Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
One year ago, we traveled into the hills of Georgia in search of an “Appalachian hillbilly.” There we met Don, who opened his door and showed us a slice of life in Appalachia. That video became our biggest ever, now topping six million views. A year later, in Kentucky, we had another unexpected encounter with an Appalachian character named Dellie, who invited us into his holler and shared what life here is really like.
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0:00 Intro
0:54 Journey into the hills
2:37 Meeting Dellie
3:34 Drugs
4:09 11 Mile Walk
4:26 Hollers
5:09 Driving to Holler
7:14 His siblings 40 years older
8:06 Giant iron ore furnace
10:00 People moving to area
10:39 Birds
11:39 “Dellie’s Castle”
14:02 Asking him about Trump
14:36 More homeless people
15:50 Groundhog medicine
16:55 What makes someone Appalachian?
17:31 Why so much Poverty?
18:52 Iron ore slag
19:42 Searching for purpose
20:34 Driving thru holler
21:30 He’s a Kentucky Colonel
22:24 Squirrels, rabbits, and bears
23:24 Abandoned local businesses
23:54 Hardships
25:24 Dellie’s key to life
26:00 Where Dellie lives
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Episode #87
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One year ago, we traveled into the hills of Georgia in search of an “Appalachian hillbilly.” There we met Don, who opened his door and showed us a slice of life in Appalachia. That video became our biggest ever, now topping six million views. A year later, in Kentucky, we had another unexpected encounter with an Appalachian character named Dellie, who invited us into his holler and shared what life here is really like.
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0:00 Intro
0:54 Journey into the hills
2:37 Meeting Dellie
3:34 Drugs
4:09 11 Mile Walk
4:26 Hollers
5:09 Driving to Holler
7:14 His siblings 40 years older
8:06 Giant iron ore furnace
10:00 People moving to area
10:39 Birds
11:39 “Dellie’s Castle”
14:02 Asking him about Trump
14:36 More homeless people
15:50 Groundhog medicine
16:55 What makes someone Appalachian?
17:31 Why so much Poverty?
18:52 Iron ore slag
19:42 Searching for purpose
20:34 Driving thru holler
21:30 He’s a Kentucky Colonel
22:24 Squirrels, rabbits, and bears
23:24 Abandoned local businesses
23:54 Hardships
25:24 Dellie’s key to life
26:00 Where Dellie lives
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► Rust Belt: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPeAGR_Bf_D2Di5bzXIMrM6Ef_IIiRNYU&si=Q5ewau_4vb0tGkMC
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Episode #87
Subs: 445k subs
#kentucky #appalachia
