Mothman in the Bible Belt

This week’s podcast episode is dedicated to child homelessness in West Virginia. It’s my most controversial podcast episode to date. Why is it controversial? My guests' answers on how to alleviate homelessness. Hint: having a college degree or vocational/technical certification does not guarantee any West Virginian a living wage paying job. My guests are Beth Scohy, the Director of Training at Daymark, and Dr. Perry Blankenship the former Attendance Director and Homeless Liaison for McDowell County Schools. 

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West Virginia public school teacher and union activist, Nicole McCormick, dishes on the anti-teacher and anti-union legislation that passed the West Virginia  Legislature this past 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.

McCormick ran for VP of West Virginia Education Association in 2020 and serves on the WV United Caucus steering committee.

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University of Charleston medicinal chemistry professor Dr. Rebecca Linger discusses plant medicine and her debut book "A Guide to the Toxicology of Select Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern North America." 

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Three time West Virginia gubernatorial candidate and former WV  legislator, 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.  

Also, Pritt shares her opinions of the WV Democratic Party, Belinda  Biafore, Gaston Caperton, Robert C. Byrd, Ken Hechler and the West  Virginia Progressive movement. This podcast is too juicy to pass up!    You can listen to this podcast and more on Apple Podcasts, Spotify,  Google Podcasts, and SoundCloud. Check out mothmaninthebiblebelt.com for  updates on new podcast outlets where you can stream and download the  Mothman in the Bible Belt Podcast.   

*Note: this podcast was done via telephone. Listeners may encounter some slight static in the audio but the podcast is completely audible.

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My 1st guest on the inaugural episode of the Mothman in the Bible Belt  Podcast is medicine historian Dr. John M. Riddle. Dr. 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".   

Dr. Riddle joins me to discuss plant-based birth control and  abortifacients used before abortion was "banned" in the 19th century in  the United States.