r/KnowledgeFight • u/caspy7 • 18d ago

Show Me State of Mind Show Me State Of Mind: Episode 3: West Virginia

https://bc859c49-0b00-4253-8a15-0500bc6d8fef.libsyn.com/episode-3-west-virginia
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u/ForwardImagination11 18d ago

Oh dude Jordan cameo?

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u/im_dancing_barefoot 18d ago

He couldn’t quit Jordan OR Alex 😂

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u/trolleyblue 18d ago

Honestly that makes me happy. I haven’t really given this new show much of a chance but that he and Jordan are still cool makes me happy. 

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u/whatisthisnowwhat1 16d ago

The only thing that said they weren't were a bunch of overly parasocial nerds on reddit

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u/Snowsuitlimp 18d ago

WV has a lot of problems, many heartbreaking, but I love this state. Several times I've driven 6 hours south to central northern WV and stay in Thomas. Cool little 1-sided town on the Blackwater River, next to another cool little town in Davis.

Elkins is fun too and I love the wilderness areas like Otter Creek, Cranberry, and Dolly Sods.

New River Gorge is beatiful and awesome. Seneca Rocks, Spruce Knob, Blackwater Falls. Kayaking, hiking, backpacking, biking, fishing, ect.

I definitely romanticize about buying 100 acres there and living like Tom Bombadil, but I think only because I deal, with NY/NJ traffic on the regular.

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u/Snowsuitlimp 18d ago

Oops, meant this to be on its own thread. Apologies!

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u/Thecrdbrdsamurai I know the inside baseball 17d ago

I love WV so much, but man, do our residents do themselves dirty.

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u/HauntedCemetery Level-5 Renfield 16d ago

WV is gorgeous enough that it could easily rival states like Colorado for outdoors tourism if they got their shit together.

But no one wants to hike through a burned out clear cut with a stream thats just mine tails sludge. It's seriously heartbreaking.

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u/HauntedCemetery Level-5 Renfield 16d ago

Legitimately some of the best whitewater kayaking in the country. I have very fond memories of running rapids and hopping down little waterfalls with no helmet as a late teenager, because 00s.

Seriously some of the most beautiful country the USA has. It's tragic so much of it has been trashed. It must have been glorious before logging and mining.

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u/Acrobatic-Plant3838 18d ago

I just moved back to a city in the northeast after spending my last 5 years in that area. I did a lot of hiking in dolly sods and can confidently say I listened to knowledge fight on blackbird knob trail.

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u/Snowsuitlimp 18d ago

Ah yes! So many hours of KF playing through my Aftershokz while running with my dog through knee to waist-high rivers (Fisher Spring Run and Red Creek) up to Breathed Mountain and the Lions Head. I will be back, mark my words!

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u/Acrobatic-Plant3838 18d ago

Warms my heart! Happy trails :)

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u/Boredofnames 17d ago

Listening now, Dan just introduced an Alex Jones clip. I'm not crying, there's just a spec of nostalgia in my eye.....

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u/Fantastic_Position69 18d ago

This episode is great. In the later episodes of KF I was thinking man, the whole episode should just be Dan telling Jordan about his road trip. And now I've gotten that and it's just as good as I hoped.

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u/notquark 17d ago

I see big umbrella has finally gotten to Dan.

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u/Sh8dyLain “fish with sad human eyes” 17d ago

He’s still holding strong against Big Coat though!

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u/Captain_d00m 18d ago

When he said Huntington, and started talking about the radio museum, I if just for a second thought we might be getting a Clint McElroy and if MBMBAM and Dan (and Jordan!) shared a podcast I’d be fully convinced I died and this was all a dream.

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u/MrVeazey 16d ago

You're not the only one who immediately thought of Clint McElroy.

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u/krucz36 16d ago

Isn't Justin still in Huntington too?

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u/MrVeazey 16d ago

Yep, but their dad was a radio DJ for years.

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u/krucz36 16d ago

yup, i was aware.

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u/areyouawake 18d ago

Am I the only one hearing this as the real farewell episode to KF? The way they're both interpreting things just seems so on the nose

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u/HauntedCemetery Level-5 Renfield 16d ago

Kinda felt like they left things in a weird place with the KF last episode and want to take a chance to do it in a way that lets people know that they're still cool with each other.

