Appalachia Matters
By Thomas Susman, Producer
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Episodes: 96
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Appalachia Matters is a weekly radio show highlighting life in Appalachia. Each week we have a segment on leadership from retired Major General Jim Hoyer, features highlighting agriculture in our region, health care updates from Tom Susman and our host Bo Higby each week highlights a story of community interest.
The show is produced by Vandalia Media Partners.
The show is produced by Vandalia Media Partners.
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A Look @ Lou Gherig(ALS) Disease, Fathers Day Revisit, Senior Vouchers and Rural CEO to Watch
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May 31, 2026 |
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Bikers Take Over, Main Street Fairmont, & Farmers Fertilizer and Cost
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May 26, 2026 |
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Get Moving, Barbour Bakery, H Stands for Hope & Sports Awards
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May 18, 2026 |
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Food Fight @ The Greenbrier, Dust Bowl Boards, Local Theater, and Main Street Part 2
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May 10, 2026 |
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Marinsburg Main Street, WV Grown, EMS is Getting Help, and Steven Allen Adams Sheds Light on Dark Money
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May 03, 2026 |
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Radio’s Future Talks with The General and Appalachian Authors
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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WVU Student Radio, Agritourism and This Old Farm Museum is 50 years old!
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Apr 18, 2026 |
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Appalachia Matters: Inside Look at WVSSAC, WV Wine and Help for Small Business
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Apr 12, 2026 |
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Improving Education with Rural Health, Vahala Ranch, Women Leaders, & Matewan Museum
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Apr 05, 2026 |
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Walking Over Water, Good Greens, Vetoes, Citizen Legislators, Women Leaders
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Mar 29, 2026 |
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Appalachia Matters: Best WV Hot Dog, Alpacas, Business Ethics, Groundbreaking Rotarian
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Mar 22, 2026 |
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Appalachia Matters: Arthritis Relief, Possible School Consolidation, Jobs and Hope and Ag. Development
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Appalachia Matters-Pitching In, Keeping the Lights On, Maple Day, and Preserving Wheeling
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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Where's Jim, Warhol Exhibit at Clay Center, Justin Talks with The General and Winter Farmer's Market
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Feb 22, 2026 |
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Build It Up, WV Maple Syrup, Blue Envelopes, and The Dean of Skiing
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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Off-Roading, Fighting Hunger, Black Dog Coffee and Ice Fising in WV
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Feb 08, 2026 |
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Quality Care, Agriculture Working the EPA, WV History, and Medical Leadership
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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Meet Tony the Tailor, Hunting and Fishing Entrepreneurs, and Business Leadership
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Jan 25, 2026 |
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Appalachia Matters: Mary’s Table, Mountain Juice, Selling Ideas and Hospital Concerns
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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Painting the Raven, Covering Politics, Meet the Deputy Comish, and a Special Look Back
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Jan 11, 2026 |
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Christmas in the Past, Scout Leadership, Getting Your Affairs in Order and an Ag Update
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Dec 21, 2025 |
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Holiday Stress, Goats in Wayne, Helping Those With No Health Insurance and Federal Help for Farmers
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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Christmas Trees, Lavender Products, Deer and Banking
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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Best of Episode- Healthy Kids, Winning Farm & Harness Racing
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Nov 30, 2025 |
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Goodbye Hemp, Making Success with Freeze Dried Food, Feeding the Hungry and a County Singer Making the Big Time
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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Ohio Limits Deer, Salute to Veterans, Helping Those in Need & Becoming an Auctioneer
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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Veterans Day 2024 Special Episode Revisted
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Nov 09, 2025 |
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Christmas in The Mountain State, Open Enrollment, and Leadership in Aerospace
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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Pumpkins, Looking to Ski Season, Colonoscopy Replacement, Leadership from Logan County
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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Cash May Be Waiting for You, Spotted Lantern Fly Primer, Get Your Mammogram & Leadership
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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Child Care Shortage, EHD Update, Hutson Talks Leadership and School to Farm
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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Battle of Point Pleasant, Young Leaders, Flu Shot Time and Agritourisim
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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Sternwheel Fun, WVDNR on EHD, Young Leader, Jarhead and an ACA Issue
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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Gold Star Month, Cooper’s Farm, Disease Impacting Deer and Great Gift Boxes
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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Margret and the United Way, Angie and WV Healthright, Raising Bees, Life Lessons and a Side Hussle
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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Raynes has the Reins at Marshall Health, Cyber Security and Organic WV Eggs
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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WVU Medicine’s Albert Wright Jr's Vision and Andy Henthorn Talks with the General
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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Timet Using Local Labor, Football Helmet Battle, STEM on the Farm, Looking Back on Friday Night Lights
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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Harness Racing is a Buckeye Thing, Casto Farm Wins Award and Healthy Eating
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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Cool Face, Pack Leadership, Carnival Workers, Capito on ACA & Cute Kids
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Fair is 100, VOAD, Path Shows the Way & Three Fair Food Vendors
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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Learning Life Lessons at the Fair & Teaching Leadership with The Chamber
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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Rural Hospitals & The Big Beautiful Bill, Ihlenfeld Part 2, and Rooted in Mountain State
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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The Orginal Analog, William Ihlenfeld talks to the General, Bees & Maple Syrup and Lazy Susans
