This week, one person’s roadside weed is another’s “golden” treasure. So says a North Carolina fiber artist. 

We also talk with a children's book author about a school system that suspended its community reading program over concerns about the sex of her book's main character — an oak tree.

And, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program is now available in every Kentucky community. We revisit our 2022 interview with the American icon. 

You'll hear these stories and more this week, Inside Appalachia.