Épisodes

  • 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
  • Goodbye Hemp, Making Success with Freeze Dried Food, Feeding the Hungry and a County Singer Making the Big Time

    Goodbye Hemp, Making Success with Freeze Dried Food, Feeding the Hungry and a County Singer Making the Big Time
    Nov 23 2025
    Goodbye Hemp, Making Success with Freeze Dried Food, Feeding the Hungry and a County Singer Making the Big Time

    This week on At The Leadership Table, General Hoyer hosts veteran and entrepreneur Coleman Erwin of Harvest Trails Company. They discuss Coleman's military journey to West Virginia, how this outdoors-loving family man and military nurse got into the freeze-dried fruits and vegetables business, and his passion for supporting local farmers, local food security, and the community of Hedgesville.

    In the Rooted in the Mountain State segment from the Department of Agriculture we learn about Hunters Helping the Hungry.

    Mathew Adam is an aspiring country singer from Meigs County and we talk with him about his music and his life.

    The federal government in the bill to reopen the federal government added a provision that will make mist hemp products illegal. This will impact most hemp retailers and farmers in our region. Tom Susman talked with Amy Minor of the West Virginia Department of Agriculture about the changes and the impact.
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    30 min
  • Ohio Limits Deer, Salute to Veterans, Helping Those in Need & Becoming an Auctioneer

    Ohio Limits Deer, Salute to Veterans, Helping Those in Need & Becoming an Auctioneer
    Nov 16 2025
    This week, At The Leadership Table, General Hoyer sits down with Liz Vitullo, Assistant Vice President for Economic Innovation at West Virginia University. She is co-founder of the WV Grant Resource Centers, program director for the Chambers Elite Climbers, and director of strategic initiatives for the West Virginia Cyber-Resilience Resource Center. They discuss her journey to service at Pantry Plus More in Morgantown and how you and your family can get involved with their "reverse advent" giving program this holiday season.

    Have you ever wanted to be an auctioneer in West Virginia? I enjoy listening to the pro like Bobby Cooper out of Ripley or Dean Blackburn from Ohio who always does the Meigs County Fair. In this weeks Rooted in the Mountain state from the WV department of agriculture we will learn about the auctioneer exam and background on becoming an auctioneer.

    The disease EHD has significantly reduced the deer heard in Athens, Meigs and Washington Counites in Ohio along with Mason, Jackson, and Wood in West Virginia. Unlike WV, Ohio is taking steps to preserve the deer heard and that means a reduction in deer bag limits. We will talk with Scott Gardner of the Ohio DNR.

    Veterans Day is November 11 each year and the day recognizes the contributions of all veterans in America. The town of Ripely each year has a parade and reads off the names of Jackson country veterans. We will hear a report from WMOV.
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    30 min
  • Veterans Day 2024 Special Episode Revisted

    Veterans Day 2024 Special Episode Revisted
    Nov 9 2025
    This is a previously aired episode from Veterans Day week last year.

    This week’s podcast is dedicated to Veterans and Veterans Day.

    At the Leadership Table with Retired Major General Jim Hoyer talks with guests Mara and Ken Boggs, both veterans. Mara is an army veteran and former state director for Senator US Senator Joe Manchin, and she heads up the Charleston Area Alliance, Ken is also an army veteran who served Afghanistan and now serves in the Army National Guard. The Boggs live in Charleston.

    We will learn about the Department of Agricultures, Veterans to Hero’s to Agriculture program.

    Ever wondered what the difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day? Brian McCommon of Morgantown is also a member of the WV Army National Guard and is a protocol officer and he discusses the origins and meaning of Veteran’s Day.

    Veterans day is about cherishing and thanking all veterans and one Ohio River Community is doing just that and we will learn more from Bob Wing who is with the Mason County Veterans Memorial Committee.
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    30 min
  • Christmas in The Mountain State, Open Enrollment, and Leadership in Aerospace

    Christmas in The Mountain State, Open Enrollment, and Leadership in Aerospace
    Nov 2 2025
    This week, At The Leadership Table, General Hoyer sits down with Josh Walsh, Vice President of Programs for Sierra Nevada Corporation, where he focuses on mission solutions, technologies, and operations. Josh was born and raised in southern West Virginia and is a proud graduate of Marshall University. They discuss his extensive experience in aerospace/defense and the military along with perspectives on leading with heart and passion for supporting West Virginians.

    It is open enrollment for Medicare and Medicare Advantage, and we talk with Attorney and Medicare expert Andy Richardson of Charleston about what those over 65 and above should consider when making a choice.

    Just in time for the Christmas Holiday Logan native Chad Story has written a children’s Christmas book about West Virginia. The title is Christmas in the Mountain State. Tom Susman talks with Chad about the story and why Chad undertook the project.
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    30 min
  • Pumpkins, Looking to Ski Season, Colonoscopy Replacement, Leadership from Logan County

    Pumpkins, Looking to Ski Season, Colonoscopy Replacement, Leadership from Logan County
    Oct 26 2025
    This week At The Leadership, Table, General Hoyer sits down with David McCormick, owner of the Morgantown-based business Omega Commercial Interiors, and a Representative for the 82nd District in the West Virginia House of Delegates. They discuss David's journey from growing up sweeping floors and tying bowties at Logan County’s historic McCormick's store to his career today as a West Virginia business owner and representative of the people. David also shares some of his keys to success for aspiring West Virginia business owners.

    In the Rooted in the Mountain State segment, we will learn about the Pumpkin House in Wayne County.

    Sam Asgarian, Vice President of Clinical Development — Screening, Guardant Health joins us to explain anew blood test that may replace the need for the dreaded colonoscopy for many.

    Preston Cline is with Snowshoe Mountain and in our final segment he talks with Tom Susman about what Snowshoe is doing to get ready for Ski Season and what you need to do to get ready for the upcoming season.
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    31 min