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Mike costello: these right here, they're called woodmetal. they've got a really nice, kind of aromatic quality to them. with the pawpaws, it's better if you can kind of like feel them, see if they're ripe. >> anthony: america's forgotten fruit, the pawpaw. forgotten when most americans stopped going to the forest for their food. but in west virginia, they were never forgotten. >> mike: so that's a pawpaw ice cream with some candied wildflowers, and then this is an old-fashioned vinegar pie. it's in a class of pies called "desperation pies" that try to create something like a lemon pie and you ...

To the glory days of coal and better times. >> linda mckinney: i drank coffee from the time i could walk. they put coffee in your bottle. coffee or wine. [ laughter ] >> anthony: linda mckinney is a true daughter of appalachia. she raised her children here. linda's husband, bob mckinney, is a long-time mine safety inspector. >> anthony: now your family is originally from naples, is that right? >> linda: yes. >> anthony: naples area? >> linda: came here in 1923 trying to strike it rich in the coalmines. my mother died when i was five, so we went to live with my nonna, and the first day i was th...

A bad thing? >> justin: i say no. >> anthony: okay, you're an honest man, i appreciate it. >> justin: i'm a responsible gun owner, why should i be crippled in what i'm able to do as far as protecting my family? >> anthony: look, i hear you. but there's a fair number of people in this world who are just, you know, too dumb to pour piss out of a boot. [ laughter ] i mean 90 old drivers in florida, they still got their license, but should they be driving? >> ashley: right. >> greg: a few years ago, my father was involved in a shooting at his pharmacy that he works at. man came in, he had a weapon...

>> anthony: what should people know about this area that they don't know, that they're not getting? >> it's just how much that people in this area have been exploited. [ bells ringing ] [ machines whirring ] >> nick: the land agents who came in and bought up all the mineral rights. the coal and timber companies that started extracting and taking everybody's labor rights. >> man: i can't fight a big coal company, they got too much money. >> elaine: politicians from dc that can make a quick day trip down here and get a good sound bite. >> trump: who is a miner in this group? who is -- stand up. ...

>> miner: most of us just go get the beer, and head back on top of the ridge and drink it. >> anthony: wow. >> miner 2: in the name of the father, we'd like to gather here to thank you for this opportunity to support our families. please watch after us, keep us safe while we're underground working. amen. >> group: amen. >> patrick: what do you got? >> man 3: bear meat and chicken. >> anthony: oh, damn. >> patrick: i may just put my sandwich back here if you got bear meat. >> anthony: that's delicious. do you think the country as a whole, do you think they understand the coal business at all? w...