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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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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Pelosi Chief of Staff on Her First Tenure as Speaker and the Challenges of Governing
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John Lawrence discusses his book, Arc of Power: Inside Nancy Pelosi’s Speakership, 2005-2010.By Robin Johnson
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The Making of an Iconic Jazz Album Through the Lives of Three Famed Musicians
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Author James Kaplan talks about his new book, 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans and the Lost Empire of Cool.By Robin Johnson
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New Book Dispels Myths About Rural Voters
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Daniel Shea and Nicholas Jacobs talk about their new book, The Rural Voter, The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America.By Robin Johnson
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New Book Examines A 1990 GOP Primary in Illinois That Became National Proxy on Abortion and Factored in Bush v Gore
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Patrick Wohl, author of Down Ballot: How A Local Campaign Became A National Referendum on Abortion, talks about this historic race, abortion politics, the key players, how state legislative campaigns are run, the role of ‘dimpled chads’ in the outcome locally and in the 2000 presidential race in Florida, why local elections are so important, and mu…
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