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Mark White | The Mark White Show Athens, Alabama - For Regina and David Raney, the 2026 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California, was more than a nationally televised tradition. It was a rare opportunity to represent music educators on one of the most visible stages in America. The Athens couple, both longtime Alabama band directors, marched in the Rose Bowl Parade as members of the Band Directors Marching Band, an ensemble of more than 350 music educators from across the country....

Mark White | The Mark White Show Birmingham, Alabama - When Alex Fourie steps onto a golf course, he carries more than a club. He carries a story that began far from fairways and scorecards. Born in Ukraine in 1992, Fourie spent his first seven years in orphanages, fighting daily just to survive. Born with one arm and a cleft lip and palate, he faced challenges few can imagine. Doctors later connected his conditions to radiation exposure near Chernobyl. “Just staying alive was the fight,”...

Mark White | The Mark White Show Franklin, Tennessee. - Dr. Marc Patrick Pietropaoli did not set out to challenge one of modern medicine’s most common assumptions, but a moment early in his medical training changed the course of his career. More than 30 years ago, as a third-year medical student, Pietropaoli observed one of the earliest knee replacement surgeries while rotating through orthopedics. The procedure was considered cutting-edge at the time, but what he saw left him unsettled. “I...