Appalachia’s Disappearing Mountain Men

One year ago, we traveled into the hills of Georgia in search of an “Appalachian hillbilly.” There we met Don, who opened his door and showed us a slice of life in Appalachia. That video became our biggest ever, now topping six million views. A year later, in Kentucky, we had another unexpected encounter with an Appalachian character named Dellie, who invited us into his holler and shared what life here is really like.This week only we’re offering subscriptions to our daily deep-dive newsletter for 50% off. You can sign up here: wethe66.rocanews.com/upgradeSubscribers get a deep-dive report to their inbox every morning, breaking down the biggest topic in politics or world news that day. 0:00 Intro0:54 Journey into the hills 2:37 Meeting Dellie 3:34 Drugs 4:09 11 Mile Walk 4:26 Hollers5:09 Driving to Holler 7:14 His siblings 40 years older 8:06 Giant iron ore furnace 10:00 People moving to area10:34 Support Roca 11:09 Birds 12:09 “Dellie’s Castle” 14:32 Asking him about Trump 15:06 More homeless people 16:20 Groundhog medicine 17:25 What makes someone Appalachian? 18:01 Why so much Poverty? 19:22 Iron ore slag 20:12 Searching for purpose 21:04 Driving thru holler 22:00 He’s a Kentucky Colonel 22:54 Squirrels, rabbits, and bears 23:54 Abandoned local businesses 24:24 Hardships 25:54 Dellie’s key to life 26:30 Where Dellie lives Our Products:► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ridethenews► App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rocanews-unbiased-fun-news/id1630180690► Newsletter: https://thecurrent.rocanews.com/Our Series: ► Rust Belt: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPeAGR_Bf_D2Di5bzXIMrM6Ef_IIiRNYU&si=Q5ewau_4vb0tGkMC► Appalachia: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPeAGR_Bf_D1NPe26BHDdE_6X1pk6UysX&si=3eXpFF7-t_C3S2hi► East Coast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPeAGR_Bf_D0kfAVY9wv-ko6eN7TWR-WA► New Mexico: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPeAGR_Bf_D13WP-qxrHXM5e74bU_gmKp&si=Zhivz1uXd_hn7-8g► Pakistan: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPeAGR_Bf_D3Dc07Xay6AUtGomrzxE2pZWants to help us report? ► Sign up here: https://shorturl.at/xPrUxEpisode #87Subs: 445k subs #kentucky #appalachia