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Sleeping on Boats: Opioids And Mental Illness Drive Jail Overcrowding. Friday, June 17, 2016. If you love it, share it! Roane County is at the epicenter of East Tennessee drug trafficking. Roane County officials say more alternatives to incarceration and drug treatment could help ease overcrowding in a system where nearly all jail inmates are locked up for drug-related crimes. Producer and Director: Jess Mador. Editor and Cinematographer: Phil Batta philbatta.com/. Growing Up With Addiction: A Way of Lif...
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From Coal To Diamonds. Saturday, January 7, 2017. If you love it, share it! In East Tennessee's Roane County, the legal and personal costs of the opioid epidemic collide at the county's historic courthouse. Roane County is such a beautiful part of the country, with lush mountains and beautiful rivers. But we do have a terrible problem here, and it's opiate addiction.". This piece was produced as part of a special series for NPR's All Things Considered. A national production of AIR, the Association of Ind...
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Life in the Crosshairs: Inside East Tennessee’s Addiction Crisis. Wednesday, September 14, 2016. If you love it, share it! Lives lost. Families torn apart. Children growing up without parents. How did we get here? Across the country, drug overdoses have overtaken traffic crashes as the number one cause of accidental death in America. And most of these overdose deaths have been linked to opiates drugs including opioid prescription painkillers and heroin. But how did we get here? In Knoxville, Tennessee...
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Ask a kid: Whats a food desert? Wednesday, July 27, 2016. If you love it, share it! Meet Sophia, TruckBeat's special kid-correspondent. Knox County health officials are pushing a number of new initiatives designed to improve access to healthy food, reduce obesity rates and fight so-called food deserts across Knoxville. But what. Food deserts, and how do they relate to obesity? For help, we turn to an expert who happens to be 10 years old. What if going to the doctor was one-stop shopping? Video: What hap...
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Pink Clouds: Inside East Tennessee’s Opioid Epidemic. Saturday, July 16, 2016. If you love it, share it! On the beat in Southern Appalachia. Roane County is at the epicenter of East Tennessee drug trafficking, and an opioid-addiction crisis that continues to claim lives and destroy families across the region each year. One day, and a long night, inside the street-by-street battle to save lives and stop the epidemic. Listen to the story:. Producer and Director: Jess Mador. LIVE EVENT: #RoaneIsBetterTogeth...
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Growing Up With Addiction: A Way of Life For Many In Appalachia. Saturday, January 7, 2017. If you love it, share it! In 2016, TruckBeat teamed up with Inside Appalachia. For a special podcast episode exploring the impacts of opioid addiction on children and families. In this episode, we hear from men and women who have experienced the effects of opioid addiction and of the innocence the epidemic has claimed. What’s it like to be addicted to something? Music in this special episode was provided by:.
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Knoxvillians Share Their Stories. Sunday, May 1, 2016. If you love it, share it! To find out what Knoxvillians have to say about health issues in East Tennessee, TruckBeat took the truck out to Knoxville's popular Opera Rossini Festival International Street Fair. We found a good spot for conversation, and let photographer Phil Batta. Plus, we met this guy:. Producer and Director: Jess Mador. Editor and Cinematographer: Phil Batta. Music performance: Old City Buskers. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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LIVE EVENT: #HealthyHappyHour Block Party at The Central Collective. Thursday, August 11, 2016. If you love it, share it! On July 22nd, TruckBeat held an afternoon block party at The Central Collective. Fun was had by all, despite the day's extremely hot and humid temperatures. Delicious food was provided by some of Knoxville's best food trucks, and there were lots of activities for adults and kids, including free face-painting, a photobooth with Shawn Poynter. See the full photo album here:. LIVE EVENT:...
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Neighborhood Safety: A Child’s Eye-View. Thursday, May 5, 2016. If you love it, share it! What happens when kids lead the way on community improvement? In this video, we experience a special, kid-designed walking tour that gives East #Knoxville students a direct line to city public health and safety officials. Producer and Director: Jess Mador. Editor and Cinematographer: Phil Batta. Music by: Sam Keenan. Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Academy. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Is technology the key to ...
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Live Event: Knox County Community Family Health Fair. Tuesday, July 19, 2016. If you love it, share it! Find the TruckBeat truck at the annual East Knoxville Community Family Health Fair at Vine Middle School. We'll be collecting your stories, ideas, questions and opinions about health topics in our truck, and at WUOT's mobile Tenn Words story booth. Saturday, June 18th. 1807 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue. More information at WUOT.org. Manages the news department at WUOT. Live Event: Creative Cocktails.
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