Forgotten America

Alex Brill is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he studies the impact of tax policy on the US economy as well as the fiscal, economic, and political consequences of tax, budget, health care, retirement security, and trade policies. He also works on health care reform, pharmaceutical spending and drug innovation, and unemployment insurance reform. Today he joins Garrett to discuss the economic impacts of the opioid crisis on Forgotten America, and he shares with us that this epidemic isn't just an Appalachian problem.

You can keep up with Alex's research at the American Enterprise Institute.

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Emma Ayers, Managing Opinion Editor at Young Voices and native of northeast Tennessee, joins Garrett on today's episode to talk about the importance of tradition and religion in Appalachian culture. Together, they also explore the importance of meaningful work to the future prosperity of the Appalachian region, share the history of the mysterious Melungeons of Appalachia, and discuss possible solutions to the region's woes.

You can learn more about Melungeons from this article in USA Today.

Recommended Books in this episode:

Spirit of the Mountains by Emma Bell Miles

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert M. Pirsig

Shop Class as Soulcraft by Matthew B. Crawford

Alienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse by Timothy Carney

You can keep up with Emma's work at Young Voices by going to their website https://www.young-voices.com/

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Casey Pifer is the Director of Institute Relations for the Atlas Network, a nonprofit organization connecting a global network of more than 475 free-market organizations in over 90 countries to the ideas and resources needed to advance the cause of liberty. She's also a native West Virginian. Today she joins Garrett on the Forgotten America podcast to talk about the commonalities between our work in West Virginia and hers in an international context, wild horses in Montana, Big Game in Africa, and street vendors in India and how everyone, no matter where they are in the world, is ultimately dealing with the same sorts of challenges and are searching for solutions that affirm their human dignity.

You can learn more about Casey Pifer and her work with the Atlas Network at https://www.atlasnetwork.org/about/people/casey-pifer

Organizations mentioned during this episode:

Centre for Development Great Lakes - Burundi

Centre for Civil Society - India

Property & Environment Research Center - Montana, USA

Atlas Network - Virginia, USA

William "Bill" Easterly - you can read about his career, research, and books at http://www.williameasterly.org/

A great resource for Hayek's Knowledge Problem is found at the Foundation for Economic Education

Never heard of the Communist state of Kerala, India? Wikipedia has a good description to familiarize yourself with it.

Bradley Foster is the newest member of our team at the Cardinal Institute - joining us as our Community Engagement Associate. Similar to many mountaineers, his family has ties to mining, but instead of coal, Bradley's family mined iron in Minnesota. Garrett invited Bradley onto the podcast today to share his experiences growing up in Minnesota, going to college in Fargo, North Dakota, the similarities and differences he's noticed between the Mountain State and the Land of 10,000 Lakes, and what his experience has been like so far adjusting to life in Charleston, West Virginia.

You can listen to Bob Dylan's song North Country Blues on YouTube.

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Joshua & Jared Crenshaw are brothers from Massachusetts who moved to Louisville, Kentucky to found the Pegasus Institute, a free market, state policy think tank. In this episode, Garrett speaks with them about their experience moving from the Bay State to the Bluegrass State, cultural misunderstandings about Kentucky, the New South, and a variety of reforms they believe will make Kentucky a beacon of prosperity.

Get to know more about Pegasus' work in Kentucky on their website: https://www.pegasuskentucky.org/

Amy McGrath interview with Samantha Bee on Full Frontal about her campaign against Mitch McConnell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=n-2Tnmxo9EY&ab_channel=FullFrontalwithSamanthaBee

You can also read Dignity by Chris Arnade as mentioned in this episode.

You can also learn more about the Volunteers of America: Mid-States and the work they're doing by clicking on this link.

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Anthony Hennen is a native of southeastern Ohio and the Managing Editor at the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. In 2018, he joined with several other friends and Ohio university alumni to found the independent journalism website, Expatalachians. Anthony joins Garrett on today's episode to discuss the future of regional journalism, cultural diversity in Appalachia, J.D. Vance's controversial book Hillbilly Elegy, and life as an expatalachian.

You can keep up with independent, Appalachian journalism by following Expatalachians. You can support their project on Patreon.

If you like to support independent journalism in West Virginia, you can follow Mountain State Spotlight.

If you're interested in journalism focused on the American South, you can follow Southerly.

