Appalachian Imagination

Oct 19 2024 122 ep. 67 mins 3
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This podcast is to give you a first hand look of Appalachia. You will hear stories through interviews, some self help episodes, history, and episodes on self reliance. If you find it in your heart to do so, give us a good 5 star rating, and be sure to tell all of your friends and neighbors! Email us at [email protected] Stay humble, be kind, and Stay Awesome! Thank you for stopping by.

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Appalachian Funders Network

Oct 19 2024 48 mins  
Ryan Eller (Executive Director) and Jess Mullins Fullen (Programs & Learning Administrator) of AFN, join Jason on this episode to talk about Appalachian Funders Network. Throughout the conversation you will find all parties involved share a common love for Appalachia and its people. Appalachia Funders Network Launches the Appalachian Helene Response Fund to Support Communities Deva

FBLA = Future Business Leaders Of America

Oct 12 2024 33 mins  
This episode is conducted by Mrs. McQueen (Sarah) FBLA advisor at the Jackson County High School, along with the FBLA student officer team Kasey Bowman (Historian), Rylee Turner (Reporter), Kyla Bagwell (Parliamentarian), Isabella DeLeon (Vice President), Brista Estridge (President), and Laikyn Robinson (Secretary). They discuss how the team is using FBLA to gain hands on work exp

Floods

Oct 05 2024 9 mins  
Jason talks about the Eastern Kentucky flood that took place on July 4-5, 1939, the flood of 1957 in the Big Sandy region, the flood of 2022, that wrecked Eastern Kentucky, and also speaks of the recent floods that have devastated western Tennessee and North Carolina. We ask that if you are able to do so, please send donations in anyway possible to help our friends and neighbors wh

Joe Tolbert Jr.

Sep 28 2024 41 mins  
Joe Tolbert Jr is an organizer, executive, minister, writer, and commentator whose work and passion lie at the intersection of art, culture, spirituality and social justice.Joe Tolbert Jr. was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, but had a balanced mix of urban and rural upbringing. His Father's family in Georgia were a tight nit group of people who always gather around Grandma's house. B

Remembering Papaw Kenneth Boshers

Sep 21 2024 24 mins  
Kenneth Boshers was born Febuary 6, 1938 and passed away March 17, 1989.Jason shares several memories of his papaw in this episode. Hunting squirrel and ground hog with his dog Black Jack. Catching bluegill at the May’s Place. Sleigh riding on an old refrigerator panel (The Crash). The slaying of a big Tom Turkey with a Plumb hatchet. Meatloaf (his uncle eating canned dogfood).Hi

James Dupre

Sep 14 2024 16 mins  
James is a well established singer/recording artist who hand picked by Randy Travis and his wife to be the stand in guy for Randy after he suffered a stroke and is no longer able to preform.James discusses the power and abilities of AI (Artificial Intelligence) and how it has made it possible for Randy to release new music. The new single out now is titled 'Where That Came From'. J

Brian Clayborn a.k.a Cotton

Sep 08 2024 105 mins  
Clayborn is everything you think of when you here the phrase Country Boy. Growing up in Harlan County, he was always on the hip of his grandpa James Clayborn who was a coal miner. Brian shares a story of his grandpa's mining days-James was putting roof jacks in to secure the ceiling of the mine one kicked out and broke his back. The incident left him paralyzed for a period of

Scott Levi Jones

Aug 24 2024 76 mins  
Born and raised in New Jersey, Scott is a very talented singer/songwriter who left the trades to pursue his musical career. Now residing in Nashville, Tennessee he is living his dream by playing all through the southern United States.Scott shares the story of how he and his newly wed wife met- While attending a show at the magical, Ryman Auditorium they both had tickets sitting bes

Marie Rader (State Rep.)

Aug 17 2024 70 mins  
Alex Wilson conducts this interview with his grandmother and former Kentucky State Representative, Marie Rader. Coming from humble beginnings on Horse Lick Creek in Jackson County, Marie has always been one to defy all odds stacked against her. She shares a story of her childhood telling about how her mother would pin her dress tail under a table leg while working in their family

Billie Keith Venable (Flash)

Aug 10 2024 93 mins  
School is back in session! All the bus drivers are back on the road hauling the most precious cargo in the world. The first few days of school are always the most hectic, with getting settled to new teachers, figuring out where classes are and trying to get back in the groove. We here at Appalachian Imagination ask you to please be aware of the buses on the roads and children waiti