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Us & Them
Us & Them
Trey Kay and WVPB

We tell stories from the fault lines that separate Americans. Peabody Award-winning public radio producer Trey Kay listens to people on both... more

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Episodes

Us & Them Encore: Re-Entry

America’s prisons incarcerate people who’ve violated the law, but at some point, at least 95% of all state prisoners will... more

24 Jul 2024 · 52 minutes
Us & Them Encore: Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars In West Virginia

Overcrowding and understaffing have pushed West Virginia’s prisons and jails to what many believe is a crisis point. On this... more

10 Jul 2024 · 52 minutes
Us & Them Remembrance — 50 Years Ago Today: Reflecting on a Pivotal Kanawha County Board of Education Meeting

We are releasing this bonus podcast because this month marks a significant milestone for Us & Them, West Virginia and... more

27 Jun 2024 · 7 minutes
Revisiting The Great Textbook War

Fifty years ago this month, a fierce controversy erupted over newly adopted school textbooks in Kanawha County, West Virginia. The... more

26 Jun 2024 · 55 minutes
Us & Them Encore: SNAP — Do The Hungry Get More Policy Than Nutrition?

Forty-two million Americans or about 12 percent of the the population need help feeding their families. That help often comes... more

12 Jun 2024 · 46 minutes
Us & Them Encore: Can Childhood Trauma Limit The Future?

We continue to learn more about the way childhood trauma can affect our physical and psychological health and the result... more

22 May 2024 · 52 minutes
Us & Them Encore: Compassion Fatigue

Homelessness has been on the rise since 2016 and the pandemic only exacerbated an acute shortage of resources to help... more

08 May 2024 · 55 minutes
Us & Them: Our Foster Care Crisis

There’s a foster care crisis in America. Nationally, more than 390,000 children are in foster care, in West Virginia that’s... more

24 Apr 2024 · 52 minutes
Us & Them: Locked Out Of Voting?

More than 4.5 million Americans cannot vote because of a felony conviction but only about a quarter are currently in... more

11 Apr 2024 · 39 minutes
Us & Them: Another Small Town Paper Down

Our country’s divides often reveal themselves in our choices and habits, including how and where we get our information. As... more

26 Mar 2024 · 52 minutes
Us & Them
Us & Them Encore: Re-Entry
Us & Them