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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. 

Support homeless people in wheeling:
StreetMoms (amazon wishlist): http://tinyurl.com/2t3czr5f
LIfeHub WV: https://lifehubwv.org/
House of Hagar: https://www.houseofhagarcw.com/

Subscribe to Justice's substack! https://thehudsoneditorial.com/
Follow Justice on twitter: https://twitter.com/JusticeHudson97

Timestamps: 

• 00:55 - The disaster of the 2024 election and the NH primary
• 11:40 -  An Ohio State Rep cockblocks their son
• 31:50  - Homeless camp demolitions in Appalachia
• 40:50 - Interview with Justice Hudson
• 01:32:40 - Under-the-radar:  Airbnb housing

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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 Caucuses
• 07:38 - Appalachia's Gypsy Rose
• 14:00  - Wall Street buying up trailer parks
• 34:30 - Under-the-radar:  Authoritarianism in TN

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The 4th Annual Appodlachia Appalachian Awards (heretofor known as the "Appies")

Award winners discussion starts around 14:30

Business of the Year nominees

• YNST Magazine | WV | https://ynstmagazine.com/vendors/
• Taste Bud Eats | New Martinsville, WV | https://tastebudeats.com/shop
• Raven & Crone | Asheville, NC | https://www.ravenandcrone.com/

Writer/Author of the Year nominees

• David Sibray | Website: https://wvexplorer.com/about-us/development-team/david-sibray/
• Storm Young | Website: https://stormyoung.my.canva.site/

Entertainer  of the Year nominees

• Andi Marie | TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@andimariere
• Oliver Anthony | TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@oliveranthonymusic

Artist  of the Year nominees

• Ella Floyd |  https://www.instagram.com/art.by.ella.cflo/
• Olivia Gianettino |  https://www.instagram.com/ogcoleslaw.art/

Appalachian Rising Star

• Jason Gill | https://www.instagram.com/appalachianapeforaging/
• Rania Zuri | About: https://www.forbes.com/sites/katevitasek/2023/10/20/18-year-old-makes-history-with-us-senate-resolution-to-help-end-book-deserts/?sh=abd5a292364d

Appalachian  of the Year nominees

• Barbara Kingsolver | Website: http://barbarakingsolver.net/
• Crystal Good |https://blackbygod.org/

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Chuck and Callie discuss the new Tennessee Satan Ass club, the Sackler's bankruptcy deal, and Mac Warner's conspiracy-laden run for governor of West Virginia

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Chuck and Callie discuss a recent article in Belt about queer Appalachian witches, and how they're building a beautiful and supportive community, and the absurd backlash they received on Twitter after posting about the article. 

(Full disclosure: we're obviously not witches and we talked about this to the best of our ability as people without personal knowledge.  If you're a queer appalachian witch, you're more than welcome on our show and we'd love to hear from you and learn more!)
https://beltmag.com/the-queer-witches-of-appalachia/

Plus!  Callie and Chuck talk Zach Shrewsbury, a democrat running for U.S. Senate in West Virginia! You can learn more about Zach here: https://www.shrewsburyforsenate.com/

Timestamps: 

• 01:10  - Is Elon Musk okay?
• 09:30  - Queer Appalachian witches are great!
• 42:15 -  Interview with Zach Shrewsbury
• 01:10:00 - Under-the-radar:   Johnson City's Police  Are Awful

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Chuck and Callie discuss a recent MASSIVE and EXPLOSIVE article in Grist, reported by Austyn Gaffney, about the absolute disaster that was AppHarvest, an agricultural start-up that sold a bill of goods to the people in Eastern Kentucky, then fleeced them and filed bankruptcy.  Its a sad, wild story that you need to know about.
https://grist.org/agriculture/appharvest-indoor-farming-morehead-kentucky/

Plus!  Callie and Chuck talk with the filmmakers behind "O Pioneer", a  documentary follows three West Virginians—a blacksmith, a seamstress, and a hospital chaplain—as they creatively navigate hardship and call us to champion the pioneer within.
Check it out here!: https://opioneer.com/

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Timestamps: 

• 02:57  - Joe Manchin's side quest continued
• 09:55  - CrAppHarvest
• 40:00 - O'Pioneer Interview
• 01:07:04 - Under-the-radar:  Be Gay Do Crimes

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Chuck and Callie discuss one hell of an election night this past Tuesday, including the results in Ohio, Kentucky, and Virginia, as well as the end of Joe Manchin's senate career and his weird side quest to "find the middle"

Plus!  Callie and Chuck talk with Dorian Palmer, president of the North Carolina Young Democrats, about capturing this momentum into 2024.

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Timestamps: 

• 01:00  - Joe Manchin's incoming side quest
• 09:00 - Some great election results!
• 34:56 - Interview with Dorian Palmer
• 59:49 - Under-the-radar:  A tribute to Loyal Jones

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Chuck and Callie discuss Issues 1 & 2 in Ohio - two ballot initiatives enshrining abortion, contraception, fertility care, and miscarriage care (among others) in Ohio's Constitution and legalizing recreational weed.  

Plus!  Callie talks with Dwight Garner, a NY Times columnist and author of "The Upstairs Delicatessen: On eating, reading, reading about eating, and eating while reading."

Get Dwight's book here! https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-upstairs-delicatessen-on-eating-reading-reading-about-eating-and-eating-while-reading-dwight-garner/19509951

Timestamps: 

• 00:45  - Issues 1 & 2
• 17:56 - Interview with Dwight Garner
• 45:50 - Under-the-radar:  WVU Admin heads rolling?

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Chuck talks with Allen Junge, Kate Anderson, and Emmi Cohen of the Activision Blizzard King (ABK) Workers Alliance about how video game workers are unionizing and organizing for a better work environment!  Acivision-Blizzard is one of the largest video game publishers in the world and is the publisher for games like Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, Crash Bandicoot, and more.  The ABK Workers Alliance is a group of organized workers from video game company Activision Blizzard. Formed in response to a July 2021 state lawsuit against the company for harassment and discriminatory work practices, the worker advocacy group A Better ABK organized walkouts and demonstrations against the company's policy and practices. The quality assurance workers of subsidiary Raven Software went on strike in December after part of the team was fired. The striking workers announced their union as the Game Workers Alliance in late January 2022 and offered to end the strike pending their union's recognition.

ABK Workers Alliance Links

• Website: https://abkwatch.org/abk-workers-alliance
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/abetterabk?lang=en

Timestamps: 

• 01:15 - Intro: looking back at 200 episodes!
• 07:40 - Kentucky governor's debate/Andy wiping the floor
• 34:00  - Interview with ABK Workers Alliance
• 01:06:00 - Under-the-radar:  Wifi on school buses

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We have a laid back week and discuss creepy places in Appalachia and Big Jim getting the coveted endorsement of an indicted president.

Timestamps: 

• 02:04 - Intro: Big Dog
• 05:20 - Creepy places in Appalachia
• 33:40  - Under-the-Radar - Big Jim Endorsed

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