Eula Hall's Rural Healthcare Legacy
Eula Hall's Rural Healthcare Legacy
In this edition of WMMT's Mountain Talk, we dive into the history and legacy of radical Eastern Kentucky healthcare advo... Read more
20 Apr 2022
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59mins
Building Community in Managing Diabetes in Perry County; an Interview with a Ukrainian Coal Miner
Building Community in Managing Diabetes in Perry County; an Interview with a Ukrainian Coal Miner
In this edition of Mountain Talk, as part of our ongoing storytelling series Prevent Diabetes EKY, we begin with a story... Read more
5 Apr 2022
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27mins
Buffalo Creek 50th Anniversary
Buffalo Creek 50th Anniversary
2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the Buffalo Creek Flood, a disaster that occurred in Logan County, West Virginia, whe... Read more
14 Mar 2022
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28mins
Evelyn Williams, Lowering A1C Levels in Letcher County, Earl Gilmore
Evelyn Williams, Lowering A1C Levels in Letcher County, Earl Gilmore
In this edition of WMMT's Mountain Talk, in honor of Black History Month, we open with a profile on a one-of-a-kind Blac... Read more
25 Feb 2022
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29mins
Sex, Roe, & Country Music
Sex, Roe, & Country Music
"Everybody's got something to say...."That's a lyric from a new song called "Bad Faith" by a Tennessee-born duo called t... Read more
11 Feb 2022
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27mins
Four Words A Girl Loves to Hear: Tudor's Biscuits and Unions
Four Words A Girl Loves to Hear: Tudor's Biscuits and Unions
"There's four words a girl loves to hear," said Cynthia Nicholson at a December rally outside the Tudor's Biscuit World ... Read more
13 Jan 2022
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28mins
Two Strikes Rock Huntington
Two Strikes Rock Huntington
"One da longer, one day stronger."In the Ohio Valley, the stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing labor shorta... Read more
10 Dec 2021
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29mins
Recording Black History in Eastern Kentucky (with Dr. William Turner)
Recording Black History in Eastern Kentucky (with Dr. William Turner)
In the early 20th century, Harlan County, Kentucky was a thriving center of Black life. The good and the bad often came ... Read more
15 Nov 2021
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30mins
Economic Transition in the Navajo Nation
Economic Transition in the Navajo Nation
WMMT celebrates Indigenous Peoples' Day by speaking with Carol Davis, coordinator of Dine Citizens Against Ruining Our E... Read more
18 Oct 2021
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30mins
100 Years in Struggle: Blair Mountain, the UMWA, and Labor in Today's Appalachia
100 Years in Struggle: Blair Mountain, the UMWA, and Labor in Today's Appalachia
One hundred years ago, years of conflict between unionizing West Virginia coal miners and coal company bosses culminated... Read more
24 Sep 2021
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29mins