Inside Appalachia is an audio tour of Appalachia's rich history, food, music and culture. The radio show also publishes a ✨monthly newsletter✨ highlighting recent stories and previews future episodes. Are you subscribed? 👀 wvpublic.org/insideappalachia
January 11, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Inside Appalachia is an audio tour of Appalachia's rich history, food, music and culture. The radio show also publishes a ✨monthly newsletter✨ highlighting recent stories and previews future episodes. Are you subscribed? 👀 wvpublic.org/insideappalachia
This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, too often, people with mental health challenges or substance use disorder wind up in jail. But crisis response teams offer another way. You'll hear this story and more this week, Inside Appalachia. wvpublic.org/podcasts/ins...
January 10, 2026 at 12:00 AM
This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, too often, people with mental health challenges or substance use disorder wind up in jail. But crisis response teams offer another way. You'll hear this story and more this week, Inside Appalachia. wvpublic.org/podcasts/ins...
This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, a poet and musician draws inspiration from a distant family connection to the Grand Ole Opry’s Little Jimmy Dickens.
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Tap the link below 👇 to listen to our latest episode. 🎧
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Inside Appalachia
Inside Appalachia tells the stories of our people, and how they live today. The show is an audio tour of our rich history, food, music and culture.Listen Sundays at 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. on WVPB…
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December 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, a poet and musician draws inspiration from a distant family connection to the Grand Ole Opry’s Little Jimmy Dickens.
Tap the link below 👇 to listen to our latest episode. 🎧
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Tap the link below 👇 to listen to our latest episode. 🎧
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This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, we revisit our episode all about competition in Appalachia. We can get competitive here. But there’s more to competing than winning or losing. In this show, we’ll also meet competitors who are keepers of beloved Appalachian traditions.
Inside Appalachia
Inside Appalachia tells the stories of our people, and how they live today. The show is an audio tour of our rich history, food, music and culture.Listen Sundays at 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. on WVPB…
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December 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, we revisit our episode all about competition in Appalachia. We can get competitive here. But there’s more to competing than winning or losing. In this show, we’ll also meet competitors who are keepers of beloved Appalachian traditions.
This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, we’re talking about traditional ballads – how they tell stories and connect us to the past. Tap the link below to listen to this encore episode.
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Inside Appalachia
Inside Appalachia tells the stories of our people, and how they live today. The show is an audio tour of our rich history, food, music and culture.Listen Sundays at 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. on WVPB…
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November 14, 2025 at 11:56 PM
This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, we’re talking about traditional ballads – how they tell stories and connect us to the past. Tap the link below to listen to this encore episode.
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Delighted that @wvpublic.bsky.social’s #InsideAppalachia last night broadcast an encore of their 2023 Halloween interviews with me & Anita! 🎃 With an update mentioning my books SLOW BURN, THE BLACK FIRE CONCERTO and TRAIL OF SHADOWS! ✊🏻
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Encore: Halloween, Inside Appalachia - West Virginia Public Broadcasting
This week, just in time for Halloween, a suite of spooky tales to make your skin crawl. Also, tales of the supernatural. And, ghost stories galore.
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November 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Delighted that @wvpublic.bsky.social’s #InsideAppalachia last night broadcast an encore of their 2023 Halloween interviews with me & Anita! 🎃 With an update mentioning my books SLOW BURN, THE BLACK FIRE CONCERTO and TRAIL OF SHADOWS! ✊🏻
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This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, just in time for Halloween, a suite of spooky tales to make your skin crawl.
Also, tales of the 🔮 supernatural.
And, ghost stories galore. 👻
Tap the link below and celebrate 🎃 Halloween with us.
Also, tales of the 🔮 supernatural.
And, ghost stories galore. 👻
Tap the link below and celebrate 🎃 Halloween with us.
Inside Appalachia
Inside Appalachia tells the stories of our people, and how they live today. The show is an audio tour of our rich history, food, music and culture.Listen Sundays at 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. on WVPB…
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October 31, 2025 at 11:09 PM
This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, just in time for Halloween, a suite of spooky tales to make your skin crawl.
Also, tales of the 🔮 supernatural.
And, ghost stories galore. 👻
Tap the link below and celebrate 🎃 Halloween with us.
