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June 11, 2025

A Nation in Distress pt 1

We jumped back into things this week with a discussion on the recent presidential feud that took headlines last week, the ICE Riots in LA, the response, local media attacks, possible outcomes, and so much more Support the sho...

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June 4, 2025

Memorial Day Special: Grading the Administration

This is our Memorial Day show where we sat down without a guest, but had a great conversation to get caught up on life in Appalachia. We discussed what the meaning of Memorial Day is, and how it affects us especially Billy wh...

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May 28, 2025

Memorial Day Special

This is our Memorial Day show where we sat down without a guest, but had a great conversation to get caught up on life in Appalachia. We discussed what the meaning of Memorial Day is, and how it affects us especially Billy wh...

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May 14, 2025

Surviving Appalachia with Ed Saunders pt 2

Appalachians once prided themselves on the ability to support an entire family, and neighbors, off of small family farms, so that's what we're focusing on for this show. We welcomed Ed Saunders, who is leading the charge for ...

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May 7, 2025

Surviving Appalachia with Ed Saunders pt 1

Appalachians once prided themselves on the ability to support an entire family, and neighbors, off of small family farms, so that's what we're focusing on for this show. We welcomed Ed Saunders, who is leading the charge for the Southwest Virginia Alternative Living Expo coming to Ferrum at the end…

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April 30, 2025

Haw Patch to American Idol with Kam' Ron Smith

This show was one of the best we've recorded in a long time, maybe ever, and we think you'll enjoy it as well, We had recent American Idol contestant, and Franklin County native, Kam'ron Smith up at the cabin where we had a l...

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April 23, 2025

A Conversation with Smokey the Appalachistani pt 2

We're back with our friend Smokey the Appalachistani. We discussed what's been going on in the region, how local politics affect us, current events in DC, the work in Western North Carolina, and much more. Support the show

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April 16, 2025

A Conversation with Smokey the Appalachistani pt 1

We're back with our friend Smokey the Appalachistani. We discussed what's been going on in the region, how local politics affect us, current events in DC, the work in Western North Carolina, and much more. Support the show

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April 9, 2025

Is Authoritarianism Coming?

On this episode we finished some of our conversation from our pervious show, as welcome Stuart Angel back. We talked about the first 100 Days of presidency, the cultural impact, what we'd like the see in the future, and more....

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April 2, 2025

Standing on Your Morals with Mayor Holland Perdue

On this episode we bring back Rocky Mount Mayor Holland Perdue to get an update on how things are going in the heart of the Moonshine Capital. We discussed the recent highlight of a local singer heading to American Idol, a av...

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March 26, 2025

Liberty Rising with Eric Brakey and JP Kirby

Our last show of Liberty Con featured two incredibly smart individuals in Eric Brakey and JP Kirby, as we discussed ways to getting the right people elected, students rights, a wrap of our weekend, and much more! Support the ...

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March 12, 2025

Into the Iraqi Abyss with Eric Ceglowksi and Poo

On this episode we were joined by a couple of soldiers from the 1032nd TC, from a 2003 Deployment, to discuss the wild times we had when we were younger. If you've listened to some of our Iraq shows before, you'll know it was...

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March 5, 2025

Moving Forward with Former Vice Presidential Candidate Mike ter Maat

This show was our first video recorded podcast, and we welcomed an old friend in Mike ter Maat, recent Vice Presidential Candidate for the Libertarian Party, for an interesting conversation on the current political landscape....

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Feb. 26, 2025

200th Episode Special Pt 2: The Future Is Now

In our 2nd part of our 200th Episode Special we continue our conversation about the current state of our country, how it compares to 8 years ago, and what we expect (and hope) to see in the future. We also talked about some o...

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Feb. 19, 2025

200th Episode Special Pt 1: Fire on The Mountain

We kick off our 200th episode special with some catching up, then jumping into one of the best community stories you'll hear as we discuss recent wildfires that were held back by an amazing community. We talked about the rece...

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Feb. 12, 2025

Update from Appalachia

This is a quick update as to where we've been the last couple weeks. We haven't forgotten about y'all, we're just shaping up so stay tuned!!! Support the show

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Jan. 29, 2025

Being Libertarian Liberty Con Pre-Game with David Fite

On this version of Spaces on X we were joined by David Fite to pregame Liberty Con, by Students for Liberty, coming up in Washington DC February 7-8. We made the trip last year and had an absolute blast, and this year looks t...

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Jan. 22, 2025

Being Libertarian Series: The Next 100 Days in America

We were back with Amos, Chip, and Billy to discuss what the next 100 days may look like in the new administration, how we've navigated this far, what we hope for, and what to expect, plus much more. All About M.E. PODCAST Wel...

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Jan. 15, 2025

Being Libertarian Series: Crumbling Empire

On this show Chip, Amos, and Billy dove deep into the recent happenings in Calfornia, and how they contrast with western North Carolina, how the culture is shifting, DEI being a dangerous way to go about business, and much mu...

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Jan. 8, 2025

Spaces on X with Being Libertarian: School Choice in America featurin…

Due to weather issues we recorded a Spaces on X this week as our show, and we were lucky to hit a home run. We were joined by Cory DeAngelis, ( Executive Director at Educational Freedom Institute, senior fellow at the America...

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Jan. 2, 2025

2024 Appalachian Year in Review with Caleb Flora

On this show we finally got the elusive Caleb Flora, for an entire show, as we recapped the year that was 2024. From the Diddy Files, to the election, the Helene disaster in Appalachia, and everything else we could come up wi...

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Dec. 18, 2024

A Christmas Special with Tyler Godsey

We welcomed back Tyler Godsey from 5 Points Music Sanctuary for our Christmas show, and this might have been the best show we have featured Tyler on. We talked about those special moments around the holidays, explicit Golden ...

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Dec. 11, 2024

Appalachia's Mayor with Holland Perdue

We welcomed back Holland Perdue, Mayor of Rocky Mount, VA and this one was as entertain as any. We got an update on the town, how tourism matters in these times, a discussion about local politics, and much more. Support the s...

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Dec. 4, 2024

Being Libertarian Series: Appalachian Awakening

On this show we had touched back to our liberty roots and had a discussion about the direction of the Republic, and if it can be shifted before it's too late. We discussed the Hunter Biden pardon, failed policies, insane amou...

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