# Introducing: Our Town

An episode of [Odd Lots](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1056200096), 9 Aug 2026, 1:52.

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Our Town from Bloomberg’s Big Take podcast follows residents of Gainesboro, Tennessee, after a group of far-right Christians moves in with plans for a radical social experiment. Listen to Episode 1 on the Big Take. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: If you drive ninety miles northeast of Nashville into the
[0:03] Speaker 1: foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, you'll land in Gainsboro, Tennessee.
[0:08] Speaker 1: How would you describe this place?
[0:09] Speaker 2: I think raw would be a good word to start.
[0:12] Speaker 1: Just over one thousand people live here, many go back generations.
[0:16] Speaker 3: I was related to pretty much everyone here.
[0:19] Speaker 1: But in the fall of twenty twenty four, a group
[0:21] Speaker 1: of outsiders started scooping up big tracts of land.
[0:25] Speaker 2: That piques my interest because most time he would sell
[0:28] Speaker 2: it to Jimbob over the holler.
[0:30] Speaker 1: As the battle for the future of America plays out
[0:34] Speaker 1: in one small.
[0:34] Speaker 3: Town, we were all flat footed. We didn't have a clue.
[0:39] Speaker 1: Developers with right wing ties have purchased hundreds of acres
[0:43] Speaker 1: of land in the area.
[0:44] Speaker 2: The first thing you see when it pops up is pioneers.
[0:48] Speaker 1: In Appalachian, Pioneers in Appalachia. But the goal wasn't just
[0:52] Speaker 1: to buy real estate.
[0:54] Speaker 4: We need cities on a shining hill that exemplify and
[0:57] Speaker 4: embody the healthy, natural human way of life, the Christian
[1:01] Speaker 4: way of life.
[1:02] Speaker 3: Stop right there is that normal.
[1:04] Speaker 1: From Bloomberg News and The Big Take podcast, This is
[1:08] Speaker 1: Our Town, a show about what happens when a small
[1:11] Speaker 1: town becomes the site of a social experiment. God need Bend.
[1:16] Speaker 4: We're on the cusp of I think a land grab
[1:18] Speaker 4: an Appleatchia.
[1:19] Speaker 3: Our hometown is not a test too.
[1:22] Speaker 1: And decides to fight back. Do not use my hard
[1:26] Speaker 1: work to sell your book.
[1:29] Speaker 5: They're not just opposing what's being planned for here. They
[1:34] Speaker 5: feel like they're standing in opposition to an entire administration.
[1:37] Speaker 1: I guess you didn't move in on a bunch of dumbhillbillies. Now.
[1:39] Speaker 1: Did you listen to our town on the iHeartRadio app,
[1:43] Speaker 1: Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts

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