Us & Them Episode Archive

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2025

  1. Us & Them: Carpe Sonum — Celebrating 10 Years Of Us & Them With The Dead Podcasters Society (5/7/2025)
  2. Us & Them: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion — Its History And The Efforts To Erase It (4/23/2025)
  3. Us & Them: Daniel Johnston — The Troubled Life And Artistic Genius Of West Virginia Music Hall Of Fame Inductee (4/3/2025)
  4. Us & Them: Substance Use Disorder — Can You Recover Without A Place To Call Home? (3/27/2025)
  5. Us & Them: We The People [But Not So Much] Women (3/12/2025)
  6. Us & Them: Black West Virginians With Substance Use Disorder Face Unique Challenges (2/27/2025)
  7. Us & Them: Housing Options Are Few & Far Between In Appalachia (2/12/2025)
  8. Us & Them: What’s Next For Abortion? (1/22/2025)
  9. Us & Them: They’ve Been Here Before (1/8/2025)

2024

  1. Us & Them: Listening So Hard That It Hurts (12/22/2024)
  2. Us & Them: No Rest For The Homeless (12/11/2024)
  3. Us & Them: Post-Election Politics Can Be A Bit Tough To Swallow (11/26/2024)
  4. Us & Them: Childhood Vaccines — Parental Rights vs. Public Health in West Virginia (11/14/2024)
  5. Us & Them: Bridging Divides After A Brutal Election (11/12/2024)
  6. Us & Them: Next Generation Voters (10/24/2024)
  7. Us & Them: Is The Playing Field Fair? (10/9/2024)
  8. Us & Them: Pre-Election Politics & Food For Thought (9/25/2024)
  9. Us & Them: Three People — Three Stories — One Community (9/11/2024)
  10. Us & Them: In The Beginning, There Was Very Little Mention Of The Right to Vote (8/22/2024)
  11. Us & Them: Can Former Prisoners Help Fill Our Workforce Gaps? (8/7/2024)
  12. Re-Entry (7/25/2024)
  13. Us & Them Encore: Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars In W.Va. (7/10/2024)
  14. Revisiting The Great Textbook War (6/26/2024)
  15. Us & Them Encore: SNAP — Do The Hungry Get More Policy Than Nutrition? (6/12/2024)
  16. Can Early Trauma Last A Lifetime? (5/22/2024)
  17. Us & Them Encore: Compassion Fatigue (5/8/2024)
  18. Us & Them: Our Foster Care Crisis (4/24/2024)
  19. Us & Them: Locked Out Of Voting? (4/11/2024)
  20. Us & Them: Another Small Town Paper Down (3/27/2024)
  21. Us & Them Encore: Dicamba Woes (3/13/2024)
  22. Us & Them: Navigating Post-Pandemic Medicaid (2/21/2024)
  23. Us & Them: The Geography Of Abortion (2/7/2024)
  24. Us & Them: Expungement — Between Hope and Danger (1/24/2024)
  25. Us & Them: Caught Between Two Worlds (1/10/2024)

