Guest: Sam Mills, Alex Garcia, and Brandon Dent 

Space Freq is a tri-county West Virginia cosmic jazz and space funk band. In November, 2024 the band dropped their LP Frequencies of the Ether.

The Meat: 

Space Freq discuss their latest record, band history, and sound. The band chimes in on whether or not Ella Fitzgerald sold out in the '80s for hocking KFC and if they'd ever record a Diane Warren track.

Guest: Barry Conrad

Barry Conrad is an Emmy, Telly, and B.E.T. award winning cinematographer and filmmaker from Fairfield, Ohio, currently working in California. He co-created the TV show My Ghost Story and directed/produced California’s Most Haunted, Legend of the Flatwoods Monster, and An Unknown Encounter: A True Account of the San Pedro Haunting. Conrad is a paranormal investigator on the side.

The Meat: 

Conrad discusses the San Pedro Haunting, the Kelly–Hopkinsville extraterrestrial encounter, and the TV show he co-created, My Ghost Story. Conrad dishes on his documentaries Legend of the Flatwoods Monster and California’s Most Haunted, and being eyed for Ghost Hunters. He also chimes in on the status of a Mothman doc he’s been working on for 20 plus years and whether or not famed medium Peter James was legit.

Guest: Matt Deal

Matt Deal is an alt rock singer-songwriter, recording artist, and hosts the WHIS radio show "What's Next?". Deal is based in Bluefield, West Virginia. 

The Meat:

Matt Deal dishes on his latest release "Drunken, Belligerent Forget-Me-Nots", growing up in McDowell County, and artificial intelligence in music. Deal also chimes in on Chappell Roan wanting to be seen as some "random bitch on the street" by her fans and his classic rap track "Mashed Potato Juice". 

Guests: Matt Kiser, Zach White, Scott Hinkle, and Ben Keenan

Never Zero is a rock band inspired by 70s, 80s and 90s rock and alternative music. In 2023, they were nominated for best WV based rock act by Born & Bred Magazine. 

The Meat:

Matt Kiser, Zach White, Scott Hinkle, and Ben Keenan of WV rock band Never Zero dish on their new music, setlist selection, and what music inspired their sound. The band give their two cents on Dave Grohl fathering a child out of wedlock, Linkin Park’s new lead singer Emily Armstrong, and Jane’s Addiction's onstage band drama between Perry Ferrell and Dave Navarro. The band also chime in on Cher getting inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a frail Franki Valli caught lip-syncing in concert, and whether or not anyone should care about the Oasis reunion.

Guest: Roger Richards

Roger Richards is a Parkersburg, WV based country-western singer. He's released several singles on I-tunes and Amazon Music.

The Meat:

⁠Roger Richards⁠ discusses his music, the Parkersburg music scene, and getting a phone call from an American Idol executive producer. Richards dishes on how losing his young brother to suicide inspired his song "Used to Be" and he chimes in on modern country music. The country crooner speaks candidly about growing up in the West Virginia foster care system. 

Guests:  Davis Kimble, Will Oxley, and Ryan Quickel

Intoxicated Zen are a Morgantown-based rock funk jam band. They released their first record in 2024.

The Meat:

Intoxicated Zen's Davis Kimble, Will Oxley, and Ryan Quickel dish on their debut eponymous record, WVU axing their World Languages Department and cutting music degree program offerings, and their wild alien inspired tack 'Project Serpo'. The band tries to distinguish Morgantown's music scene from the rest of West Virginia's, chat it up on musical influences, and chime in on why The B-52's are not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame yet.

Guests: Adam Cox, Fox Hunt, and Beth Segessenman

Independent State is a multi-genre West Virginia-based Appalachian Soul Rebel Roots band. In 2024, they released their first record "The Wild and the Wonderful".

The Meat:

Adam Cox, Fox Hunt, and Beth Segessenman of ⁠Independent State⁠ spill the tea on their debut record "The Wild and the Wonderful", touring, and being a unit for ten years. The Independent State players dish on their involvement in environmental causes in West Virginia and the anti-fracking track "Save This West Virginia". The band discuss poet and activist Don West’s influence and poetry being incorporated into their music collection. Plus, they sound off on modern country music, lack of ballads on the airwaves, and whether or not Fox inspired Sierra Ferrell’s "Fox Hunt"!! 

