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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Book Explores Devastating Impact of Meat Industry Consolidation on Rural America
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Chris Leonard, former agribusiness reporter for the Associated Press, discusses his book, The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America’s Food Business.By Robin Johnson
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New Upjohn Research Showing Which Economic Development Strategies Work Best
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Tim Bartik, senior economist at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, talks about distressed communities, employment trends in Rock Island and Scott CountiesBy Robin Johnson
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A Previous, Overlooked Period of American History Featuring War, Violence, Repression That Threatened US Democracy
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Author Adam Hochschild discusses his book American Midnight: The Great War, A Violent Peace, and Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis.By Robin Johnson
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A Lot of People Get Mad at Me, But Not Many Tell Me I’m Wrong
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Chris Jones, author of The Swine Republic: Struggles With the Truth About Agriculture and Water Quality,”By Robin Johnson
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New Book Provides Important Insights on Key Group That Could Decide November Elections: Latino Voters
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Mike Madrid, a political consultant who has worked for both political parties and co-founded the Lincoln Project, discusses his book, The Latino Century: How America’s Largest Minority is Transforming Democracy.By Robin Johnson
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New Report Captures Economic Renewal in Left Behind Counties, But Challenges Remain
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Kenan Fikri, Director of Research for the Economic Innovation Group, talks about a new report, “Economic Renaissance or Fleeting Recovery? Left-Behind Counties See Boom in Jobs and Businesses Amid Widening Divides.”By Robin Johnson
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Sen. Cournoyer on the State of Iowa Schools
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State Sen. Chris Cournoyer, Vice-chair of the Senate Education Committee, (R-35) talks about K-12 school issuesBy Robin Johnson
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How Washington Really Works….It’s Worse Than You Think
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Brody Mullins, co-author of The Wolves of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Big Government, talks about the development of the modern lobbying industryBy Robin Johnson
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State Senator Mike Halpin: Two Biggest Benefits of Budget Are K-12 School Funding and Child Tax Credit
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State Senator Mike Halpin (D) from the 36th District discusses the Illinois legislative sessionBy Robin Johnson
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Sen. Jochum Take on Iowa Legislative Session: “More Cruel Towards Children Who Are Different, the Poor, the Middle Class”
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Sen. Pam Jochum (D-Dubuque) discusses the recently concluded Iowa legislative session.By Robin Johnson
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Downstate Highlights of Illinois Legislative Session Include More School and Infrastructure Funding
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Patrick Pfingsten, author of The Illinoize political newsletter, discusses the recently concluded legislative session highlights and Republican prospects in the 2024 elections.By Robin Johnson
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New Look at Saddam Hussein, the US Invasion of Iraq, and the Avoidable Errors That Led To It
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Steve Coll talks about his new book, The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, The CIA, and the Origins of America’s Invasion of IraqBy Robin Johnson
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Steve Scully: Challenge for Today’s Voters in Polarized Politics is to “Understand What the Other Side is All About”
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Steve is host of The Briefing on the POTUS Channel, Senior VP at the Bipartisan Policy Center and former host for 30 years at C-SPAN.By Robin Johnson
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Taylor Collins: 90th General Assembly “Continued Conservative Reform Begun in 2017”
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Rep. Taylor Collins (R-Mediapolis) discusses the recently completed session of the Iowa legislature and addresses some of its key accomplishments.By Robin Johnson
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Nobel-winning Economist Joseph Stiglitz New Book Offers A New Vision on Economic and Political Freedom
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Joseph Stiglitz talks about his new book, The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good SocietyBy Robin Johnson
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Labor historian Steve Babson, author of Forgotten Populists: When Farmers Turned Left to Save Democracy.By Robin Johnson
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War for the Soul of American Christianity
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Tim Alberta discusses his book The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of ExtremismBy Robin Johnson
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American Democracy on the Brink? It’s Happened Before
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Jon Grinspan talks about his book, Age of Acrimony: How Americans Fought to Fix Their Democracy 1865-1915By Robin Johnson
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Luke Russert Book Explores Grief, Self-discovery and Purpose
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Luke Russert, host and creative director of “MSNBC Live”, discusses his book Look For Me There: Grieving my Father, Finding Myself.By Robin Johnson
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How to Address the Surge of Disinformation in Political Campaigns
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Sasha Issenberg, author of The Lie Detectives: In Search of a Playbook for Winning Elections in the Disinformation Age.
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