2023

  1. Us & Them: 2023 Had Some Serious Trust Issues (12/21/2023)
  2. Us & Them: Bidding Farewell To My Unlikely Friend, Alice Moore (12/13/2023)
  3. Us & Them: Diminished Trust In Science (11/22/2023)
  4. Us & Them: Potluck & Politics (11/8/2023)
  5. Us & Them: Diminished Trust In The News Media (10/25/2023)
  6. To Friend Or Unfriend? That Is The Question (10/11/2023)
  7. Us & Them: Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars In West Virginia (9/27/2023)
  8. Trust: East Palestinians Not On The Same Track (9/13/2023)
  9. Us & Them Encore: The Right To Compete (8/23/2023)
  10. Us & Them Encore: Leaving The White Bubble (8/9/2023)
  11. Us & Them Encore: Court Of Second Chances? (7/26/2023)
  12. Us & Them: SNAP — Do The Hungry Get More Policy Than Nutrition? (7/12/2023)
  13. Us & Them: Who Gets Stuck Behind Bars In West Virginia (6/21/2023)
  14. Us & Them: Larry Bellorín’s Unwritten Song (6/7/2023)
  15. Us & Them: The ‘Toxic Stew’ Of School Discipline (5/24/2023)
  16. Us & Them: A Fiddler Contemplates The Fate Of The Mountain State (5/10/2023)
  17. Us & Them Encore: The Gun Divide (4/26/2023)
  18. Diminishing OB Care In Rural America (4/12/2023)
  19. Changing A State’s Mind About Health (3/23/2023)
  20. Compassion Fatigue (3/8/2023)
  21. Us & Them: Re-Entry (2/22/2023)
  22. The Fight For The Youth Vote (2/9/2023)
  23. The Housing Struggle (1/26/2023)
  24. Finding Your Family (1/6/2023)

2022

  1. 2023: Where Do We Go From Here? (12/19/2022)
  2. Court Of Second Chances? (12/7/2022)
  3. Reimagining A Region (11/21/2022)
  4. Us & Them: Post-Roe Mountain State (11/9/2022)
  5. Please Pass The Politics (10/26/2022)
  6. Manchin Is Us & Them (10/5/2022)
  7. Manchin In The Middle (9/21/2022)
  8. Do We Have A Hearing Problem? (9/7/2022)
  9. Us & Them Encore: Blair Mountain (8/24/2022)
  10. The Dental Gap (8/10/2022)
  11. The Right To Compete (7/27/2022)
  12. Kingwood March Exposed A Raw Seam Of Rage (7/13/2022)
  13. The Global Vaccine Paradigm Shifts (6/22/2022)
  14. Health Care Professionals Fight COVID Disinformation On Social Media Battlefield (6/8/2022)
  15. Us & Them: The Gun Divide (5/25/2022)
  16. Use Of A Weedkilling Herbicide Has Stoked An ‘Us & Them’ Divide In Arkansas (5/12/2022)
  17. Us & Them: Hearing COVID Perspectives Along The ‘Trust Continuum’ (4/28/2022)
  18. Us & Them: Educators Worry About Pushback Against Racial, Gender Studies In America’s Schools (4/14/2022)
  19. Us & Them: Can We Have A Hard Conversation About Race In America’s Classrooms? (3/23/2022)
  20. Us & Them: HBCUs Surround Students With Black Excellence While Aiming For A Global Experience (3/10/2022)
  21. Changing People’s Hearts And Minds About Vaccinations (2/24/2022)
  22. No Justice In Augusta: Remembering A Little Known Race Riot (2/10/2022)
  23. Can Early Trauma Last A Lifetime? (1/27/2022)
  24. ‘America First’ Vaccination Policy? (1/13/2022)

