Flyover Podcast
1) Women in politics
Only one woman, U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, remains in the Democratic race for president. But that picture doesn’t tell the whole story. Across the country, more women are running for office than ever be...Show More
2) Flyover 2020: Farmer identity
In the Upper Midwest, farming maintains a wholesome glow. Red barns, picket fences and photos of kittens weaving among jugs of frothy milk loom large in our collective psyche. But reality is more star...Show More
3) Flyover 2020: What does patriotism mean?
The Upper Midwest is patriotic. But how that word is defined varies, depending on where you are standing and to whom you are talking. Thursday on Flyover 2020, we delve into the concept of patriotism ...Show More
4) They Believed: Maya Angelou’s ‘On the Pulse of Morning’
When Maya Angelou stepped to the podium on a cold January day in 1993, she became the first African-American and the first woman to offer an inaugural poem. And what a poem it was. “On the Pulse of Mo...Show More
5) Identity Politics
The Upper Midwest is one of the most unpredictable places in politics right now. Voters in more than 50 counties in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and Michigan flipped from President Obama in 20...Show More
6) Flyover 2020: Rural America’s brain gain
It’s a surprise to many: Rural America is more politically diverse, more educated and more economically optimistic than stereotypes lead us to believe. Maybe most encouraging to the Upper Midwest: Ma...Show More
7) Flyover 2020: Polarization anxiety
When it comes to flipped counties, the Upper Midwest is ground zero. More than 50 counties in Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and Illinois that voted for Barack Obama in 2012 voted for Donald Tru...Show More
8) Voices from the Bayou
We close our week-long series of conversations about the Mississippi River with a townhall event from deep in Louisiana's Mississippi River delta. Our "Voices from the Bayou" special wraps up our jou...Show More
9) How the river divides us
This episode brings us to New Orleans to explore the way the river divides people and the way a changing climate exacerbates that problem. Our guests are Happy Johnson, chief resilience officer, Lowe...Show More
10) Balancing agriculture and water health
What happens here in the fields and farms of Iowa and the rest of the Midwest has an effect on the Mississippi River and its watershed all way down to the Gulf of Mexico. But the country needs the cro...Show More