Inside Appalachia

This week, 🌄, before emancipation, Appalachia provided pathways to freedom for enslaved people trying to escape bo***ge. A new project identifies more than two dozen previously unknown underground railroad sites.

Also, The Fly Around Music & Arts Festival in North Carolina was inspired by the hard work that followed Hurricane Helene.

And, a ballad about floods recorded a generation ago still provides solace for people today.

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This week, 🌄, some folks are working to preserve the memory of Bristol, Virginia’s Black Bottom, a largely African American community wiped out by urban renewal.

Also, small food producers embrace digital technology for the humble farm stand.

And, kudzu; it’s coming for us.

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

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Appalachian Monster Game And Nelsonville Music Festival, Inside Appalachia - West Virginia Public Broadcasting 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...