2021

  1. Vaccination Pushback: COVID Skepticism Hits Local Leaders Hard (12/21/2021)
  2. Journey Along the Civil Rights Trail Gives White Travelers a Unique Perspective of America’s Race History (12/9/2021)
  3. Is It Possible To Talk Politics At The Dinner Table? (11/23/2021)
  4. Us & Them Talks With Medal Of Honor Recipient Woody Williams (11/11/2021)
  5. West Virginia Joining 42 Other States That Offer Charter Schools (10/28/2021)
  6. Immigrant Children Fighting for the Right to Learn and the American Dream (10/6/2021)
  7. Us & Them Explores Juvenile Justice Divides (9/22/2021)
  8. Us & Them: Blair Mountain (9/9/2021)
  9. Grandfamilies of the Opioid Crisis (8/26/2021)
  10. Hillers & Creekers (8/12/2021)
  11. Us & Them: The Stigma of Sobriety (7/22/2021)
  12. ‘If They Can’t Dance, We’re Not Going To Play’ (7/8/2021)
  13. Who’ll Care For West Virginia’s Growing Elder Generation? (6/24/2021)
  14. Those Who Lack Good Oral Health Face Far More Than A Toothless Hillbilly Stereotype (6/9/2021)
  15. Us & Them: Reconnecting West Virginia’s Disconnected Youth (5/27/2021)
  16. West Virginia Struggles To Reinvent Itself As A Start-Up State To Attract And Retain Young Professionals (5/5/2021)
  17. Us & Them: When Will We Trust Again? (4/22/2021)
  18. Despite A Decade Of Promises, Fixing Our Digital Divide Is As Slow As Country Dial Up (4/12/2021)
  19. Us & Them: We’ve Lost, We’ve Learned In The Year Of COVID-19 (3/25/2021)
  20. Fatal Overdoses: Pandemic Is Especially Deadly For West Virginians Battling Addictions (3/10/2021)
  21. COVID-19 Exposes Racial Inequities (2/25/2021)
  22. Us & Them: Grandfamilies and the Pandemic (2/9/2021)
  23. Us & Them: Clarity on COVID-19 (2/2/2021)
  24. Us & Them: Shelter From The Virus (1/27/2021)
  25. Kingwood March Gives A Unique Look At Racism In America (1/13/2021)

2020

  1. ‘Muddling Through’ 2020: A Year of Challenge and Adaptation (12/31/2020)
  2. Our Sacred Holidays Are Not Immune To COVID-19 (12/17/2020)
  3. Us & Them: Dessert & Dialogue (12/9/2020)
  4. Pandemic Affecting Our Traditions For Connecting (11/23/2020)
  5. Forced Apart: Can Our Economy Rebound Without Safe, Reliable Child Care? (11/11/2020)
  6. Us & Them: Let Us ‘Bind Up The Nation’s Wounds’ (11/5/2020)
  7. Us & Them: Breaking Bread, Talking Politics (10/22/2020)
  8. Us & Them: Working Man vs. The Political Machine (10/7/2020)
  9. Forced Apart: An Ailing Economy — Is Workforce Training The Cure? (9/24/2020)
  10. Woman Walks Away From Her Life As A White Supremacist (9/9/2020)
  11. Us & Them: Just How Healthy Is West Virginia’s Health Care System? (8/27/2020)
  12. The Vaccination Divide (8/5/2020)
  13. A Decade After Millions Of Opioid Pills Hit Kermit, W.Va., Can The Town Rebound? (7/22/2020)
  14. Forced Apart: Quarantine and the Danger of Eating Disorders (7/9/2020)
  15. Forced Apart: Shadow Pandemic (6/25/2020)
  16. The Black Talk (6/19/2020)
  17. COVID-19 Takes A Toll On Our Food Supply (6/11/2020)
  18. Coronavirus Czar Says Pandemic Is A Stress Test For W.Va. Health Care (6/4/2020)
  19. Forced Apart: Same Pandemic, Unequal Education (5/28/2020)
  20. The Legacy Of The Upper Big Branch Disaster (5/13/2020)
  21. Nurse Eva Travels To A COVID-19 Front Line (4/30/2020)
  22. Forced Apart: A Virus Creates New Divides (4/23/2020)
  23. Us & Them: The Connector (4/8/2020)
  24. Upriver Battle: Two Mayors Join Forces to Revive Their Rural Small Towns Against All Odds (3/26/2020)
  25. Trey Kay Presents A TEDx Talk At Marshall About ‘Bridging The Divide Between Us & Them’ (3/20/2020)
  26. Without A Home Can You Be A Good Neighbor? (3/11/2020)
  27. Grandfamilies Of The Opioid Crisis (2/27/2020)
  28. Us & Them: Diversity Divide (2/12/2020)
  29. Us & Them: Should History Be Set In Stone? (1/23/2020)
  30. Indian Country Relocation: A One-way Ticket to Poverty (1/8/2020)

