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Backroad Ballots - Ep 3: Diverging Economies, Fractured Politics
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How have rural and urban economies diverged in recent decades, and what effect has that had on the geography of American politics? In this episode, Daily Yonder reporter Olivia Weeks speaks with historian Keith Orejel and journalist Nick Bowlin about the history of “small-town boosters,” the outsized effect of the Great Recession on rural America, and the lack of corporate accountability in sparsely populated places.
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