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About 5,000 members of a National Guard unit in North Carolina will be mobilized to Iraq -- the largest call-up of state guardsmen in decades. It's part of one of the largest troops movements in U.S. history. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers will move in and out of Iraq over the next few months. Jessica Jones of member station WUNC reports.

Jones was considered one of the most influential drummers in jazz history. He died Tuesday at the age of 76. He was best known for his work with John Coltrane. He also toured with bassist Charles Mingus and pianist Bud Powell. Jones had been a bandleader for over 30 years. His brother Hank Jones is a respected jazz pianist and his brother Thad Jones was a composer, arranger and bandleader who died in 1986. (Originally broadcast on Jan. 7, 1998.)

At 7'1" and 325 pounds, Shaq was one of the biggest players in basketball history. In a recent episode of his podcast, Shaq revealed that anytime he goes to a zoo, gorillas are intimidated by him.

Track star Marion Jones made sports history by winning five medals at the 2000 summer Olympics, but now she's scheduled to appear before a New York Court to plead guilty to lying to federal agents about her use of performance enhancing drugs.

In this episode, Brent and Jason look at the electoral shift seen in Kentucky from 1980 to the current era. Kidstorians discuss those early McDonald's…

Jason and Brent add yet another Christmas special for the holiday season and look at the story of an early Kentucky Christmas party and dance, best…

In this episode, Brent invites fellow WKCTC professor David Nickell to tell a story of rural life, cable repairmen and a friendly pet goat. Jason joins in…

In this episode, Jason and Brent look at a very candid letter written by Thomas Stone, an American soldier on the Western Front in France during World War…

Brent and Jason are joined by attorney Johnathan Oliver as they discuss specific curious laws from 1873 and look for parallels with today's regulations.…

Jason and Brent speak to a new guest, author Ann Creel. Her new book is called The River Widow, about a murder that gets covered up by the 1937 flood. In…