Appodlachia Appodlachia: Appalachian Podcast

Chuck and Big John talk about the best comments they received on a video about Ponderosa, Chuck interview's JD Belcher about his new podcast series on the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster, and..... a 4/20 beef?

Check out UBB: A Coal Miner's Story
https://upperbigbranch.com/
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Chuck and Big John are back, and share their thoughts on Dave Ramsey's out-of-touch feelings, a beef mea culpa, and much more. 

Check out TJ's show, the Appalachian Firesides Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ee/podcast/appalachian-firesides/id1582121358
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He is risen, and the war on Easter has begun. Everybody loves a comeback story
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Callie and Chuck discuss Don Blankenship's ridiculous bid for senate running as a Democrat in West Virginia, and why "pussy" was being shouted in the West Virginia legislature this week.

[This show is an opinion show.  The hosts merely express their opinions, and are not acting as a news source.  Any opinions expressed about people like, say, Don Blankenship, are derived from reporting on the topic. Some sources are included in the show notes below]

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House of Hagar: https://www.houseofhagarcw.com/
Timestamps: 
00:55 - Chuck complains about the housing market05:30 -  Blankenbitch24:30  - Book Banning in WV debated!35:58 - Bible, Bigots, or Banned48:15 - Under-the-radar:  Capital Punishment in Alabama-----------------------------------------------
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Check out the Gravy podcast from our friends at the Southern Foodways Alliance!
https://www.southernfoodways.org/gravy-format/gravy-podcast/
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Don Blankeship article: https://archive.thinkprogress.org/flashback-don-blankenship-warned-west-virginia-that-he-believes-in-survival-of-the-fittest-9b4cdb423e66/

Other Blankenship article: https://www.npr.org/2010/04/13/125864847/other-massey-mines-showed-a-pattern-of-violations
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Chuck talks with Justice Hudson, a freelance reporter covering homelessness in Wheeling, WV about the recent actions by the city to demolish homeless camps, and how these destructive policies spread far beyond just his city. 

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Follow Justice on twitter: https://twitter.com/JusticeHudson97
Timestamps: 
00:55 - The disaster of the 2024 election and the NH primary11:40 -  An Ohio State Rep cockblocks their son31:50  - Homeless camp demolitions in Appalachia40:50 - Interview with Justice Hudson01:32:40 - Under-the-radar:  Airbnb housing-----------------------------------------------
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Transition music: "Paper Town" by Balsam Range (used with artist permission)
https://www.balsamrange.com/
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Chuck and Callie discuss a story about a wall street investment firm that has been buying up trailer parks in Appalachian and the south and running them into the ground, and how residents are fighting back.

PLUS - Appalachia's Gypsy Rose and Kremlin Cameron (thanks TN Holler) and his authoritarian golden tickets to the TN House. 
Article from episode: https://voicesofmontereybay.org/2023/12/27/the-davids-in-appalachia-fighting-the-monterey-bay-areas-news-goliath/
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Timestamps: 
00:30 - Intro: Iowa Caucuses07:38 - Appalachia's Gypsy Rose14:00  - Wall Street buying up trailer parks34:30 - Under-the-radar:  Authoritarianism in TN----------------------------------------------
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