Episodes
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PopCulture Appalachia Style
PopCult Blog writer and Radio Free Charleston host Rudy Panucci dishes on his legendary career, Christmas rituals, and Porkchop 2 acting gig. The media guru gives his opinion on the Charleston Gazette-Mail, Doug Skaff, the '80s and '90s Charleston music scene, and pop culture versus backyard...
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Wood Sprites and Grandfamilies
E.Y. Samples discusses her debut children's book "The Adventures of Timothy Oatmeadow" and reads a selection from the book. Samples is a dietician by trade and a journalist on the side.
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Out of This World Art
Provincetown-based abstract photographer and art gallery director Grace Hopkins discusses her unique photography, the Provincetown art scene, visiting Wheeling during her childhood, and her upcoming memoir. Hopkins spills the tea on her John Waters run ins, gives her two cents on modern art, and...
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In the Couch
Huntington-based rapper and filmmaker Trey Cobb a.k.a. Mr. Awful dishes on his hip hop and movie career. He discusses the Huntington homeless situation, playing a fundraiser for the Huntington City Mission, and whether or not he's a misogynist pig like his alter ego. Cobb also chimes in on his…
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Breakin' My Bones
Clarksburg singer-songwriter Allister Stolas discusses new music, local West Virginia music venue haters, and traveling the country playing music. Stolas reminisces on performing in church in his youth and his evolving sound. He also shares his new tracks "Breakin' My Bones” and “When I Wake Up...
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Conebuds
Richmond-based progressive rock band the Conebuds dish on their May 2025 release "Emergence", touring, and Waynestock. The rockers also chime in on Daryl Hall dissing yacht rock and whether they'd ever cover "Pink Pony Club" live in concert.
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Lighting Hollywood
Former Hollywood gaffer Kyle Warmack discusses his past career lighting movie and TV show sets, acting in a campy Damian Chapa movie, working a dolly on a Randy Travis music video, and the West Virginia-shot Sago Mine Disaster-inspired movie "Little Accidents". Warmack has 74 IMDB gaffing and...
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Acid Mind Drainage
Buchannon-based psychedelic rock band Acid Mind Drainage’s Billy Lotion, Todd Drainage, and Vintage Fat Daddy Jay and their producer Stephen Halterman aka Steven Starr discuss their second record, upcoming shows, and a new concert venue opening in 2025 in Buchannon. The band debut new songs from...
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Get Your Space Freq On!
Space Freq's Sam Mills, Alex Garcia, and Brandon Dent discuss their latest record, band history, and sound. The band chimes in on whether or not Ella Fitzgerald sold out in the '80s for hocking KFC and if they'd ever record a Diane Warren track. Space Freq is a tri-county West Virginia cosmic…
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The Things that Go Bump in the Night
Famed ghosthunter and documentarian Barry Conrad discusses the San Pedro Haunting, the Kelly–Hopkinsville extraterrestrial encounter, and the TV show he co-created, My Ghost Story. Conrad dishes on his documentaries Legend of the Flatwoods Monster and California’s Most Haunted, and being eyed for...
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Alt Rockin' the Mountain State
Bluefield-based alt rocker Matt Deal dishes on his latest release "Drunken, Belligerent Forget-Me-Nots", growing up in McDowell County, and artificial intelligence in music. Deal also chimes in on Chappell Roan wanting to be seen as some "random bitch on the street" by her fans and his classic…
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Never Zero
Matt Kiser, Zach White, Scott Hinkle, and Ben Keenan of WV rock band Never Zero dish on their new music, setlist selection , and what music inspired their sound. The band give their two cents on Dave Grohl fathering a child out of wedlock, Linkin Park’s new lead singer Emily Armstrong, and Jane’s...
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Used to Be
Parkersburg, West Virginia country-western musician and singer-songwriter Roger Richards discusses his music, the Parkersburg music scene, and getting a phone call from an American Idol executive producer. Richards dishes on how losing his young brother to suicide inspired his song "Used to Be"...
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Intoxicated Zen
Morgantown-based rock funk jam band Intoxicated Zen's Davis Kimble, Will Oxley, and Ryan Quickel dish on their debut eponymous record, WVU axing their World Languages Department and cutting music degree program offerings, and their wild alien inspired tack "Project Serpo". The band tries to...
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The Wild and the Wonderful
Adam Cox, Fox Hunt, and Beth Segessenman of Independent State spill the tea on their debut record "The Wild and the Wonderful", touring, and being a unit for ten years. The Independent State players dish on their involvement in environmental causes in West Virginia and the anti-fracking track...
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Black Hole Zion Won't You Come
Black Hole Zion frontman Mark Benincosa aka Mark Zbornak dishes on upcoming Black Hole Zion music, creating video game soundtracks, and having a classical album ("Nadia Boulanger -Mademoiselle-Premiere Audience") he produced and engineered nominated for a Grammy. Benincosa also discusses the...