Guest: Mark Benincosa

Black Hole Zion is a Fairmont-based heavy metal-electronic band that has released 8 records to date. Mark Benincosa is a WVU teacher and yoga instructor on top of being a record producer, engineer, mixer, instrumentalist, and musician.

The Meat:

Black Hole Zion frontman Mark Benincosa aka Mark Zbornak dishes on upcoming Black Hole Zion music, creating video game soundtracks, and having a classical album ("Nadia Boulanger -Mademoiselle-Premiere Audience") he produced and engineered nominated for a Grammy. Benincosa also discusses the complexities of obtaining licensing rights to record cover songs and his "Running on Empty" cover. 

Guest: Barbara Marie Minney

Barbara Marie Minney is an Ohio poet who has written four books of poetry, including her latest "A Woman in Progress". Her poetry and essays have been featured in Politico, The Buckeye Flame,  The Gasconade Review, Gargoyle Magazine, The Pine Cone Review, Women Speak: Women of Appalachia Project, Woman Scream: The International Poetry Anthology of Female Voices,” and I Thought I Heard A Cardinal Sing, Ohio’s Appalachian Voices. 

The Meat:

Ohio trans poet ⁠Barbara Marie Minney⁠ discusses her latest book of poetry "A Woman in Progress", growing up in Vienna, West Virginia, and the backlash her coming out as trans had on her and her spouse's lives. Minney dishes on the status of her canned erotic novela, using TMS therapy to treat depression, and a possible memoir. She also shares three of her poems. 

Guest: Eliot Parker

Author Eliot Parker was born and raised in Charleston, West Virginia. He’s released seven books to date. In the Spring of 2024, Parker was inducted into the West Virginia Literary Hall of Recognition for outstanding contributions to literature and West Virginia. He’s the recipient of the PenCraft and Featherd Quill book awards as well as the West Virginia Literary Merit Award. Kirkus magazine named Parker’s A Final Call as one of its Great Indie Books Worth Discovering in 2022. On top of being a published author, Parker is a writing teacher at the University of Mississippi and hosts the podcast Now, Appalachia. He resides in Oxford, Mississippi.

The Meat:

Author ⁠Eliot Parker⁠ dishes on his latest book “Table for Two: A Collection of Stories” and the Ronan McCullough crime thriller novels. Parker talks about growing up in Charleston, WV and coming out gay later in life. The author speaks candidly on the West Virginia Legislature trying to remove libraries, museums and schools from criminal liability exemptions over the display or distribution of materials deemed obscene during this year’s legislative session. He also chimes in on the appeal of adult children’s parody books and whether or not the world should forgive Madonna for her naughty coffee table book Sex. The crime thriller novelist also breaks down the recipe for writing a good book. 

Guests: Adam Nohe, Jack Thomas, and Ryan Aliff

Horseburner is a West Virginia-based psych-stoner metal band compared to the likes of Mastodon and Baroness. The band has released three albums and tours nationally. 

The Meat:

Horseburner's Adam Nohe, Jack Thomas, and Ryan Aliff dish on their upcoming 4th album "Voice of Storms, band history, stories behind the songs, and touring. The band discusses how COVID-19 impacted touring plans and how they juggle 9-5 jobs with writing, recording, and touring nationally. Guitarist Matt Stroebel was unable to participate in the interview.

Guest: Ann Magnuson    

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Ann Magnuson is a Los Angeles-based actor and singer-songwriter from West Virginia. She's released 6 records (including two EPs) with Bongwater, and 4 solo releases. Her current single, "Ghost Cat" is available to download on I-tunes and Band Camp. Magnuson starred in the movies Making Mr. Right, A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon, Tequila Sunrise, Clear and Present Danger, Small Soldiers, Cabin Boy, Panic Room, Glitter, The Hunger, and Desperately Seeking Susan (to name a few). Magnuson's big claim to fame is her role as Catherine Hughes on the hit ABC series Anything But Love. Her other television credits include The Rugrats: All Grown Up, HBO's From the Earth to the Moon, Wanda at Large, The Drew Carey Show, Caroline in the City, and The John Larroquette Show. Here recently, Magnuson dropped the F-bomb on Jean Luc Piccard in Star Trek: Piccard. Magneson's theater work includes The Book of Liz, Four Dogs and a Bone, and The Vagina Monologues.

