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Scotia Disaster Remembered
On March 9, 1976, the Scotia mine in Eolia in Letcher County, KY, exploded killing fifteen coal miners. On March 11, the mine blew up again,...
Overcoming Diabetes
Diabetes is a very serious disease that can lead to loss of limbs, heart disease, kidney failure, stroke, blindness, and death. Kentucky has...
Remembering Nikki Giovanni + Jean Ritchie
Delving into the WMMT archive to hear from two amazing Appalachian women artists, poet Nikki Giovanni and folk singer/songwriter Jean Ritchi...
Black Appalachians Talk Health & Healthcare
This program features a special selection of conversations with Appalachian African Americans. There's no Appalachian history without Black...
On Kids & Coal Miners
This Making Connections News edition of WMMT's Mountain Talk shares some good news from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Appalachia for Letcher C...
Public Health Is Public Safety
Harm Reduction specialists, law enforcement, business people, faith leaders and directly impacted Kentuckians relayed personal experiences a...
Buffalo Creek Flood 51rst Anniversary
Feb. 26, 2023 was the 51rst anniversary of the Buffalo Creek Flood, a coal mining disaster that killed 125 people and left 4000 homeless in...
Scoping a Letcher County Prison
In Sept. 2022, the Bureau of Prisons announced that it was reviving a plan to build and operate a federal correctional institution and priso...
Prevent Diabetes In EKY
November is National Diabetes Month and our Making Connections News show at 6 pm tonight is sharing stories of eastern Kentuckians who are m...
Looking To The Future
This episode is looking to the future with interviews with Diane Wilson about her book “The Seed Keeper,” and Brian Anderson, the leader of...
Potpourri: Broadband, Reclamation, Diabetes Prevention & Naomi Judd
A potpourri of topics on this episode, beginning with a look at the federal government’s Affordable Connectivity Program which has the poten...
Anthony Flaccavento + bell hooks: Learn + Love
On this episode Whitney Kimball Coe from the Rural Assembly shares a conversation with Anthony Flaccavento, a farmer in southwestern VA, as...
Diabetes Alert
Kentucky has the 4th highest death rate from diabetes in the US. In recognition of March 22nd's Diabetes Alert Day, stories from eastern Ken...
Buffalo Creek Disaster Remembered
Feb. 26, 2022 is the 50th anniversary of the Buffalo Creek Flood in Logan County, WV. 125 people were killed and left 4000 homeless when a p...
Congress Must Act To Secure Black Lung Fund
The Black Lung Benefits Disability Trust Fund has lost $22,400,000 since the excise fee supporting the fund was slashed at the end of 2021....
MLK, Black Lung, Invest Appalachia
In this episode, Daily Yonder producer Xandr Brown celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for the disruptor that he was; Appalachian advocate...
Infrastructure4Us
This episode begins with a first-hand account of the economic challenges facing towns and counties in Central Appalachia, but then celebrate...
Inspiring Appalachians
Three amazing Appalachians talk about their efforts to make their communities – be they local, regional or statewide – better places to live...
Lessons from The Battle Of Blair Mountain
WV’s Battle of Blair Mountain happened 100 years ago, but what’s it’s significance for working people today? That’s the topic explored in th...
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