{"id":2091,"date":"2020-11-08T17:27:07","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T22:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/?p=2091"},"modified":"2025-05-26T11:13:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T15:13:44","slug":"utc-history-alum-on-wutc-storycorps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/2020\/11\/08\/utc-history-alum-on-wutc-storycorps\/","title":{"rendered":"UTC History Alum on WUTC StoryCorps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/11\/zack-ridder-storycorps.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2092\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/11\/zack-ridder-storycorps-580x386.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/11\/zack-ridder-storycorps-580x386.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/11\/zack-ridder-storycorps-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/11\/zack-ridder-storycorps-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/11\/zack-ridder-storycorps-610x406.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/11\/zack-ridder-storycorps-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/11\/zack-ridder-storycorps-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/11\/zack-ridder-storycorps.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">UTC History alum Zack Ridder was featured on the WUTC show Tennessee Valley StoryCorps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Check out the show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wutc.org\/post\/tennessee-valley-storycorps-will-andrews-and-zack-ridder\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/11\/storycorps.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2093 \" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/11\/storycorps-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/11\/storycorps-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/11\/storycorps-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/11\/storycorps-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/11\/storycorps-580x580.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/11\/storycorps-610x610.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/11\/storycorps-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/11\/storycorps-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/11\/storycorps-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/11\/storycorps.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UTC History Alum on WUTC StoryCorps<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/2020\/11\/08\/utc-history-alum-on-wutc-storycorps\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":800,"featured_media":2093,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[35588,35702],"class_list":{"0":"post-2091","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-student-news","8":"tag-student-news","9":"tag-why-history-matters","10":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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