• A Chef Shares W.Va. Memories And Visiting A Cat Cafe, Inside Appalachia
    Nov 25 2024

    The chef of an award-winning Asheville restaurant says he was shaped by memories of growing up in West Virginia.

    The Seeing Hand Association brings together people who are visually impaired to learn the craft of chair caning.

    And a West Virginia community grapples with its population of feral cats.

    You'll hear these stories and more this week, Inside Appalachia.

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    54 mins
  • Morel Mushrooms, River Music And A Pumpkin Drop, Inside Appalachia
    Nov 18 2024

    Morel mushrooms are a forager’s delight, but don’t shortcut cleaning them.

    As flood relief continues from Hurricane Helene — a musician raises money with a song inspired by West Virginia’s 2016 floods.

    And, not every pumpkin gets to be a jack-o-lantern. Some are used in science experiments instead.

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    54 mins
  • EJ Henderson After The Flood And "Little Seed," Inside Appalachia
    Nov 11 2024

    After Helene, an Asheville guitar maker grapples with how to help her neighborhood when there’s so much need.

    A church in West Virginia is helping turn unwanted guns into garden tools.

    And, for writer Wei Tchou, it took leaving her home in East Tennessee to start seeing herself in a new way.



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    54 mins
  • Ropecraft, Mutual Aid After The Storm And River Surfing, INside Appalachia
    Nov 4 2024

    Rock climbing gear eventually wears out, but it can still live on as art.

    Also, the response to Hurricane Helene shows us some of the best in people. Neighbors are helping neighbors.

    And surfing in West Virginia. Yeah, that’s a real a thing.



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    53 mins
  • Encore: Spooky Tales And Sci-Fi, Inside Appalachia
    Oct 28 2024

    Submitted for your approval, we have a selection of spooky tales for Halloween and beyond.

    We have scary stories read by acclaimed sci-fi and horror authors, tales of the supernatural, and we might know someone who says they’ve seen a ghost.

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    53 mins
  • The Mine Wars For Young Adults, Faith After A Flood And Remembering Billy Edd Wheeler, Inside Appalachia
    Oct 21 2024

    Textbooks have long left out an important piece of labor history that happened here in the mountains. Now, a new young adult book fills in some of what might have been missed about the Mine Wars.

    Also, when flooding devastates a community, people can find solace through faith and through song.

    And we remember songwriter Billy Edd Wheeler, who passed away last month. Dozens of musicians have covered his songs including Kenny Rogers, Johnny Cash and June Carter and Elvis Presley.



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    54 mins
  • Frank X. Walker And Flood Stories Past And Present, Inside Appalachia
    Oct 14 2024

    This week, Affrilachian poet Frank X. Walker has a new collection of poetry that looks at Black life in Kentucky before, during, and after the Civil War…

    We also check in with the people affected by flooding in Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee.

    A new collection of essays and poesm remembers the 2022 flood in Eastern Kentucky witnessed by writers trapped at the Appalachian Writers Workshop.

    And bird watching only sounds relaxing. Sometimes, it can get a little wild.



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    54 mins
  • Hurricane Helene Comes To The Mountains, Inside Appalachia
    Oct 7 2024

    Hurricane Helene dumped nearly 30 inches of rain in parts of Western North Carolina and East Tennessee. Communities are reeling from the devastation. We check-in with Lilly Knoepp at Blue Ridge Public Radio in western North Carolina.

    Also, a new book illustrates the tiny worlds of mountain critters, like a lizard that changes color.

    And White potters co-opted the African art of face jugs in the 1800s. A modern-day Black potter says his art can’t be replicated.

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    54 mins