J.D. Vance, MAGA don't represent Appalachia w/Beth Howard & Hy Thurman | The Marc Steiner Show

Published: Aug. 13, 2024, 5:31 p.m.

J.D. Vance's rise to the GOP ticket has opened up scrutiny into the junior senator's past and roots. Before he entered politics, Vance entered the public spotlight as the author of a best-selling memoir,\xa0Hillbilly Elegy. While often marketed as an authentic glimpse of Appalachian working class life,\xa0what\xa0Elegy\xa0really offers is a portrait of a man whose roots and life path have been decidedly different from those of Appalachia's working poor. Like the GOP itself, Vance's claims to represent Appalachia's poorest don't hold water. In this episode of\xa0The Marc Steiner Show,\xa0Beth Howard\xa0of\xa0Showing Up for Racial Justice\xa0and\xa0Hy Thurman, a former Young Patriot, discuss the radical history of Appalachia, and how progressives can bring white workers in this region and beyond into a multiracial working class movement for social justice.

Read the transcript of this podcast here.\xa0

Studio Production: David Hebden
Post-Production: Alina Nehlich

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