Forgotten America

Anthony Hennen covers Pennsylvania as a reporter for the Center Square and is the Managing Editor of Expatalachians. He also was recently named a Robert Novak Journalism Fellow with the Fund for American Studies. He joins Garrett today to discuss Presidential election season and how candidates are addressing rural American issues. Find Anthony online at: Center Square: https://www.thecentersquare.com/pennsylvania/ Expatalachians: http://expatalachians.com/ Anthony's previous Forgotten America Episode: https://forgottenamerica.libsyn.com/ep-006-expatalachians Garrett Ballengee, Host Executive Director - @gballeng Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Amanda Kieffer, Executive Producer Communications Director - @akieffer13 Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Tony Reed, Editor & Producer Associate Director of Operations - @treed1134 International Center for Law & Economics Follow: YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram Support: Patreon, Donate, Newsletter

Marina Herrera is a 17th generation New Mexican on the Spanish side of her family with roots as far back as time immemorial on the indigenous side of her family. She joins Garrett today to talk about her life growing up in New Mexico's Mora Valley. She takes us on a journey through the culture, language, food, and art of the region that inspires a sense of awe. Marina also shares the challenges New Mexico faces and the ways she is working with the Rio Grande Foundation to address those concerns. If you've ever said, "Thank God for Mississippi," you're likely to relate to the experiences Marina shares in this episode of the Forgotten America podcast. Statistics Mentioned

• New Mexico is 51st for education
• New Mexico is 1st in the nation for non-violent crime
• Record breaking homicides five years in a row
• Espanola is the heroin capitol of the world
• Albuquerque is a sanctuary city
• New Mexico spends more per student but gets worse outcomes than any of their neighboring states
• New Mexico is #1 in the nation for Ph.D.s per capita
• New Mexico is one of the world's largest producers (surpassing Mexico) of oil & gas

Places to Visit The Buckhorn Tavern in San Antonio, #7 burger in the nation, Green Chile Cheese burger The Owl in San Antonio, https://sanantonioowl.com/ Santa Fe, New Mexico Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument, part of the National Park Service System https://www.nps.gov/sapu/index.htm New Mexican music has a distinct style. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_music World's Tallest Tramway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandia_Peak_Tramway San Miguel Church - oldest church in the U.S. The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi El Pinto - restaurant Geronimo - famous restaurant Sangre de Cristo Mountains https://www.britannica.com/place/Sangre-de-Cristo-Mountains Las Vegas, New Mexico and Taos, New Mexico on the map Additional Information & References Learn more about Marina and her work at the Rio Grande Foundation. Penitente Morada of Abiquiu Learn more about Penitentes, a private Catholic Brotherhood unique to Northern, New Mexico Santeros - Saint art makers, distinct form of iconography art Colcha embroidery - unique form of art from the American southwest Breaking Bad https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903747/ Garrett Ballengee, Host Executive Director - @gballeng Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Amanda Kieffer, Executive Producer Communications Director - @akieffer13 Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Tony Reed, Editor & Producer Associate Director of Operations - @treed1134 International Center for Law & Economics Follow: YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram Support: Patreon, Donate, Newsletter

When you hear the words "New York," what do you think of? Maybe you think of Times Square or Wall Street. Perhaps you think of the Empire State Building. Does your mind immediately go to pizza? Mine does. There's a number of cultural references to New York that may come to mind. But whatever you think of, I'm willing to bet the first thing that comes to mind is related to New York City . . . not New York state. What is the rest of New York like beyond Manhattan? How do New Yorkers feel about the stereotypes and the tendency of American pop culture to reduce their entire state to a single city? The Cardinal Institute's newest team member, Nate Phipps, joins us to share about his childhood in upstate New York and the similarities and differences between New York state and states like West Virginia. Nate Phipps bio ---------- Garrett Ballengee, Host Executive Director - @gballeng Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Amanda Kieffer, Executive Producer Communications Director - @akieffer13 Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Tony Reed, Editor & Producer Associate Director of Operations - @treed1134 International Center for Law & Economics Follow: YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram Support: Patreon, Donate, Newsletter

