20 episodes
Heartland Politics with Robin Johnson Robin Johnson
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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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Downstate Highlights of Illinois Legislative Session Include More School and Infrastructure Funding
Patrick Pfingsten, author of The Illinoize political newsletter, discusses the recently concluded legislative session highlights and Republican prospects in the 2024 elections.
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New Look at Saddam Hussein, the US Invasion of Iraq, and the Avoidable Errors That Led To It
Steve Coll talks about his new book, The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, The CIA, and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq
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Steve Scully: Challenge for Today’s Voters in Polarized Politics is to “Understand What the Other Side is All About”
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.
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Taylor Collins: 90th General Assembly “Continued Conservative Reform Begun in 2017”
Rep. Taylor Collins (R-Mediapolis) discusses the recently completed session of the Iowa legislature and addresses some of its key accomplishments.
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Nobel-winning Economist Joseph Stiglitz New Book Offers A New Vision on Economic and Political Freedom
Joseph Stiglitz talks about his new book, The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society
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The Origins of Populists and Populism
Labor historian Steve Babson, author of Forgotten Populists: When Farmers Turned Left to Save Democracy.