The Meat:

Magnuson dishes on her Mountain State upbringing, new single "Ghost Cat", and reconnecting with Anything But Love co-star comedian Richard Lewis before he passed. She also discusses losing friends in the entertainment industry and her brother to AIDS. We learn the fate of Bongwater and how the band came to appear on Night Music. Magnuson shares stories about Joey Arias, Susan Siedelman, Lady Bunny, David Bowie, Madonna, and Klaus Nomi. 

Guests: Justin Johnson, Chad Fisher, and Nathan Shrewsbury

Rewind the Walkman is a West Virginia-based '80s pop rock retro supergroup consisting singer Justin Johnson (Dog Soldier and Goldtown), guitarist Chad Fisher (DeadFaceDown and Halen), bassist and keyboard player Jamie Skeen (Adam D. Tucker bassist and producer), and drummer Nathan Shrewsbury (The Big Bad, Irreplaceables, Ghost Fleet, Jerks, and Crown the Witch).

The Meat:

Rewind the Walkman's Justin Johnson, Chad Fisher, and Nathan Shrewsbury discuss their debut show at The Blue Parrot on February 17th, '80s music, their music videos, and whether Heart singer Ann Wilson should regularly perform a song she detests, "All I Wanna Do is Make Love to You." The band also chime in on Everytime You Go Away singer Paul Young's deteriorating voice. Other topics of discussion include Sierra Ferrell performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Cher filing for conservatorship of her son, Elijah Blue Allmann, and musicians that passed away in 2023. 

Guest: Adam Awbride

Adam Awbride is a 24-year-old college-educated pornstar and Only Fans entreporneur. He has appeared in scenes for Falcon, Icon Male, Edward James, Bromo, and Disruptive Films. 

The Meat:

Pornstar Adam Awbride dishes on the Israel-Hamas War, immigration, and the 2024 Election. Awbride gives his opinion on porn mogul Michael Lucas slapping his name on an IDF missile headed towards Gaza and former scene partner Sergeant Miles's arrest for his involvement in the January 6th insurrection. And of course, Awbride speaks frankly about his career in porn. 

Awbride also talks about Only Fans scenes with Max Konnor and Dante Cole, what he wanted to do when he grew up, and aging in the porn industry. 

Guests: Crown the Witch's Rusty Williams, Jason Bays, Steve Carpenter and Stu Smith

Crown the Witch is a West Virginia-based rock band with members from Dead Face Down and Rasclatt. Their debut EP "This Curse" is available to own on iTunes and stream on ReverbNation and Spotify.

The Meat: 

Crown the Witch dishes on their EP "This Curse", the status of DeadFaceDown, the West Virginia music scene, and their love of rock band Morbid Angel. The rockers also name who they want in the 2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and if Cher is worthy of induction. 

Guests: Philthy Trenches and Weedles Von Frankenberry

Philthy Trenches (bass guitarist) and Weedles Von Frankenberry (lead guitarist) are the founding members of Hair Supply. Hair Supply is a West Virginia-based satirical rock band that shot to fame in the 1980s and resurfaced 5-years ago.

The Meat:

Philthy Trenches and Weedles Von Frankenberry discuss Hair Supply music, the band and scandals. 

Guest: David Sibray

David Sibray is the editor-in-chief of WV Explorer Magazine. Sibray is a historian, realtor, public relations specialist, and Preservation Alliance of West Virginia board member. He's been a journalist for 36-years. Sibray resides in Beckley, W.Va.

The Meat:

David Sibray dishes on popular West Virginia tourist attractions, Mountain State cuisine, and his encounter with a sasquatch in Mount Hope. Sibray also discusses West Virginia folklore and John Sayle's "Matewan." 