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A Woman in Progress
Ohio trans poet Barbara Marie Minney discusses her latest book of poetry "A Woman in Progress", growing up in Vienna, West Virginia, and the backlash her coming out as trans had on her and her spouse's lives. Minney dishes on the status of her canned erotic novela, using TMS therapy to treat...
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Table for Two
Author Eliot Parker dishes on his latest book “Table for Two: A Collection of Stories” and the Ronan McCullough crime thriller novels. Parker talks about growing up in Charleston, WV and coming out gay later in life. The author speaks candidly on the West Virginia Legislature trying to remove...
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Voice of Storms
West Virginia psych-stoner metal band Horseburner's Adam Nohe, Jack Thomas, and Ryan Aliff dish on their upcoming 4th album "Voice of Storms, band history, stories behind the songs, and touring. The band discusses how COVID-19 impacted touring plans and how they juggle 9-5 jobs with writing,...
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Dreaming of Charleston
Ann Magnuson reflects on her young life growing up in Charleston, West Virginia and dishes on her latest single "Ghost Cat". This lengthy interview dives into Magnuson's past, both on stage and screen, NYC nightlife, and dealing with loved ones passing from AIDS in the '80s and '90s. Magnuson...
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Rewind the Walkman
Justin Johnson, Chad Fisher, and Nathan Shrewsbury of West Virginia '80s pop-rock retro band Rewind The Walkman discuss their debut show at The Blue Parrot on February 17th, '80s music, their music videos, and whether Heart singer Ann Wilson should regularly perform a song she detests, "All I…
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When Porn Gets Political
24-year-old pornstar Adam Awbride dishes on the Israel-Hamas War, immigration, and the 2024 Election. Awbride gives his opinion on porn mogul Michael Lucas slapping his name on an IDF missile headed towards Gaza and former scene partner Sergeant Miles's arrest for his involvement in the January…
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Crown the Witch Unfiltered
Crown the Witch dishes on their EP "This Curse", the status of DeadFaceDown, the West Virginia music scene, and their love of rock band Morbid Angel. The rockers also name who they want in the 2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and if Cher is worthy of induction.
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Rockin' the Mountain State
Hair Supply rockers Philthy Trenches and Weedles Von Frankenberry discuss their rock band, their music and several scandals they've been involved in. Philthy Trenches discusses his relationship with Tina Turner and Weedles Von Frankenberry dishes on his wild sex life. Also discussed, their…
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Roaming West Virginia
West Virginia Explorer Magazine editor-in-chief David Sibray dishes on popular West Virginia tourist attractions, Mountain State cuisine, and his encounter with a sasquatch in Mount Hope. Sibray also discusses West Virginia folklore and John Sayle's "Matewan." On top of being editor-in-chief of…
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The Undeniable Comedy Tour
The Undeniable Comedy Tour featuring comedians Lee Mays, Jeromy Moore and Jason Evans is playing the Mountain Roots Community Theatre in Belle, West Virginia on April 1st at 8pm. The comedy trio dish on their Belle gig, political correctness in comedy, Roseanne Barr's Fox Nation comedy special…
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Black Trans Lives Matter
West Virginia Black Pride Foundation president and CEO Kasha Snyder-McDonald discusses the black trans experience in West Virginia, violence against black trans women and dishes on her newish LGBTQ advocacy organization. Snyder-McDonald also talks about drag performers Coti Collins and Michelle…
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The West Virginia Music Scene
The West Virginia music scene: What dominates it, rock or country-western music? Dog Soldier and Goldtown singer Justin Johnson and DeadFaceDown guitarist Chad Fisher chime in on that and the music scene of years gone by. Johnson and Fisher also discuss their latest musical collaboration “Hungry...
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Funny Ha Ha in Appalachia!
Kentucky native Jeromy Moore dishes on his 16-year career as a stand-up comedian. Moore talks about being out in improve, Appalachian comedians, political correctness, the difference between bullying and comedy, and opening for Gallagher, Michael Winslow and Golden Globes award winning actress...
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Mountain Roots Community Theatre
Retired public school teacher and actress, Cathy Deobler, discusses what brought her to West Virginia from Los Angeles, California; Riverside High's lack of theater, and her arts non-profit the Mountain Roots Community Theatre. Deobler also dishes on past and upcoming Mountain Roots Community...
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Return of the Mothman
West Virginia filmmakers Calvin Grimm and Herbert Gardner discuss their 2022 scifi-horror-thriller "Return of the Mothman", the infamous cryptid behind it and the newly revamped and reinstated West Virginia film tax credit. Grimm also discusses his doc "37 Fallen" and West Virginia State…
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The Ghostly World of Dr. Barry E. Taff
Legendary parapsychologist Dr. Barry E. Taff dishes on how he got into researching ESP, poltergeists and hauntings at UCLA's famed parapsychology lab and his parapsychology work following the lab's closure. The Entity case, San Pedro Haunting, alien abductions, Zak Bagans, and stories from Taff's...
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The Spring House
First time author Brian Cochran talks about his debut book "The Spring House", growing up gay in Georgia, real life ghosts, and seeing the B-52s and REM live in Athens before they made it big. Cochran lives in Charleston, West Virginia with his husband Stephen and their three dogs.