This may have been one of my favorite episodes to record in quite awhile, and I hope you all enjoy it too. In this week's episode, Garrett interviews West Virginia author, S.D. Smith, author of the beloved Green Ember series. Garrett & Sam discuss such wide-ranging topics as the beauty of Appalachia, Sam's childhood in South Africa, the philosophy and writing of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, and the feeling that many West Virginians have of inferiority inter-mixed with a deep sense of pride. If you believe all children should read fairy tales, if you feel awe when you behold the sunset across the Appalachian Mountains, and if you enjoy the company of characters from a good book, you will adore this discussion with Sam and the sneak peak he gives into his life as a writer in southern West Virginia. Follow Sam's work at his website https://sdsmith.com/. Literature and Locations Mentioned Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) Old Smith Cemetery, Wayne County, WV Pipestem Resort State Park New River Gorge National Park and Preserve Little Beaver State Park "it grows like a seed in the dark out of the leaf-mould of the mind: out of all that has been seen or thought or read, that has long ago been forgotten, descending into the deeps." - J.R.R. Tolkien More information on the concept of "leaf-mould of the mind" from the Rabbit Room. ---------- Garrett Ballengee, Host Executive Director - @gballeng Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Amanda Kieffer, Executive Producer Communications Director - @akieffer13 Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Tony Reed, Editor & Producer Associate Director of Operations - @treed1134 International Center for Law & Economics Follow: YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram Support: Patreon, Donate, Newsletter

Mark Moses has provided finance-related management and consulting services to local government agencies since 2011 after spending two decades working directly for municipal agencies in senior-level finance and administrative management positions. He joins Garrett today on Forgotten America to discuss an area of political life that is often forgotten, overlooked, and dismissed: municipal finance. Each of us is often most aware of national politics, and when it comes to certain issues, we may pay attention to our state legislatures. But how many of us keep an eye on what the level of government closest to us is doing? Mark & Garrett discuss how the sprawling missions of towns, cities, and municipalities can negatively affect the lives of those who form these communities. I think you'll be surprised just how much city hall impacts your life. Website: https://munifinanceguy.com/ Twitter: @MuniFinanceGuy Mark's Book: The Municipal Financial Crisis: A Framework for Understanding and Fixing Government Budgeting ---------- Garrett Ballengee, Host Executive Director - @gballeng Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Amanda Kieffer, Executive Producer Communications Director - @akieffer13 Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Tony Reed, Editor & Producer Associate Director of Operations - @treed1134 International Center for Law & Economics Follow: YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram Support: Patreon, Donate, Newsletter

Danny Murphy, the Director of Right on Crime for Virginia and West Virginia, joins Garrett Ballengee and Jessica Dobrinsky Harris, Cardinal's Policy Analyst, for a discussion of what it means to reform the criminal justice system in America and how we can approach this issue from a perspective rooted in the principles of liberty. In this episode, we tackle issues like mandatory minimums, what it means to be "tough on crime," differences in types of drug offenders, bail reform, plea bargaining, federalism, and more. Right on Crime ---------- Garrett Ballengee, Host Executive Director - @gballeng Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Amanda Kieffer, Executive Producer Communications Director - @akieffer13 Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Tony Reed, Editor & Producer Associate Director of Operations - @treed1134 International Center for Law & Economics Follow: YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram Support: Patreon, Donate, Newsletter

Kerry McDonald, a national expert on education entrepreneurship and alternative forms of education, joins Garrett to discuss nontraditional schooling and the growing trend of microschooling in America. Garrett & Kerry explore the history of homeschooling and the reasons why many have chosen to return to a model of education that is reminiscent of the one room schoolhouse while debunking several popular myths about homeschooling and other forms of alternative education. Kerry also shares the most recent statistics about homeschooling and microschooling in the United States along with stories from her work with education entrepreneurs across the country. Senior Education Fellow at FEE and the host of the LiberatED podcast. Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-educated Children outside the Conventional Classroom Pioneer Institute Embark ---------- Hosted by Garrett Ballengee Executive Director - @gballeng Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Executive Producer Amanda Kieffer Communications Director - @akieffer13 Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Produced & Edited by Tony Reed Associate Director of Operations - @treed1134 International Center for Law & Economics Follow: YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram Support: Patreon, Donate, Newsletter

