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Public radio listeners know acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma. WNYC recently released "Our Common Nature," a new podcast that follows the musician and producer Ana Gonzalez as they explore the country. This included a visit to West Virginia. Inside Appalachia’s Mason Adams spoke with Gonzalez about the podcast. We listen to an excerpt.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPeople 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.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPeople who buy health care through the federal marketplace are set to see their premiums rise 40 percent or more. It depends on whether Congress extends the 2021 enhanced subsidies that help people pay their premiums. Ruby Rayner is a reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press who’s been covering this story in Tennessee. Inside Appalachia’s Mason Adams spoke with Raynor.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThere’s a style of singing in bluegrass and traditional music that’s rooted in the music of Primitive and Old Regular Baptist churches, places where singers like bluegrass legend Stanley were raised. On a recent episode of Inside Appalachia, reporter Zack Harold introduced us to a woman who helps keep this sacred tradition alive.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe population in Appalachia’s coal-producing counties has declined since the boom of the 1950s. As the coal industry mechanized and shrunk, jobs went away, and young people did, too. Now, a series of population estimates shows things might get even worse.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Week, a new obesity report paints a grim picture for West Virginia, but can anything be done? Also, Americans have been struggling with housing for years, but is the market changing? And a new novel set in Pocahontas County tells the story of two high school students as they unravel a decades-old mystery.
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