Appalachian Attitude on Monday, Dec. 10, 4:30 p.m. will feature Clyde Pack, whose latest book is Dear Hearts and Gentle People: Rural Americans at Their Very Best. The book collects more than 30 profiles Pack has written over the years about people in the region. His other books are collections of his columns, Poison Oak, which appear in a couple of regional newspapers and often offer a look at his youth in the coal camp of Muddy Branch in Johnson County, KY. A retired high school teacher, he is on the staff of the Paintsville Herald.

Working with prisoner families and advocates, Holler to the Hood, via WMMT-FM sends family messages through the walls of prisons such as Appalachia's Wallens Ridge. Monday December 10th from 8 - 11:00 PM is the date for this years special Holiday Calls From Home, Please call in with your messages for a loved 888.396.1208.

WMMT and Thousand Kites is excited to bring you the 8th annual national radio program Calls from Home. The program features phone calls from mothers and children, brothers and grandparents, sharing the intimate power of families speaking directly to their incarcerated loved ones. Calls from Home, produced in the coalfields of central Appalachia, reaches a national network of prisoners, their loved ones and public listeners through community radio in an effort to educate the public about the criminal justice system.