Podcasts Culture Out of the Blocks Charleston, WV, West Side, part 1: History Laid Down Like Shellac

Charleston, WV, West Side, part 1: History Laid Down Like Shellac

Published: Jan. 17, 2020, 12:09 a.m.

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We take the show to Charleston West Virginia\\u2019s West Side neighborhood to visit a family barbecue joint, a country music jamboree, a faith-based after-school program, a women\\u2019s drug recovery house, and a bustling Goodwill headquarters. Plus, conversations with an activist preacher, a vacant-home rehabber, an open-eared neighborhood planner, and a retired theater technician who\\u2019s projected more than 50 years of movie history.

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Special thanks this episode to Maryland State Folklorist Emily Hilliard, The West Virginia Folklife Program at the West Virginia Humanities Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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