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This week, 🌄, we revisit our episode all about competition in Appalachia. Folks from this region -- we can get competi...
12/05/2025

This week, 🌄, we revisit our episode all about competition in Appalachia.

Folks from this region -- we can get competitive. We’re proud of our local food. Love a good hunt. And enjoy competition with friends. We learn the rules and celebrate our victories.

But there’s more to competing than just winning or losing. In this show, we’ll also meet competitors who are keepers of beloved Appalachian traditions.

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https://wvpublic.org/podcasts/inside-appalachia/

11/29/2025

This week, 🌄, we’re sharing a new podcast from our friends at WNYC (). It’s called “Our Common Nature.” It features cellist Yo-Yo Ma (). In the clip, producer Ana Gonzalez () shares a moment between Yo-Yo and a middle schooler after a day of whitewater rafting.

This week, 🌄, "Our Common Nature" is a new podcast from WNYC. It features cellist Yo-Yo Ma and producer Ana González, ...
11/28/2025

This week, 🌄, "Our Common Nature" is a new podcast from WNYC. It features cellist Yo-Yo Ma and producer Ana González, as they explore America and talk to folks like West Virginia coal miners.

We follow Yo-Yo and his team as they venture into Appalachia. And we talk with González about meeting people where they are.

Click/tap the link below 👇 to listen to this episode. 🎧

https://wvpublic.org/podcasts/inside-appalachia/

11/22/2025

This week, 🌄, we revisit this Folkways story about Skeenies Hot Dogs in Sissonville, West Virginia by Folkways Reporter .harold. 🌭

This week, 🌄, the cost of health insurance is going up in 2026. Millions of people are faced with sticker shock.Also, ...
11/21/2025

This week, 🌄, the cost of health insurance is going up in 2026. Millions of people are faced with sticker shock.

Also, a mountain farmer kept an encrypted diary for years. It’s unclear whether he would have wanted that code to ever be cracked.

And, a beloved West Virginia hot dog 🌭 restaurant closed in 2018. An annual tribute sale gives people a chance to relive its glory days.

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https://wvpublic.org/podcasts/inside-appalachia/

11/21/2025

There are so many diverse stories here in Appalachia, and we spotlight them through our Folkways program. We’ve recorded more than 150 stories for this project, and you can find them all at wvpublic.org/folkways.

11/16/2025

There are so many diverse stories here in Appalachia, and we spotlight them through our Folkways program. We’ve recorded more than 150 stories for this project, and you can find them all at wvpublic.org/folkways. In this story, Folkways Reporter .harold takes us to his elementary school where kids are still rolling marbles.

And don't miss our encore episode this week featuring Appalachian ballads, 🌄.

11/15/2025

This week 🌄, we revisit Folkway stories about Appalachian ballads. We also want to highlight our Folkways program. We’ve recorded more than 150 stories for this project, and you can find them at wvpublic.org. In this story, Folkways Reporter takes us to Osage, West Virginia.

This week, 🌄, we’re talking about traditional ballads – how they tell stories and connect us to the past. These old tu...
11/14/2025

This week, 🌄, we’re talking about traditional ballads – how they tell stories and connect us to the past.

These old tunes can mean so much. They can tap into difficult emotions and give feelings space to be heard. Some songs may even be too uncomfortable to sing.

In this special episode with guest co-host, ballad singer Saro Lynch-Thomason, we explore songs about lawbreaking folk heroes, runaway trains and murder ballads.

All the stories in this episode were produced as part of our Folkways Reporting Project, a partnership with West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s Inside Appalachia and the Folklife Program of the West Virginia Humanities Council.

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https://wvpublic.org/podcasts/inside-appalachia/

11/08/2025

This week, 🌄, Zack Harold (.harold) brings us this story from The Daily Yonder's () Rural Remix podcast.

This week, 🌄, central Appalachia is known for exporting coal. But it’s losing people, too.Also, folk singer Ginny Hawk...
11/07/2025

This week, 🌄, central Appalachia is known for exporting coal. But it’s losing people, too.

Also, folk singer Ginny Hawker grew up singing the hymns of the Primitive Baptist Church, but she didn’t think of performing until she got a little boost from Appalachian icon Hazel Dickens.

And, the chef of an award-winning Asheville restaurant was shaped by memories of growing up in West Virginia.

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https://wvpublic.org/podcasts/inside-appalachia/

10/27/2025

This week 🌄, we revisit a Folkways story from Zack Harold about a tattoo parlor in Whitesburg, Kentucky that blends traditional music and tattoos. The Parlor Room Art and Tattoo has also been a place where folks find community and even support.

In this story, we hear from regular Brad Centers, who died in September following a battle with colon cancer. Before Brad's death, Parlor Room Art and Tattoo owner John Haywood gave a little support toward Brad's treatment with each new tattoo. https://wvpublic.org/story/arts-culture/traditional-music-and-traditional-tattoos-live-on-at-the-parlor-room/

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