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CD Winner
 January's winner is Kristin M. of Knoxville, Tenn. Congratulations!
Kristin won a CD of I Salonisti playing music from "Titanic," "Casablanca," "The Godfather," "Schindler's List," "Sense And Sensibility," and more.
Each month, we'll randomly draw a name from our list of valued members and the winner will receive a CD. It's just another way for us to say "thanks" for your support.
Details about the prize drawing.
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WUOT Recognizes New and Renewing Underwriters
The following organizations became new underwriters or renewed their support of WUOT programming in January. There's a complete list of WUOT's sponsors with links to their websites on the Underwriters page of our website. Please thank them for supporting WUOT Public Radio!
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athenahealth
Bijou Theatre
Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University
Church Street United Methodist Church
Darwin Day Tennessee
First Lutheran School
Flower Pot, The
GO! Contemporary Dance Works
Knoxville Ballet School
Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the University of Tennessee
Optimist Club of West Knoxville
Resource Advisory Services, Inc.
Rhama: The Center of Healing Arts
Rotary International District 6780
Salon Azure
Sobieski, Messer & Associates, PLLC
Steve Frampton
All Underwriters
If you'd like to raise awareness for your organization or a special event by becoming a WUOT underwriter, contact Cindy Hassil at (865) 974-6167.
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FROM THE NATIONAL DESKS
 Trailblazer Homai Vyarawalla
India's First Female Photojournalist, Homai Vyarawalla, died January 15 at age 98. As The Picture Show blog explains, Vyarawalla's four-decade career captured a nation in transition from colonial rule to independence.
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 Down And Out Go 'Slabbing'
The troubled economy has driven more travelers to the California desert makeshift community situated on an abandoned military base. Burgeoning numbers of RVs, trailers, vans and campers make up the transitional "Slab City."
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 Disposable Memory, Indelible Images
In 2008, Matthew Knight launched his disposable memory project by dispatching his first disposable camera. The project, in which people drop off a camera with basic instructions and then see where the finder takes it, has since sent out 400 cameras to places such as Greenland, Cambodia, and even the South Pole (pictured).
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Coming Up on Dialogue
 WUOT's monthly live call-in program. Hosted by a member of WUOT's News Staff. This month we look back on Black Wednesday. It was five years ago that Knox County Commissioners violated the state's sunshine law in a brazen one-day scramble for power. Former commissioner Mark Harmon and former Knoxville News sentinel reporter Rebecca Ferrar were there and they'll join us. And of course, we'll take your calls at 865-974-5050. Wednesday, February 1, at
1 p.m.
Next on Studio 865/Flipside
 WUOT's monthly program featuring local music and musicians. Host: Todd Steed
Sensational folk duo Valley Young (left) is featured this month.On the Flipside, we are thrilled to have former Sun Records recording artist and Knoxville resident Dick Penner.
Wednesday, February 1, at
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SPECIALS
 Radiolab: "Sperm"
Sperm carry half the genes needed for human life. In this hour of Radiolab, some basic questions and profound thoughts about reproduction. To begin: why so many sperm? We end quietly, in a stark sonic space with a widow struggling to keep some essence of her husband alive.
(Illustration courtesy of: Matt Buchanan)
Friday, February 17, at noon
February is Black History Month
 Maya Angelou's Black History Month Special Maya Angelou defines Black History, as it is embraced in our popular culture with an emphasis on the civil rights era and a poetic acknowledgement of late activist, Rosa Parks. This one hour historical trek takes us from the 1950's thru the 1990's. Dr. Maya Angelou renders a poetic portrait of the day-to-day lives of African Americans during the civil rights era, when artists and activists, musicians and ministers joined hands with people from all walks of life to bring about a historic change in our culture. Friday, February 3, at noon
 Heavenly Sight: Of Vision Lost and FoundSince the time of Aristotle, blind seers have been regarded as bearers of special insight. Host David Marash brings us the stories, music and this insight from the blind gospel tradition that transformed American song and gave it soul. We'll hear from Blind Willie Johnson, Ray Charles, Flora Molton -who survived by singing on the streets of Washington DC - and Reverend Gary Davis (pictured). Tuesday, February 21, at 7 p.m.
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