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Heartland Politics with Robin Johnson

Heartland Politics with Robin Johnson

By: 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. Political Science Politics & Government
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  • New Book Explores Rise of Sports Betting in the US and the Growing Backlash

    New Book Explores Rise of Sports Betting in the US and the Growing Backlash
    Sep 5 2025
    Jonathan Cohen discusses his book, Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling.
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    29 mins
  • Labor Day 2025: Few Bright Spots for American Labor

    Labor Day 2025: Few Bright Spots for American Labor
    Aug 30 2025
    Stephen Franklin, former labor reporter for the Chicago Tribune, takes alook at the state of American labor this holiday weekend and discusseshis book Three Strikes: Labor's Heartland Losses and What They Mean forWorking Americans. The book examines three labor disputes in oneIllinois town, Decatur, that captured the change in labor-managementrelations.
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    29 mins
  • First Comprehensive Assessment Finds American Institutions Failed During Covid Pandemic

    First Comprehensive Assessment Finds American Institutions Failed During Covid Pandemic
    Aug 22 2025
    Stephen Macedo, co-author with Frances Lee of In Covid's Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us, discusses the failure to heed pre-Covid plans for managing a pandemic, how voices of dissent were treated, lack of cost and benefit considerations, impact of policies by class difference, school closures, the origins of Covid, and impact on our democracy. An important book written by authors without a political agenda.
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    29 mins
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