Aug 29, 202621 minS6
Latonya Beatty is a Melungeon descendant, MHA member, and consultant, as well as a Melungeon researcher. She was on the Melungeon Voices podcast in Season 2, Episode 3, where she shared with us her Melungeon ancestry...
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Melungeon Voices
Hosted by Melungeon Heritage Association · society · EN
About this Podcast:
The Melungeon Heritage Association is a nonprofit organization that documents and preserves the history and cultural legacy of the Melungeon people of Appalachia, but also mixed ancestry peoples of the Southern and Eastern United States. This podcast brings the extraordinary stories, history, and cultural insights from an array of voices, within the Melungeon, and mixed-ancestry communities. Hosted by Heather Andolina, President of The Melungeon Heritage Association, and co-host Brooke Gibbons. Presented by The Melungeon Heritage Association (www.melungeon.org)
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What is Melungeon Voices about?
The Melungeon Heritage Association is a nonprofit organization that documents and preserves the history and cultural legacy of the Melungeon people of Appalachia, but also mixed ancestry peoples of the Southern and Eastern United States. This podcast brings the extraordinary stories, history, and cultural insights from an array of voices, within the Melungeon, and mixed-ancestry communities.
Who hosts Melungeon Voices?
Melungeon Voices is hosted by Melungeon Heritage Association. The show has published 43 episodes to date.
What has Melungeon Voices covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Bonus: The Untold Story of Free People of Color and Melungeons in North Carolina" (29 August 2026, 21 minutes), "S6 E10: Free People of Color and the American Revolution" (22 July 2026, 40 minutes), and "S6 E9: The American Revolution and Melungeons in Tazewell, Virginia" (17 June 2026, 34 minutes).
How often does Melungeon Voices publish?
Melungeon Voices publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 40 minutes across 43 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Melungeon Voices?
Booking probability for Melungeon Voices is 20%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Melungeon Voices requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Melungeon Voices's contact route on record: public web form.
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Melungeon Heritage Association hosts Melungeon Voices, a society podcast with 43 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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- Jul 22, 202640 minS6
Gigi Best-Richardson, will be discussing Free People of Color and the American Revolution, as well as her book, "Thomas the Melungeon: His Locust Family of Free Persons of Color Civil and Revolutionary War Patriots –...
- Jun 17, 202634 minS6
Our guest for Episode 9 is Dr. Terry Mullins. This year’s Melungeon Heritage Association’s Union/conference will be in Tazewell, Virginia on June 26th and 27th. Dr. Mullins will be sharing with us the important role...
- May 20, 202655 minS6
Our guest for Episode 8 is Dr. Matthew Crosston. He will be sharing stories with us about his Melungeon ancestor, Gustavus Adolphus "Dolphin" Crosston, who fought at Valley Forge alongside General George Washington. We...
- Apr 22, 202653 minS6
Dr. Crystal Cavalier-Keck is a citizen of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation, and she has dedicated the past 5+ years to defending her homelands against the Mountain Valley Pipeline/Southgate Extension. She is...
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- Mar 18, 202653 minS6
<p>Sibrena Stowe-Geraldino, discusses her Melungeon and Free People of Color ancestors who fought in the American Revolution through till today. She will also be discussing how to submit your Melungeon Patriot ancestors...
- Feb 21, 202659 minS6
<p>Jamestown Freedom Pioneers (c. 1830–1850s) were free people of color in Jamestown, North Carolina whose families and extended networks participated in abolitionist and freedom support activities during the antebellum...
- Jan 17, 20261 hourS6
<p>Podcast guest Marvin Jones, Documentary Photographer and Founder of the Chowan Discovery Group. We discuss his mixed ancestry and Melungeon Revolutionary ancestors from the Winton Triangle in Hartford, NC, as well as...
Episode #3
S6 E3: Melungeon Author, Wayne Winkler
Dec 20, 202525 minS6<p>Former MHA President and Melungeon author, Wayne Winkler, discusses how mixed-ancestry people like the Melungeons influenced and contributed to the American Revolution.</p><p><br></p>
- Nov 22, 202539 minS6
<p>Join the Melungeon Heritage Association for Season 6 Episode 2 with special guest: Daughters of the American Revolution!</p><p><br /></p><p>Links D.A.R. - dar.org</p><p>D.A.R. members can send names of Patriots to...
- Oct 18, 20251h 1mS6
<p>MHA President Heather Andolina speaks with Jes Arnold, creator of the new Melungeon Roots website (melungeonroots.com), a Melungeon resource center and online community. Jes is an amateur genealogist and researcher...
- Nov 22, 202425 minS5
<p>In this season’s finale episode, MHA Board President Heather Andolina welcomes YouTube creator Danielle Romero and discovers how she found out about her Melungeon and Redbone ancestry, how the two communities are...
- Nov 15, 202431 minS5
<p>In this episode, Heather Andolina welcomes John King to discuss at-risk populations, specifically the poor, homeless, and mixed-ethnic and non-white communities in Appalachia and the Southeastern United States. John...
- Nov 8, 202435 minS5
<p>Nae Whitman joins Heather Andolina to talk about her journey in overcoming generational trauma, the resilience of the Melungeon people, her fierce support of the LGBTQIA community, and her future writing, and...
- Nov 1, 202433 minS5
<p>Heather Andolina welcomes Dr. Kimberly Cheek to examine the Tribal connections to the Underground Railroad in North Carolina and Virginia, how maroon and Melungeon communities helped and supported African Americans...
- Oct 25, 202418 minS5
<p>In this episode's discussion, Heather Andolina invites Chief Deanna Wood-Priddy to sharing her discovery of her Melungeon heritage, what inspired her to write a book about her life story, and how she became Chief of...
- Oct 18, 202434 minS5
<p>In this episode Heather Andolina (MHA Board President) talks to organizers Simone El Bey, Joanna Henry, and Brooke Gibbons about an all new exhibit called “Generations: An Indigenous Exhibit,” a collaboration exhibit...
- Oct 11, 202453 minS5
<p>For the Season 5 debut episode, Heather Andolina (MHA Board President) is joined by Lindsay Kolasa and Phyllis Light to discuss Southern and Appalachian folk medicine, what Southern and Appalachian folk medicine is...
Episode #7
S4 EP7: Dr. Jose Pimienta-Bey
Nov 17, 202340 minS4<p>Dr. Jose Pimienta-Bey is a tenured Associate Professor of African & African American Studies and General Studies at Berea College in Kentucky for the past fifteen years. Pimienta-Bey's primary research interests...
Episode #6
S4 EP6: Scott Withrow
Nov 10, 202324 minS4<p>Scott Withrow is an author, editor, history teacher, as well as a park ranger for the National Park Service. Scott was President of the Melungeon Heritage Association for five years and is the current President...
Recent guests
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Marvin Jones
Head of Strategic Partnerships, Chowan Discovery Group
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Dr. John King
American Cultural Studies PhD candidate at Bowling Green State University, Virginia Poultry Growers Cooperative
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Aaron Collins
Assistant State Director Guam/Western Pacific Theatre at USDA-APHIS-Wildlife Services, Space Coast Symphony Orchestra
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Daughters of the American Revolution
Daughters of the American Revolution
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