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Health & Science Mason Adams, Nov. 25, 2025

Health Care Premiums Set To Spike For Appalachians In Tennessee And Beyond

People who buy health care through the federal marketplace are set to see big spikes in their premiums next year. Depending on where you live, your premiums could rise 40 percent or more. Ruby Rayner is a reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press who’s been covering this story as it plays out in Tennessee. Inside Appalachia Host Mason Adams spoke with Rayner in late October, before the government reopened.

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Arts & Culture Mason Adams, Aug. 26, 2025

Tennessee DJ Brings Appalachian Punk To The World

Maximumrocknroll was a zine that ran from 1982 to 2019. It first started as a radio show in California. Now, it’s a podcast. Since October, Johnson City, Tennessee, DJ Cary Allen has been part of the show and spotlighting Appalachian bands. Host Mason Adams spoke with Allen.

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Government WVPB Staff, Apr. 29, 2025

New Penalties Against Homelessness, Plus A River's Life In Photos, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, we look at legislative efforts to restrict homelessness in Tennessee, plus how one photographer is documenting the life of a river in southwestern Pennsylvania.

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Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +, Apr. 11, 2025

'Valley So Low,' Climbing Crafts And Vegan Cooking, Inside Appalachia

This week on Inside Appalachia, a new book looks into the toxic legacy of a huge industrial disaster in TN. Also, rock climbing gear wears out. But it can still live on as art. And, an eastern KY pharmacist serves vegan food for the holidays.

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Arts & Culture WVPB Staff, Jan. 13, 2025

LGBTQ Inclusion In Huntington And Reading Roadblocks In Prisons, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, will LGBTQ inclusion in Huntington stay strong under a new mayor as some civil rights face attack on the state level?

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Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +, Oct. 14, 2024

Frank X Walker And Flood Stories Past And Present, Inside Appalachia

This week, Affrilachian poet Frank X Walker has a new collection of poetry that looks at Black life in Kentucky before, during, and after the Civil War. We also check in with the people affected by floo...

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