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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Growth @ Rio, Gold Star Parents, A WV Healer and A Great Beef Story
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Doctor Gee with the General, Fireworks & Food, and Christmas Trees
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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Moses Joins the General , Cooking with Chef Paul, All of the Above & Cool Cars
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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Fathers, Strawberries, The Army’s Birthday & Well Care Not Sick Care
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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Learning from Golf, Healthy Eating, Walnut Hill Diary & Arts and Crafts
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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From the Moon to the Coal Mine, Making Opportunities & Senior Vouchers
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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Lafayette’s Return, French 500, Helping the Hungry & Mountainer Steers
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May 25, 2025 |
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155,000 Cans, Generals Talk, Medicaid Cuts, Agriculture, Agritourisim, and Farmers Markets
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May 18, 2025 |
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East End Sale, Agritourisim Contest, Making Nurses & Farmers Markets
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May 11, 2025 |
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An Award, Student Farmers, WV Explorer & Prioritizing Primary Care
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May 04, 2025 |
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Time to Run, Time To Plant & Time To Lead
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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Spring Planting, Chaotic Markets, Agritourism and Leadership Lessons
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Apr 19, 2025 |
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Honey Mountian Bees, ACA Changes? and At The Leadership Table
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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RFK Jr., Ham Bacon and Egg, Planting Prep and Doctor Sherri Young
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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Appalachia Matters- USDA Cuts Farmers, Leadership Table, Kniting the Ole Fashion Way, Rail Bikes Farm Policy
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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Leadership, Farmers Getting Ready, Responding to Tragedy, Colon Health and the Flu
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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Counting Eagles, Maple Syrup, and Senator Glen Jeffries.
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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Behind the Mic for 50 Years & 40 Years Guarding the State
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Wild Boars, Avaian Flu, Cyber Security, and Maple Syrup
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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Full Interview with Cyndi Kirkhart, Chief Executive Officer of Facing Hunger Food Bank
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Facing Hunger, Hard Cider, This One Belongs to the Reds, Keeping Cows Warm
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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Midge's Kitchen, Deer for the Hungry, Mountaineer Foodbank and Scholarships
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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Food, Fairs, Weather and a Funeral
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Jan 12, 2025 |
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Gold Star Families, Nick Rahall Remembers Jimmy Carter, Time with Hoppy
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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Christmas Tree Farms, Holiday Stress Relief, 1900s Christmas Celebration and Young Guns
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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The Pride of West Virginia, Making Soap and Supporting the Symphony
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Hope in Appalachia, Feeding the Hungry, and Christmas celebrations!!
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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Veterans Day - Mara and Ken Boggs, Mason County Veteran's Memorial & Origin of Veterans Day
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Trilogy Inovations, Gritts Farms, Freddy Shegog and Gamechangers
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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Two Million Cans, A Bug Museum, Boy Scouts and Suicide
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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Pumpkins, UMWA, WV Executive, and Chef Paul Smith
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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Gold Star Parents Stan and Shirley White Full Interview with General Hoyer
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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Gold Star Familes, Bees, Keith Morehouse, Rio Growth and Stem
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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Mary the Mounatineer, Spotted Flies, Softballer Amy Grady, and the Drought
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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Apples Under Attack, Lost Voices, Your Leader and Forgotten Graveyards
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Cyber Security, Drought and helping children
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Food, Farms, Fairs and Family!!!
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Appalachia Matters- The Leadershio Table, Quincy Wilson at Rio, Animal Health at Fairs, Foster Care
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Bonus- At the Leadership Table with Major General Jim Hoyer and Randy Cottle
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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Appalachia Matters-WV Silicon Mountain, University of Rio Grande, WV Royalty and the State Fair
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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Appalachia Matters- At the Leadership Table, Log Homes, EMS Crisis, and West Virginia Grown
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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Appalachia Matters full interview with Chef Paul Smith at the Leadership Table with Gen. Jim Hoyer
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Jul 28, 2024 |
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Appalachia Matters with Chef Paul Smith, FFA Leadership, Mountaineer Food Bank, and 4-H.
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Jul 28, 2024 |
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Appalachia Matters- Mid Air Refueling, Hemp, Bees and the Glow Movement
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Jul 21, 2024 |
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Appalachia Matters- At The Leadership Table, Bee Monk, Flood Protection & Vail Furniture
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Jul 14, 2024 |
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Cyber Security, Sheep Shearing, Farmacy, Herbalist and Community Churches
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Jul 07, 2024 |
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Special Taylor County Programs, Ag Department Roles, Work Force, and Float Trip on the Coal
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Jun 23, 2024 |
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Appalachia Matters-The Leadership Table, Gold Star Moms and Canning Tips
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Appalachia Matter - Episode 5 Leadership, Avian Flu and Ticks
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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June 2 Appalachia Matters
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Jun 02, 2024 |
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Appalachia Matters for Memorial Day
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Jun 02, 2024 |
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Applachia Matters Episode 1
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Jun 02, 2024 |