Us & Them: Stay or Go — Part 1: The Stayers
While Americans disagree about many things when it comes to politics, elections and domestic and global affairs, most agree that a robust ec...
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Us & Them
We tell stories from the fault lines that separate Americans. Peabody Award-winning public radio producer Trey Kay listens to people on both sides of the divide.
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Us & Them Encore: Disconnected Youth
There are so many young people in the U.S. who are not in school, working or training for work, that there’s a name for it. They are ‘discon...
Us & Them: What We Hide — Examining The Collateral Damage Of Addiction
Us & Them: What We Hide — Examining The Collateral Damage Of Addiction
Us & Them: Who Can Call Morgantown Home?
Housing is becoming less affordable for many people. As a result, more cities and towns grapple with growing homeless populations. Hundreds...
Us & Them Encore: The Dental Gap
Many West Virginians have trouble with their teeth. In fact, there’s a big gap between the folks who can reliably access an affordable denti...
Us & Them Encore: Black West Virginians With Substance Use Disorder Face Unique Challenges
This year, West Virginia lawmakers made significant changes to drug and alcohol treatment programs funded by Medicaid, which many people use...
Us & Them Encore: Daniel Johnston — The Troubled Life And Artistic Genius Of West Virginia Music Hall Of Fame Inductee
Daniel Johnston, a visual artist and singer-songwriter from West Virginia made his mark in the indie music scene of the1980s. His raw and un...
Us & Them Encore: Our Foster Care Crisis
Hundreds of thousands of kids rely on America’s foster care system. West Virginia has the highest rate of foster care placements of any stat...
Us & Them Encore: Heroin — N'ganga Dimitri
Psychedelic drugs are getting attention from the Trump administration as treatment potentials for some mental health conditions. An executiv...
Us & Them: The Good, The Bad, And The American Revolution
The 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence arrives at a moment when Americans are arguing not just about politics—but about ou...
Us & Them Encore: Housing Options Are Few & Far Between In Appalachia
For some Americans home ownership is a way to build wealth for future generations. But West Virginia presents the complexities and nuances o...
Us & Them Encore: Substance Use Disorder — Can You Recover Without A Place To Call Home?
There are more challenges now for people who live at the intersection of addiction, homelessness and the criminal justice system. New laws i...
Us & Them Encore: Diminishing OB Care In Rural America
Children are often described as the future. But in many rural communities across America, the path to bringing a child into the world is get...
Us & Them Encore: The Stigma of Sobriety
America’s overdose crisis keeps changing shape. In recent years, provisional CDC data have shown a sharp national decline in overdose deaths...
Us & Them Encore: A Band On The Right Side Of History
The U.S. continues to struggle with racial discrimination and this episode of Us & Them looks back at a moment in the 1960s when music and r...
Us & Them Encore: Re-Entry
For this encore episode of Us & Them , host Trey Kay hears about the challenges to America’s incarcerated population as they re-enter societ...
Us & Them Encore: Amazing Grace
In this encore episode of Us & Them, host Trey Kay shares the story of a simple song written more than 250 years ago that now has a profound...
Us & Them: America’s Civil Rights Champion
Many people know Thurgood Marshall as the first African American U.S. Supreme Court justice, however, first he had a long and distinguished...
Us & Them: 2025 — Changing Definitions, Upending Institutions
As we count down to the end of 2025, Us & Them host Trey Kay looks back at the year’s whirlwind of actions and reactions. Each week presente...
Us & Them Encore: Who’s Going To Take Care Of Maw Maw?
We’re an aging nation. Today 16% of Americans are over 65. In the next few decades that will double as the youngest Baby Boomers move into o...