WEBVTT - Introducing: Our Town

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<v Speaker 1>If you drive ninety miles northeast of Nashville into the

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<v Speaker 1>foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, you'll land in Gainsboro, Tennessee.

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<v Speaker 1>How would you describe this place?

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<v Speaker 2>I think raw would be a good word to start.

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<v Speaker 1>Just over one thousand people live here, many go back generations.

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<v Speaker 3>I was related to pretty much everyone here.

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<v Speaker 1>But in the fall of twenty twenty four, a group

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<v Speaker 1>of outsiders started scooping up big tracts of land.

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<v Speaker 2>That piques my interest because most time he would sell

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<v Speaker 2>it to Jimbob over the holler.

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<v Speaker 1>As the battle for the future of America plays out

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<v Speaker 1>in one small.

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<v Speaker 3>Town, we were all flat footed. We didn't have a clue.

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<v Speaker 1>Developers with right wing ties have purchased hundreds of acres

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<v Speaker 1>of land in the area.

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<v Speaker 2>The first thing you see when it pops up is pioneers.

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<v Speaker 1>In Appalachian, Pioneers in Appalachia. But the goal wasn't just

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<v Speaker 1>to buy real estate.

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<v Speaker 4>We need cities on a shining hill that exemplify and

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<v Speaker 4>embody the healthy, natural human way of life, the Christian

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<v Speaker 4>way of life.

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<v Speaker 3>Stop right there is that normal.

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<v Speaker 1>From Bloomberg News and The Big Take podcast, This is

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<v Speaker 1>Our Town, a show about what happens when a small

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<v Speaker 1>town becomes the site of a social experiment. God need Bend.

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<v Speaker 4>We're on the cusp of I think a land grab

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<v Speaker 4>an Appleatchia.

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<v Speaker 3>Our hometown is not a test too.

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<v Speaker 1>And decides to fight back. Do not use my hard

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<v Speaker 1>work to sell your book.

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<v Speaker 5>They're not just opposing what's being planned for here. They

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<v Speaker 5>feel like they're standing in opposition to an entire administration.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess you didn't move in on a bunch of dumbhillbillies. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you listen to our town on the iHeartRadio app,

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<v Speaker 1>Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts