Name: EPISODE 21: Memory by Whitney Whiting
Duration: 27 min 33 s
Description: In the final episode of "Season 2", pipeline fighters talk teacher strikes, remembering histories of resistance, and what winning really looks like. Original air date: 08/03/18

Drawing from the writing of Mary Lee Settle and a chorus of voices from Cedar Grove, WV, a reporter searches for a viable future for her home during a time of deep transition.

Cedar Grove Documentary

Cyrus Forman studies the hidden history of salt and slavery in the Kanawha Valley of West Virginia. 

Salt in the Kanawha Valley - Cyrus Forman Extended Interview

Two-minute teaser for the pilot episode of "End of the Line" - an ongoing podcast about the pipeline struggles in Virginia and the mid-Atlantic.

Pilot Teaser

"End of the Line" Pilot Teaser

*UPDATE: At the time of the original airing of this episode, FERC had not yet granted final permits for the pipelines. As of Oct 13, 2017, both MVP and ACP have been granted federal permits by FERC. 

In the pilot episode, we present the question that landowners along the routes of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and Mountain Valley Pipeline have been facing every day for nearly three years: are these pipelines really a "done deal?" How are residents fighting against them? Can they win? We trace the beginning of the current pipeline struggles to central and southwestern Virginia, uncovering connections between the MVP and the ACP. We look back to the early 2000s, when Dominion lost the proposed Greenbrier Pipeline -- an almost identical pipeline to the currently proposed MVP. Organizer Mara Robbins tells how Floyd County was able to get the MVP re-routed away from their county in the fall of 2014. Also on this episode are Sharon Ponton, Ernie Reed, Connie Brennan, Carolyn Reilly, and Mike Carter. Music by Restroy and Lobo Marino. Original Air Date: 7/21/17

Ep. 1: Done Deal?

EPISODE 1: Done Deal?

Up next in Episode 2: 

Hear stories from Bent Mountain residents resisting surveyor trespass against the Mountain Valley Pipeline. and from Nelson County neighbors uniting in the face of controversial routes over the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

TEASER: Surveyor Trespass

In Episode 2, we hear stories from Bent Mountain residents resisting surveyor trespass against the Mountain Valley Pipeline. And from Nelson County, neighbors uniting in the face of controversial routes over the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Original Air Date: 8/4/17

Music by Restroy and Lobo Marino.

EPISODE 2: Home

In the final episode of "Season 2", pipeline fighters talk teacher strikes, remembering histories of resistance, and what winning really looks like. Original air date: 08/03/18

EPISODE 21: Memory

My latest project is a new audio documentary presenting the full and complete origin story of WRIR and community powered radio in Richmond, VA. As WRIR celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2025, we're celebrating the media activists, radio rebels and just everyday Richmond people who shaped WRIR. Featuring voices of the station's original founding members, DJ's, show hosts, producers and volunteers. Limited series airing on WRIR-LP 97.3 FM every First Friday at 9am following Democracy Now!

EPISODE 21: Memory

Whitney Whiting

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