nick mullins: i mean, the mountains it s hard to get signals down into each individual valley. anthony: nick mullins is a former coal miner turned writer. working in public outreach trying to help people transition away from fossil fuel. elaine: try calling an ambulance here and getting out of the county to the closest hospital. they don t deliver babies in the hospital in this county anymore. anthony: elaine mcmillion sheldon is an oscar nominated documentary filmmaker born and raised in southern west virginia. anthony: if you were describing this area church-going is a great part, religious, gun rights important. a lot of people that s not going to resonate, at all. in fact, it sounds threatening. elaine: right, but both sides are saying the same thing. both sides feel threatened by each other. and i would say a majority of people that live in this region want to be left alone. the traditions of this place, the things that we value, whether that be family, interpers