The Forgotten Country Radio Show

Immigration and agricultural have been closely connected since the founding of America. In fact, we celebrate this special relationship every Thanksgiving. Today’s guest is Monica Reyes, co-Founder of DREAMer Iowa -- an organization advocating for Iowa’s undocumented population. Monica is a community leader and organizer who grew up without papers in a small northern Iowa town. We talk about organ...

After the 2016 election, the American media scrambled to explain Donald Trump’s expected win. Their pre-election analysis completely missed the rural resentment brewing for the last three decades. So what is it about rural folks that make them vote Republican? Does the community you're from determine your political views. Our guest today, Paige Kelly, is a sociologist who has been studying ru...

The recent women’s marches across the country were the largest single day of protest in US history. And many credit the movement success with their ability to leverage real world activism generated from online communities. On today’s episode of Flyover Folk, we discuss how digital organizing can lead to offline actions. Our guest is sociologist Susan Kroger, a long time leader in the women’s movem...

In this episode we speak with a group of United Methodist Clergy in Wichita, Kansas behind the band, Brutal Bear and non-profit SoCe Life. Adam and Ashley Barlow-Thompson originally connected with Matt Johnson through their love of folk music but later turned the community generated through their group into non-profit serving their neighborhood.

On this episode, we hear from Burns Strider. Burns has spent the last several years working at the intersection of faith, politics, and rural community change. A native of rural Mississippi, Burns has served as a senior advisor to both Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi. In this recording, which was made during the RuralOrganizing.org community call on January 11 2017, Burns discusses the challenges...