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Tim Alberta discusses his book The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
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Jon Grinspan talks about his book, Age of Acrimony: How Americans Fought to Fix Their Democracy 1865-1915
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Campaigns & Elections
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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 much more.
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Harry MacLean, author of Starkweather, The Untold Story of the Killing Spree That Changed America, discusses the 1958 murders that shocked the nation, drew national attention, and was an inspiration for the movie Natural Born Killers, Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska, a 1973, Martin Sheen movie, Badlands, and mention in Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start the Fire.
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Rust Belt Unions Blues: Why Working-class Voters Are Turning Away From the Democratic Party
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Former Republican Congressman Scott Klug from Wisconsin talks about hyper partisanship in the US.
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Campaigns & ElectionsJim Mertens and guest Keith Boeckelman delve into the world of politics, focusing on the state of Illinois and the upcoming 2020 presidential election.
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David Leonhardt, Pulitzer-prize winning essayist for the New York Times, discusses his new book, Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream.
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Campaigns & ElectionsNikki Haley, Republican presidential candidate, former Ambassador to the UN and former South Carolina Governor, talks about Ukraine, Gaza, border security, restoring our manufacturing base, China, whether to ban TikTok and much more.
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Campaigns & ElectionsSteven Conn questions the idea of a single rural America that is “left behind” or in crisis and instead says there are many rural Americas and they have been shaped by the same forces that impacted the rest of the country. His book, The Lies of the Land: Seeing Rural America for What It Is—And Isn’t also challenges the notion that rural America values capture the “real America” and why rural areas supported Donald Trump.
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GovernmentThomas Bergami served as warden at the federal prison from early 2022 through July, when he retired.
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Max Fraser, author of Hillbilly Highway: The Transappalachian Migration and The Making of a White Working Class, discusses the differences with other parts of the white, working class, misperceptions of this overlooked group, the role of country music, their political impact and much more.