Inside Appalachia
Summary: Each week, Inside Appalachia travels along misty mountain roads into a world steeped in splendor and struggle. With sounds and voices from across the region, host Jessica Lilly guides you on a tour of stories that are often untold or, even worse, misunderstood by the wider public. With complicated connections to controversial topics, Appalachia and her seemingly ordinary people will challenge stereotypes with their extraordinary stories.
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A new school library in Wheeling, West Virginia, looks to the future.Also in West Virginia town of Matewan revisits its violent history.And an...
Carbon Capture Technology could be the key to using coal cleanly. What impact do drugs in drinking water have? A national organization tackles senior...
Two West Virginians by choice work to preserve Appalachian culture and foster dialogue. An historic Virginia theater gets ready for a new season. While...
There’s a push to decrease the use of lawn chemicals. An inside look at the struggle for political power at West Virginia’s Capitol. This is the time of...
Pittsburgh makes progress in its battle against climate change. New rules to prevent Black Lung Disease are announced. Buttermilk and Bible Burgers are...
Tracking deer through infrared technology. Bluegrass Musician Ricky Scaggs talks about his book “Kentucky Traveler: My Life in Music.” Kentucky Poet...
Let's look back at the Upper Big Branch Disaster to see what does it take to change coal culture? Remembering the worst coal mining disaster in history...
As the deadline for getting health insurance approaches, learn what it’s like to go through the process. A Kentucky basketball great is in a West...
Kentucky could get its first Muslim lawmaker if one candidate is successful. So what do folks in Bobtown, Pa., really think of those pizza gift...
This winter has brought a lot of snow, and snowy owls. Some southern West Virginia residents almost always have unusable water. We visit an old general...
Kentucky launches a new education program with its federal Race to the Top grant. Retired military members make a case for better climate change policy....
Same sex marriage makes headlines again this week across the country and in Appalachia. An outdoor classroom in Virginia addresses watershed issues....
Some land in Wise Virginia has gone from producing coal, to producing grapes. West Virginians debate whether frack waste should be dumped in local...
A new report says West Virginia can do more with solar power. Sen. Jay Rockefeller expresses his opinion about the West Virginia water crisis. A...
It was evolution versus creationism during a high profile debate in Kentucky. Contaminated water is still a hot topic in West Virginia and we have a...
