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Junk History: Seductive, Dangerous
Inadequate or faulty framing of episodes is worse than an academic failing—it can sabotage real-world decisions.
November 2, 2026
Recorded on October 27, 2016
J.D. Vance chronicles his life and the history and issues of hillbillies in America. Vance, a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, writes about growing up in a poor Rust Belt town and how his family never fully escapes the legacy of abuse, alcoholism, poverty, and trauma in their lives. Vance paints a broad, passionate, and personal analysis of a culture in crisis—that of white working-class Americans.
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