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And it's why we've always been looked at as being backwards. ♪ being part of the media, but living here, is a really big challenge because rarely people like myself actually are the ones that control our narrative, that control our story. ♪ >> anthony: it was always too easy to come gawk at west virginia. to make it the poster child for whatever the agenda of the moment was. lazy depictions of stereotypical west virginians. hillbillies and hicks, tucked into isolated hollers to be pitied or made objects of laughter and derision. >> elaine: if you google appalachia to this day, you're going...

That fixed this food. and thank you for each and every living day. amen. >> group: amen. >> drema: and thank you for letting us meet more friends. >> lola: yes. >> anthony: well thank you for having me. >> anthony: you're working on a farm nearby, is that right? >> lola: yes. after strip mines are done here, the land's usually just useless. so, we're trying to make a purpose. pumpkins, watermelon, we're just trying to figure out what will grow on it. >> anthony: so there is life after coal? >> lola: there's life ter coal. so what do you think about that squirrel? >> anthony: oh man, it's good....

>> 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 coal mines. my mother died when i was five, so we went to live with my nonna, and the first day i was there she pulled me up to a cook stove. >> an...

♪ 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 an...

But as they're in the business, these guys can apply for special, highly-vetted atf licenses for purposes of product development and testing. >> anthony: that was just really -- that was a lot of fun. i'm a child, what can i say? >> ashley: who wants to blow up pumpkins? ♪ >> justin: just mixed up a binary explosive. >> justin: 3, 2, 1. [ rapid fire ] >> anthony: whatever you feel about gun rights, there is an undeniable, visceral thrill to blowing shit up. people who like guns, like them for a reason. >> justin: that's a whole lot of america right there. >> anthony: it's not mine. [ laughte...