The Process

Episode Notes Guest: Prof. Joshua Cowen  @joshcowenMSU on Twitter Heartland POD on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok - @TheHeartlandPOD  #DirtRoadDemocrat Host: Jess Piper @piper4missouri on Twitter, and Facebook JOIN PATREON FOR MORE!  Merch Shop “Change The Conversation” Produced by Adam Sommer. The "Dirt Road Democrat" is a Mid Map Media, LLC production https://joshuacowen.academia.edu/...

PACs supporting Mike Johnston spend big in final sprint of Denver mayoral election | Susana Cordova will be Colorado’s next Education Commissioner | New Colorado GOP Chair Dave Williams is off to a rocky start | Kari Lake is running for Senate in Arizona | Ringo Starr on tour in Western U.S.   Song plays Intro by host Welcome to High Country - politics in the American West. My name is Sean Diller;...

Heartland POD on Twitter - @TheHeartlandPOD  Co-Hosts Adam Sommer @Adam_Sommer85  (Twitter) @adam_sommer85 (Post) Rachel Parker @msraitchetp   (Post)  Sean Diller @SeanDillerCO    (Twitter and Post) https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conversation” Adam’s Opening Statement:  The Wall RIP - Tina Turner https://news.stlpublicradio.org/arts/2023-...

Host: Kevin Smith Dives into the weekly news most impactful to the Heartland HEADLINES Federally Backed Healthcare Programs Meeting the Needs of Rural Populations Daily Yonder - https://dailyyonder.com/rural-health-clinic-program-offering-head-to-toe-womb-to-tomb-care/2023/05/17/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Center%20for%20Rural%20Strategies&utm_campaign=17d1501c13-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_05_17_03_36&u...

Host: Jess Piper  @piper4missouri  https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE! “Change The Conversation” #DirtRoadDemocrat Jess Piper walks through the modern GOP head on assault on trans youth and the push to "other" all who do not fit their particular mold of what is and is not appropriate, largely based on their personal beliefs as the idea of legislating religion directly continues to gro...

Kristina (Ed. ASL Interpreter) & Nicholas (Ed. Coordinator) share end of the school year from elementary field day at  and graduation speeches. Last year, before leaving the classroom, Nicholas was asked to give the commencement speech for the graduating class of 2023. After writing six essays that became the Hollow Heartland series coming to Glassroom Hive, he finally settled on three theme: - He...

Heartland POD on Twitter - @TheHeartlandPOD  Guest: Glenn Kage with Labor Front Labor Front Website: https://www.laborfront.com/ Host Adam Sommer @Adam_Sommer85  (Twitter) @adam_sommer85 (Post) https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conversation” Host: Adam Sommer  Find Adam on tik-tok  (maybe) and bluesky as "midmapdadenergy" - follow...

Heartland POD on Twitter - @TheHeartlandPOD  Adam’s book rec from Jared Yates Sexton https://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Kingdom-History-Paranoia-Coming/dp/0593185234 Co-Hosts Adam Sommer @Adam_Sommer85  (Twitter) @adam_sommer85 (Post) Rachel Parker @msraitchetp   (Post)  Sean Diller @SeanDillerCO    (Twitter and Post) https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Cha...

Josh Hawley wants to be a man | Rural health clinic in Kentucky making a difference with federal funds | $11B for clean energy projects in rural areas | Conservatives worry they’re ruining their own schools | Sean and Adam talk about the role of public schools in rural America Sean: Welcome back to flyover view, heartland news and views from the gateway arch to the rocky mountains and the stories...

Host: Jess Piper  @piper4missouri  https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE! “Change The Conversation” #DirtRoadDemocrat Jess Piper walks through the modern GOP head on assault on the First Amendment with the use of sectarian religion for the political goals and a move by some of the most extreme members to replace our laws with their personal religion.    Video Justin Sparks #1:  https://w...

Progressives back Mike Johnston in Denver mayor’s race | Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs slate of clean energy bills | $11B in federal funds allocated for rural clean energy projects | Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples crisis commission meets in Flagstaff, AZ (WARNING: contains graphic descriptions of violence) | Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs nation’s first Right-to-Repair law | Violent Fe...

Heartland POD on Twitter - @TheHeartlandPOD  Guest Lauren Gepford @LaurenGepford (Twitter) with  Contest Every Race Article mentioned in interview   Co-Hosts Adam Sommer @Adam_Sommer85  (Twitter) @adam_sommer85 (Post) Rachel Parker @msraitchetp   (Post)  Sean Diller @SeanDillerCO    (Twitter and Post) https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conver...

