Forgotten America

Chris Ingstad is the President of Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation and an 8th generation Iowan. He joins the Forgotten America podcast to discuss life in Iowa. Chris explains why he hasn’t seriously considered leaving the state despite its harsh winters, and he talks about the food, culture, economy, and heritage of the Hawkeye state.

Additional Resources

Follow Chris’s work at Iowans for Taxpayer Relief Foundation: https://itrfoundation.org/staff/

Grant Wood and American Gothic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Wood

University of Iowa Writer’s Workshop: https://writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/

Field of Dreams: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097351/

“Our liberties we prize, and our rights we will maintain.” -  Iowa State Motto

 https://publications.iowa.gov/135/1/profile/8-1.html#:~:text=On%20the%20white%20center%20stripe,in%20red%20below%20the%20streamers

Okoboji, Iowa https://vacationokoboji.com/

 

  Garrett Ballengee, Host President & CEO - @gballeng Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy   Amanda Kieffer, Executive Producer Vice President of Communications & Strategy - @akieffer13  Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy   Nate Phipps, Editor & Producer - @Aviv5753   Follow: YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram Support: Donate, Newsletter

For this Halloween Special, Lyndsey Quinlan, Digital Marketing Associate for the Cardinal Institute, and Jessica Dobrinsky, Staff Writer for the Cardinal Institute, join Garrett Ballengee to discuss horror films set in rural locations. They share their favorites and explore themes of folklore, rural horror, and hicksploitation. They also take a deep dive into what makes a good horror film and look at literary themes, the power of music and lighting in film, human psychology analyzed through film, and some history behind scary movie genres. If you enjoy horror films, and even if you don’t, you’ll enjoy this riveting discussion of top horror films set in rural America.

Follow Jessica & Lyndsey

Follow Jessica Dobrinsky on Twitter https://x.com/jldobrinsky

Follow Lyndsey Quinlan on Twitter https://x.com/its_Lynds_

 

Films Discussed

1. Night of the Hunter
2. Night of the Living Dead
3. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
4. Children of the Corn
5. Evil Dead 2 
6. Sleepy Hollow
7. The Blair Witch Project
8. The Witch

 

Additional Resources & Mentions

Nightmare Before Christmas - film

Hicksploitation – theme/trope

Film Noir - genre

Harry Powers – serial killer

West Virginia Penitentiary a.k.a. Moundsville Penitentiary

Horror Film - genre

Leaning on the Everlasting Arms – Hymn

Once Upon a Time There Was a Pretty Fly – Song

White Zombie – film

Slasher – genre

Head Cheese – food

Video nasty – type of film

Stephen King – author

Carrie – novel

Comedy Horror – genre

The Evil Dead – film

Necronomicon Ex Mortis – fictional book from a film

Ash vs. Evil Dead – TV show

Sam Raimi – film director

Bruce Campbell – actor and producer

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – book

Atmospheric Horror – genre

Found footage – film technique

Flying Ointment

 

 

  Garrett Ballengee, Host President & CEO - @gballeng Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy   Amanda Kieffer, Executive Producer Vice President of Communications & Strategy - @akieffer13  Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy   Nate Phipps, Editor & Producer - @Aviv5753   Follow: YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram Support: Donate, Newsletter

 

 

 

 

Emma Ayers, a native of East Tennessee and Religion & Culture Writer with the Washington Times, joins us today for the second half of our discussion of Hurricane Helene disaster recovery. She shares her perspective on the culture, economy, and people of East Tennessee and how they are responding to the unprecedented natural disaster of Hurricane Helene. She also shares a little about mule trains and other non-traditional ways that Appalachians are helping each other in their time of need.

Additional Resources:

East Tennessee Hurricane Helene Recovery Resources: https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2024/10/10/east-tennessee-flooding-rescues-resources-hurricane-helene-relief/75608482007/

Tennessee Disaster Recovery Map: https://www.tn.gov/tdot/projects/projects-region-1/hurricane-helene-recovery.html

Barstool Conservatism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barstool_conservatism

Mule Trains: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/sep/30/north-carolina-residents-use-mule-trains-to-delive/

Social Trust: https://www.socialcapitalresearch.com/trust-and-trustworthiness/

Follow Emma’s work at the Washington Times: www.washingtontimes.com

Ways to Donate & Support:

Samaritan’s Purse: https://www.samaritanspurse.org/disaster/hurricane-helene/

Look for actual individuals who live in the area who are looking for help on the ground.

