{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstorytown.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fvoices-of-the-archive-dana-ensor-june-2026-1pBHpMfn","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Voices of the Archive: Dana Ensor","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/81f05d62-7a77-4de4-b04f-520d210108c7/8a65651a-5849-44e0-b361-3bd35570e47e/voices-from-the-archive-1.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"In today's episode, we’re listening to Dana Ensor. Dana works in agriculture, and was the first woman hired in Tennessee to work for the Natural Soil Conservation Service, a branch of the USDA. She is also a farmer, and runs her family farm. In today’s episode, we’re going to hear about Dana's experiences working in agriculture, what it was like working as a woman in a male-dominated field, and her thoughts on the future of farming. \n\nVoices from the Archive is a monthly segment of StoryTown Radio. It shares stories from people living here, just how they told them. You might think of it like a news report that tells you about all sorts of things. From apple butter to ghost encounters, you could learn just about anything from the people living here in East Tennessee. Listen in as they tell the stories of their lives here in Appalachia.\n\nStoryTown Radio is a production of the McKinney Center's Story Initiative. Grounded in the belief that stories connect people to each other, the Story Initiative sets out to collect, archive, and share the stories from the region. Broadcast from Jonesborough, Tennessee, the Storytelling Capital of the World, StoryTown Radio is one way these stories are shared with people, nearby and all around. "}