Today's episode takes a bit of a detour outside of our typical topics about communities and challenges in rural America. Scott Beyer joins us again on the Forgotten America Podcast - this time to discuss the Scott Beyer Market Urbanism World Tour, where he is exploring 40 cities across 3 regions for a year and a half, to see how the fast pace of development in the Global South can inform free-market policy and urban issues in a broader context. Garrett talks with Scott just after he has completed the first segment of his worldwide tour in Latin America. He shares the differences he is seeing between Southern American countries and North America in terms of our cultures, levels of regulation, and the way we build our cities. He also discusses the importance of the rule of law, free-markets, and other freedom values that could help these cities in the Global South become more prosperous. On the flip-side, Scott also shares how at the smallest levels, some of these countries are even freer and less regulated than the United States - there are even some cities that are entirely privately owned! While our podcast focuses primarily on rural America, the lines between urban and rural can often be a bit blurry, so let's join Garrett & Scott to see what we can learn from Scott's exploration of world-wide urbanism through a free-market lens. Maybe we'll find solutions to the challenges that are facing us in our very own communities. Resources Large City Rankings

1. Tokyo
2. Dheli
3. Shanghai
4. Sao Paulo
5. Mexico City
6. Cairo
7. Mumbai
8. Beijing
9. Dhaka
10. Osaka
11. New York
12. Karachi
13. Buenos Aires
14. Chongqing
15. Istanbul

Favelas - working class neighborhoods in Brazil (Scott compares these to the homes West Virginians build up into the hills and the ways in which trailer park communities are organized in some rural communities) How to Follow Scott Beyer's Work Market Urbanism Report The Market Urbanism Podcast Market Urbanism Report Facebook Group Scott's previous episode on Forgotten America: Ep.004: The Jagged Heart of Appalachia Twitter: @sbcrosscountry or @marketurbanist Instagram: @market_urbanism_report Follow Scott's World Tour at the Independent Institute: Catalyst ---------- Garrett Ballengee, Host Executive Director - @gballeng Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Amanda Kieffer, Executive Producer Communications Director - @akieffer13 Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Tony Reed, Editor & Producer Associate Director of Operations - @treed1134 International Center for Law & Economics Follow: YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram Support: Patreon, Donate, Newsletter

Dr. Matt Ladner is an education policy researcher and is the Executive Editor of ReimaginED, a blog focused on education choice. Matt is also the Director of the Arizona Center for Student Opportunity at the Arizona Charter School Association. Matt joins Garrett today to discuss his recent paper, co-authored with Jason Bedrick and published by the Heritage Foundation, Rustic Renaissance: Education Choice in Rural America. They talk about how well American public education is doing at achieving its purpose of "equipping students with the knowledge, skills, and habits they need for success in life and preparing them to exercise citizenship responsibly." Matt also explains how regulatory capture is impacting America's K-12 system. If you're interested in how school choice policies are impacting rural America, this is the episode for you. Wired Article mentioned: The Techies Who Are Hacking Education by Homeschooling Their Kids You can follow Matt's work at: ReimaginED Arizona Charter Schools Association Twitter: @MatthewLadner Please take a moment today to rate and review this podcast on your favorite streaming service. It helps other people find the podcast so they too can learn about the culture and challenges of Forgotten America and how individuals are tackling them. ---------- Hosted by Garrett Ballengee Executive Director - @gballeng Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Executive Producer Amanda Kieffer Communications Director - @akieffer13 Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Produced & Edited by Tony Reed Associate Director of Operations - @treed1134 International Center for Law & Economics Follow: YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram Support: Patreon, Donate, Newsletter

In this special Bonus episode of the Forgotten America podcast, Amanda Kieffer, Communications Director for the Cardinal Institute for West Virginia hosts an episode focused on maternity care access in rural America and the role midwives play in caring for women.

Our guest this week is Beth Redden, a Certified Nurse Midwife from Southern West Virginia and fellow of the American College of Nurse Midwives. Amanda and Beth discuss who midwives are, what they do, and the regulations that impact maternity care, especially in rural America. Amanda also shares a few tidbits from her personal experience as a new mother who received midwifery care.

If you or someone you love is a mother, we hope you'll listen to this episode and share it so that we can raise awareness of the regulatory burdens that are preventing women in America from receiving the quality care they need and deserve. Thanks for your support, and we hope you enjoy this special episode of Forgotten America!

----------Guest Host & Executive Producer Amanda Kieffer Communications Director - @akieffer13 Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy

Produced & Edited by Tony Reed Associate Director of Operations - @treed1134 International Center for Law & Economics

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