Queer in Appalachia
Out There
Willow Belden
4.6 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
As a nonbinary person, Newt Schottelkotte never felt at home in Appalachia. But then, they went on a road trip with their dad. Driving through the Blue Ridge Mountains, something started to shift. This is a story about figuring out how to be yourself without abandoning where you're from.
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| 0:00.0 | Hub and spoke. |
| 0:03.2 | Audio Collective. |
| 0:08.1 | All right, I am out for a bike ride, and I am at a spot here where I can see three different mountain ranges, |
| 0:18.6 | and I only know what one of them is. |
| 0:22.6 | And I'm always curious what the others who are. |
| 0:27.3 | This happens often. |
| 0:30.1 | I'll be out doing something fun. |
| 0:32.4 | I'll see mountains in the distance. |
| 0:34.9 | And I always want to know what they are. |
| 0:40.7 | Which is where an app called PeakVisor comes in handy. PeakVisor is one of our sponsors for this episode. When you open up their app, |
| 0:47.3 | it shows you a panoramic image of everything you're seeing with all the peaks labeled. It tells you each mountain's name, |
| 0:55.9 | its height, how far away it is, and it works for mountains all over the world. If you too |
| 1:02.9 | like to know what you're looking at when you're out on adventures, check out Peak |
| 1:07.0 | Visor in the app store. You just might love it. |
| 1:16.2 | Thank you. peak visor in the app store. You just might love it. Hi, I'm Willow Belden and you're listening to Out There, the podcast that explores big questions |
| 1:24.2 | through intimate stories outdoors. |
| 1:31.9 | This season, we're exploring the theme, Secrets of the Earth. |
| 1:50.3 | Each episode, we're harnessing the power of nature to uncover new truths and help us understand our own humanity. Today. Today's story is about self-discovery. |
| 1:54.5 | When we're looking to find ourselves, we often go back to the place where it all started. |
| 2:00.5 | Home. From a yearly beach trip to a beloved backyard, |
| 2:05.5 | the natural spaces we grew up in can be places of clarity and comfort. |
| 2:12.1 | But what happens when those spaces come into conflict with who we are? |
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