The Ridge Podcast was created as a way to archive Appalachian stories for future generations. In its original form, Ethan Carter Edwards and Jeffrey “Luke” Watson published an episode each week interviewing local people. When Luke graduated high school and went to college, the podcast was put on pause. After a few months, Ethan started again by himself biweekly and changed to monthly when he started at Harvard. The Carroll News wrote a piece on us that can be read here: https://www.thecarrollnews.com/news/the-ridge-podcast-tackles-local-issues/article_1a53ffa4-adcd-11ee-b697-33cb28159acf.html.

About the Hosts

Ethan Carter Edwards

Ethan is the owner, host, editor, webmaster, and manager of The Ridge Podcast. He is 2025 graduate of Carroll County High School and Wytheville Communtiy College and will be attending Harvard in the fall to study Engineering. He can be contacted at ethan@ethancedwards.com.

Jeffrey (Luke) Watson

Luke was a full-time co-host on The Ridge Podcast from episodes one through seventy-two. His contributions to the project will always be remembered and appreciated. Additionally, Ethan interviewed him, which can be found here: https://theridgepodcast.com/podcast/71-luke-watson-carroll-county-history-government-running-reading-education-hard-work-love/. He is currently a Political Science student at Virginia Tech. He can be contacted at jeffreyw06@vt.edu.