 

 

 

Garrett Ballengee, Host

President & CEO - @gballeng

Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy

 

Amanda Kieffer, Executive Producer

Vice President of Communications & Strategy - @akieffer13 

Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy

 

Nate Phipps, Editor & Producer - @Aviv5753

 

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(We had some unusual technical difficulties when recording this episode. So please forgive any choppiness that may result – we did what we could to edit it as smoothly as possible.)

Brooke Medina, Vice President of Communications for the John Locke Foundation, joins Garrett Ballengee to discuss the impact of Hurricane Helene on Western North Carolina and how these Appalachian communities are responding to this unprecedented disaster.

Additional Resources:

John Locke Foundation: https://www.johnlocke.org/about/team/brooke-medina/

Samaritan’s Purse: https://www.samaritanspurse.org/disaster/hurricane-helene/

Baptists on Mission: https://baptistsonmission.org/

Cajun Navy: https://www.cajunnavyrelief.com/

Donate to Hurricane Helene Refief: https://www.johnlocke.org/help-support-hurricane-helene-relief-efforts-in-western-nc/

Shop to Support Relief Efforts: https://johnlockestore.com/collections/restore-western-nc

Carolina Journal: https://www.carolinajournal.com/

Hurricane Helene: https://www.axios.com/2024/10/04/hurricane-helene-deadliest-us-storms-death-toll

 

 

  Garrett Ballengee, Host President & CEO - @gballeng Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy   Amanda Kieffer, Executive Producer Vice President of Communications & Strategy - @akieffer13  Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy   Nate Phipps, Editor & Producer - @Aviv5753   Follow: YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram Support: Patreon, Donate, Newsletter

Shawn Peterson, President of Catholic Education Partners and long-time resident of Minnesota, joins this episode of the Forgotten America podcast to weigh in on the selection of Tim Walz as the Democratic VP nominee. He also shares about the political history of Minnesota and its cultural history and shifts. If you’re curious about the Upper Midwest and its Scandinavian roots, Garrett’s discussion with Shawn will be enlightening.

 

Mentioned in this Episode:

Red Wing boots from Minnesota

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug

Minnesota Iron Range: beautiful old towns up there that have fallen into disrepair, very hard-working salt of the earth people

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cass_Gilbert

Norwegian Lefse

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/18082/norwegian-lefse/

Catholic Education Partners

https://catholiced.us/

 

 

  Garrett Ballengee, Host President & CEO - @gballeng Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy   Amanda Kieffer, Executive Producer Vice President of Communications & Strategy - @akieffer13  Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy   Nate Phipps, Editor & Producer - @Aviv5753   Follow: YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram Support: Patreon, Donate, Newsletter

 

Dr. Barker is the President of Southern Wesleyan University in South Carolina and joins us today to talk about current challenges in higher education and the importance of an education that teaches values and not just skills. Fun Fact: his home state is West Virginia, so Garrett kicks off this discussion by asking Dr. Barker about his hometown of Clarksburg. Dr. Barker shares stories about the Italian heritage of West Virginia, his time as a military chaplain, and how he came to work in higher education. If you care about the future of post-secondary education and wonder how we got to a place with such a broken system, this is an episode you’ll enjoy.

Learn more about Southern Wesleyan and Dr. Barker at https://www.swu.edu/about/who-we-are/our-president/

 

 

Garrett Ballengee, Host

President & CEO - @gballeng

Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy

 

Amanda Kieffer, Executive Producer & Editor

Vice President of Communications & Strategy - @akieffer13 

Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy

 

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J.D. Vance’s selection as President Trump’s Vice-Presidential running mate has kicked up a renewed firestorm around Vance’s Appalachian bona fides and his book Hillbilly Elegy. Is he legitimately Appalachian? What does it even mean to be Appalachian? In this episode of Forgotten America, Garrett is joined by Anthony Hennen, journalist and fellow Appalachian, to discuss this Vice-Presidential pick and what it might mean for the region.

 

 

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s Commentary on J.D. Vance

https://x.com/douglaswburns/status/1817976888695951677

https://x.com/SeanPEngland/status/1815366244624740751

 

J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy

https://www.amazon.com/Hillbilly-Elegy-Memoir-Family-Culture/dp/0062300547

 

Follow Anthony’s Work

https://expatalachians.com/author/anthonyh

https://tfas.org/news/tfas-announces-recipients-of-2023-24-robert-novak-journalism-fellowship/

https://www.thecentersquare.com/users/profile/anthony%20hennen/

 

Garrett Ballengee, Host

President & CEO - @gballeng

Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy

 

Amanda Kieffer, Executive Producer & Editor

Vice President of Communications & Strategy - @akieffer13 

Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy

 

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Daniel Corcoran joins Forgotten America to discuss men’s issues and why he feels our modern culture is leaving men behind. Statistics across a variety of sectors show that men are struggling with mental health, criminality, friendship, overall well-being, purposelessness, and society’s perception of men. Dan & Garrett discuss these issues, how they affect men, and ways we can improve the lives of boys and men.

