{"id":15262,"date":"2021-03-30T05:53:24","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T09:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/?p=15262"},"modified":"2021-03-30T05:53:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T09:53:24","slug":"whats-the-epicenter-of-american-politics%e2%80%aa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/?p=15262","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the Epicenter of American Politics\u202a?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Would the answer &#8220;Appalachia&#8221; surprise you? Maybe&#8230;but consider that the senior-most Republican leader in America is from Kentucky, while the Democrat who wields the most power in the Senate is Joe Manchin of West Virginia. \u00a0They come from a region that is often misunderstood&#8230;and too often looked down on. \u00a0But Appalachian issues are American issues &#8212; and the priorities of Appalachian leaders echo throughout our country. \u00a0Today, we welcome the hosts of the outstanding podcast Appodlachia onto the show to share some insights into the region&#8217;s politics, economy, and lessons for America. \u00a0Check it out, and subscribe to their show (and ours!) if you want more of their great content.<br \/>\n<iframe allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *; fullscreen *\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"175\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/whats-the-epicenter-of-american-politics\/id1369437819?i=1000514916002\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Would the answer &#8220;Appalachia&#8221; surprise you? Maybe&#8230;but consider that the senior-most Republican leader in America is from Kentucky, while the Democrat who wields the most power in the Senate is Joe Manchin of West Virginia. \u00a0They come from a region that is often misunderstood&#8230;and too often looked down on. \u00a0But Appalachian issues are American issues [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15262","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-beyondpolitics"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15263,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15262\/revisions\/15263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}