Green Bank West Virginia is a tiny community in the rugged US Appalachian Mountains of the USA The town resembles dozens of other small towns in the area mdash with one major exception None of the residents have access to the internet This total disconnect isn rsquo t a technology boycott or a desire to get back to a simpler lifestyle The absence of Wi-Fi access or cellular phone towers is because of the Green Bank Observatory whose telescope is constantly trained on the sky To prevent interference with the leading-edge technology of the observatory local officials do not allow [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Carter Momsen-Hudson wanted to hike the Appalachian Trail for understanding - of the accomplishment of the people of the Appalachian Mountains and perhaps even of God Hear what this religion major learned about others - and his own identity Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Athletic Director of the Demon Deacons John Currie joined the show ahead of Clemson coming to Winston Salem to play Wake Forest [... more]

The halted hands of a pocket watch in a library rsquo s archives at the University of North Carolina tell a harrowing tale They mark the exact moment and seconds the watch rsquo s owner Elisha Mitchell slipped and fell to his death at a waterfall in the Appalachian Mountains on the morning of June Mitchell a professor at the university was gathering data to defend his correct claim that the peak he was on mdash which now bears his name Mount Mitchell mdash was the highest one east of the Mississippi His grave is located at the mountain rsquo [... more]

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