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Today, Chuck and Big John talk with one of our favorite West Virginians — Emily Calandrelli — about how she became the 100th woman EVER to fly to space! Also, Chuck explains why Punxsutawney Phil is a fraud, the boys talk about the Mingo County Water crisis, and more! Check out Emilys space flight video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PenTzO3t2T8&t=137s Timestamps: Punxsutawney Fraud — 03:30The water crisis in Mingo County — 23:45Interview with Emily Calandrelli — 35:20Check o...
We're soft launching 2025, people! We dropped our Appalachian accent project with over 1,500 accents! You can check it out here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPnF5Q4eCv4 Check out our substack, where Chuck (tries to) writes weekly http://appodlachia.substack.com ----------------------------------------------- HELP SUPPORT APPODLACHIA! Join our Patreon, for as little as $5/month, and access live events, weekly exclusives, bonus series, and more patreon.com/appodlachia ----------...
In our last episode of the year, we:— Go through more wild Foxfire home remedies — Discuss why Rich Rodriguez is like JD Vance— Talk about what's happening in Syria— Big John explains his beef with Ponderosa Dr. Spalding's organization https://www.equalchanceforeducation.org/-----------------------------------------------HELP SUPPORT APPODLACHIA! Join our Patreon, for as little as $5/month, and access live events, weekly exclusives, bonus series, and more patreon.com/appodlachia---------...
We had a fantastic conversation with Madison aka xgigglypuff about how she went from Appalachia to graduating from Harvard University, working as a software engineer, content creation, video games, education attainment, and more! AND we run through the wildest Foxfire home remedies Madison's links: http://linktr.ee/xgigglypuff Madison's Twitch: / xgigglypuff We made a Twitch a day ago: / appodlachia Check out our substack! https://appodlachia.substack.com/ Tran...
A post-Thanksgiving round up of politics stuff, good news in Appalachia, and Big John's story about a card heist Help Appalachia recover from Helene https://www.appalachiahelenefund.org/ Check out our substack https://appodlachia.substack.com/ ----------------------------------------------- HELP SUPPORT APPODLACHIA! Join our Patreon, for as little as $5/month, and access live events, weekly exclusives, bonus series, and more patreon.com/appodlachia ---------------------------------...
One last dance with the 2024 election from Appodlachia. We talk about our thoughts on the results, and are open about our criticisms of the Democratic Party broadly (which existed prior to this election). ----------------------------------------------- HELP SUPPORT APPODLACHIA! Join our Patreon, for as little as $5/month, and access live events, weekly exclusives, bonus series, and more patreon.com/appodlachia ----------------------------------------------- Check out our fa...
Friends, we leave you with these election predictions! No ads, no preamble, just us winging it on what we think will happen. ----------------------------------------------- HELP SUPPORT APPODLACHIA! Join our Patreon, for as little as $5/month, and access live events, weekly exclusives, bonus series, and more patreon.com/appodlachia ----------------------------------------------- Check out our fantastic sponsors! Red Rooster Coffee! Use our promo code “DOLLY” for free shipp...
Today, Chuck and Big John discuss the Appalachian Clean Hydrogen Hub and some recent criticisms surrounding it. Take our survey on how to say Appalachia!!! https://forms.gle/GzR5N7t575d242Ko9 Listen to Big John's interview with CityBeat Cincinnati for their "Elegy" podcast series. https://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/ElegyTheManyMythsofJDVance/Page Timestamps 2:32 — Announcement about election night livestream and dialect survey 6:40 — Intro topics: Where's JD? Kentucky Isn't in play 18:25...
**Re-uploading due to an issue with the previous episode's audio file! Should be fixed now This week, we talk about a fake story out of Western North Carolina that is causing real problems, a legendary Appalachian woman who deserves our respect, and Chuck talks with Gabrielle Cerberville - aka the Chaotic Forager - about all things mushrooms and Mycology, including how they can make music! Gabrielle's Links! https://gabriellecerberville.com/ https://www.instagram...
We've got a bit of a riff episode this week because Chuck is evacuating from Hurricane Milton. Big John shares his harrowing stories of growing up as an overweight kid longing to be an athlete, we analyze Fat Bear Week, and then having a lengthy discussion about the misinformation surrounding the Hurricane Helene response in Appalachia Timestamps 00:02 — A preamble about the episode and Mothman 07:58 — Fat Bear Week Brief Intro 08:15 — Big John recounts his experience as a ...
