Podcast Episodes

Encore: True Stories Behind Folk Heroes, Runaway Trains And Murder Ballads

Season 21

This week on Inside Appalachia, we’re talking about traditional ballads -- how they tell stories and connect us to the past. 

These old tunes…

2 years, 1 month ago

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Chair Caning And A Housing Fight, Inside Appalachia

Season 21

This week, we visit the Seeing Hand Association. They bring together people who are visually impaired to learn the craft of chair caning.  

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2 years, 1 month ago

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Remembering And Revisiting Resistance To The Mountain Valley Pipeline, Inside Appalachia

Season 21

Red Terry’s property in Bent Mountain, Virginia, is in the path of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. She says the place was beautiful, but she's…

2 years, 1 month ago

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Encore: What Is Appalachia? We Asked People From Around The Region. Here’s What They Said

Season 21

This week, we’re revisiting our episode “What Is Appalachia?” from December 2021. Appalachia connects mountainous parts of the South, the Mi…

2 years, 1 month ago

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Remembering Travis Stimeling And The Age Of Deer, Inside Appalachia

Inside Appalachia remembers Travis Stimeling. The author, musician and educator left a deep mark on Appalachian culture, and the people who …

2 years, 2 months ago

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Brasstown Carvers, Willie Carver And Cabbagetown, Inside Appalachia

Season 21

For nearly a century, some of the best wood carvers in Appalachia have trained at a folk school in North Carolina. The Brasstown Carvers sti…

2 years, 2 months ago

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Step Dancing At WVSU And Radioactive Brine, Inside Appalachia

Season 21

Step shows are a tradition at many historically Black universities, including schools in Appalachia. We hear about one that’s part of West V…

2 years, 2 months ago

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Encore: The Love Of Competition, Inside Appalachia

Season 21

Appalachians love to compete. Whether it’s recreational league softball, a turkey calling contest or workplace chili cookoffs, Mountain folk…

2 years, 2 months ago

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The Fall Of AppHarvest, Inside Appalachia

Season 21

When the farming start-up, AppHarvest, launched in Kentucky, it promised good jobs in coal country — but some workers called it a grueling h…

2 years, 3 months ago

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The Gatlinburg Fire Of 2016, Inside Appalachia

Season 21

In 2016, a wildfire escaped the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It killed 14 people, injured dozens more and destroyed parts of Gatlinb…

2 years, 3 months ago

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