2019

  1. Us & Them: Music With A Message (12/26/2019)
  2. Us & Them: We The Purple (12/12/2019)
  3. Us & Them: Abortion Divides (11/27/2019)
  4. Us & Them: The Bond Buster Says ‘No’ to Public Schools (11/7/2019)
  5. Us & Them: Three Tales of Coal (10/24/2019)
  6. Losing It All: Natural Disasters and America’s Immigrant Worker (10/9/2019)
  7. Us & Them: Faith In Science (9/26/2019)
  8. Us & Them Update: Killer Of James Means Changes His Mind…Again (9/23/2019)
  9. Us & Them: ‘Steve’s’ Struggle Began with His Mom’s Prescription Opioids (8/22/2019)
  10. Update: Killer of James Means Seeks to Have Plea Deal Revoked (8/14/2019)
  11. What, Us Worry?: Life After MAD (8/9/2019)
  12. Update: Justice for James Means (8/7/2019)
  13. My Friend From Camp (7/25/2019)
  14. Immigrant ‘Concentration Camps on the Southern Border? (7/10/2019)
  15. Pride in the Mountain State (6/26/2019)
  16. Reckoning with Sexual Assault: Righting a Wrong (6/7/2019)
  17. Farm Wars (5/22/2019)
  18. Still Waiting For Justice (5/8/2019)
  19. Waiting for Justice (4/24/2019)
  20. States Look to Appalachia for Vaccination Laws (4/1/2019)
  21. Reconnecting With Femme Voice (3/13/2019)
  22. Scarlet Letters and Second Chances (2/27/2019)
  23. The Black Talk (2/13/2019)
  24. Cave Men, The Patriarchy & Fairytales (1/30/2019)
  25. My Friend From Camp (1/14/2019)

2018

  1. War on Christmas…Really? 2018 (12/18/2018)
  2. Culture Clash: Back to the Border (12/5/2018)
  3. Origins of the Epidemic (12/3/2018)
  4. The Great Textbook War (11/21/2018)
  5. Make Apple Butter, Not War (11/21/2018)
  6. The Enemy of the People (11/16/2018)
  7. Us & Them: Reading Wars (11/7/2018)
  8. Two Voters Talk It Out (11/2/2018)
  9. Immigration issue stays hot in midterm elections, especially in red states (10/26/18)
  10. “Steve” (10/24/2018) AUDIO ONLY
  11. Coal: Hero or Villain? (10/19/2018) AUDIO ONLY
  12. Why is Joe Manchin a Democrat? (10/12/2018)
  13. Us & Them: Rural Voters – You Can’t Ignore Us (10/10/2018)
  14. The Future of the Supreme Court (10/5/2018)
  15. Appalachia, meet California (9/28/2018)
  16. And Now… on the Radio! (9/27/2018) AUDIO ONLY
  17. Us & Them: ‘Us’ Music (9/13/2018)
  18. Us & Them: Shack! (8/29/2018)
  19. Us & Them: Hillers & Creekers (8/15/2018)
  20. Us & Them: The Church Lady (8/1/2018)
  21. Us & Them: Gentrification (or that Kumbaya moment) (7/18/2018)
  22. Us & Them: The Elephant in the Classroom (7/4/2018)
  23. Us & Them: Housing in Paradise (6/21/2018)
  24. Us & Them: Revisiting the Grand Palace (6/6/2018)
  25. Us & Them: Love, the Ayatollah, and Revolution (5/23/2018)
  26. Us & Them: Touching the Third Rail with Katharine Hayhoe (5/9/2018)
  27. Us & Them – Heroin: N’ganga Dimitri (4/25/2018)
  28. Us & Them: Under the Microscope-Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (4/12/2018)
  29. EXTRA CUTS: My Friend From Camp (4/4/2018) AUDIO ONLY
  30. Us & Them: My Friend From Camp (3/29/2018)
  31. Us & Them: A Suburb of Hell (3/15/2018)
  32. Us & Them: The Black Talk (2/28/2018)
  33. Us & Them: The Talk (2/14/2018)
  34. Us & Them: Trapped on the Turnpike ’18 (1/31/2018)
  35. Us & Them: Panhandling – To Give or Not to Give? (1/17/2018)
  36. Us & Them: A New Year, A Reprise, Amazing Grace (1/4/2018)

