J.D. Vance offers a compelling, firsthand account of life among the white working poor, and in particular among a family with roots in the Appalachia region of northern Kentucky. It’s easy to devise economic explanations for this group’s stagnation and retrogression, but a deeply ingrained set of self-destructive ideas and behaviors renders futile most conventional, political approaches to remedying the problem. This is an episode you won’t soon forget.
About the Guest
J.D. Vance is a graduate of Yale Law School and The Ohio State University.
Book Discussed
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
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