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 Appalachia Matters is a weekly radio show highlighting life in Appalachia. Each week we have a segment on leadership from retired Major General Jim Hoyer, features highlighting agriculture in our region, health care updates from Tom Susman and our host Bo Higby each week highlights a story of community interest.

The show is produced by Vandalia Media Partners.
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  • Holiday Stress, Goats in Wayne, Helping Those With No Health Insurance and Federal Help for Farmers

    Holiday Stress, Goats in Wayne, Helping Those With No Health Insurance and Federal Help for Farmers
    Dec 14 2025
    At The Leadership Table, General Hoyer sits down with Angie Settle, CEO at West Virginia Health Right. Angie has served thousands of West Virginians as a nurse practitioner, care coordinator and leader. They discuss Angie’s perspectives on the role West Virginia Health Right plays in providing local communities with health-based services, and how listeners like you can support the health of all West Virginians.

    When we think of farming we may think of crops like corn or soybeans with livestock it may be cattle or swine. Many in our region raise goats and do well with them. In The Rooted in the Mountain State segment provided by the West Virginia Department of Agriculture we will learn about a goat farm on Wayne County.

    Christmas is upon us now; we have certain expectations for the holiday season. Many times, those expectations exceed reality. Life is not a Hallmark Movie. To better help us all manage our feelings, expectations and maybe depression this season I reached out to Doctor Jessica Bradley who is a professor at the Marshall University of School of Medicine and practices with Marshall Health, for advice and tools to cope with holiday stress and expectations.

    In our final segment West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture Kent Leonhardt talks about a one-time federal bailout for farmers impacted by President Trump’s Tariffs. The president and other recently announced the program.
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    30 min
  • Christmas Trees, Lavender Products, Deer and Banking

    Christmas Trees, Lavender Products, Deer and Banking
    Dec 7 2025
    At The Leadership Table with Retired Major General Jim Hoyer this week, David Thomas, President & CEO of Clear Mountain Bank joins the general. He is this year’s chair for the United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counties. They discuss the importance of building a great team, the role of community banks in contributing to economic development, and how the United Way positively impacts our communities at the local level.

    In the Rooted in the Mountain State segment provided by the West Virginia Department of Agriculture we will learn about Appalachian Botanical Company in Boone County West Virginia. Just in time for Christmas.

    We are all looking for that perfect Christmas tree and we also want to be sure it stays green until we take it down after new year’s. To find out about Christmas Trees, Tom Susman stopped by the Capitol Market in Charleston to learn more and he talked with Eric Metcalf of French Creek Tree Farm.

    In our final report Tom Susman talks with Paul Johansen about the deer harvest in West Virginia. There has been a lot of concern with the EHD Disease in the Mid-Ohio Valley Region and believe it or not too many acorns impact the deer harvest. Paul is Chief of the Wildlife Resources Section for the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources.
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    30 min
  • Best of Episode- Healthy Kids, Winning Farm & Harness Racing

    Best of Episode- Healthy Kids, Winning Farm & Harness Racing
    Nov 30 2025
    Being Thanksgiving week this is best of episode.

    This week At The Leadership Table, General Hoyer sits down with Mandy Curry, co-founder of Healthy Kids Inc. In this segment, Mandy shares the family and community mission behind their company and explains why it's about more than food security — it's about ensuring nutrition security too.

    The Casto Family Farm in Jackson County received the Heritage Farm Award presented by the West Virginia Farm Bureau and the State Fair of WV. We hear from Joe Casto about the farm.

    Harness Racing in the Buckeye State is a big deal. Tom Susman files a report where he talks with a several individuals involved in the sport. Including a gentleman Roger Houston that has called more harness races than anyone. Many of these races are held during county fairs, the interviews were recorded at the Historic Rock Springs Track at the Meigs County Fair.
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    30 min
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