You can also follow Anthony's work at the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal.

Other mentions from this episode:

• You too can read the controversial work, Hillbilly Elegy, by J.D. Vance.
• University Press of Kentucky, Writing Appalachia (an anthology)
• Ramp Hollow: The Ordeal of Appalachia by Steven Stoll
• The Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia
• Silas House is a novelist, environmental activist, and music journalist from Kentucky.
• Wendell Berry is the author of more than 40 works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry and has taught at universities such as Stanford University and University of Kentucky. He lives in Port Royal, Kentucky.
• Lee Bidgood, professor at East Tennessee State University, you can learn about his ethnomusicology work on his website.
• Listen to music from the Carolina Chocolate Drops.

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Adam Kissel has made a career of helping others and advocating for liberty. He supported civic literacy with the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, fundamental rights at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, and philanthropy at the Charles Koch Foundation (CKF) and The Philanthropy Roundtable (TPR). He has even spent time as the deputy assistant secretary for higher education programs at the U.S. Department of Education overseeing a $2 billion loan portfolio. At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, Adam re-evaluated his priorities and decided that he no longer wanted to live in Washington, D.C. and opted to make a change. Adam is excited to be a new resident of Charleston, West Virginia and to be part of the Cardinal's Institute's team advancing liberty and opportunity across the state as a senior fellow. In today's episode, Garrett interviews Adam about his decision to leave the city mouse life behind.

Special Cameo by Frank, Adam's chocolate lab.

You can read Adam's article in Reason Magazine: It's Time to Leave Your City. Come to West Virginia With Me.

If you aren't already familiar with the children's story, The City Mouse and the Country Mouse, you can watch a cartoon version of it here.

You can learn more about Adam Kissel and his work on the Cardinal Institute's website.

You can also read the article Adam mentioned entitled Goodbye, Washington DC., in Human Events.

City Mice Go Country by J.D. Tuccille in Reason Magazine mentioned by Garrett.

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Have you ever been curious about the intersection between free-market policy and urban issues? Do you wonder if rural America and urban America have anything in common? Today, we dive deep into the Jagged Heart of Appalachia as Garrett interviews Scott Beyer, the founder of Market Urbanism Report. He shares with us how he became interested in this region of the country and what he has learned about urbanism in a predominantly rural area like Appalachia. In this episode, we tackle the difficult issues of defining Appalachian culture, challenges like generational poverty and the opioid epidemic, and the unique way urbanism takes shape in the mountains of West Virginia, Eastern Kentucky, and Southwestern Virginia.

You can join the conversation about Market Urbanism on Facebook:

Market Urbanism Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/marketurbanismreport/

You can also keep up with Scott's Work at Market Urbanism Report online:

Twitter: @sbcrosscountry

Instagram: @market_urbanism_report

Website: https://marketurbanismreport.com/

Scott's Catalyst article about Appalachia and Tourism: https://catalyst.independent.org/2020/07/26/almost-heaven-appalachia/

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This week Garrett interviews Andrew Campanella, President of National School Choice Week about his new book The School Choice Roadmap: 7 Steps to Finding the Right School for Your Child. In this episode, Andrew tells us why he wrote the book, what he thinks about the school choice debates raging across the country, and his experiences helping students, parents, and teachers find the education environment in which they will thrive. If you think children's futures shouldn't be determined by their zip-code, then this is the episode for you!

You can buy Andrew's book on Amazon.

You can follow Andrew's work at National School Choice Week on:

Instagram: @schoolchoiceweek

Twitter: @schoolchoiceweek

Facebook: /schoolchoiceweek/

Website: https://schoolchoiceweek.com/

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In today's episode, Garrett interviews Jason Huffman, the State Director of Americans for Prosperity - West Virginia and a native West Virginian. Jason shares with us stories about his family's proud heritage as coal-miners, why he decided to stay in West Virginia, and what he thinks it will take to build the West Virginia Miracle.

You can follow Jason's work with AFP-WV on:

Twitter: @AFPWV

Facebook: /AFPWestVirginia/

You can read more about their policy proposals for making West Virginia a better place to live, work, and raise a family at https://americansforprosperity.org/state/west-virginia/

You can learn about the historic Sago Mine Disaster Jason mentioned.

You can read Garrett's op-ed about Katherine Johnson in the Logan Banner.

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