Guests: Lee Mays, Jeromy Moore and Jason Evans

"The Working Class Comedian" Lee Mays' comedy career earned him multiple appearances on TMZ Live. He’s been featured on E! News, The Huffington Post, Yahoo, been in an independent cult film called "Black Mamba" (IMDB credited), and has played the LaughFest Comedy Festival. Mays has opened for Donnie Baker, Greg Hahn, Etta May,and  James Inman. He’s performed in Ohio, West Virginia and all over the Midwest including Chicago, Nashville, and Pittsburgh. Ohio native Mays started his comedy career in 2012 at the Newport Funny Bone in Newport, KY.

Kentucky comedian Jeromy Moore began his comedy career at the Funny Bone in Huntington, WV in 2007. He’s played improves in Florida, West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky. Moore has opened for Jennifer Coolidge, Michael Winslow, Gallagher and Lesley Jordan. 

West Virginia comedian Jason Evans got his start at the Huntington Funny Bone in 2007. Evans has played comedy clubs up and down the east coast and in the Midwest, opening for such acts as Bob Zany and Theo Von..

The Meat:

The Undeniable Comedy Tour comedians Lee Mays, Jeromy Moore and Jason Evans dish on their Mountain Roots Community Theatre gig, political correctness in comedy, Roseanne Barr's Fox Nation comedy special, and lack of comedy club venues in West Virginia.

Guest: Kasha Snyder-McDonald

Kasha Snyder-McDonald is the president and CEO of LGBTQ advocacy organization WV Black Pride Foundation. You may know her as her ten-time trophy snatching drag persona Akasha Karmichael. 

The Meat:

⁠West Virginia Black Pride Foundation⁠ president and CEO Kasha Snyder-McDonald discusses the black trans experience in West Virginia, violence against black trans women and dishes on her newish LGBTQ advocacy organization. Snyder-McDonald also talks about drag performers Coti Collins and Michelle St. James, no West Virginia representation on Rupaul's Drag Race and her drag alter ego Akasha Karmichael. 

Guests: Justin Johnson & Chad Fisher

Justin Johnson is a singer-songwriter and guitarist. He's known for being the lead singer of the West Virginia bands Goldtown and Dog Soldier.

Chad Fisher is a guitarist known for playing in the West Virginia metal band DeadFaceDown and Van Halen tribute band Halen.

The Meat:

Justin Johnson and Chad Fisher chime in on the West Virginia music scene. Johnson and Fisher also discuss their latest musical collaboration “Hungry Eyes”, their favorite WV music venues, recording 80s covers, this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees, and Madonna’s appearance at the Grammys.

Guest: Jeromy Moore

Kentucky comedian Jeromy Moore has been doing improve comedy for sixteen-years and counting. Moore got his start at the Huntington Funny Bone. Moore has opened for Gallagher, Jennifer Coolidge and Lee Mays. 

Moore has played comedy club venues in West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and Florida.

The Meat:

Jeromy Moore dishes on his comedy career, being out, loud and proud doing improve, political correctness in comedy, stand-up comedy don'ts, and Netflix's controversial Dave Chappelle special.

Guest: Cathy Deobler

Cathy Deobler is a Los Angeles, CA native, and recent West Virginia transplant. She is a retired public school teacher and stage and screen actress. Deobler is the Artistic & Managing Director of the Mountain Roots Community Theatre in Belle, WV.  

The Meat:

Cathy Deobler discusses what brought her to West Virginia, Riverside High's lack of drama, and her arts non-profit the Mountain Roots Community Theatre. Deobler also dishes on past and upcoming Mountain Roots Community Theatre shows.

Guests: Calvin Grimm & Herbert Gardner                                             

Calvin Grimm is an Iraq War vet whose directed numerous films including the doc "37 Fallen", and "West Virginia Standing Together", "Mountain of the Missing” and the historical drama "River of Hope" which won the 2020 Best Feature award at the West Virginia Filmakers Festival.

Herbert Gardner is an actor, writer, and retired mental health professional and private detective. Gardner began acting in the '90s primarily in commercial and educational videos, and also acting in local plays. He starred as Governor Aretus Fleming in "River of Hope".

