Inside Appalachia

06/05/2026

This week, 🌄, some of the stories on our show inspired college student art — including a vivid image of a bear smashing a clarinet.

Also, a Hare Krishna community in West Virginia serves vegetarian food made in three sacred kitchens.

And, COVID-19 exposed the contempt society has for marginalized people. One author says, these folks are anything but passive.

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06/01/2026

This week, 🌄, Associate Producer Abby Neff sits down with Tim Peacock, the director and founder of the Nelsonville Music Festival (), to discuss the festival's past and present. 🎪

Originally, the festival was founded as a fundraiser for Stuart's Opera House () in 2005. 🎭️

05/30/2026

This week, 🌄, a new roleplaying game gives folks in the workplace a chance to be a mythical Appalachian monster.

Also, southeast Ohio’s Nelsonville Music Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary in June. We talk with the founder about what keeps people coming back.

And, members of a Ukrainian Catholic church in Wheeling, West Virginia, make pierogies for their community every week. What makes them so good?

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This week, a new roleplaying game gives folks in the workplace a chance to be a mythical Appalachian monster. Also, southeast Ohio’s Nelsonville Music Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary in June. We talk with the founder about what keeps people coming back. And, members of a Ukrainian Catholi...

05/27/2026

This week, 🌄, we revisit our Folkways story from 2023 about the tradition of fur trapping in West Virginia. Reporters Lauren Griffin and Clara Haizlett () produced this story.

05/22/2026

This week, 🌄, Hurricane Helene devastated central Appalachia and disrupted the lives of people in recovery.

Also, in West Virginia, fur trapping continues, even in the 21st century.

And, baseball is America’s past-time. ⚾ One league is making the game more inclusive.

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05/15/2026

This week, 🌄, Appalachian Dungeon Fest spotlights the fantastical music of dungeon synth.

Also, every year, the Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival stages a formal dance. Organizers rely on a manual that’s been passed down for generations.

And, small dairy farms are closing across the country. Central Appalachia has been hit hard.

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05/09/2026

This week, 🌄, we revisit a story by host Mason Adams (.atoms) produced in collaboration with the Carter Center and the Mental Health Parity Newsroom Collaborative. Over several months, Adams spent time with crisis teams in Huntington and Princeton, West Virginia.

05/08/2026

This week, 🌄, too often, people with mental health challenges or substance use disorder wind up in jail. But crisis response teams offer another way.

Also, changes to the Endangered Species Act could benefit big business. They could also kill animals like the eastern hellbender.

And, in troubled times, a West Virginia writer says to find peace in nature. We talk about her collection of essays.

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