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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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The 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence arrives at a moment when Americans are arguing not just about politics—but about ou...
For some Americans home ownership is a way to build wealth for future generations. But West Virginia presents the complexities and nuances o...
There are more challenges now for people who live at the intersection of addiction, homelessness and the criminal justice system. New laws i...
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...
America’s overdose crisis keeps changing shape. In recent years, provisional CDC data have shown a sharp national decline in overdose deaths...
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...
For this encore episode of Us & Them , host Trey Kay hears about the challenges to America’s incarcerated population as they re-enter societ...
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...
Many people know Thurgood Marshall as the first African American U.S. Supreme Court justice, however, first he had a long and distinguished...
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...
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...
America’s crime rates have prompted President Donald Trump to deploy federal agents and National Guard troops in a handful of major cities....
America’s housing shortage continues to put affordable homes out of reach for people across the country — from small towns to big cities. Wh...
This episode first aired in 2023, focusing on the strategies to motivate young voters and we’re sharing it again in the wake of the Sept. 10...
As the United States prepares to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, attention is focused on the relevance of the...
Just as America faces some of its most critical political divides, our criminal justice system suffers from a lack of public trust. How are...
Every day, 10,000 people turn 65 as America’s Baby Boom generation ages. By 2040, the number of people 85 or older will more than double and...
Every week across the U.S. more than two newspapers go out of business. In the past two decades more than 3,000 papers have shut down operat...
The perception of crime in our nation shows an enormous divide. One recent poll reports 90% of Republicans say crime is up while 60% of Demo...
Our country’s divides often reveal themselves in our choices and habits, including how and where we get our information. As the economics of...
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling just out upholds a state ban on gender affirming care for transgender minors. The Tennessee case will likely bol...
State borders are the new front lines in the nation’s abortion battle. On this encore episode of Us & Them , host Trey Kay looks at the evol...
During his first months in office, President Donald Trump has issued about 150 executive orders and is taking action on the very issues he p...
For this episode of Us & Them , host Trey Kay celebrates the tenth anniversary of the podcast with the young members of Marshall University’...
For decades, polls have shown most Americans believe equal opportunity in the workplace is beneficial and laws like the 1964 Civil Rights Ac...
Us & Them: Daniel Johnston — The Troubled Life And Artistic Genius Of West Virginia Music Hall Of Fame Inductee
Reality is more challenging now for people who live at the intersection between substance use disorder, homelessness and the criminal justic...
Many Americans assume the U.S. Constitution guarantees men and women equal rights. But the authors of the Constitution did not consider wome...
The Trump administration’s efforts to cut federal spending is targeting a broad range of departments and agencies including the low-income h...
Home ownership in America is one of the most common ways to build wealth for future generations. But in Appalachia, West Virginia presents t...
There’s a fresh slate of legislative agendas in the new year and some include efforts to chip away at reproductive rights and access to abor...
With the start of 2025, legislators in some states are determined to pass even tighter abortion restrictions. In the two years since the U.S...
The headlines and issues front and center in 2024 have presented complex challenges. In this year end episode of Us & Them, host Trey Kay us...
There are people in the U.S. who break the law each day, simply by sleeping outside. This year, more states and local governments have passe...
Host Trey Kay brings together the Us & Them dinner party guests once again, this time for a candid post-election review. The group, represen...
West Virginia’s vaccination requirements for school children are what a lot of health experts call the gold standard. Only a medical exempti...
In the aftermath of Election Day 2024, Us & Them host Trey Kay reflects on the increasingly divided American landscape and how the tone of p...
The 2024 Presidential election season continues to be a rollercoaster of unpredictable actions, reactions and events. It seems each week bri...
We love our sports in America. From little league to professional competition, athletic teams can bring us together. However sports can also...
Us & Them host Trey Kay invites us all back for a new dinner party episode bringing together a wide-ranging group of people for food and con...
In Charleston, West Virginia, there’s a monthly live storytelling event called “Three Things” that invites three highly-visible members of t...
Many people expected the 2024 presidential election would be unpredictable. But no one anticipated the recent sequence of events - Joe Biden...
There’s a serious labor shortage in the U.S. right now with millions of jobs going unfilled. Each year, West Virginia releases 50,000 people...
America’s prisons incarcerate people who’ve violated the law, but at some point, at least 95% of all state prisoners will be released back i...
Overcrowding and understaffing have pushed West Virginia’s prisons and jails to what many believe is a crisis point. On this Us & Them , we...
We are releasing this bonus podcast because this month marks a significant milestone for Us & Them, West Virginia and actually American hist...
Fifty years ago this month, a fierce controversy erupted over newly adopted school textbooks in Kanawha County, West Virginia. The fight led...
Forty-two million Americans or about 12 percent of the the population need help feeding their families. That help often comes from a federal...
We continue to learn more about the way childhood trauma can affect our physical and psychological health and the result is creating a socia...
Homelessness has been on the rise since 2016 and the pandemic only exacerbated an acute shortage of resources to help people living on the s...
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