Encore: Underground Railroad And Fly Around Festival, Inside Appalachia

This week, before emancipation, Appalachia provided pathways to freedom for enslaved people trying to escape bondage. 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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Arts & Culture Mallory Richards, Oct. 29, 2026

LISTEN: S.G. Goodman Has The Mountain Stage Song Of The Week

The premiere fall broadcast season of Mountain Stage continues this week with episode 1,088. On this episode, guest host David Mayfield welcomes S.G. Goodman, Horse Feathers, Rainbow Girls, and Daniel Kimbro.

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Arts & Culture Eric Douglas, Oct. 28, 2026

WVPB's Yohe Inducted Into Broadcasting Hall Of Fame

West Virginia Public Broadcasting's very own Randy Yohe was inducted into the Museum of Radio and Technology's West Virginia Broadcasting Hall of Fame Tuesday.

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Arts & Culture Roberto Roldan, Oct. 26, 2026

The Old Louisville Demon Leaper’s Mischief In One Of America’s Largest Victorian Neighborhoods

In the late 1800s, tales of a creature that bounds between rooftops emerged in Old Louisville — The Demon Leaper.

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Arts & Culture Jewly Hight, Oct. 26, 2026

When The White Bluff Screamer And A Werewolf Preyed In The Tennessee Darkness

Around campfires in Dickson County people tell passed-down tales of two local cryptids — one a werewolf and the other the White Bluff Screamer.

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Arts & Culture Mason Adams, Oct. 26, 2026

Author Silas House Discusses His New Generation-spanning, Sweeping Family Saga

Silas House is a prolific writer who is a vital voice in Appalachia. House’s new book is "The Tulip Poplars." It’s a sweeping novel that chronicles the lives of four people as they navigate friendship and forbidden love in 20th century Kentucky. Inside Appalachia Host Mason Adams recently spoke with House.

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Arts & Culture Andrea "river" Peterson, Oct. 26, 2026

This Pennsylvania State Park Runs Deep Inside Appalachia

Across much of Appalachia, there’s a hidden world beneath your feet. The region is chock full of ancient cave systems. Some are just little caverns you can walk in and out of. Some are so deep, nobody’s sure where they begin or end. Folkways Reporter Andrea Peterson explored a once-privately owned underground landscape that recently became a Pennsylvania State Park.

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