2017

  1. Us & Them: Feminism Is The Word (12/21/2017)
  2. Us & Them: His Name’s DJ (12/7/2017)
  3. Us & Them: Killing James Means (11/21/2017)
  4. Us & Them: The Church Lady (11/8/2017)
  5. Us & Them: Community and Cops Talking Across the Divide (10/25/2017)
  6. Us & Them: A Policeman is a Person in Your Neigh-bor-hood! (10/12/2017)
  7. Us & Them: Shack! A Civil Rights Story (9/28/2017)
  8. Us & Them: Two Tales of Coal (9/12/2017)
  9. Us & Them: ‘You’re Either a Hiller or a Creeker‘ (8/23/2017)
  10. Us & Them: Confederate Reckoning… When Will the Civil War End? (8/21/2017)
  11. Us & Them: Remembering New Math & Common Core (8/3/2017)
  12. Us & Them: Deanna, Tymel & Amarie (7/19/2017)
  13. Us & Them: Amazing Grace (7/13/2017)
  14. Us & Them: Sodomy, Stonewall & Pride (6/21/2017)
  15. Us & Them: The Elephant in the (Class) Room (6/1/2017)
  16. Us & Them: Gentrification (or That Kumbaya Moment) (5/20/2017)
  17. What I Learned About Empathy from a Textbook (4/26/2017)
  18. Us & Them: Reasserting Femme Voice (4/12/2017)
  19. Us & Them: Love, the Ayatollah & Revolution (2/15/2017)
  20. Coming Out of the Closet (1/24/2017) AUDIO ONLY

2016

  1. Us & Them: Serious as a Heart Attack (12/14/2016)
  2. Us & Them: Taking an Ass Whoopin’ (11/16/2016)
  3. Us & Them: Hello Mary Lou! (5/21/16)
  4. Us & Them: The Changing Face of Heroin (4/27/2016)
  5. Us & Them: Heroin — N’ganga Dimitri (3/30/2016)
  6. Us & Them: Femme Voice (2/29/2016)
  7. Us & Them: Shack! (2/5/2016)
  8. Us & Them: Trapped on the Turnpike (2/3/2016)
  9. Us & Them: The Refugee Trail with Scott Carrier (1/17/2016)

2015

  1. Us & Them: War on Christmas…Really? (12/22/2015)
  2. Us & Them: Islamophobia (12/14/2015)
  3. Us & Them: Atheists (11/16/2015)
  4. Us & Them: Enemies (11/6/2015)
  5. Us & Them: Locked Up for Sodomy (10/15/2015)
  6. Us & Them: A Confederate Reckoning (10/1/2015)
  7. Us & Them: Strangers with Cameras in Appalachia (9/21/2015)
  8. Us & Them: New Math (9/8/2015)
  9. Us & Them: Textbook Watchdogs (8/19/2015)
  10. Us & Them: The Church Lady (8/3/2015)
  11. Us & Them: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (7/16/2015)
  12. Us & Them: In Dixieland I’ll Take My Stand (6/26/2015)
  13. Us & Them: Sex Ed for Grown-Ups (6/15/2015)
  14. The Talk (6/1/2015) AUDIO ONLY
  15. To Give or Not to Give (5/15/2015)
  16. Revisiting the Grand Palace (5/1/2015)
  17. The Great Textbook War (5/1/2015)
  18. Marrying Gays When It Wasn’t Cool (5/1/2015)
  19. Trey & Alice (5/1/2015)