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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Brody Mullins, co-author of The Wolves of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Big Government, talks about the development of the modern lobbying industryPor Robin Johnson
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State Senator Mike Halpin: Two Biggest Benefits of Budget Are K-12 School Funding and Child Tax Credit
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State Senator Mike Halpin (D) from the 36th District discusses the Illinois legislative sessionPor Robin Johnson
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Sen. Jochum Take on Iowa Legislative Session: “More Cruel Towards Children Who Are Different, the Poor, the Middle Class”
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Sen. Pam Jochum (D-Dubuque) discusses the recently concluded Iowa legislative session.Por Robin Johnson
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Downstate Highlights of Illinois Legislative Session Include More School and Infrastructure Funding
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Patrick Pfingsten, author of The Illinoize political newsletter, discusses the recently concluded legislative session highlights and Republican prospects in the 2024 elections.Por Robin Johnson
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New Look at Saddam Hussein, the US Invasion of Iraq, and the Avoidable Errors That Led To It
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Steve Coll talks about his new book, The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, The CIA, and the Origins of America’s Invasion of IraqPor Robin Johnson
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Steve Scully: Challenge for Today’s Voters in Polarized Politics is to “Understand What the Other Side is All About”
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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.Por Robin Johnson
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Rep. Taylor Collins (R-Mediapolis) discusses the recently completed session of the Iowa legislature and addresses some of its key accomplishments.Por Robin Johnson
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Nobel-winning Economist Joseph Stiglitz New Book Offers A New Vision on Economic and Political Freedom
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Joseph Stiglitz talks about his new book, The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good SocietyPor Robin Johnson
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Labor historian Steve Babson, author of Forgotten Populists: When Farmers Turned Left to Save Democracy.Por Robin Johnson
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Tim Alberta discusses his book The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of ExtremismPor Robin Johnson
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Jon Grinspan talks about his book, Age of Acrimony: How Americans Fought to Fix Their Democracy 1865-1915Por Robin Johnson
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Luke Russert, host and creative director of “MSNBC Live”, discusses his book Look For Me There: Grieving my Father, Finding Myself.Por Robin Johnson
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Sasha Issenberg, author of The Lie Detectives: In Search of a Playbook for Winning Elections in the Disinformation Age.
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John Lawrence discusses his book, Arc of Power: Inside Nancy Pelosi’s Speakership, 2005-2010.Por Robin Johnson
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Author James Kaplan talks about his new book, 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans and the Lost Empire of Cool.Por Robin Johnson
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Daniel Shea and Nicholas Jacobs talk about their new book, The Rural Voter, The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America.Por Robin Johnson
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New Book Examines A 1990 GOP Primary in Illinois That Became National Proxy on Abortion and Factored in Bush v Gore
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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 mu…
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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…
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Rust Belt Unions Blues: Why Working-class Voters Are Turning Away From the Democratic PartyPor Robin Johnson
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Illinois Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi talks about his role as Ranking Member on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party.Por Robin Johnson
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