Ep 11: Guns & Billionaires. Winds of Change in the Wild West!
02/14/23 • 41 min
Episode eleven was recorded at Yankee Doodle's Cafe in Alpine, Wyoming, just south of Jackson Hole and home to hard-working, gun-loving ranchers, and high-tech billionaires who bring their money and liberal ideas to an area steeped in history and patriotic traditions.
Property values are soaring forcing locals to move away to find more affordable housing. There's mounting debate on whether Wyoming's limited gun restrictions need to be changed in the wake of America's mass-shooting crisis.
Yankee Doodle's owner, Alisha, proudly displays a sign at the front door that reads: "Lawfully concealed weapons welcome on the premises."
Tim, a local lodge owner, breaks down why guns matter in this wild country and why out-of-staters need to mind their own business.
Sean, a custom gun-maker, shares the importance of gun education and responsibility, the right and need for people to protect themselves, and his heartbroken feelings every time there's another mass shooting.
Finally, Adam, weighs in on the billionaire effect impacting everything from rents on service workers, sixty-mile one-way commutes, and exploding property taxes all caused by wealthy elites who only spend a few weeks a year in Wyoming.
Diner Info: Yankee Doodle's Cafe
20 U.S. Route 89
Alpine, WY. 83128
(307) 654-7507
www.yankeedoddlescafe.com
Episode eleven was recorded at Yankee Doodle's Cafe in Alpine, Wyoming, just south of Jackson Hole and home to hard-working, gun-loving ranchers, and high-tech billionaires who bring their money and liberal ideas to an area steeped in history and patriotic traditions.
Property values are soaring forcing locals to move away to find more affordable housing. There's mounting debate on whether Wyoming's limited gun restrictions need to be changed in the wake of America's mass-shooting crisis.
Yankee Doodle's owner, Alisha, proudly displays a sign at the front door that reads: "Lawfully concealed weapons welcome on the premises."
Tim, a local lodge owner, breaks down why guns matter in this wild country and why out-of-staters need to mind their own business.
Sean, a custom gun-maker, shares the importance of gun education and responsibility, the right and need for people to protect themselves, and his heartbroken feelings every time there's another mass shooting.
Finally, Adam, weighs in on the billionaire effect impacting everything from rents on service workers, sixty-mile one-way commutes, and exploding property taxes all caused by wealthy elites who only spend a few weeks a year in Wyoming.
Diner Info: Yankee Doodle's Cafe
20 U.S. Route 89
Alpine, WY. 83128
(307) 654-7507
www.yankeedoddlescafe.com
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This episode is a fun ride with stories from American's, Mexican's and Canadians living in, or around Yuma, Arizona. Originating from Rick's Kitchen on Frontage Road, the podcast begins with the diner's namesake, Rick, who hasn't always been a restauranteur--he started his career as a carnival worker and stuck with it for 57 years! Rick's shares a few stories that will make you actually say WTF out loud.
Bill, a full-time Yuma resident who lives in an RV park, talks about the "snowbirds" who flock to this desert oasis every winter and the recent migrant "crisis" that has been declared by local authorities because of a huge gap in the U.S. border wall.
Podcast host John Murphy steps away from the diner and crosses the border into Algodones, Mexico to see the gap for himself, and in the process, meets Pepe, a Mexican father whose entire family lives in the U.S. while he's stuck in Mexico because of a teenage drug trafficking felony. Pepe shares what it's going to take to reunite with his family.
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Diner Info:
RICK’S KITCHEN
12471 FRONTAGE RD.
YUMA, AZ. 85367
928-342-8143 (MAIN)
https://ricks-kitchen.com
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