StoryTown Radio

About StoryTown Radio

Real stories, real people. This storytelling program is filled with true-life adventures of people past and present from Jonesborough, Tennessee, and the surrounding Southern Appalachian Region. Each program presents stories built around a common theme. All of these stories, which are collected from the hills and hollers, and sometimes up in the Mountains of East Tennessee, are scripted into a show that explores the culture, heritage, and history of these diverse voices. Home to the town of the first Abolitionist Newspaper in the Country. Home to the state that made Women’s Suffrage a reality. Home to Warner Institute, training Freedmen and Women as teachers beginning less than a decade after the end of the Civil War. Surprising, heartwarming, and often hilarious stories of the independent East Tennessee people come to life in this podcast with a voice and accent that can be found nowhere else. Sponsored by: The Tennessee Arts Commission, WETS 89.5 FM, The Town of Jonesborough, The McKinney Center, The Wild Women of Jonesborough, McLeod Organics, Trivia with Budds, Wolfe Development, Gary and Sandee Degner, and Terry and Sandy Countermine.

Publisher

StoryTown Radio, Anne G'Fellers-Mason

Category

fiction · history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Feb 2020

Latest episode

9 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

157 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Nov 2026

   Voices of the Archive: Ren Anne

   Have you ever been to the Philosopher's House in Johnson City? It's a self-described, "gathering space, library, and class space in one." In November's episode of Voices from the Archive, we're listening in as Manager Ren Anne shares with us just a bit about Johnson City's favorite tea house. Voices from the Archive is a monthly segment of StoryTown Radio. It shares stories from people living here, just how they told them. You might think of it like a news report that tells you about all sorts of things. From apple butter to ghost encounters, you could learn just about anything from the people living here in East Tennessee. Listen in as they tell the stories of their lives here in Appalachia. StoryTown Radio is a production of the McKinney Center's Story Initiative. Grounded in the belief that stories connect people to each other, the Story Initiative sets out to collect, archive, and share the stories from the region. Broadcast from Jonesborough, Tennessee, the Storytelling Capital of the World, StoryTown Radio is one way these stories are shared with people, nearby and all around.

2. 

   6 Nov 2026

   Director's Cut No. 25: The Glowing Ghosts on the I.U. Campus

   This story was considered for the "Kooky and Spooky" episode.

3. 

   29 Oct 2026

   StoryTown Radio Show: Life on the Farm; Then and Now

   This September's show is titled “Life on the Farm: Then and Now.” We’ll be sharing stories from Century Farms in Washington County like Knob Creek Nursery & Vineyard and Grand Oak Farm. We’ll also check in with the Appalachian Resource Conservation & Development Council. Joining the cast this month is musical guest Momma Molasses, “whose music interlaces Classic Country, Folk, Piedmont Blues, Soul, Swing, Bluegrass, and Old-Time."

Who has been a guest on StoryTown Radio

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

• local men and women
• Libby Shelton Tipton
• Jonathan Edens
• Laurie Herlich

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

20 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 59 / 100

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

Quality

85

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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Guest appearances

Books guests

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