[ cheering ] robie: this place was a boomin . you couldn t get through this town down there. but it s dead now. about eight or ten coal mines shut down at one time. coach: let s go! it s the same halftime speech every single week. quentin: there is so much negativity surrounding this place that no one ever focuses on the positive. they see us as ignorant or hillbillies. daniel whitt: overdose capital of the east coast. quentin: but there s more here than just poverty and illiteracy and drugs. there s a lot of good people here. coach: when you walk on this field, you better have tunnel vision. don t look left, don t look right. you look at that scoreboard, and that should burn in your heart. do you understand me? we got some ground to make up. and once we make that ground up, we ll take off. let s go. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting cold
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
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, interpersonal communication, not having cell phone technology to distract us, those types of things sort of butt up against america s idea of progress. and it s why we ve always been looked at as being backwards. being part of the media, but living he
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, interpersonal communication, not havi
the war café is one of the few family-owned businesses left in town. it s obvious, a new yorker arrives in town, first question why no cell service? 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 to the closest hospital. 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, 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