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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Sonja Trom Eayrs discusses her book Dodge County, Incorporated: Big Ag and the Undoing of Rural America, a story of her family farm's fight against factory farms that changed agriculture and small townsthroughout the US.Από τον Robin Johnson
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Who was James Jesus Angleton? Why is he important to understanding America in the Cold War era?Από τον Robin Johnson
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Mike Thomas, co-author with the late Bill Zehme of a new biography of Johnny Carson called Carson the Magnificent.Από τον Robin Johnson
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Sarah Vogel discusses her recent book The Farmer's Lawyer: The North Dakota Nine and the Fight to Save the Family Farm.Από τον Robin Johnson
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Paul Collier, renowned development economist and author of Left Behind:A New Economics for Neglected PlacesΑπό τον Robin Johnson
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Jonathan Weisman, an economics and labor policy reporter for the NewYork Times, discusses a recent article he wrote on how the slippage ofworking class support for Democrats predated TrumpΑπό τον Robin Johnson
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Brian Reisinger talks about his book, Land Rich, Cash Poor: My Family's Hope and the Untold History of the Disappearing American Farmer.Από τον Robin Johnson
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Ruth Harkin's New Book Opens Window to Husband's Political Life But Also Her Remarkable Career
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Ruth Harkin discusses her new book, When My Husband Ran for President and Other Short StoriesΑπό τον Robin Johnson
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John Ganz discusses his book, When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990sΑπό τον Robin Johnson
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Yuval Levin, director of social, cultural and constitutional studies atthe American Enterprise Institute and former domestic policy advisor toPresident George W. Bush, discusses his new book, American Covenant: Howthe Constitution Unified Our Nation--And Could Again.Από τον Robin Johnson
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New Bio Chronicles Rise of Glenn Poshard from Deep Poverty in
southern Illinois to Congress and SIU President
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Glenn Poshard discusses his book, Son of Southern Illinois: GlennPoshard's Life in Politics and EducationΑπό τον Robin Johnson
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Meet the Independent Candidate for US Senate in Nebraska Who
Almost Pulled Off the Upset of the Year
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Dan Osborn, a local union president, mechanic, and Navy veteran, talks about the strike that launched his populist campaign against corporate greed and government corruption, his platform that straddled the two major parties, his appeal and working class and rural voters, and his new PAC designed to elect working class candidates.…
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Forrest Claypool, discusses his new book, The Daley Show: Inside theTransformative Reign of Chicago's Richard M. DaleyΑπό τον Robin Johnson
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Michael Kruse, senior staff writer at Politico, talks about a recent article he wrote focusing on how politics severed a relationship between two brothersΑπό τον Robin Johnson
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Jacob Rubashkin, deputy editor of Inside Elections, analyzes the 2024election results for president, the US Senate and US House, reasons forthe outcomes, demographic and regional breakouts and more.Από τον Robin Johnson
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Cong. Eric Sorensen On His Most Memorable First Term
Accomplishment and Why He Should be Re-Elected
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Congressman Eric Sorensen, representing Illinois' 17 district, talksabout his major accomplishments in the House of Representatives, hisdiscussions with area farmers on the climate issue, the Farm Bill, andmore.Από τον Robin Johnson
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Max Boot, author of Reagan: His Life and Legend, discusses Reagan'sstrengths and shortcomings in this book including how his upbringing inour listening area shaped his life and career.Από τον Robin Johnson
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New Book Explores the 'Pride Paradox' That Turned Descendants of
FDR Democrats into Trump Republicans
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Arlie Russell Hochschild talks about her new book, Stolen Pride: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the RightΑπό τον Robin Johnson
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Judge Joe McGraw, Republican candidate for Congress in Illinois' 17th District, talks about border security, jobs and the American Dream, US-China relations, abortion, ethics reform, the Farm Bill and much more.Από τον Robin Johnson
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Christina Bohannan, Democratic candidate for Congress in Iowa's 1st congressional district, talks about the economy, immigration, trade, education, abortion, debt and much more.Από τον Robin Johnson
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