On today's episode, Chuck talks with Rep. Ruwa Romman, the Palestinian-American organizer and policy analyst representing Georgia's 97th House District. She is the first Muslim and Palestinian woman ever elected to the Georgia State House of Representatives. We talk about her background and her work as an elected official, as well as the Uncommitted movement within the Democratic Party and how she was supposed to speak at the DNC but was denied. It's an important part of the...
On today's episode, Chuck talks with Christopher J. Williamson, Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). Secretary Williamson leads the federal agency in charge of keeping all miners safe and healthy, and was a key figure behind rule changes that help protect miners from silica dust exposure. We're thrilled he joined the show! Plus, Chuck and Big John breakdown the presidential debate. Learn more about the Chris Mack story at the DOL https://www.washingto...
On today's episode, Chuck and Big John talk about WVU's confusing and extremely disappointing blame game about the Appalachian studies minor, discuss the bonkers racism coming out of politicians mouths about Haitian migrants in Springfield, OH, and then Chuck talks to D.J. Byrnes — the man holding Buckeye state politicians feet to the fire under the mantle of "The Rooster." Subscribe to The Rooster and support D.J.'s work!: https://www.rooster.info/ Timestamps 03:21 — WVU's appalling blame ...
On today's episode, Chuck and Big John demand an apology from Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball team for reasons which you'll soon find out, discuss John Russell's historic speech at the Democratic National Convention, talk with Mike from the Mothboys Podcast, and question the integrity of an election in Kentucky /s Check out the Mothboys here! https://mothboys.buzzsprout.com/ Timestamps 01:09 —Appodlachia shirts made national television 02:33— The...
On today's episode, Chuck and Big John plead with listeners to fund their expedition to the Ponderosa Buffet in Taipei, Taiwan, discuss the lack of restrictions in West Virginia on kangaroo ownership, cast doubt at school districts banning crowdfunding, and Chuck speaks with Laura Morris about her newly published book, “The Stone Catchers.” Find out more about the Stone Catchers here! https://www.kentuckypress.com/9781985900554/the-stone-catchers Timestamps 02:00 —Appodlachia can bring peac...
On today's episode, Chuck and Big John talk why private equity is buying up trailer parks nationwide and how the community of Charlottesville, VA fought a buy-out to keep ownership local. We also talk about Tim Walz and why he's leaps and bounds better than ol' John Dammit Vance Timestamps 02:29 — A brief chat about ol' TIm Walz 15:15 — Background on private equity buying up trailer parks 21:09 — PE bad practices when owning trailer parks 34:42 — Charlottesville story on community fighting b...
On today's episode, Chuck and Big John talk about what sports Appalachians would be the best at in the Olympics, a John Dammit Vance update, and discuss whether Appalachia is Trump Country Timestamps 02:29 — Disclaimer about Veepstakes 03:28 — Olympic archery at Best Buy 07:40 — What sport Appalachians would be best at in the Olympics 12:38 — Briefly talking about the Veepstakes 16:49 — JD Vance hates Pokemon and children 35:40 — Is Appalachia Trump Country? 54:30 — Beef with Glenn "si...
On today's episode, Chuck and Big John discuss the Veepstakes, JD Vance's terrible horrible no good very bad week, and the looming threat to marriage equality stemming from a lawsuit from Kentucky Timestamps 3:30 — Update on the Veepstakes 14:53 — JD Vance's terrible no good very bad week 35:15 — Kim Davis rears her ugly ahead again on marriage equality 58:38 — Beef with Big Deadpool Featured band: Nerd Alert https://nerdalertmusic.com/ -----------------------------------------------...
With the rise of John Dammit Vance to the lapdog of a presidential ticket, it is required of us to revisit his dumpster fire book and provide a response to the dreaded tome — so we can be unburdened by what has been. ----------------------------------------------- HELP SUPPORT APPODLACHIA! Join our Patreon, for as little as $1/month, and access live events, weekly exclusives, bonus series, and more / appodlachia ----------------------------------------------- Check out our fantastic...
We are here with a special episode discussing Biden dropping out and his potential VP choices. We will be back in your feed tomorrow with an episode all about John Dammit Vance. Join our discord - / discord ----------------------------------------------- HELP SUPPORT APPODLACHIA! Join our Patreon, for as little as $1/month, and access live events, weekly exclusives, bonus series, and more / appodlachia ----------------------------------------------- Check out our fantast...
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Love you guys, but WHO IS TYPING AND CLICKING A MOUSE during the interview? Particularly ironic in an episode where you discuss production value. 😘
Appreciated the presentation of both sides. Looking forward to follow-up on the issue!