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#230: The Palestinian-American representing Appalachian Georgia, Rep. Ruwa Romman

On today's episode, Chuck talks with Rep. Ruwa Romman, the Palestinian-American organizer and policy analyst representing Georgia's 97th House District. She is the first Muslim and Palestinian woman ever elected to the Georgia State House of Representatives. We talk about her background and her work as an elected official, as well as the Uncommitted movement within the Democratic Party and how she was supposed to speak at the DNC but was denied. It's an important part of the...

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  #236: Giving thanks for our old AIM screen names

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  #235: About that 2024 election

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  #234: Hillbilly Elegection: Our presidential predictions

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  #233: What's up with the Appalachian Clean Hydrogen Hub?

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  #232: The canaries in the coal mine of climate change (with the Chaotic Fo…

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  #231: Fat Bear Week analysis & the hurricane of misinformation in Appalach…

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  #229: The Appalachian in charge of our nation's mine safety

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  #228: Haitian immigrants are NOT eating pets in Ohio

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  #227: Rednecks took center-stage at the DNC

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  #226: Kangaroos on the loose and crowdfunding classrooms

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  #225: Defeating a private equity takeover of trailer parks

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  #224: Is Appalachia Trump Country?

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  #223: A couch-tastrophe and a threat to marriage equality

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  #222: Hillbilly Elegy: A New Cope

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  Biden drops out on National Ice Cream Day