transfer advising center that makes the college transfer process easier for students. Anderson also explains the importance of college transcripts and dispels the myth that WKCTC courses do not transfer to four year public colleges. "You can attend a community college, get an Associates degree, and transfer to a four year instution with no problem", says Anderson.
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Trace Lasley - August 29, 2008
Berry interviews Trace Lasley, former WKCTC and UK student who traveled abroad to fulful his dream of studying in Ethiopia.
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B-29 Bomber Crash - August 15, 2008
Berry speaks with Gary Teckenbrock about the commemoration ceremony of the July 1, 1945 B-29 bomber crash near Soldier Creek in Marshall County.
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Eric Streit - August 15, 2008
Berry interviews Eric Streit, writer, actor, producer. Streit is currently the field producer for Little People Big World.
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Paducah Cooperative Ministry - May 2, 2008
Berry Craig interviews Heidi Suhrheinrich of Paducah Cooperative Ministry.
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Retired and Senior Volunteer Program - May 2, 2008
Berry Craig talks with Al Knudson of RSVP.
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John Robertson - April 18, 2008
Berry Craig talks with John Robertson, former WKCTC History Professor. John is the most recent receipient of the Lifetime Dedication to Kentucky History Award.
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Kentucky Politics - April 4, 2008
Berry Craig discusses Kentucky politics with Gerald Watkins, Professor of Political Science at WKCTC and Cale Sullivan WKCTC student. Topics include the state budget deficit and local political races.
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Abraham Lincoln - March 28, 2008
The two-hundredth birthday of the honest Abe is approaching.  Berry and retired WKCTC Professor, Dave Krueger, discuss the life of Abraham Lincoln.
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George Wilson, Buffalo Bills Free Safety - March 7, 2008
Berry chats with Buffalo Bills free safety, George Wilson. Wilson, a Paducah Tilghman graduate, who played at the University of Arkansas. He was a starter for three years at the University of Arkansas and led the Hogs in receptions for two years.
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Diabetic Footcare - March 7, 2008
Berry Craig talks with Betty Dobson about the continued renovation of Paducah's Hotel Metropolitan. Bettie shares stories of the hotel's beginnings, the history of the previous owners, and of the many famous African-Americans who have stayed in the historic hotel over the years. Della Reece, B.B. King, Lou Armstrong, Satchel Page - just to name a few.
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Hotel Metropolitan - February 29, 2008
Berry interviews Board Certified Pedorthist, John Ryan, about the
dangers of diabetes.
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Kentucky Primary Procedures - February 15, 2008
Berry Craig and WKCTC student, Cale Sullivan, discuss the quirks and the many facets of the presidential election process.
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Kentucky Politics - February 8, 2008
Berry Craig discusses the ins and outs of Kentucky politics with Gerald Watkins, Professor of Political Science at WKCTC and Cale Sullivan WKCTC student. Topics include upcoming political showdowns in Kentucky and on the national political scene.
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Land Between the Lakes - January 25, 2008
Land Between The Lakes is an inland peninsula formed when the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers were impounded, creating Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley -- one of the world's largest man-made bodies of water. Berry interviews WKCTC's Sociology Professor, David Nickell. Berry and David about the heritage many Kentucky and Tennessee families have with the Land Between the Lakes. David talks about his writings that document how lives for many generations were forever changed as the US government began the transformation of the LBL into a 170,000 acre national recreational area.
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