Appodlachia

Jan 31 2025 232 ep. 63 mins 375
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A progressive podcast providing a counter-narrative to the negative portrayal and harmful stereotypes of Appalachia. 

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#239: The Appalachian Accent Project and 2025 soft launch

Jan 31 2025 35 mins  
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,

#238: Wild Foxfire remedies, and the BEEF with Ponderosa

Dec 19 2024 64 mins  
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 li

#237: From Appalachia to the Ivy League (But not JD Vance!)

Dec 05 2024 87 mins  
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 remediesMadison's links: http://linktr.ee/xgigglypuffMadison's Twitch: / xgigglypuff We made a Twitch a day ago

#236: Giving thanks for our old AIM screen names

Nov 29 2024 59 mins  
A post-Thanksgiving round up of politics stuff, good news in Appalachia, and Big John's story about a card heistHelp Appalachia recover from Helene https://www.appalachiahelenefund.org/ Check out our substackhttps://appodlachia.substack.com/-----------------------------------------------HELP SUPPORT APPODLACHIA! Join our Patreon, for as little as $5/month, and access live events, w

#235: About that 2024 election

Nov 14 2024 65 mins  
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

#234: Hillbilly Elegection: Our presidential predictions

Oct 31 2024 63 mins  
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

#233: What's up with the Appalachian Clean Hydrogen Hub?

Oct 24 2024 56 mins  
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/GzR5N7t575d242Ko9Listen to Big John's interview with CityBeat Cincinnati for their "Elegy" podcast series. https://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/ElegyTheManyMythsofJDVance/PageTimestamps2:32 — Announcement abou

#232: The canaries in the coal mine of climate change (with the Chaotic Forager)

Oct 17 2024 67 mins  
**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 mak

#231: Fat Bear Week analysis & the hurricane of misinformation in Appalachia

Oct 09 2024 61 mins  
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 AppalachiaTimestamps00:02 — A preamble about the episod

#230: The Palestinian-American representing Appalachian Georgia, Rep. Ruwa Romman

Sep 26 2024 87 mins  
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 P