Today, Chuck clarifies commentary from past episodes and talks with Andrew Ayudin, a comic book author who came up with the idea to tell the story of Hurricane Helene through a graphic novel called "Islands in the Sky." We talk about this, and ...

Today, Chuck gives his thoughts on the state of political discourse in this country as it relates to the news story dominating headlines. Then, he talks with the venerable poet, David Gate, about his new book “A Rebellion of Care”Timesta...

Today, we have a special crossover episode between Appodlachia and the incredible podcast, This Guy Sucked! This Guy Sucked is a history podcast that brings on historians (and Chuck) as guests, and discuss historical figures that sucked!...

Today, Chuck briefly weighs in on Tyler Childers's new album, then talk with Appalachian country and bluegrass musician Rebecca Lee Daniels.  Timestamps:00:23 — Preamble: Tyler Childers is a hick lib?!? Also fork found i...

Today, I talk with Denali Nalamalapu about their new graphic novel, “Holler: A Graphic Memoir of Rural Resistance,” which tells the story of six people who became resisters of the Mountain Valley Pipeline.  

Airing my grievances about the recently passed nightmare legislation in Congress, then talking with Melissa Cropper of the Ohio Federation of Teachers about school vouchers in the Buckeye State!https://www.allinforohiokids.com/---...

Today, I had the privilege of speaking with Barbara Kingsolver — Appalachian literary icon and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Demon Copperhead.  We talk about how she incorporates Appalachia into her writing, and what she did with her De...

Today, Chuck and Big John shoot the sh*t for one last time, with John in the co-hosting chair.  We bid farewell to BJ's second stint as co-host and talk about whatever we feel like, including what the plan is for the future of the show (sp...

Today, Chuck talks with former Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, Joe Main, on how the recent federal spending cuts targeting NIOSH have put miners safety and lives at risk. You can follow Joe on LinkedIn, wher...

Hello friends! We're back after a bit of a break :) Today, we're joined by Dalton George, Mayor Pro-Tem of Boone, NC.  Dalton and Chuck talk about the aftermath of Hurricane Helene  and how recovery is looking in the 7 mon...

Chuck talks with Appalachian bluegrass musician and member of the Brothers Comatose, Addie Levy, on today's episode!LinksDarlin Please - https://open.spotify.com...

Chuck and Big John talk to the folks from the band Palmyra! Check out their song “Shape I'm In”  https://ohboy.lnk.to/shapeiminhttps://www.palmyratheband.com/Flood Relief! https://docs.google.com/spr...

It's been a minute since we talked about Soft White Underbelly, and a LOT has happened! We break down some recent controversy and give our takes on the whole situation with the West Virginia family known as the Whittakers. Flood ...

Big John's out sick so we've unearthed an interview from the vaultCheck out our substack, where Chuck (tries to) writes weekly http://appodlachia.substack.com Red Rooster Coff...

Today, Chuck and Big John talk with one of our favorite West Virginians — Emily Calandrelli — about how she became the 100th woman EVER to fly to space! Also, Chuck explains why Punxsutawney Phil is a fraud, the boys talk about the ...

We're soft launching 2025, people! We dropped our Appalachian accent project with over 1,500 accents! You can check it out here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPnF5Q4eCv4Check ou...

In our last episode of the year, we:— Go through more wild Foxfire home remedies — Discuss why Rich Rodriguez is like JD Vance— Talk about what's happening in Syria— Big John explains his beef with Ponderosa Dr. S...

We had a fantastic conversation with Madison aka xgigglypuff about how she went from Appalachia to graduating from Harvard University, working as a software engineer, content creation, video games, education attainment, and more!AND we ...

A post-Thanksgiving round up of politics stuff, good news in Appalachia, and Big John's story about a card heistHelp Appalachia recover from Helene https://www.appalachiahelenef...

One last dance with the 2024 election from Appodlachia. We talk about our thoughts on the results, and are open about our criticisms of the Democratic Party broadly (which existed prior to this election).  ------------------------...

Friends, we leave you with these election predictions! No ads, no preamble, just us winging it on what we think will happen.  -----------------------------------------------HELP SUPPORT APPODLACHIA! Join ou...

Today, Chuck and Big John discuss the Appalachian Clean Hydrogen Hub and some recent criticisms surrounding it. Take our survey on how to say Appalachia!!! https://forms.gle/GzR5N7...

**Re-uploading due to an issue with the previous episode's audio file! Should be fixed now This week, we talk about a fake story out of Western North Carolina that is causing real problems, a legendary Appalachian woman who deserves...

We've got a bit of a riff episode this week because Chuck is evacuating from Hurricane Milton.  Big John shares his harrowing stories of growing up as an overweight kid longing to be an athlete, we analyze Fat Bear Week, and then having a ...

On today's episode, Chuck talks with Rep. Ruwa Romman, the Palestinian-American organizer and policy analyst representing Georgia's 97th House District.  She is the first Muslim and Palestinian woman ever elected to the Georgia State House...