Also, tales of the 🔮 supernatural.
And, ghost stories galore. 👻
Tap the link below and celebrate 🎃 Halloween with us.
This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, It’s been a year since Hurricane Helene barreled into central Appalachia, but from the beginning, the recovery brought people together. Also, country music’s Rob McNurlin grew up with traditional music in Eastern Kentucky.
Inside Appalachia
Inside Appalachia tells the stories of our people, and how they live today. The show is an audio tour of our rich history, food, music and culture.Listen Sundays at 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. on WVPB…
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October 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, It’s been a year since Hurricane Helene barreled into central Appalachia, but from the beginning, the recovery brought people together. Also, country music’s Rob McNurlin grew up with traditional music in Eastern Kentucky.
This week, #InsideAppalachia, COVID-19 exposed the contempt society has for marginalized people. Also, rock climbers with disabilities have found a home in KY’s Red River Gorge, which offers some pumpy crags.
Inside Appalachia
Inside Appalachia tells the stories of our people, and how they live today. The show is an audio tour of our rich history, food, music and culture.Listen Sundays at 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. on WVPB…
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October 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This week, #InsideAppalachia, COVID-19 exposed the contempt society has for marginalized people. Also, rock climbers with disabilities have found a home in KY’s Red River Gorge, which offers some pumpy crags.
This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, for nearly a century, the KY Mountain Laurel Festival has staged a formal dance. Also, abortion is illegal in most cases in TN. So, what happens after a birth? A photographer followed one mother for a year.
Inside Appalachia
Inside Appalachia tells the stories of our people, and how they live today. The show is an audio tour of our rich history, food, music and culture.Listen Sundays at 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. on WVPB…
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September 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, for nearly a century, the KY Mountain Laurel Festival has staged a formal dance. Also, abortion is illegal in most cases in TN. So, what happens after a birth? A photographer followed one mother for a year.
This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, hop aboard the Cass Scenic Railroad 🚂 for a visit with the people who keep the steam trains running.
Also, we head to the woods and take a master class in foraging for 🍄 wild mushrooms.
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Also, we head to the woods and take a master class in foraging for 🍄 wild mushrooms.
👇 Listen to this episode now. 🎧
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September 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, hop aboard the Cass Scenic Railroad 🚂 for a visit with the people who keep the steam trains running.
Also, we head to the woods and take a master class in foraging for 🍄 wild mushrooms.
👇 Listen to this episode now. 🎧
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Also, we head to the woods and take a master class in foraging for 🍄 wild mushrooms.
👇 Listen to this episode now. 🎧
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This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, we remember Rex Stephenson. He’s known for his stage performances of the Jack Tales, which have captivated school kids since the ‘70s.
Also, keeping the family farm going after six generations can be rough.
Listen to this episode now.
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Also, keeping the family farm going after six generations can be rough.
Listen to this episode now.
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Inside Appalachia
Inside Appalachia tells the stories of our people, and how they live today. The show is an audio tour of our rich history, food, music and culture.Listen Sundays at 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. on WVPB…
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September 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, we remember Rex Stephenson. He’s known for his stage performances of the Jack Tales, which have captivated school kids since the ‘70s.
Also, keeping the family farm going after six generations can be rough.
Listen to this episode now.
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Also, keeping the family farm going after six generations can be rough.
Listen to this episode now.
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This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, a TN DJ takes us on a tour of Appalachian punk and metal. Also, Appalachian culture is enriched by its immigrants. We explore the fusion of WV & Japan. And, Appalachia isn’t all punk rock and Japanese food. There’s also string band music.
Inside Appalachia
Inside Appalachia tells the stories of our people, and how they live today. The show is an audio tour of our rich history, food, music and culture.Listen Sundays at 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. on WVPB…
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August 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, a TN DJ takes us on a tour of Appalachian punk and metal. Also, Appalachian culture is enriched by its immigrants. We explore the fusion of WV & Japan. And, Appalachia isn’t all punk rock and Japanese food. There’s also string band music.
This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, after a disaster, can comics help set the record straight? Also, in Western North Carolina, a new generation of Cherokee potters are keeping old traditions, while shaping a modern practice all their own.
