God + Snake Handling Churches of Appalachia
Dan Wells Ph.D. is a scholar of American religious history, consulting faculty at Duke Divinity School, Methodist pastor, and hunter outdoorsman in Mu…
Podcast: Our Numinous Nature
In the Land of the Cherokee + the Warrior Dance
Sonny Ledford is a bird-clan Cherokee, cultural ambassador, artisan, & Warrior of AniKituhwah hailing from the Qualla Boundary surrounding Cherokee, N…
The Black Potter + an Ugly Jug Named Slave
Jim McDowell, aka "The Black Potter," is a gallery-level, outsider artist in Weaverville, North Carolina working in the ceramic tradition of face jugs…
Colonial-Era Wool Production + Buckskins & Hog Slaughters
Mary Kate Claytor is the Associate Director of Interpretation at the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton, Virginia. After a bit of background about th…
Ginseng Diggers: A History of Root Gathering in Appalachia
Luke Manget is an author, historian, and assistant professor of history at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. After a reading f…