Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Soft White Underbelly interview and portrait of Devon, an Appalachian man in Crab Orchard, West Virginia.

00:00 Growing Up in West Virginia
01:44 Family Tragedy
03:42 Addiction and Recovery
04:06 Poverty and Childhood Hardship
09:02 Starting Over
11:44 Searching for His Mother
13:35 Hope for the Future

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