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‘To Live Here You Have to Fight’ - How Appalachian Women Today Are Building On Activist Traditions Of The Past
Season 20
This week on Inside Appalachia, we’ll hear how women in the mountains spearhead movements to battle racial injustice, defend healthy communi…
4 years, 4 months ago
Teaching Uncomfortable History And Overlooked Stories Of Black Americans Inside Appalachia
Season 20
Lawmakers across Appalachia are debating how issues of race are taught in public schools, but the U.S. isn’t the only country with an unsett…
4 years, 5 months ago
Beans And Cornbread, Cryptid Board Games, And Bear Stories From The Smoky Mountains
If you think about one dish that has sustained generations of Appalachian people, what comes to mind? When we put the question on social med…
4 years, 5 months ago
Building Cultural Bridges From Ukraine To Appalachia, Mexilachian Music, And We Learn How A Black Recreation Area Is Seeing New Life
Season 20
The Russian invasion in Ukraine is sending shockwaves throughout the world. Did you know that the geography and culture of the people who li…
4 years, 5 months ago
Making Swiss Cheese In Helvetia, W.Va. And 50 Years After The Buffalo Creek Flood, What's Changed?
Season 20
This week on Inside Appalachia, we’ll hear from residents in Kentucky who were denied aid. We’ll also hear a special documentary about the B…
4 years, 5 months ago
Revealing Reconstruction History, Dancers Adapt To The Pandemic, and A Mountain Biking Club Empowering Women
Season 20
Think back to your American history class. We all learned about the Civil War, but what did you learn about the years after the war ended? O…
4 years, 6 months ago
Animals And Love, First Date Flops, And Losing Love
Valentine’s Day gets a lot of flack for being sappy, cliché or just a marketing ploy by card and chocolate companies. But we tend to think t…
4 years, 6 months ago
Appalachian Black Metal, Tudors Labor Struggles, And How W.Va. Is Making Skiing More Affordable
Season 20
This week’s episode of Inside Appalachia features stories about a West Virginia black metal band that plays songs about local history. We’ll…
4 years, 6 months ago
Punk Rockers, Urban Farmers And More - How Appalachians Are Finding Creative Solutions To Big Problems
Season 20
This week’s episode of Inside Appalachia is packed with stories from across central Appalachia, featuring creative people who are finding wa…
4 years, 6 months ago
Appalachia Is Facing An Unprecedented Teacher Shortage—What Some Coal Communities Are Doing To Entice More Teachers To Stay
Season 20
Schools are facing unprecedented staff shortages – here in Appalachia and across the country. In this week’s episode of Inside Appalachia, w…
4 years, 7 months ago