Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Fayetteville, North Carolina is known to most as the home of America’s largest military base. We explored the city through the eyes of one of its hometown heroes, Vic Blends. What we found was a city that, in many ways, reflects America itself.

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0:00 Intro
1:08 Vic Blends
2:09 Downtown Fayetteville
4:05 Demographic History
4:37 Vic’s Mural
5:17 The Military
6:10 Hope Mills
7:48 Superior Donuts
10:16 Barber School
12:13 Fayettenam
14:44 Vic’s Old Barbershop
16:17 Upper-Class Fayetteville
17:10 Rural Fayetteville
19:16 Pick-up Ball
21:10 Chasing a Dream


Episode 161
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