An Opioid Summit, A Visit To Flat Five Studio And Our Song Of The Week, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, a summit at Marshall University will explore critical interventions against xylazine in the opioid crisis. Emily Rice has more.

Also, in this show, this week’s Inside Appalachia episode makes a visit to the Flat Five Studio in western Virginia, which began as a shop that recorded bluegrass musicians, but then caught a big break in the early 1990s. Mason Adams has more.

And, our Mountain Stage Song of the Week comes to us from Loudon Wainwright III. We listen to his performance of “Suddenly It’s Christmas.” The song originally appeared on his 1993 live album Career Moves.

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West Virginia Morning is produced with help from Bill Lynch, Briana Heaney, Caroline MacGregor, Chris Schultz, Curtis Tate, Emily Rice, Eric Douglas, Liz McCormick, and Randy Yohe.

Our Appalachia Health News project is made possible with support from CAMC and Marshall Health.

West Virginia Morning is produced with help from Bill Lynch, Briana Heaney, Caroline MacGregor, Chris Schultz, Curtis Tate, Emily Rice, Eric Douglas, Liz McCormick, and Randy Yohe.

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