Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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We visited the hometown of JD Vance and setting for Hillbilly Elegy: Jackson, KY. We visited to understand what its people thought of Vance – and ended up realizing we were in Appalachia’s most influential town and getting a culture lesson we would never forget.

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0:00 Jackson, KY
0:47 Middletown, OH (part 1 recap)
1:15 Driving into Appalachia
1:42 Local Guy
2:30 6th Highest Overdose Rate in America
3:00 How to Handle Adversity
5:10 Vance on Drugs
6:40 Local Store
7:30 Local Politics (Democrat vs. Republican)
8:05 Asking about JD Vance
9:15 Community and Family
9:50 Economic Stagnation
10:13 George
12:00 Is Appalachia Backwards?
13:45 Appalachian Ancestory
14:10 Asking about JD Vance pt2
14:40 Appalachian Slang
18:49 Outro

Episode #94
Subs: 491k subs

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