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War Bride: Betty McKemie

Dec 30, 2021

Betty McKemie didn’t get to see the Statue of Liberty when she sailed into NYC. She’d rushed below to pack. They’d called her name over the ship’s loudspeaker. Her new husband was on shore waiting for her with open arms. They’d move from her native London to a very different place: Albany, Georgia.

Bunny Hop at the Lunatic Asylum: Helen Brett Schmid

Dec 23, 2021

I didn’t meet my birth mother until I was a middle aged man. It took quite a bit of investigative experience to find her. She welcomed me with open arms. She’d hug on me and talk to me endlessly and she’d cook for me. This year she died. I miss you, my mother. Thank God you let me record your voice telling me how...

Preserving Mom's Voice: Nell Martin Watson

Dec 16, 2021

Stuart’s Mom and Dad died the same day in the same room of the same disease: Alzheimers . That was ten years ago this week. To honor the occasion, we air never-before-heard raw audio of the voice of Nell Martin Watson of Albany, GA She talks about growing up in Georgia during the Great Depression, World War 2...

Tammy Bell, Honorary Alcoholic

Dec 9, 2021

Relapse Prevention Specialist Tammy Bell is retiring this month after almost 40 years of helping thousands of people recover from drug and alcohol addiction. Tammy talks to Stuart about the desperate need for reform in the realm of treatment shortly after the announcement of more than 100,000 drug overdose deaths in...

Tammy Bell treats addicts

Dec 2, 2021

Tammy Bell has been Stuart’s therapist for 15 years. She has treated thousands of people with substance use disorder, or - to be blunt - recovering drunks and junkies. She specializes in preventing relapses. And she knew some of the original Friends of Bill (Wilson) - co-founder of AA. Now she’s retiring. Stuart...