Mason Adams
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 6
- Latest publication
- Sep 10, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for West Virginia Public Broadcasting
- Top 5M sites
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 8, 2026
Latest articles
East Tennessee State University Professor Speaks On Dolly Parton’s Legacy - West Virginia Public Broadcasting (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Home » Stories » East Tennessee State University Professor Speaks On Dolly Parton’s Legacy This conversation originally aired in the Aug. 30, 2026, episode of Inside Appalachia. After the passing of Dolly Parton on Tuesday, Aug. 25, Inside Appalachia Host Mason Adams spoke with East Tennessee State University Professor Ted Olson about what the country music icon did for the region. The transcript below has been lightly edited for clarity. Adams: Dolly was such a signifier of Appalachia. As someo
Country Music Star And 'Mountain Stage' Host Kathy Mattea Remembers Dolly Parton - West Virginia Public Broadcasting (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Home » Stories » Country Music Star And ‘Mountain Stage’ Host Kathy Mattea Remembers Dolly Parton This conversation originally aired in the Sept. 6, 2026, episode of Inside Appalachia. Inside Appalachia Host Mason Adams spoke with country music star and Mountain Stage Host Kathy Mattea about her memories and thoughts on Dolly Parton’s passing. The transcript below has been lightly edited for clarity. Adams: When Dolly passed away, you posted on your Facebook page a few of your memories and you t
How We Killed The Beasts Of The East — And How Some Are Coming Back - West Virginia Public Broadcasting (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Home » Stories » How We Killed The Beasts Of The East — And How Some Are Coming Back This conversation originally aired in the Aug. 23, 2026 episode of Inside Appalachia. When the first European explorers reached Appalachia in the 1500s, they found a wild landscape full of large animals: elk, wolves and even bison. Nearly 500 years later, the landscape today looks much different. But advocates are pushing to reintroduce some of those species. Elk reintroduction in particular has taken off across
New Memoir Explores The Plight Of Appalachia’s Talented Young People - West Virginia Public Broadcasting (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Home » Stories » New Memoir Explores The Plight Of Appalachia’s Talented Young People This conversation originally aired in the Aug. 2, 2026 episode of Inside Appalachia. A new memoir explores the struggle to stay in Appalachia – and the struggle to leave. Virginia writer Emilee Hackney has a complicated relationship with her home. She loves the place where she’s from, in Tazewell County – her friends, family, the swimming holes and mountains and wild places – but she also felt stifled. Her new
The Underground Railroad’s Passage Through Appalachia - West Virginia Public Broadcasting (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Home » Stories » The Underground Railroad’s Passage Through Appalachia This conversation originally aired on the July 12, 2026 episode of Inside Appalachia. In the decades before the Civil War, enslaved people escaped bondage in the South and found their way to new lives up north through Appalachia. Now, a new project has documented more than two dozen previously unknown underground railroad sites throughout nine counties in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia. Dr. Cicero Fain is a historian at Mar
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
Top 5M sites
For West Virginia Public Broadcasting, the outlet · Measured Aug 1, 2026
Website popularity band, not a count of readers or article views.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.