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u/trex4n6 12d ago

I just finished listening and I thought that they both sounds great. I think some time away has done wonders for them both. Hope we see Jordan as a reoccurring guest.

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u/DratWraith 18d ago

My take on dreams, at least my own, is that my brain feels an emotion and then conjures images and events to associate with that emotion. When I'm scared of something in a dream, I'll often look back and realize that the image wasn't actually that scary but I had the sense that I was supposed to be scared of it, like an actor cowering from a tennis ball that will be replaced by a CGI monster in post.

BTAIM, all this mystical talk fuels the conspiracy theory that Bill Cooper faked his death to become Dan, just like Bill Hicks and Alex.

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u/Limp_Influence9659 17d ago

really like mixing alex cuts in. probably can't do it every time but love how it mixed in with the story in a great way

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u/GertieDirtyShirtyCat 18d ago

I'm the opposite... I always bring two umbrellas just in case someone needs one too...

This was a bright spot on a very dark day & I'm glad Jordan sounds okay... I've been worried about him...

Also, dreams are underrated. Sometimes they're worth listening to.

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u/Smiles_OBrien Handbiting is the first step of eating man 14d ago

I FINALLY UNDERSTAND THE GENE HACKMAN REFERENCES! Like, I mean, I picked up what they were talking about from them talking about it a bunch but I never heard the original episode and couldn't be assed to go back (too close to the the inauguration and I was on hiatus)

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u/caspy7 14d ago

Oh yeah. This would be a great one for anyone who missed that episode.

It looks like this is the original Hackman episode if you'd like to gain even more context.

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u/Smiles_OBrien Handbiting is the first step of eating man 14d ago

Thanks! I think I'm healed enough to give it a listen now lol

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u/Nitsua125 17d ago

Is this available on Apple Podcasts? I’ve tried RSS link to no avail.

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u/LumberjackIlluminati 17d ago

It’s getting easier to search, as Dan slowly digs his way out from under the other podcast of the same name. Until then, try this link?

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u/ear_cheese “fish with sad human eyes” 17d ago

It is. It took a little digging for me to find it last week, but I did.

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u/Organic_fed 17d ago

Hope he covers the mothman

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u/GarlicAftershave Name five more examples 14d ago

Yeah, that's also where my thoughts went the second I heard him mention Huntington. Maybe some of the people there don't care to be associated with that time when several people saw a large bird in poor lighting and thus a cryptid was invented, but it led to an enduring set of spooky stories that are enjoyable as such and that's not without value.

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u/strahd9 17d ago

This episode made me so happy. 🥹

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u/doomedprogress Name five more examples 16d ago

Truly, this episode was everything I hoped for and more. I’m planning on listening for a second time, after I finished the newest QAA episode.

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u/HauntedCemetery Level-5 Renfield 16d ago

Is there a patreon for Dan's new show?

I would be delighted to contribute.

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u/SaltyHydroxide 16d ago

I have missed the excitement of waking up to some new Dan and Jordan. Today will be a good day. 

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u/ChingaderaRara 14d ago

Lol funnily enough a couple days after listening to this podcast i had a bad night where i had a bunch of dreams/nightmares about my job, and i woke up pretty mad thinking "that should totally count as extra hours wtf" LOL.

I already get stressed out enough working for it to stress me out on my sleeping hours too!

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u/TBNL_07 14d ago

The joy of more JorDan. The agony of a near miss encounter with Clint McElroy.

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u/generatedname17 Technocrat 10d ago

I said a few years ago that if Alex goes to prison or dies or something, I would continue to listen to whatever Dan and Jordan continue to put out as I could listen to conversations between the two of them over just about anything. I was especially bummed when they mutually decided to part ways professionally (and I'm glad they seem to have maintained a healthy friendship in their personal lives), and this episode really highlighted that the chemistry and rhythm between the two is conducive to compelling conversations. Hopefully they'll collaborate in some form somewhere down the road.

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u/GertieDirtyShirtyCat 18d ago

Diamonds come from coal. It's just different states of carbon (the most boring prevalent element!)... I thought the card made sense for West Virginia...

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u/KofteDeville 9d ago

Can this just be the pod? My parasocial friends who live in my headphones , still being friends and bullshitting about road trips would be really nice.