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MN&WR: Internet in Rural Appalachia
It's been a big year for internet in the coalfields, and across rural Appalachia. In this episode: stories of people who have internet access and others who don't, communities organizing to get better access, and projects that use the internet to create new jobs.
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MN&WR: Internet in Rural Appalachia
September 7, 2017It’s been a big year for internet in the coalfields, and across rural Appalachia. In this episode: stories of people who have internet access and others who don’t, Read More >
MN&WR: Cut Short
August 25, 2017A new report shows Appalachian health is continuing to fall behind the rest of the country, a federal study on the health effects of surface mining was suddenly ordered to Read More >
EKY HEAL: Talkin’ Health, Arts, & Community
August 22, 2017What does poetry have to do with health? How do we talk about health outside the doctor’s office? Check out our August 16th, 2017 Mountain Talk on EKY HEAL. EKY HEAL is Read More >
MN&WR: How Ideas Spread
August 11, 2017On this week’s Mountain News & World Report: Painting and hiding rocks is hugely popular new pastime in Letcher County, the idea of giving a prescription for fresh Read More >
Mountain Talk: BETSY!
August 10, 2017A recording of our Wednesday, August 9th Mountain Talk with the cast and crew of BETSY! Listen for the scoop on this Kentucky premiere (which will be August 11th and 12th at 8 Read More >
Mtn Talk Monday: Germany & Appalachia
August 9, 2017On July 18th, WMMT and Appalshop hosted a roundtable discussion called Germany & Appalachia: Perspectives on Economic Transition in Coal Communities. For our Mountain Read More >
Mtn. Talk Monday: Cowan Creek Mountain Music School
July 31, 2017Get a insider’s look at the Cowan Creek Mountain Music School. It’s a small but close-knit group that gathers here each year—some of the country’s finest old-time Read More >
MN&WR: July News Roundup
July 28, 2017This episode features a July news roundup of some of the top stories from the Ohio Valley ReSource and the Public News Service. Listen to hear about pesticides and bees, water Read More >
Mtn. Talk Monday: Black Lung Diagnosis and Healthcare Benefits
July 3, 2017In this episode, Dr. Edward Lee Petsonk, a professor of Medicine specializing in Pulmonary and Critical Care at West Virginia University and former leader of the NIOSH Black Read More >
MN&WR: Education and the Opioid Crisis
June 30, 2017The extent of the opioid crisis in Central Appalachia is not a secret. It has been covered extensively by national media in terms of statistics and the degree to which Read More >