The Meat:

West Virginia filmmakers Calvin Grimm and Herbert Gardner discuss their 2022 scifi-horror-thriller "Return of the Mothman", the infamous cryptid behind it and the newly revamped and reinstated West Virginia film tax credit. Grimm also discusses his doc "37 Fallen" and West Virginia State University historical drama "River of Hope."

"Return of the Mothman" is based on Logan County, West Virginia native Michael Knost's book of the same name.

Guest: Dr. Barry E. Taff             

Dr. Barry E. Taff investigated and researched paranormal phenomena for over 50-years. Taff got his start at UCLA's famed parapsychology lab first helping with ESP (a.k.a. remote viewing) research and later researching poltergeists and hauntings. Taff was the lead researcher on The Entity(Doris Bither) case in 1974 and in 1989, investigated the San Pedro Haunting (Jackie Hernandez). 

Taff has appeared on numerous TV shows, docs and radio programs including Sightings, NBC's The Otherside, California's Most Haunted, Ghost Adventures, Zak Bagans' Demon House, and Art Bell's Coast to Coast. In 2010, Taff released a book about his work investigating and researching the things that go bump in the night titled "Aliens Above, Ghosts Below."

The Meat:           

Legendary parapsychologist Dr. Barry E. Taff dishes on how he got into researching ESP, poltergeists and hauntings at UCLA's famed parapsychology lab and his parapsychology work following the lab's closure. The Entity case, San Pedro Haunting, alien abductions,the Hollymont Haunting, Zak Bagans, and stories from Taff's debut 2010 book "Aliens Above, Ghosts Below" are discussed in depth.

Guest: Brian Cochran

Out gay author Brian Cochran was raised in Georgia, but lives in the Mountain State with his husband Stephen and three doggy children. Cochran's debut book "The Spring House" dropped in October 2022

The Meat:

Cochran discusses his debut book "The Spring House," growing up gay in Georgia, real ghosts, Halloween in West Virginia, and meeting REM and The B-52s in Athens before they made it big.

Guest: George Patterson

Hernshaw Farms owner and agrepreneur George Patterson was born and raised in Charleston, West Virginia. He opened Hernshaw Farms, a mushroom production company, on an old stripmine in Hernshaw in 2018.  Since that time Patterson has diversified his product line and moved operations to the Memorial Tunnel by Paint Creek.

The Meat:

Patterson dishes on his mushroom enterprise, whether or not he'd grow magic mushrooms if they were ever decriminalized in the state, and shares his thoughts on West Virginia's medicinal cannabis program.

Guest: Buck Angel

Buck Angel is a controversial trans activist, entrepreneur, and former model and pornstar.

The Meat:

Angel talks about his life, transition, legacy, career in sports and later porn, and developing sex toys.

Guest: Ted Brightwell

Entertainer Ted Brightwell is an award winning West Virginia-based drag illusionist, actor, activist and hair dresser. Brightwell serves on the board of WV Rainbow Pride. 

The Meat:

Brightwell discusses his life, Rupaul's Drag Race, the gay scene in Charleston in the '70s and '80s, acting, pageants, Cher, Barbra Streisand, and legendary Charleston drag queens of long ago. He also discusses the state of LGBT rights in West Virginia and his concerns over the U.S. Supreme Court recently overturning Roe V. Wade. 

Guest: Amanda Page

Amanda Page is a journalist and first time documentarian. Page's debut doc "Peerless City" is currently being screened at venues across the country. Page's articles have been featured in Belt Magazine, The Daily Yonder, 100 Days in Appalachia, Literary Hub and Yes! Magazine. 

The Meat:

Page discusses her debut doc "Peerless City" about the "pill mill capitol of America" Portsmouth, Ohio. Page also chimes in on poverty and drug addiction in Portsmouth and in West Virginia. 

Guest: Karim Walker

Karim Walker is a Brooklyn-based social media influencer who experienced homelessness in his past.  

The Meat:

Walker shares his story of survival and talks candidly about homelessness, poverty, unaffordable housing, race in America, and corporate America using Pride Month to make a buck off of LGBT folks while giving to anti-LGBT candidates.  

