Arts & Culture

On this West Virginia Morning, the ski industry in West Virginia is highly regarded around the country, but it has its roots in simpler times and with just a few people who saw the potential for skiing in West Virginia. In this show, we talk with a skiing legend. Also, we have a conversation with West Virginia House and Senate leadership.

On this West Virginia Morning, discovery in a woodshop led a punk rock musician to connect with a retired banjo maker and his handmade tools. Also, we have the latest statehouse news and we listen to this week’s Mountain Stage Song of the Week.

Limbaugh entertained millions, propelled waves of Republican politicians and rebuked the media establishment as liberal. He also trampled the boundaries of acceptable political discourse.

On this West Virginia Morning, a new study released this week looks at the affects that discrimination has on gay and transgender West Virginians. Also, in this show, we bring you updates from the statehouse on legislative action and more.

How can All Things Considered consider all things without considering dinosaurs? That's the question posed by 8-year-old Leo Shidla of Minneapolis.

On this West Virginia Morning, we learn about priorities in education that are top of mind for state lawmakers this legislative session. Also, we have a conversation about a new docuseries coming to West Virginia Public Broadcasting that will have an episode featuring McDowell County.

On this West Virginia Morning, the pandemic forced people in substance use treatment into isolation, but human interaction is a key part of recovery. We explore the impacts. Also, we have a conversation with an author who wrote about the first Black woman in the United States who was a licensed racehorse trainer.

On this West Virginia Morning, people age 65 and older are now eligible for the coronavirus vaccine in West Virginia. We share the latest on vaccine distribution and other state news updates. Also, we have a conversation with an author who photographs abandoned and forgotten places.

Documentarian Ken Burns believed there were three major crises in the nation's past: The Civil War, the Depression and World War II. Now, he says, we are living through the fourth.

As we celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday, Morning Edition asks for you to write a poem that starts with the words "I dream a world."