100 Days of Chaos
Jerry Hagstrom, Sarah Melotte, and Bob Leonard join host Joel Heitkamp and guest host J.D. Scholten to discuss the impacts to rural America of Trump’s first 100 days in office. You will learn about disaster relief, rural healthcare, tariffs, manufacturing, immigration, and the ongoing Farm Bill debates in Congress. Each guest offers firsthand perspectives from their communities, highlighting the struggles and hopes of rural people.
Joel and J.D. weave together stories of hardship and hope while connecting local issues to national policy. You will hear engaging, actionable conversations on how rural communities are organizing, what key policy battles mean for them, and how everyone can get involved to support positive change.
Join us on The Hot Dish every other week, where we serve up hearty conversations that resonate with every corner of the country.
The Hot Dish is brought to you by the One Country Project, making sure the voices of the rest of us are heard in Washington. To learn more, visit https://onecountryproject.org or find us at https://onecountryproject.substack.com/.
Find Sarah Melotte's work at https://dailyyonder.com/.
Find Bob Leonard's work at https://rleonard.substack.com/.
Find Jerry Hagstrom's work at https://www.hagstromreport.com/.
Joel and J.D. weave together stories of hardship and hope while connecting local issues to national policy. You will hear engaging, actionable conversations on how rural communities are organizing, what key policy battles mean for them, and how everyone can get involved to support positive change.
Join us on The Hot Dish every other week, where we serve up hearty conversations that resonate with every corner of the country.
The Hot Dish is brought to you by the One Country Project, making sure the voices of the rest of us are heard in Washington. To learn more, visit https://onecountryproject.org or find us at https://onecountryproject.substack.com/.
Find Sarah Melotte's work at https://dailyyonder.com/.
Find Bob Leonard's work at https://rleonard.substack.com/.
Find Jerry Hagstrom's work at https://www.hagstromreport.com/.
Creators and Guests
Host
Heidi Heitkamp
U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp served as the first female senator elected from North Dakota from 2013 – 2019. he is the founder and Chair of the One Country Project, an organization focused on addressing the needs and concerns of rural America. Heidi was recently named the Director of the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago, a university she has long been committed to and a place where she enjoys engaging with students over civic discussions while encouraging them to seek opportunities in public service to our country. Heidi also serves as a contributor to both CNBC and ABC News.
Host
Joel Heitkamp
He is an multi-award winning talk show host both regionally and nationally. Before radio, he served in the North Dakota Senate from 1995-2008.
Guest
J.D. Scholten
J.D. Scholten is a State Representative from Iowa House District 1, a board member of One Country.
Guest
Jerry Hagstrom
Jerry Hagstrom is a Washington journalist covering agriculture, food and rural America.d He writes the daily Hagstrom Report and his work also appears on DTN/The Progressive Farmer and in National Journal. He grew up on a farm northeast of Wilton, North Dakota., where his grandparents were homesteaders.
Guest
Robert Leonard
Robert Leonard is a retired News Director for KNIA/KRLS radio in Knoxville/Pella/Indianola, Iowa. He has bylines in the New York Times, TIME, USA Today, the Des Moines Register, the Iowa Capital Dispatch, the Kansas City Star, and many more publications. He also writes at Deep Midwest: Politics and Culture.
Guest
Sarah Melotte
Sarah Melotte is a rural geographer and journalist based in Western North Carolina. She began her work at the Daily Yonder in 2021 while completing her graduate degree in Applied Geography at the University of Colorado - Denver.
