News Brief - Review: Netflix's Charles Murray-Themed Hallmark Film 'Hillbilly Elegy'
Added 2020-11-11 16:36:15 +0000 UTCIn this Sight Unseen film review, we recap the ideological currents and industry backers of J.D. Vance's White Trash Whisperer shtick and how it blames everyone for Appalachian poverty but corporate America and Republicans.
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Guests
Tom Sexton and Tarence Ray are co-hosts of the podcast Trillbilly Worker's Party, based out of Whitesburg, Kentucky.
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Show Notes
Episode 1 | February 23, 2017 | Trillbilly Worker's Party
Tarence Ray | November 3, 2020 | Verso
Bob Hutton | December 1, 2016 | Jacobin
Appalachia Deserves More Than J.D. Vance
Ann-Derrick Gaillot | January 30, 2018 |The Outline
Hollowed Out: Against the sham revitalization of Appalachia
Tarence Ray | September 2019 | The Baffler
Jared Yates Sexton | March 11, 2017 | Salon
Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance review – does this memoir really explain Trump’s victory?
Hari Kunzru | December 7, 2016 | The Guardian
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Transcript
You can find a full transcript of this News Brief here.
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Comments
I am a subscriber to both pods. Glad to see this collab.
Ned Schafer
2020-11-12 23:13:40 +0000 UTCA crossover episode! Just getting into the Trillbillies podcast, particularly since the unfolding Amy McGrath debacle.
Ciaran Colley
2020-11-11 21:23:01 +0000 UTC
