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The Rock Band Wednesday, Quilting and The Moonshine Messiah, Inside Appalachia
Season 21
This week, Karly Hartzman of Asheville indie rock band Wednesday, talks about songwriting, place and spending a lot of time with a band on t…
2 years, 5 months ago
Mushroom Mania, Soul Food and Aunt Jeanie, Inside Appalachia
Season 21
This week, we head to the woods and take a master class in foraging for wild mushrooms.
We also break bread and talk soul food with Xavier O…
2 years, 6 months ago
ENCORE: Wildflowers, Paddle Makers, Turkey Calls — And More Inside Appalachia
Season 21
We'll meet a man who makes wooden turkey calls, but these aren’t just any turkey calls. Painter Brian Aliff doesn’t call himself an artist, …
2 years, 6 months ago
Spooky Tales And Sci-Fi, Inside Appalachia
Season 21
Just in time for Halloween, we have a suite of spooky tales to make your skin crawl. We talk science fiction with Roanoke, Virginia-based wr…
2 years, 6 months ago
Fish Fry Tradition, Ann Pancake And The Internet, Inside Appalachia
Season 21
Can the internet rebuild Appalachia? We ask sci-fi novelist and tech writer Cory Doctorow.
Also, fish fries have been a staple in Charlest…
2 years, 6 months ago
Rural LGBTQ Voices And An Appalachian Village Witch, Inside Appalachia
Season 21
This week, Rae Garringer felt isolated growing up and thought they were the only queer person in a small town. But they learned otherwise. N…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Rise Of Advanced Black Lung, Inside Appalachia
Season 21
Black lung disease is back. In fact, it never went away. Now, younger and younger miners are living with a particularly nasty form of black …
2 years, 7 months ago
Appalachian Tarot Cards And Ron Rash, Inside Appalachia
Season 21
This week, a Pittsburgh artist channels the Steel City’s mythology and struggles — into tarot cards.
Western North Carolina author Ron Rash…
2 years, 7 months ago
O Pioneer, Turtle Travels And Throwing Rocks, Inside Appalachia
Season 21
Appalachians are often called mountaineers — but are they also "pioneers?" A new documentary reckons with what it means… to be a pioneer.
In…
2 years, 7 months ago
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, 7 months ago