Appalachia Matters

Get Moving, Barbour Bakery, H Stands for Hope & Sports Awards

This week on At The Leadership Table, General Hoyer sits down with West Virginia University students Joey Allinger and Andrea Cipriano to talk about their work this semester with Get Moving Inc., a nonprofit focused on promoting healthy lifestyles for West Virginia’s youth. They discuss the mission of Get Moving, community events and partnerships such as the Quarterback Challenge with WVU Medicine Galisano Children's Hospital, and what these young professionals envision for West Virginia 10 years from now.    In the Rooted in the Mountain State segment, provided by the West Virginia Department of Agriculture, we will learn about a Barbour County bakery.  In our third segment Tom Susman talks with Jim Kaufman of the WV Hospital Association about an editorial he sent to newspapers for Hospital Week which was in May.     In our final interview,  Michael Susman talks with Jim Workman one of the deans of the sports writers in West Virginia about the West Virginia  Sports Writers  Association and its annual awards banquet as well as future plans for next year as they enter their 80th year.  Jim is excutive director for the group.

Food Fight @ The Greenbrier, Dust Bowl Boards, Local Theater, and Main Street Part 2

At the Leadership Table General Jim Hoyer will finish his discussion with Robby Blair, head of the Min Street program in Martinsburg. If you missed part, one goto our Appalachia Matters Podcast on Spreaker.  During the dust bowl in the 1930s, the federal government established conservation districts. In the coming primary election in West Virginia, you will get to vote for a conservation supervisor for your county. Kent Leonhardt, West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture, will provide further explanation. The Greenbrier Valley Theater located in Lewisburg is one of the most vibrant theaters in the state, wewill talk with its Artistic Director Courtney Susman Frye. In our final segment we try to make sense of all the lawsuits being filed regarding the Greenbrier Hotel, not so much about the details of the suits but on why companies file so many suits and what it all means. Tom Susman talks with Dan Casto of Campbell, Casto, & Clark a leading law firm headquartered in Leesburg, Virginia to get a better explanation.

Marinsburg Main Street, WV Grown, EMS is Getting Help, and Steven Allen Adams Sheds Light on Dark Money

This week on At the Leadership Table, General Hoyer sits down with Robby Blair, Executive Director of Main Street Martinsburg.  In part one of this two-part interview, the General and Robby discuss the Main Street philosophy, the Martinsburg community, and how Main Street Martinsburg is contributing to economic vitality in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. Be sure to tune in next week for part two of this discussion.     In the Rooted in the Mountain State Segment for the Department of Agriculture, we will learn about the WV Grown Program.    In an earlier episode we talked with Chris Hall, executive director of the West Virginia EMS Coalition about funding for EMS and struggles the industry is facing. In the last session of the legislature, some progress was made, and Chris will bring us up to date.    In our final segment, we learn about all those political flyers being sent to your mailbox and texts being sent to your phone and who is paying for them as we talk with Steven Allen Adams Chief Political Writer for the Ogden newspapers.

Radio’s Future Talks with The General and Appalachian Authors

Radio’s Future Talks with The General and Appalachian Authors This week on At The Leadership Table, General Hoyer sits down with Nico Caretto and Emma Domingo, two students from U92 the Moose, West Virginia University’s award-winning campus radio station. The students share how their roots in Ohio and Virginia led them to WVU, reflect on how their roles as a U92 sports caster and disc jockey have shaped their college experiences, and explore why radio continues to matter across generations. In our final two segments we will talk with Appalachians who have each published a book. The first is Joel Beverly from Whitesburg Kentucky and his book is titled In the Absence of Belief: A Memoir and Manifesto from the Heart of Appalachia should be available in early June and the second is Charleston Attorney Andy Richardson, he and his team have published children's book Our Charlie West Treasure Hunt.

WVU Student Radio, Agritourism and This Old Farm Museum is 50 years old!

This week on At The Leadership Table, General James Hoyer sits down with Eric Nuttall, Broadcast Advisor for WVU Student Media and Program Coordinator for U92 The Moose, WVU’s award-winning campus radio station. They discuss shaping the next generation of broadcasters, and why radio continues to be important for West Virginians across ages and places. The next two segments will deal with agritourism. The first is the Rooted in the Mountain State Segment provided by the West Virginia Department of Agriculture which will provide background on the coming agritourism conference at Glade Springs later in April.  Then we will hear about an agritourism trail being developed in several counties in West Virginia by Brenda Mobley Director of the Ripley CVB.   In our final segment you will learn about The West Virginia State Farm Museum which is 50 years old this year.