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West Virginia Gourmet Mushrooms
George Patterson started Hernshaw Farms on an old strip mine in Hernshaw, West Virginia in 2018. They raise nearly 20 varieties of gourmet mushrooms and sell a host of ag products to consumers in West Virginia and beyond. Patterson discusses his mushroom enterprise, and gives his two cents on the...
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A Trans Difference of Opinion
Trans activist, educator, entrepreneur and former pornstar Buck Angel discusses his life, career, fatherhood, controversial statements and legacy. Angel also gives his thoughts on the doc "What is a Woman?", Rachel Dolezal being "trans racial", Kate Pierson's "Mr. Sister", and where he stands...
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow in West Virginia
Out entertainer Ted Brightwell is a legend in West Virginia. He's resided in the Mountain State since the mid-70s. Brightwell is a hair stylist, actor, drag performer, emcee, and LGBT rights advocate. Brightwell is the man behind drag diva Vicki Williams. Brightwell discusses his life, Rupaul's...
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Peerless City
Journalist and documentary filmmaker Amanda Page discusses her debut doc "Peerless City" about the "pill mill capitol of America" Portsmouth, Ohio. Page also chimes in on poverty and drug addiction in Portsmouth and in West Virginia. Page's articles have been featured in Belt Magazine, The Daily...
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Black, Gay and Homeless in the Big Apple
Homelessness and unaffordable housing are two problems that many Americans face. Openly gay homeless rights activist, social media influencer and New Yorker Karim Walker experienced both while living in the Big Apple. Walker shares his story of survival and talks candidly about homelessness,...
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The Palestinian-Israeli Nightmare
The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict is an enigma to most Americans. Many Americans think the so-called "conflict" is simply a Jews verses Muslims thing. It's not. It's about land grabbing and keeping the promise of statehood to Palestinians. Guest Philip Weiss discusses his online publication...
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The Golden Girls
West Virginia author Matt Browning dishes on his latest book "The Definitive Golden Girls Cultural Reference Guide". Browning also discusses the Golden-Con: Thank You for Being a Fan Convention, life growing up in the Southern Coalfields, and whether or not coal mining is sexy. Browning's other...
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West Virginia Votes: The 2022 Election
The Primary Election in West Virginia is May 10th. Early voting is on its final week. Many West Virginia voters are unaware of how their elected reps in the West Virginia Legislature vote. Activist/blogger Jeremy Brannon recently wrote a scathing article on how candidates endorsed by West…
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That West Virginia Music Show
That West Virginia Music Show host Nathaniel James dishes on his new show and the West Virginia music scene. James also gives his two cents on Dolly Parton asking to have her Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination rescinded, Wheeler Walker Jr., and Madonna using sex to sell her music in her sixties.
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Welcome to the Room, Sarah
Self-Injury Awareness educator Sarah Fox discusses her life in and out of the foster care system and experiencing homelessness as an adult. Fox also dishes on slumlords, unaffordable housing, and her experiences with homeless service providers in West Virginia. Copyright © 2022 Jeremy Brannon.…
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Hope for Charleston?
Charleston, West Virginia is a dead zone when it comes to readily available good paying opportunities. Poverty, drug addiction and crime thrive in Charleston. Police brutality geared towards black people and the homeless are common occurrences. Homeless encampments and panhandling have become the...
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Going Nuclear
Nuclear Power is a controversial subject. After incidents at nuclear power plants at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima the public has greatly frowned upon nuclear energy. Nuclear energy is costly, not as clean as nuclear advocates claim and there are serious safety concerns about it.…
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How Billionaires Rigged the U.S. Tax System
Ever wonder how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Michael Bloomberg got away with paying no federal income taxes for a few years and you didn’t? ProPublica senior editor and reporter Jesse Eisinger discusses the popular article he co-authored in June 2021, “The Secret IRS Files: Trove…
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Unaffordable Housing
Affordable housing is a problem many Americans face. Millions of Americans work two or more low-wage paying jobs to simply survive. Affordable housing expert Flora Valdes-Depena discusses affordable housing options being deployed across the country such as inclusionary zoning, community land...
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The Horrors of Fracking
Environmental freelance journalist Justin Nobel takes Mothman in the Bible Belt Podcast listeners on a scary journey through the oil and gas industry. Nobel discusses in great length the workplace safety and public health threats that both fracking and conventional oil and natural gas extraction...
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Racism in the West Virginia Democratic Party
Native American activist, podcaster and co-chair of the West Virginia Democratic Party's Indigenous Caucus, Seth Sturm, alleges there's racists in the West Virginia Democratic Party... and he names names and the alleged racist acts committed. Sturm is also a member of the WVDP Affirmative Action...
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The Art of Sam Pancake
West Virginia-raised actor, comedian and writer Sam Pancake dishes on his early life in West Virginia, film and television roles, famous friends, getting sober, and how he got from point A to point B in life. Sam Pancake appeared in 109 television and movie roles and counting, and numerous...