Episode 02: Breaking Down Distress in Coal Country with Adam Davidson and Sheryl Gay Stolberg

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     What’s left of the St. Nicholas coal breaker — once a pulsating building — just outside of Mahanoy City in Schuykill County, Pennsylvania. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)

    What’s left of the St. Nicholas coal breaker — once a pulsating building — just outside of Mahanoy City in Schuykill County, Pennsylvania. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)

    In episode 02, we dig deeper into the loss of coal with Planet Money co-founder Adam Davidson and hear how other coal regions are creating new economic opportunities with The New York Times’ Mid Atlantic bureau chief Sheryl Gay Stolberg.

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