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August 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, after a disaster, can comics help set the record straight? Also, in Western North Carolina, a new generation of Cherokee potters are keeping old traditions, while shaping a modern practice all their own.
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This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, dinos fight Civil War soldiers at a theme park throwback — Dinosaur Kingdom II in Natural Bridge, Virginia.
Also, one person’s roadside weed is another’s “golden” treasure. So says a North Carolina fiber artist.
Also, one person’s roadside weed is another’s “golden” treasure. So says a North Carolina fiber artist.
Inside Appalachia
Inside Appalachia tells the stories of our people, and how they live today. The show is an audio tour of our rich history, food, music and culture.Listen Sundays at 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. on WVPB…
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July 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, dinos fight Civil War soldiers at a theme park throwback — Dinosaur Kingdom II in Natural Bridge, Virginia.
Also, one person’s roadside weed is another’s “golden” treasure. So says a North Carolina fiber artist.
Also, one person’s roadside weed is another’s “golden” treasure. So says a North Carolina fiber artist.
This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, for 15 years, a VA library has been hosting a weekly Dungeons & Dragons game night for teens. It can get a little wacky.
Also, we remember renowned TN luthier, Jean Horner, whose fiddles were played at Carnegie Hall & the Grand Ole Opry.
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Also, we remember renowned TN luthier, Jean Horner, whose fiddles were played at Carnegie Hall & the Grand Ole Opry.
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June 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, for 15 years, a VA library has been hosting a weekly Dungeons & Dragons game night for teens. It can get a little wacky.
Also, we remember renowned TN luthier, Jean Horner, whose fiddles were played at Carnegie Hall & the Grand Ole Opry.
wvpublic.org/podcasts/ins...
Also, we remember renowned TN luthier, Jean Horner, whose fiddles were played at Carnegie Hall & the Grand Ole Opry.
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This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, an immersion school in North Carolina is trying to revitalize the Cherokee language with the help of a printmaking class.
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Click/tap the link below 👇 to listen to this episode now. 🎧
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June 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, an immersion school in North Carolina is trying to revitalize the Cherokee language with the help of a printmaking class.
Click/tap the link below 👇 to listen to this episode now. 🎧
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Click/tap the link below 👇 to listen to this episode now. 🎧
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This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, textbooks have long left out an important piece of labor history that happened here in the mountains. Now, a new young adult book fills in some of what might have been missed about the Mine Wars.
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June 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, textbooks have long left out an important piece of labor history that happened here in the mountains. Now, a new young adult book fills in some of what might have been missed about the Mine Wars.
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This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, the Appalachian Prison Book Project 📚 has been sending books to incarcerated people for nearly 20 years. Its most popular book is the dictionary. wvpublic.org/podcasts/ins...
May 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, the Appalachian Prison Book Project 📚 has been sending books to incarcerated people for nearly 20 years. Its most popular book is the dictionary. wvpublic.org/podcasts/ins...
This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, the setting for a new novel 📖 is a communal society founded by freed people in North Carolina. It was a real place called The Kingdom of the Happy Land. Click/tap the link below 👇 to listen to this episode now. 🎧
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May 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, the setting for a new novel 📖 is a communal society founded by freed people in North Carolina. It was a real place called The Kingdom of the Happy Land. Click/tap the link below 👇 to listen to this episode now. 🎧
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This week on #InsideAppalachia🌄, during a pandemic, where do you give birth? 👶 Also, we’ll have the story of a family that cultivated an heirloom tomato 🍅 in West Virginia. And, a musical tradition 🎵 brought people together — even when they couldn’t gather in person.
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March 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This week on #InsideAppalachia🌄, during a pandemic, where do you give birth? 👶 Also, we’ll have the story of a family that cultivated an heirloom tomato 🍅 in West Virginia. And, a musical tradition 🎵 brought people together — even when they couldn’t gather in person.
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Excited to talk about DEEP & WILD and all things #WestVirginia on #InsideAppalachia this week! wvpublic.org/podcasts/ins...
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Inside Appalachia tells the stories of our people, and how they live today. The show is an audio tour of our rich history, food, music and culture.Listen Sundays at 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. on WVPB Radio.On-...
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January 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Excited to talk about DEEP & WILD and all things #WestVirginia on #InsideAppalachia this week! wvpublic.org/podcasts/ins...