Alexander Armstrong Across America

S01E02 West Virginia

Deep in the West Virginia Appalachians, Alexander tracks down a homesteader who’s traded modern convenience for a self-sufficient life off the grid—yet still broadcasts that rugged existence to a massive online audience. But the mountain story runs deeper than one man’s cabin. Alexander digs into the forces that built this state: the coal mines that stoked America’s industrial engine, and the moonshiners whose secret stills forged a legacy of rebellion and pride woven into Appalachian lore.