Intrinsically Motivated: An Uplift Appalachia Podcast Uplift Appalachia

Dr. China Scherz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology & the Associate Dean for Graduate Education at the University of Virginia. This is a conversation about how a Study of alcohol use in Uganda led her to study societal changes in Central Appalachia with regard to the church and addiction.

Dr. Brett McCarty is an Assistant Research Professor of Theological Ethics; Associate Director of the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative; Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences, Duke School of Medicine

Teronya Holmes is a member of the Uplift Appalachia board of directors. We will discuss her personal connection to addiction and recovery and how her involvement in this work reshaped her life in a dramatic way.

Episode 1 of Intrinsically Motivated is a conversation with Uplift President Dr. Andrea (Andi) Clements about how Uplift came to be, what its mission is, and why its work is so important.

Join Uplift Appalachia as we talk to experts in the field of addiction, recovery, and those who have been affected by it as we seek to mobilize the church to replace addiction and mental health challenges with flourishing. Learn more at upliftappalachia.org.