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This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, coal power can be expensive. Utilities run coal-fired power plants harder in the winter and summer when demand is high.
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Our #MountainStage Song of the Week 🎵📆 comes to us from acclaimed bilingual singer-songwriter Amanda Pascali. We listen to her performance of “The Sun."
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Join WVPB’s Classical Music host Matt Jackfert with guest Jim Lange TODAY at 12:30 p.m. for “Film Score Fridays.” 📻 This week, we're ranking our favorite 007 theme songs. Tune in to our live stream at wvpublic.org, with our mobile app, or your local WVPB radio station.
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Join WVPB’s Classical Music host Matt Jackfert with guest Jim Lange this Friday at 12:30 p.m. for “Film Score Fridays.” 📻 This week, we're ranking our favorite 007 theme songs! Tune in to our live stream at wvpublic.org, our mobile app, or your local WVPB radio station.
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This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, we revisit our episode spotlighting a new podcast from our friends at WNYC called "Our Common Nature." It features cellist Yo-Yo Ma and producer Ana González, as they explore America and talk to folks like West Virginia coal miners.
TONIGHT! 🎵 Stream with our live video stream tonight at 7 p.m. See The Band of Heathens, Donna the Buffalo, Della Mae, and Billie Marten with guest host David Mayfield on Mountain Stage.
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This episode of Us & Them was honored by the VAPB for Best Podcast examines the hidden side of homeownership in Appalachia. Reporting from western VA, this episode explores what happens when owning a home doesn’t mean building wealth.
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Be sure to tune in for #MountainStage TOMORROW, April 12, at 7 p.m. with our live video stream! 📱🎵 We'll have performances by The Band of Heathens, Donna the Buffalo, Della Mae, and Billie Marten with guest host David Mayfield all LIVE on the Mountain Stage.
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Our #MountainStage Song of the Week 🎵📆 comes to us from prolific Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, music producer, and recording engineer, Sam Weber. We listen to his performance of "Cowboy."
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Episode 16 in our series "Almost Heavens" is available! 🌠 Learn about the constellations Gemini and Leo with Shannon Silverman, an astrophysicist at the Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences in Charleston, West Virginia, who guides us through the cosmos above the Mountain State.
This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, having a very specific talent can lead to a dream job. It’s how cartoonist John Rose got his foot in the door to draw the comic strip Snuffy Smith. Also, there are dos and don’ts for treating poison ivy. 🌿
It's time for your weekly news recap with West Virginia Week. 🎧📆 Gov. Patrick Morrisey vetoed 12 bills that made it through the legislative process. Also, a growing interest in data centers has the attention of people around the state – both for and against.
Our #MountainStage Song of the Week 🎵📆 comes to us from Stephen Kellogg. We listen to his live performance of “Harbor,” which was released as a single in November 2023, and then included in his 2025 album “To you, old friend.”
Join WVPB’s Classical Music host Matt Jackfert TODAY at 12:30 p.m. for “Film Score Fridays.” 📻 This week, we're on a mission to save the sun with music from Project Hail Mary!
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Join WVPB’s Classical Music host Matt Jackfert this Friday at 12:30 p.m. for “Film Score Fridays.” 📻 This week, we're on a mission to save the sun with music from Project Hail Mary!
Tune in to our live stream at wvpublic.org, #WVPB mobile app, or your local WVPB station.
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This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, a new book for young adults, Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire, mixes historical fact with spooky Appalachian folklore.
Also, over 15 years, a photojournalist documented an Ohio family. Now, she’s a part of their lives.
Join WVPB’s Classical Music host Matt Jackfert TODAY at 12:30 p.m. for “Film Score Fridays.” 📻 This week, we're heading to the juke joint with music from Sinners!
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Our #MountainStage Song of the Week 🎵📆 comes to us from country-bluegrass multi-instrumentalists and husband-wife duo, Tim O’Brien and Jan Fabricius. We listen to their performance of “Blacktop Ragmop."
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Join WVPB’s Classical Music host Matt Jackfert this Friday at 12:30 p.m. for “Film Score Fridays.” 📻 This week, we're heading to the juke joint with music from Sinners!
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Happy Birthday to our favorite neighbor, Mister Rogers! 🥳
Thank you for teaching us how to be kind, compassionate and caring neighbors!
"I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers—so many caring people in this world.”
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Our #MountainStage Song of the Week 🎵📆 comes to us from Don Was and The Pan-Detroit Ensemble. We listen to their performance of the medley commonly referred to as “Help/Slip/Frank” by the Grateful Dead.
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This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, a new novel about two girls and an astronomy textbook draws inspiration from one of the quietest places in West Virginia.
Also, author Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle talks about growing up as part of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
For many rural families, the nearest delivery room is getting farther away. In this encore Us & Them, Trey Kay hears from families navigating the risks — and asks what it means for the future of their communities.
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Join WVPB tonight from 8 p.m. to midnight as our news staff reports to you LIVE from the West Virginia Capitol for our The Legislature Today: Final Hours Live TV coverage. 📺📱
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It's time for your weekly news recap with West Virginia Week. 🎧📰 In this episode, a group sues over SNAP waivers, the coal forecast for next year is gloomy, and we learn how online gambling is affecting college students.
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