Laura Anderson
Appears in 10 Episodes
Tim Miller on GOP Corruption and Betrayal
Rural voters keep hearing about scandal in Washington, but most of it never gets past the surface. Tim Miller, host of the Bulwark Podcast, joins Heidi to dig into wha...
Decoding Trump with Aaron Rupar
Trump is fighting to control how states run their own elections, and the fallout could shape the midterms before a vote is cast. Aaron Rupar, an independent journalist...
Data Centers, Tariffs, and the Fight for Rural Votes
Data centers are showing up in rural counties across the country, and not everyone is happy about it. Isaac Wright, a strategist who's spent two decades working rural ...
Saving Small Farms, with Rep. Angie Craig
Farm country has been waiting on a new farm bill for almost two years. Angie Craig, the top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee and a Minnesota congresswoman n...
The Truth About Screw Worms
Screw worms nearly disappeared from American ranches sixty years ago. Dr. Eric Deeble, executive director of Americans for the Common Good and former Deputy Under Secr...
Baseball’s Hidden History of Segregation and Triumph
For America's 250th birthday, Heidi and Joel skip the fireworks and head for the ballpark, and they bring their guest, Bob Kendrick, along. He is the President of the ...
Heidi Heitkamp Reflects on the Pool
For Heidi, the reflecting pool on the National Mall in D.C. is more than a tourist attraction; it's a metaphor for how Washington handles problems. Years of algae, clo...
These Policies Are Squeezing Farmers
Nick Levendofsky has spent years watching Washington write farm bills that land badly in the field. As director of the Kansas Farmers Union, he's tracked input costs c...
Trump’s Dictator Playbook, with Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Buckle up, history buffs and democracy defenders. We're sitting down with Ruth Ben-Ghiat, professor of history and Italian studies at New York University, author of St...
Are AI's Magic Bean Promises Leading Rural America Down a Risky Path?
This episode pulls back the curtain on the AI gold rush, the data centers, the water bills, the NDAs, and what it all means for rural communities that rarely have a se...