Guest: Phil Weiss

Phil Weiss is an American journalist, and co-editor and founder of online publication MondoWeiss. MondoWeiss covers the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict from the perspective of Palestinians. 

The Meat:

Weiss discusses his online publication Mondoweiss, the Israeli Occupation of Palestine, BDS, Zionism, and the role U.S. Zionist organizations are playing in the Occupation and their influence in U.S. politics. Also discussed, the Israeli Defense Forces recently murdering journalists Shireen Abu Akleh and Ghufran Harun Warasneh. 

Guest: Matt Browning

Writer Matt Browning wrote "Bookstore Explorer: West Virginia", the children’s book "Chicks and the City," and more recently "The Definitive Golden Girls Cultural Reference Guide". Browning also created the first ever Empty Nest fan website.

The Meat:

Browning dishes on his latest book "The Definitive Golden Girls Cultural Reference Guide". Browning also discusses the Golden-Con: Thank You for Being a Fan Convention, life growing up in the Southern Coalfields, and whether or not coal mining is sexy.  

Guest: Seth Sturm

Podcaster Seth Sturm is the former co-chair of the West Virginia Democratic Party's Indigenous Caucus. Sturm co-hosts the Take a Stand podcast with Mary Ann Claytor. 

The Meat:

Sturm and Buck Fantastic break down how West Virginia policymakers voted during the 2021/2022 WV Legislative Session. 

Guest: Nathaniel James

Nathaniel James created and hosts That Music Show. James has a background in theater and directing live television newscasts. 

The Meat:

James dishes on his new show and the West Virginia music scene. James also gives his two cents on Dolly Parton asking to have her Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination rescinded, Wheeler Walker Jr., and Madonna using sex to sell her music in her sixties.  

Guest: Sarah Fox

Sarah Fox is a Self-Injury Awareness educator.

The Meat:

Fox discusses her life in and out of the foster care system and experiencing homelessness as an adult. Fox also dishes on slumlords, unaffordable housing, and her experiences with homeless service providers in West Virginia. 

Guest: Martec Washington

Martec Washington is a Charleston-based entrepreneur and fitness/dance instructor. He primaried Amy Goodwin for Mayor of Charleston in 2022.

The Meat:

Washington talks about his mayoral campaign and what sets him apart from Charleston Mayor Amy Goodwin.

Guest: Diane D’Arrigo 

Diane D’Arrigo is the Radioactive Waste Project Director at Nuclear Information and Resource Service.

The Meat:

D’Arrigo talks about myths and misconceptions about nuclear energy and proposed small modular reactors. 

Guest: Jesse Eisinger 

Eisinger is a journalist and the senior editor at ProPublica. In 2011, Eisinger won a Pulitzer Prize award for National Reporting for his and Jake Bernstein’s reporting on questionable Wall Street practices that contributed to the 2008 United States financial crisis. In 2017, Eisinger released his book “The Chicken Sh*t Club”.

The Meat:

 Eisinger discusses the popular article he co-authored in June 2021, “The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax” and how the current tax system is rigged for the ultra-wealthy.

Eisinger also gives his two cents on Julian Assange, the Build Back Better Act, the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster, Donald Trump’s tax returns, and how federal COVID-19 relief money was spent.

Guest: Flora Valdes-Depena 

Flora Valdes-Depena is a affordable housing expert. Valdes-Depena works for an affordable housing research and policy organization in Richmond, Virginia.

The Meat:

Valdes-Depena discusses affordable housing options being deployed across the country such as inclusionary zoning, community land trusts, source of income discrimination laws and rent control. 

Guest: Justin Nobel

Justin Nobel is an Independent journalist. Nobel's work has been featured in Rolling Stone, Desmog, Audubon, National Geographic, Time, and Newsweek.     

The Meat:

Nobel discusses in great length the workplace safety and public health threats that both fracking and conventional oil and natural gas extraction poses to Americans.

Nobel wrote a popular Rolling Stone article on fracking last year titled "America's Radioactive Secret." We talk about the article, fracking in West Virginia and across the United States, and his upcoming book on the podcast. 