Heartland POD on Twitter - @TheHeartlandPOD  Co-Hosts Adam Sommer @Adam_Sommer85  (Twitter) @adam_sommer85 (Post) Rachel Parker @msraitchetp   (Post)  Sean Diller @SeanDillerCO    (Twitter and Post) https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conversation” True or False The Trump CNN town hall was meaningless.  Yeah…No Ohio House lawmakers voted 62-37...

Host: Kevin Smith Dives into the weekly news most impactful to the Heartland INTRO Troubled Republican goons Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/09/e-jean-carroll-trump-trial-verdict/ Associated Press - https://apnews.com/article/george-santos-federal-charges-updates-33667a0900271e5002459ab748d8fdc8 HEADLINE 1 Missouri legislature passes restrictions on transgender heal...

Episode Notes Heartland POD on Twitter - @TheHeartlandPOD  Host: Jess Piper  @piper4missouri  https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE! “Change The Conversation” Host: Adam Sommer  Find Adam on tik-tok  (maybe) and bluesky as "midmapdadenergy" - follow The Process on instagram.  JOIN PATREON FOR MORE  “Change The Conversation” Outro Song: “The World Is On Fire” by Americ...

How do we make teacher appreciate stick all year long? From taco bars and cake to value sticks and mementos, Nicholas and Kristina discuss how money isn't the way to add value to the education system... it's massages and Post-its. Kristina (Ed. ASL Interpreter) and Nicholas (Ed. Coordinator) discuss the persistent devaluing of the teaching profession as more damaging than low pay. News Flash: Teac...

Heartland POD on Twitter - @TheHeartlandPOD  Co-Hosts Adam Sommer @Adam_Sommer85  (Twitter) @adam_sommer85 (Post) Rachel Parker @msraitchetp   (Post)  Sean Diller @SeanDillerCO    (Twitter and Post) https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conversation” Host: Adam Sommer  Find Adam on tik-tok  (maybe) and bluesky as "midmapdadenergy" - fo...

Co-Hosts Adam Sommer @Adam_Sommer85  (Twitter) @adam_sommer85 (Post) Rachel Parker @msraitchetp   (Post)  Sean Diller @SeanDillerCO    (Twitter and Post) https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conversation” True or False: Intraparty fighting in supermajority Red states is one of the best tools for Democrats in 2024 Missouri auditor, a republican,...

Host: Kevin Smith Dives into the weekly news most impactful to the Heartland HEADLINES Secretary Cardona Says, Teachers Need More Than Just Pay Raises  Education Week - https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/teachers-need-more-than-just-pay-raises-secretary-cardona-says/2023/05 State takeover of St. Louis police, prosecutor’s office blocked by Senate Democrats Missouri Independent - https://miss...

Heartland POD on Twitter - @TheHeartlandPOD  Host: Jess Piper  @piper4missouri  https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE! “Change The Conversation” Derek Black is a professor of law and the Ernest F. Hollings Chair in Constitutional Law at the University of South Carolina School of Law.  His areas of expertise include education law and policy, constitutional law, and civil rights. The focus...

Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs FOUR gun control bills into law | Colorado lawmakers stand with Zooey Zephyr of Montana | Anti-hate groups worry domestic extremists will be training Arizona police under new rule | A chance to see her bee business take off | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit at Red Rocks and on HBO Max documentary  Song plays Intro by host Welcome to High Country - politics...

Guest: Mayor Tishuara Jones   Heartland POD on Twitter - @TheHeartlandPOD  Co-Hosts Adam Sommer @Adam_Sommer85  (Twitter) @adam_sommer85 (Post) Rachel Parker @msraitchetp   (Post)  Sean Diller @SeanDillerCO    (Twitter and Post) https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conversation”   Host: Adam Sommer  Find Adam on tik-tok  (maybe) and b...

Heartland POD on Twitter - @TheHeartlandPOD  Co-Hosts Adam Sommer @Adam_Sommer85  (Twitter) @adam_sommer85 (Post) Rachel Parker @msraitchetp   (Post)  Sean Diller @SeanDillerCO    (Twitter and Post) https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conversation” Adam's Open: Fear Is Powerful True or False: Open Displays of bigotry by GOP are actually having...

Host: Kevin Smith Dives into the weekly news most impactful to the Heartland HEADLINES Fascism on full display in Montana Legislature CBS - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zooey-zephyr-censured-montana-house-transgender-lawmaker/ Your tax dollars are paying for Candidate ads for AG Andrew Bailey KSDK - https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/politics/missouri-psa-andrew-bailey/63-104fcd6b-02b0-4ddc-910e-4a...

Heartland POD on Twitter - @TheHeartlandPOD  Host: Jess Piper  @piper4missouri  https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE! “Change The Conversation” #DirtRoadDemocrat, Jess Piper, takes the mic solo to talk about the current push to pass anti-diversity/equity/inclusion legislation and the reality that the truth students find in primary source documents are the biggest problem for those claim...