Us & Them Encore: Daniel Johnston — The Troubled Life And Artistic Genius Of West Virginia Music Hall Of Fame Inductee

Daniel Johnston recorded songs in his parents' basement in rural West Virginia that would eventually inspire artists such as Kurt Cobain, Beck, Wilco, and Sonic Youth. In this award-winning episode of Us & Them, host Trey Kay explores the life, art, and enduring legacy of the late singer-songwriter and visual artist whose creative genius and struggles with bipolar disorder made him one of America's most influential outsider artists.

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Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +, May. 30, 2026

Appalachian Monster Game And Nelsonville Music Festival, Inside Appalachia

This week, a new roleplaying game gives folks in the workplace a chance to be a mythical Appalachian monster. Also, southeast Ohio’s Nelsonville Music Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary in June. We talk with the founder about what keeps people coming back. And, members of a Ukrainian Catholic church in Wheeling, West Virginia, make pierogies for their community every week. What makes them so good?

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Arts & Culture Will Warren, Jul. 22, 2024

A Ukrainian Church In Wheeling Is Preserving Heritage Through The Making Of Pierogies

Just about every culture has some version of the dumpling. China has the wonton. They make ravioli in Italy. Different forms of dumplings have made their way into Appalachia and that includes pierogies from eastern Europe, which arrived more than a century ago. Folkways Reporter Will Warren went to Wheeling, West Virginia for a story about neighborhood pierogi makers.

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Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +, Jul. 22, 2024

Pierogies, Flat Five Studio And Bigfoot, Inside Appalachia

This week on Inside Appalachia, members of a Ukrainian Catholic church in Wheeling, West Virginia, make pierogies every week. Also, Salem, Virginia's Flat Five Studio got its first big break when the Dave Matthews Band was searching for a quiet place to record its first album. And, a longtime Bigfoot hunter believes his first encounter with the mythical monster happened when he was a kid.

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