Guest: Seth Sturm

Podcaster Seth Sturm is the former co-chair of the West Virginia Democratic Party's Indigenous Caucus. Sturm co-hosts the Take a Stand podcast with Mary Ann Claytor. 

The Meat:

Sturm, alleges there's racists in the West Virginia Democratic Party... and he names names and the alleged racist acts committed. Sturm discusses the Affirmative Action caucus being booted from the West Virginia Democratic Party's June 3rd, 2021 Zoom meeting where the affirmative action plan was being debated with no input from the AAC, and how WV Can't Wait endorsed WV House candidate Selina Vickers is allegedly using BIPOC folks to further her own political agenda in the party and whether or not that's a good thing. 

Guest: Sam Pancake

Sam Pancake is a Los Angeles-based actor. He was raised in West Virginia. Pancake appeared in 109 television and movie roles and counting, and numerous commercials and theatrical productions. Pancake is a WVU alum.  He currently stars as Carter Nash on ABC's 'A Million Little Things.'  

Pancake is best known for his roles on Kitchen Confidential, Lovespring International, Arrested Development, Pretty and Will and Grace. He also had parts in movies like Legally Blonde 2, Dumplin, Out West, the Hungover Games and Gia.    

The Meat:

Pancake dishes on his early life in West Virginia, film and television roles, famous  friends, getting sober, and how he got from point A to point B in life. 

Guests: Beth Scohy & Dr. Perry Blankenship 

Beth Scohy, is the the Executive Director of Daymark. Dr. Perry Blankenship is the former Attendance Director and Homeless Liaison for McDowell County Schools.   

The Meat:

Scohy and Blankenship discuss child and youth homelessness in Kanawha and McDowell Counties, West Virginia. 

Guest: Nicole McCormick 

Nicole McCormick is a former teacher and labor leader. McCormick ran for VP of West Virginia Education Association in 2020 and serves on the WV United Caucus steering committee. 

The Meat:

McCormick, dishes on the anti-teacher and anti-union legislation that passed the West Virginia  Legislature during the 2021 Legislative Session and why teachers and their unions let it happen. McCormick also discusses how COVID-19 impacted teachers and students, the 2016 Jim Justice endorsement, and children impacted by the Opioid Epidemic. 

Guest: Dr. Rebecca Linger

Dr. Rebecca Linger is a published author and medicinal chemistry professor at the University of Charleston.  Linger co-authored  "A Guide to the Toxicology of Select Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern North America."  

The Meat:

Linger discusses plant medicine and her debut book "A Guide to the Toxicology of Select Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern North America."  

Guest: Charlotte Pritt

Charlotte Pritt is an entrepreneur, a  three time West Virginia gubernatorial candidate and former WV  legislator.  Pritt is the only person to beat Joe Manchin in a primary!

The Meat:

Charlotte Pritt, discusses her career in public service,  activism and politics. Pritt recounts what drove her to seek out a seat in the WV House of Delegates and run for governor. She discloses dirty going ons at the WV state capitol, a miscarriage she had while on the  campaign trial while running for governor in 1996, her fight to get  insurance companies to cover AIDS sufferers, and her disdain for Sen.  Joe Manchin.  

Pritt shares her opinions of the WV Democratic Party, Belinda  Biafore, Gaston Caperton, Robert C. Byrd, Ken Hechler and the West  Virginia Progressive movement. 

Guest: Dr. John M. Riddle, Ph.D

Dr. John M. Riddle was the History Department chair and Alumni Distinguished Professor at North  Carolina State University. He's authored numerous books on plant-based  birth control, medicine and human sexuality such as "Contraception and  Abortion from the Ancient World to the Renaissance", "Eve's Herbs: A  History of Contraception and Abortion in the West", "Dioscorides on  Pharmacy and Medicine", and "Goddesses, Elixirs, and Witches: Plants and  Sexuality throughout Human History".    

The Meat:

Riddle discusses popular plant-based birth control and  abortifacients used before abortion and contraception was "banned" in the 19th century in  the United States.