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MN&WR: How Ideas Spread
On 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 produce from the farmer's market is spreading, and leaders like Coach Calipari, Governor Bevin, and Congressman Rogers share the ideas they want to spread at this year's SOAR Summit.
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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 >
MN&WR: Struggling to Stay
June 23, 2017This episode looks deeper into the struggle that many Appalachian people experience with wanting to remain in the place they came from to live, work, and raise their families. Read More >
Mtn. Talk Monday: Whitesburg Dowtown Revitalization and Reinvestment
June 13, 2017In this episode, five University of Virginia students in the Master’s of Urban and Environmental Planning program report on their assessment of the existing conditions Read More >
Mtn. Talk Monday: Art in Isolation – Native American and Appalachian
June 5, 2017Art from cultures not included in mainstream America– Zuni Pueblo, Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, Coeburn VA– have more in common than one might think. Why do Read More >
