Ep. 002: Coal Miner's Son
Forgotten America
English - September 15, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 52.7 MBEducation Society & Culture appalachia economics rural cardinalinstitute culture politics westvirginia Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In today’s episode, Garrett interviews Jason Huffman, the State Director of Americans for Prosperity - West Virginia and a native West Virginian. Jason shares with us stories about his family’s proud heritage as coal-miners, why he decided to stay in West Virginia, and what he thinks it will take to build the West Virginia Miracle.
You can follow Jason's work with AFP-WV on:
Twitter: @AFPWV
Facebook: /AFPWestVirginia/
You can read more about their policy proposals for making West Virginia a better place to live, work, and raise a family at https://americansforprosperity.org/state/west-virginia/
You can learn about the historic Sago Mine Disaster Jason mentioned.
You can read Garrett's op-ed about Katherine Johnson in the Logan Banner.
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