Inside Appalachia
Series produced by West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Inside Appalachia is our weekly radio and podcast, hosted by Mason Adams. The show highlights West Virginia’s cultural heritage and brings those stories to a broader audience.
Inside Appalachia is currently heard on 33 stations in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
The show highlights West Virginia’s cultural heritage and brings those stories to a broader audience. We strive to tell real stories about what it’s like to live here, and feature Appalachians who are finding unique solutions.
The program gives voice to and provides a platform for the underserved, overlooked, and often dismissed residents of Appalachia.
We’ve recently expanded the show to tell more stories about our region’s diverse arts and culture, through our grant-funded Folkways Project.
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In an encore edition of last year's holiday episode, James Beard-nominated West Virginia chefs Mike Costello and Amy Dawson serve up special dishe...
- Added: Nov 28, 2023
- Length: 53:31
This week, we pick up a little light reading at the Johnson City Zine Fest.
And… Grab your dancing shoes and learn about a movement to make square ...
- Added: Nov 21, 2023
- Length: 53:30
This week, Karly Hartzman, of Asheville indie rock band Wednesday, talks about songwriting, place, and spending a LOT of time with a band on tour. ...
- Added: Nov 15, 2023
- Length: 53:31
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 Oglesby...
- Added: Nov 08, 2023
- Length: 53:30
In the latest episode of Inside Appalachia, we’ll meet a man who makes intricate, hand painted turkey calls. We’ll meet people who make wooden padd...
- Added: Nov 01, 2023
- Length: 53:30
Just in time for Halloween, a suite of spooky tales to make your skin crawl. We talk science fiction with Roanoke, Virginia-based writer and publis...
- Added: Oct 25, 2023
- Length: 53:29
Rae Garringer felt isolated growing up, but they learned that they weren't alone. There were other LGBTQ people living in small towns and rural com...
- Added: Oct 13, 2023
- Length: 53:30
This week, a Pittsburgh artist channels the Steel City’s mythology and struggles... into tarot cards.
Western North Carolina author Ron Rash shares...
- Added: Sep 27, 2023
- Length: 53:30
Appalachians are often called mountaineers — but are they also ‘pioneers?’ A new documentary reckons with what it means… to be a pioneer.
And, an A...
- Added: Sep 19, 2023
- Length: 53:30
This week, we revisit one of our favorite shows: we asked people, what is Appalachia? We ask people from Mississippi, to Georgia, to Pittsburgh-- d...
- Added: Sep 13, 2023
- Length: 53:30
This week, the Reverend George Mills Dickerson of Tazewell, Virginia, was born in the years after slavery ended. He’s remembered today through his ...
- Added: Sep 06, 2023
- Length: 53:30
This week, a Virginia Tech researcher challenges deeply held ideas about the purity of natural springs.
And, prices are going up everywhere — but i...
- Added: Aug 30, 2023
- Length: 53:30
Appalachians love to compete. Whether it’s rec league softball, a turkey calling contest or workplace chili cookoffs… Mountain folks are in it to w...
- Added: Aug 15, 2023
- Length: 53:30
InsideApp23: Pepperoni Rolls, Ice Cream and The World's Largest Tea Pot, Inside Appalachia, 8/3/2023
From: West Virginia Public BroadcastingSeries: Inside Appalachia
This week… if you’re hungry for a pepperoni roll in West Virginia, you can find one at just about any gas station. So, how did they get so popular?...
- Added: Aug 09, 2023
- Length: 53:30
This week, we visit with West Virginia trappers to learn about the fur trade in the 21st Century.
We also meet a county fair champion who keeps rac...
- Added: Aug 01, 2023
- Length: 53:31
Flooding is a recurring problem across Appalachia. So this week, we’re taking stock, and looking back on the 2016 floods that devastated West Virgi...
- Added: Jul 27, 2023
- Length: 53:30
This week, a Ukrainian musician reflects on what music means during wartime.
And there’s a growing number of a certain kind of blood-sucking arachn...
- Added: Jul 18, 2023
- Length: 53:30
This week, we learn about a farm in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania that can grow on one acre what other farms grow on 100 acres.
We’ll also talk with the ...
- Added: Jul 11, 2023
- Length: 53:30
This week, we visit a cemetery in Bluefield, Virginia, and learn how racial segregation followed some people to the grave.
We’ll also hear from Nee...
- Added: Jul 05, 2023
- Length: 53:31
This week, we meet a man who shows his love for fishing by building exquisite, handmade fly rods, and sharing what he knows with others.
And, Appal...
- Added: Jun 27, 2023
- Length: 53:30
