The Escape in Alabama – TPR Podcast Presents – July 14, 2025 Troy Public Radio

Today’s selection comes from Inside Job: Understanding Vicky White

What appeared to be a routine trip for a mental health evaluation for an inmate in Lauderdale County, Alabama, had gone wrong. Now both the inmate and the female officer who was escorting him were missing. No one saw this coming.

Hear the full episode: https://insidejobunderstandingvickywhite.podbean.com/e/the-escape-in-alabama-inside-job-undersatnding-vicky-white/

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Inside Job: Understanding Vicky White – TPR Podcast Presents – July 14, 2025 Troy Public Radio

Today’s selection comes from Inside Job: Understanding Vicky White

What appeared to be a routine trip for a mental health evaluation for an inmate in Lauderdale County, Alabama, had gone wrong. Now both the inmate and the female officer who was escorting him were missing. No one saw this coming.

Hear the full episode: https://insidejobunderstandingvickywhite.podbean.com/e/the-escape-in-alabama-inside-job-undersatnding-vicky-white/

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The Escape in Alabama – Inside Job: Undersatnding Vicky White

Vicky Sue White and Casey Cole White were not related, despite having the same last name. 

Vicky was 18 years and one day older than Casey. And they were no one’s idea of a perfectly matched couple. 

On April 29th, Vicky helped Casey, a convict serving 75 years for a crime spree in 2015, escape.  

Vicky, was a highly respected Assistant Director of Corrections. She had put in 25 years with the department and was hours away from a comfortable retirement. Her colleagues loved her. Why then, would someone who had everything to lose, throw it all away? 

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The Escape in Alabama – Inside Job: Understanding Vicky White

Vicky Sue White and Casey Cole White were not related, despite having the same last name. 

Vicky was 18 years and one day older than Casey. And they were no one’s idea of a perfectly matched couple. 

On April 29th, Vicky helped Casey, a convict serving 75 years for a crime spree in 2015, escape.  

Vicky, was a highly respected Assistant Director of Corrections. She had put in 25 years with the department and was hours away from a comfortable retirement. Her colleagues loved her. Why then, would someone who had everything to lose, throw it all away? 

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Gifted Myths: What We Get Wrong About Our Brightest Students -TPR Podcast Presents – July 7, 2025

Were you a gifted kid growing up?
It’s a label applied to students who show a higher aptitude in one or more areas.
But being gifted is not a golden ticket to success.
Today’s conversation comes from the Culture and Belonging podcast, hosted by Rich Ledet and Wendy Broyles. Rich and Wendy are talking to Dr. Shirley Farrell about some of the myths around gifted.

You can hear the full conversation on the Culture and Belonging podcast.
https://cultureandbelonging.podbean.com/e/the-myths-of-gifted-what-we-get-wrong-about-our-brightest-students-culture-and-belonging-march-2025/

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“Tongues of Fire” – TPR Podcast Presents June 30, 2025

Every Monday we bring you selections from one of Troy public Radio’s 13 podcasts.
Today’s selection comes from our most recent episode of Alabama Aloud, a short story podcast where Don Noble reads the work of Alabama authors. This an excerpt, from Lee Smith’s story “Tongues of Fire” about a bright and impressionable teenage girl during a very stressful time in her childhood.

Hear the full story: www.npr.org/podcasts/1256166841…loud-with-don-noble

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Pediatric Nurse Shares Story of Resilience – TPR Podcast Presents – June 23, 2025

On TPR Podcast Presents, we bring you the very best from the Troy Public Radio podcast Catalogue.

Today’s selection comes from The Rounds, which is a podcast about nursing education where hosts Kait Nesbitt and Brooke Moseley gather stories from nurses on the front lines of our healthcare system.

But this episode is much bigger than just nursing education. Kait and Brooke are talking to Olivia Thurman, a nurse who previously worked in hematology and oncology, or HEMOC, at Children’s of Alabama.

Olivia’s daughter was born with a rare genetic condition that required a bone marrow transplant and caused her to spend months in the neonatal intensive care unit.

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From Caring for Children to Caring for Her Own – The Rounds – June 2025

Today’s episode is much bigger than just nursing education. We’re talking to Olivia Thurman, a nurse who previously worked in hematology and oncology, or HEMOC, at Children’s of Alabama.

Olivia’s daughter was born with a genetic condition that caused her to spend nine months in the neonatal intensive care unit, or NICU.

We’ll talk to Olivia about how she’s doing and how her experience as a nurse has helped her care for her daughter.

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