99. West Virginia: Proving that Timing is Everything with Annie F. Downs

Here's Where It Gets Interesting

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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In this episode, Sharon shares the story of how West Virginia broke away from the state of Virginia with author and speaker Annie F. Downs. Unhappy with their representation in state legislature, the Appalachian communities in the Northwestern part of Virginia took advantage of Virginia’s secession during the Civil War to apply for their own statehood. Sharon and Annie talk about what makes West Virginia unique in its geography, culture, and history and why it has been sued multiple times by more than one of its neighboring states.

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0:00.0	Hello, I am excited to have you here today. I am chatting with my friend Annie F. Downs.
0:09.1	She has a fantastic podcast called That Sounds Fun. She is an author and a speaker.
0:15.3	And such an enthusiastic learner. I love this about her. I love her level of enthusiasm
0:20.9	for learning new things. I would love to have her back all the time on this podcast.
0:25.5	Today I have a fantastic story for you about the incredibly beautiful state of West Virginia.
0:32.6	If you've never been there, you need to visit. It is a absolutely gorgeous place covered in
0:38.5	mountains and forests. And so let's dive in. I'm Sharon Nickman and welcome to the Sharon Says So
0:46.3	Podcast. Oh, I'm so excited to have my friend Annie F. Downs with me today. First of all,
0:52.8	what does the F104? Well, it's complicated and Swiss. And so we just say fancy. Like I might
0:58.1	like, Reeva McIntyre song. I might have been born just plain white trash, but fancy was my name.
1:02.1	This is song I always sing. So that's what with Annie F. Downs will tell everybody everything they
1:06.7	need to know. Are you fancy in most ways? Yeah, I mean, I just, a friend of mine says that I have
1:13.6	champagne taste on a beer budget is kind of my like actual MO. And so yes, I just like sparkly
1:19.2	things like fancy things. It doesn't mean I get them all the time, but like I don't need to stay
1:23.6	in the fancy hotel, but I want to walk into the lobby. You know, that's me. Oh, if we're passing
1:28.1	a fancy hotel, I want to walk through the lobby. Well, tell everybody what you do if they don't
1:34.5	already follow you. If they have not already listened to your podcast and read off your books,
1:38.8	tell everybody about what you do. So I'm based in national Tennessee. I have a podcast called
1:45.2	That Sounds Fun, where we interview friends a couple of times a week, kind of talking about what
1:50.4	they are working on and what they love and what sounds fun for them. We take that out on tour.
1:54.9	We go and tour the podcast. You were very kind to be a guest on our last season of touring. It was
1:59.9	so fun. So fun. Oh my gosh. I loved it. It was the best. Yes. And then yeah, I also write books.
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