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Are We in a Soft Civil War
Aug. 26, 2025

Are We in a Soft Civil War

On this show Chip, Simon, Amos, and Billy talked about the biggest topics of the last few weeks. The response to DC, Cracker Barrel, military presence in D.C. and much more. Support the show

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Your Family is not Safe on the Highways
Aug. 20, 2025

Your Family is not Safe on the Highways

Wasn't able to do a full show this week due to some unforeseen circumstances, but wanted to get something out there to you. A recent accident that cost three Americans their lives has my blood boiling, so I talked about the i...

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Revisiting Helene with The Queen of NC Cassie Clark, Storm Chaser/Photographer Billy Bowling, with Travis Wells from Appalachian Liberty
Aug. 13, 2025

Revisiting Helene with The Queen of NC Cassie Clark, Storm Chaser/Pho…

On this show we revisited the devastation of Hurricane Helene on the Appalachian region of Western North Carolina, East Tennessee, and Southwest Virginia. Billy Bowling was giving us some of the first insights of anyone on th...

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The Call to Appalachia with The Queen of NC Cassie Clark, plus Travis Wells of Appalachian Liberty, and Fabio Cianchetta of Puzzled Bull Farm
Aug. 6, 2025

The Call to Appalachia with The Queen of NC Cassie Clark, plus Travis…

We had an event on the mountain and man was it a good time. We brought on the "Queen of North Carolina" Cassie Clark, who is a North Carolina promoter and host of "Where the Dogwood Blooms, along with Travis Wells from Appalachian Liberty, and Fabio Cianchetta from Puzzled Bull Farm, and had one he…

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John Reid: Candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
July 30, 2025

John Reid: Candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia

We are back and as good as ever, as we welcomed John Reid to the show, the man running to keep radical progressives away from Richmond and in the swamp from which they came, for a discussion on his plans as the Republican Can...

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Chasing Liberty with Mike ter Maat
July 23, 2025

Chasing Liberty with Mike ter Maat

On this episode we welcomed back former VP Candidate Mike ter Maat to discuss his recent move to the Republican Liberty Caucus. We also talked about Appalachian getaways, flaws in the current administration, a constitutional ...

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Quit Telling Us To Stop Talking About It
July 16, 2025

Quit Telling Us To Stop Talking About It

On this show we went over our 4th of July action up on the mountain, talked about an Appalachian day getaway, the recent whirlwind of 180s with the Epstein mess, Congressman Morgan Griffith voting no to release files, an obvi...

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Those Dang Storms, Man
July 10, 2025

Those Dang Storms, Man

Our Spaces on X had to be rescheduled due to intense storms causing power outages, so it just wasn't in the cards tonight. So I jumped on and talked for a bit to ponder a few things for future discussions. Can't wait to get b...

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Join Us Tonight July 9th for Spaces on X
July 9, 2025

Join Us Tonight July 9th for Spaces on X

We had to cancel our show this week but we'll be doing a Spaces on X tonight, then uploading it, but we'd like for y'all to join us, so give us a follow @GetOnTap and Chip @Beinlibertarian on X (Formally Twitter) to join in o...

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Appalachian Freedom Movement with Jason Feldman pt 2
July 2, 2025

Appalachian Freedom Movement with Jason Feldman pt 2

On this show we were joined by Jason Feldman and his father Eric, along with Nick Ferrari to dive head first into the possibility of an Appalachian Freedom Caucus to represent the Appalachian people. This is a bit different t...

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Appalachian Freedom Movement with Jason Feldman pt 1
June 25, 2025

Appalachian Freedom Movement with Jason Feldman pt 1

On this show we were joined by Jason Feldman and his father Eric, along with Nick Ferrari to dive head first into the possibility of an Appalachian Freedom Caucus to represent the Appalachian people. This is a bit different t...

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A Nation in Distress pt 2
June 18, 2025

A Nation in Distress pt 2

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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A Nation in Distress pt 1
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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Memorial Day Special: Grading the Administration
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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Memorial Day Special
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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Surviving Appalachia with Ed Saunders pt 2
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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Surviving Appalachia with Ed Saunders pt 1
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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Haw Patch to American Idol with Kam' Ron Smith
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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A Conversation with Smokey the Appalachistani pt 2
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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A Conversation with Smokey the Appalachistani pt 1
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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Is Authoritarianism Coming?
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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Standing on Your Morals with Mayor Holland Perdue
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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Liberty Rising with Eric Brakey and JP Kirby
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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Into the Iraqi Abyss with Eric Ceglowksi and Poo
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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