 

Keep up with Dan’s work:

Overcoming the Divide – YouTube Podcast https://www.youtube.com/@overcomingthedivide

Men of Tomorrow – podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/men-of-tomorrow/id1752861808

@dancorcoran28 on Instagram

 

Some Relevant Statistics Mentioned in this Episode:

15% of men don’t have a close friend (5 fold increase since 1990)

4 times more likely to die by suicide but 10 percentage points less likely to seek help

10 Million working-age men are not working or looking for work

71% of opioid overdoses are men

80-93% of men comprise prison populations

 

Additional Resources Mentioned:

Richard Reeves: https://richardvreeves.com/

True Detective Quote: https://www.shmoop.com/quotes/world-needs-bad-men.html

@TheTinMen https://www.instagram.com/thetinmen/

Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins https://a.co/d/5iFYOas

Stoic Philosophy https://www.britannica.com/topic/Stoicism

Camille Paglia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Paglia

The Art of Manliness https://www.artofmanliness.com/

Jordan Peterson https://www.youtube.com/user/JordanPetersonVideos

Jocko Willink https://jocko.com/

Garrett Ballengee, Host

President & CEO - @gballeng

Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy

 

Amanda Kieffer, Executive Producer & Editor

Vice President of Communications & Strategy - @akieffer13 

Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy

 

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Two Hoosiers join the Forgotten America podcast to discuss the differences between two very different regions of Indiana. Sarah Milligan, Assistant Director of Community Engagement for the Institute for Quality Education, and Cesar Roman, Director of Community Engagement, share about life in Hardinsburg, IN and East Chicago, IN — one a rural, southern community and the other a bustling metropolitan satellite of Illinois. It’s clear that despite very different experiences they both love their state. Join us as we learn about the history of Indiana, the variety of cultures represented, and the work Sarah & Cesar are doing to improve access to high-quality K-12 education in the Hoosier State.

 

Hardinsburg, IN https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardinsburg,_Indiana

East Chicago, IN https://eastchicago.com/

Zelle’s in East Chicago https://www.zelsroastbeef.com/

Rooster’s Hen House https://www.facebook.com/RoostersHenHouseRestaurant/

One of the wealthiest cities in the US https://www.carmel.in.gov/

Time Zones in Indianapolis https://faqs.in.gov/hc/en-us/articles/115005225448-Indiana-Time-Zone-Information

Institute for Quality Education https://www.i4qed.org/

https://www.i4qed.org/calculator

State bird: Cardinal

State flower: Peonie

Highest Point in Indiana: Right on the border of OH. Hoosier Hill

 

 

Garrett Ballengee, Host Executive Director - @gballeng Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy   Amanda Kieffer, Executive Producer & Editor Communications Director - @akieffer13  Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy   Follow: YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram Support: Patreon, Donate, Newsletter

Jacob McCoy (Jake) is from Man, West Virginia in Logan County and a Contributor to the Cardinal’s Nest Blog. He currently resides in Columbus, Ohio with his wife, son, and daughter. Jacob recently took a month-long trip to Ireland with his family. He and Garrett compare notes about their respective European travels and reflect on their homes in two different parts of West Virginia, changing accents, family history, societal trust, the migrant crisis in Ireland, and more.

 

Man WV https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man,_West_Virginia

Athlone, Ireland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlone

Read Jake’s latest contribution to the Cardinal’s Nest Blog. https://cardinalinstitute.com/externalities/

Pigouvian tax: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigouvian_tax

Hatfield-McCoy Feud: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatfield%E2%80%93McCoy_feud

Aer Lingus:  https://www.aerlingus.com/html/en-IE/home.html

R756 Road: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R756_road_(Ireland)

Rock of Cashel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_of_Cashel

Glendalough: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glendalough

Rick Steves Guide to Ireland: https://a.co/d/0cZ2DCSF

The Burren: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burren

High Trust v. Low Trust: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-trust_and_low-trust_societies

Roscrea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscrea

Taoiseach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoiseach

Limerick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limerick

King John’s Castle https://kingjohnscastle.ie/

Galway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galway

Donegal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donegal_(town)

Dingle Peninsula https://www.dingle-peninsula.ie/

Michelin Bib Gourmand https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/article/features/bib-gourmand-explained

Thyme Restaurant https://athlone.ie/eat_and_drink/thyme/

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