Oscar Micheaux, Kathleen Driskell And Soul Food, Inside Appalachia

This week, in the 1920s, Oscar Micheaux was an entrepreneur filmmaker in western Virginia. He became a world-renowned director and producer. Also, Kentucky’s poet laureate lives down the road from what has been called the country’s most lethal cryptid. Attempts to spot it have led to deaths. And, we talk soul food with Xavier Oglesby, who’s passing on generations of kitchen wisdom to his niece.

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Health & Science Chris Schulz, Nov. 12, 2025

Pumpkins, Jack-O’-Lanterns Have Use Beyond Decoration

Millions of pumpkins are used as decorations each year, and keeping them out of landfills can help stop the creation of tons of greenhouse gasses.

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Arts & Culture WVPB Staff, Nov. 12, 2025

Ways To Reuse Fall Décor, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, decorative pumpkins and Jack O’Lanterns can find a second life on your table and in the garden. We explore ways to reuse fall decorations. Also, we have the latest edition of our occasional series, Almost Heavens.

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Arts & Culture Briana Heaney, Oct. 15, 2024

Everybody Gone Surfing, Surfing W.Va.

It's a crisp fall day, and the leaves are showing the early glimmers of red and yellow. Andrew Wagner stood on a sandy beach, deep in the Appalachian mountains. He wore a wetsuit and held a surfbo...

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Arts & Culture WVPB Staff, Oct. 17, 2023

Appalachian Cryptids And Why The Leaves Change Color On This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, the weather is getting cooler, the days shorter, and the leaves have started changing. Briana Heaney sat down with Park Ranger Dave Bieri at the Canyon Rim Visitor Center in the New River Gorge to talk about why the leaves change colors and where to go to see some of these warm fall hues.

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