Speaker 1: If you drive ninety miles northeast of Nashville into the
Speaker 1: foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, you'll land in Gainsboro, Tennessee.
Speaker 1: How would you describe this place?
Speaker 2: I think raw would be a good word to start.
Speaker 1: Just over one thousand people live here, many go back generations.
Speaker 1: I was related to pretty much everyone here. But in
Speaker 1: the fall of twenty twenty four, a group of outsiders
Speaker 1: started scooping up big tracts of land.
Speaker 2: That piques my interest because most time he would sell
Speaker 2: it to Jimbob over the holler.
Speaker 1: As the battle for the future of America plays out
Speaker 1: in one small.
Speaker 2: Town, we were all flat footed.
Speaker 1: We didn't have a clue. Developers with right wing ties
Speaker 1: have purchased hundreds of acres of land.
Speaker 3: In the area.
Speaker 2: The first thing you see when it pops up is pioneers.
Speaker 1: In Appalachian, Pioneers in Appalachia. But the goal wasn't just
Speaker 1: to buy real estate.
Speaker 4: We need cities on a shining hill that exemplify and
Speaker 4: embody the healthy, natural human way of life, the Christian
Speaker 4: way of life.
Speaker 1: Stop right there is that normal. From Bloomberg News and
Speaker 1: The Big Take podcast, This is Our Town, a show
Speaker 1: about what happens when a small town becomes the site
Speaker 1: of a social experiment.
Speaker 4: God need mentor we're on the cusp of I think
Speaker 4: a land grab an Appalachia.
Speaker 1: Our hometown is not a test too, and decides to
Speaker 1: fight back. Do not use my hard work to sell
Speaker 1: your book.
Speaker 3: They're not just opposing what's being planned for here. They
Speaker 3: feel like they're standing in opposition to an entire administration.
Speaker 1: I guess you didn't move in on a bunch of
Speaker 1: dumb hillbillies. Now, did you listen to Our Town? Starting
Speaker 1: August seventh on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever
Speaker 1: you get your podcasts,