Ranked #1
CrimeSong: True Stories from Southern Murder Ballads
CrimeSong: True Stories from Southern Murder Ballads
This compelling investigation of the gripping true crimes behind American ballads dispels myths and legends and brings t... Read more
31 Jul 2017
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59mins
Ranked #2
Poor Peoples Campaign
Poor Peoples Campaign
On today’s episode we bring you audio from a recent event in Benham Kentucky. On March 29th Reverend Dr. William Barber... Read more
17 Apr 2018
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59mins
Ranked #3
NYT Reporter Sheryl Stolberg
NYT Reporter Sheryl Stolberg
For this episode host, Kelli Haywood speaks with guest New York Times reporter Sheryl Stolberg who recently wrote a feat... Read more
12 Sep 2016
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57mins
Ranked #4
Dorothy Allison on Class, Language, & Memory
Dorothy Allison on Class, Language, & Memory
Dorothy Allison is a self-described "feminist, working class storyteller, Southern expatriate, and sometime poet."The au... Read more
1 Oct 2019
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1hr
Ranked #5
Racing to Preserve the Cherokee Language
Racing to Preserve the Cherokee Language
In this episode we learn from Micah & Jakeli Swimmer. Micah & Jakeli are brothers, educators and enrolled member... Read more
5 Nov 2019
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58mins
Ranked #6
Indigenous Peoples' Day
Indigenous Peoples' Day
In this episode we’re celebrating Indigenous People’s Day.Many states across the nation celebrate Columbus Day, but a gr... Read more
9 Oct 2018
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51mins
Ranked #7
The Big Dip Redux
The Big Dip Redux
In this edition of Mountain Talk Monday with host Kelli Haywood, Jenny Williams and Matthew Druen with the Kentucky Comm... Read more
15 Aug 2016
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57mins
Ranked #8
Austin Rutherford: Working in the Film Industry
Austin Rutherford: Working in the Film Industry
Host Kelli Haywood is interviews Harlan Co. native and resident Austin Rutherford. Austin works as a production assistan... Read more
3 Oct 2016
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54mins
Ranked #9
Photographer Wendy Ewald
Photographer Wendy Ewald
Host Kelli Haywood and special guest host Kate Fowler speak with award winning photographer Wendy Ewald. Ewald visited ... Read more
6 Jun 2016
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58mins
Ranked #10
Remembering Jim Webb
Remembering Jim Webb
This episode is jam-packed with memories of the one and only Jim Webb. Also known as Wiley Quixote, Jim was the eccentri... Read more
13 Dec 2018
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1hr
Ranked #11
Dumplins n' Dancin'
Dumplins n' Dancin'
In this episode we bring you on a foodie audio journey of last weekend's Dumplins n' Dancin' at the historic Hindman Set... Read more
6 Dec 2018
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1hr
Ranked #12
The Food We Eat, The Stories We Tell
The Food We Eat, The Stories We Tell
Blue Ridge tacos, kimchi with soup beans and cornbread, family stories hiding in cookbook margins, African American moun... Read more
2 Jan 2020
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1hr
Ranked #13
Appalshop's 50th Birthday Celebrations - Part 1
Appalshop's 50th Birthday Celebrations - Part 1
In this episode we talk about the beginnings of Appalshop’s 50th Anniversary celebrations, starting in our home state. A... Read more
29 Jan 2019
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1hr
Ranked #14
How National Media Misses the Mark on Appalachian Communities
How National Media Misses the Mark on Appalachian Communities
In this episode we’re exploring Appalachia’s complicated ongoing relationship to national media coverage. First, WMMT's ... Read more
9 Jul 2019
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #15
Halloween with Brimstone Haunts
Halloween with Brimstone Haunts
Happy Halloween from WMMT! In this episode we bring you an interview with Sabrina Flick of Whitesburg, KY’s favorite ha... Read more
1 Nov 2018
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1hr
Ranked #16
Students Of KVEC
Students Of KVEC
In this episode of Mountain Talk Monday, we welcome special guest hosts Tanya Turner and Willa Johnson with the Kentucky... Read more
13 Jun 2016
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57mins
Ranked #17
Behind the Scenes with The Moth
Behind the Scenes with The Moth
On this episode we’re learning about The Moth: a live storytelling series that will be here at Appalshop on Thursday May... Read more
10 May 2018
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1hr
Ranked #18
Depression In Appalachian Women with Medical Anthropologist Claire Snell - Rood
Depression In Appalachian Women with Medical Anthropologist Claire Snell - Rood
This edition's guest is the medical anthropologist Claire Snell-Rood who has been studying depression in Appalachian wom... Read more
29 Aug 2016
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57mins
Ranked #19
Blackjewel Miners Blockade Overnight On July 30th
Blackjewel Miners Blockade Overnight On July 30th
On July 1st, 2019 the coal company Blackjewel declared bankruptcy. In the middle of their shift, miners were told to sto... Read more
13 Aug 2019
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48mins
Ranked #20
Karida Brown & Black History in eastern Kentucky
Karida Brown & Black History in eastern Kentucky
In this episode WMMT's Rachel Garringer spoke with Karida Brown - assistant professor of Sociology and African American ... Read more
26 Feb 2019
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57mins