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Storytellers podcast showcasing the voices of Our State writers. Each podcast episode features a writer reading their column aloud, allowing each distinct voice to shine. Click below to listen to Brad read his column aloud.
Heat and pressure. When applied in the right amounts and under the right conditions, these forces create diamonds. And that’s exactly what recording director and music impresario Ralph Peer was hoping to mine in a small room on the rooftop of the George Vanderbilt Hotel in Asheville in August 1925…