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Heartland Politics with Robin Johnson is a political podcast discussing current issues we face as a country featuring interviews with senators, congressmen, governors, and other political elite.
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Rob Sand: "Two-party System is Broken and We Can improve on That" (opens the original)
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Rob Sand, Democratic candidate for Iowa Governor, talks about schools, the rising cancer rate in the state, government accountability & reform, data centers, economic growth, overcoming political polarization and much more.
Custer's Life is More Than Just Little Big Horn; it's the Story of America in the Late 19th Century (opens the original)
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TJ Stiles, Pulitzer Prize winner, discusses his book Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America. It's a fascinating account of Custer's life in the military, politics and family. Stiles talks about the many contradictions of Custer as they take place in a rapidly changing United States.
Harry Truman's First 120 Days: "No Other President Faced So Consequential A Start To Their Term" (opens the original)
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New York Times best selling author AJ Baime talks about his book, The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World. He discusses Truman's unlikely rise to the presidency, detailed looks at the day FDR died and Truman's first day as president, and the many events taking place early in his presidency including the fall of Berlin, the founding of the UN, victory at Okinawa, firebombings in Tokyo, the first atomic explosion, the Nazi surrender, the liberation of c
Despite Bears Overture to Indiana, "It's Not Over" (opens the original)
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State Rep. Kam Buckner (D-16) talks about his role as lead negotiator for the state in keeping the Bears in Illinois, the latest on the talks, his diverse background and how it shapes his approach to key issues, the partisan divide in the nation and ideological divide in the Democratic party, actions taken by the legislature to address cost of living concerns, data centers and much more. Buckner, first elected in 2018, is a former aide to Sen, Dick Durbin and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landreiu, wa
Bloodworth: Democrats' Lessons From Losing the Center Hold the Key to Winning it Back (opens the original)
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Jeff Bloodworth, professor of American history at Gannon University, talks about his book, Losing the Center: The Decline of American Liberalism 1968-1992. The book examines the downfall of Democrats along ideological, racial, and class lines. Published in 2013, the book was prescient in seeing the rise of Trump and realignment of the two parties along class lines.
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