Mothman in the Bible Belt

About Mothman in the Bible Belt

The Mothman in the Bible Belt is a biweekly entertainment podcast hosted by charismatic organic farmer and line dance instructor, Buck Fantastic. The podcast shines a light on the Appalachian music and art scene.

Publisher

Buck Fantastic

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Sept 2021

Latest episode

3 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

55 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   3 Jan 2026

   PopCulture Appalachia Style

   PopCult Blog (www.PopCultBlog.com) writer and Radio Free Charleston host Rudy Panucci dishes on his legendary career, Christmas rituals, and Porkchop 2 acting gig. The media guru gives his opinion on the Charleston Gazette-Mail, Doug Skaff, the '80s and '90s Charleston music scene, and pop culture versus backyard happenings. Panucci discusses the impact late activist and The Defectors' singer Lynne Sandy had on the Charleston music scene and what West Virginia music acts has the potential for global stardom.

2. 

   13 Dec 2025

   Wood Sprites and Grandfamilies

   E.Y. Samples discusses her debut children's book "The Adventures of Timothy Oatmeadow" and reads a selection from the book. Samples is a dietician by trade and a journalist on the side.

3. 

   9 Aug 2025

   Out of This World Art

   Provincetown-based abstract photographer and art gallery director Grace Hopkins (https://www.abstractphotos.com/) discusses her unique photography, the Provincetown art scene, visiting Wheeling during her childhood, and her upcoming memoir. Hopkins spills the tea on her John Waters run ins, gives her two cents on modern art, and dishes on her parents' abstract painter and author, Budd Hopkins, and art critic and curator, Dr. April Kingsley. Hopkins chimes in on her father's ex-wife Carol Rainey and Linda Napolitano's alleged alien abduction. Hopkins could not comment on the Netflix docu-series The Manhattan Alien Abduction due to a pending lawsuit. Hopkins is the director of the Berta Walker Gallery in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Who has been a guest on Mothman in the Bible Belt

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Allister Stolas
• The Conebuds
• Billy Lotion
• Todd Drainage
• Vintage Fat Daddy Jay

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

4,084

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

3.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 57 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

75

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

30

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.