Adam Sommer

The Process

There is no shortage of information. If you want to know "WHAT" is happening choose any news source, at random, and likely they will cover the same stories as any other outlet. But will they have context? Can they explain "WHY?" something is happening? Open conversation is scary. Open conversation can create odd narratives, but it also helps us all better understand our world. The process is a show born from years of experience as both a student of politics and a trial attorney - a combined study in motivation, law, politics, policy, and society that helps focus analysis on the "why behind the...

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Adam Sommer

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Government

Latest episode

Apr 14, 2025

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Episodes

The Servant Leader w/ Rev. Susan Shumway, Candidate for MO-105 House District 11.08.2022

Host: Adam Sommer @Adam_Sommer85 Guest: Rev. Susan Shumway @SuzShumway Rev. Shumway is running for office for her second time. Not content to allow a seat to be uncontested she ran in 2020 against Justin Hill (the insurrection guy who resigned) and is back again, but this time simply being in the race might just be the start. Rev. Shumway chats with Adam Sommer about her view and experience that p...

2022 Isn't About Trump... Let's Focus Up 10.08.2022

Host Adam Sommer - @Adam_Sommer85 Adam Sommer takes the mic solo to remind us all that in 2022, Trump isn't on the ballot. But progress is. https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "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 Conversat...

Reap What You Sow: Kiki Hubbard of Organic Seed Alliance joins Kevin Smith for a chat 09.08.2022

Host Kevin Smith: @KevINmidMO Guest Kiki Hubbar: @KristinaHubbard Organic Seed Alliance: @Seed_Alliance Kevin Smith is joined for a chat by Kiki Hubbard of Organic Seed Alliance. The two chat about the issues facing modern farming, the quality of product and input and how chemically altered seeds and farming practices impact not just the food we eat, but the way of life for the farmers who provide...

The Democrats Did Something Good; C.W. Gardner and his 2,038 Votes; Reece Ellis & Social Media Presence v. Voter Turnout Realities; Kansas's High Turnout v. MO Underwhelming Showing 08.08.2022

Heartland POD on Twitter - @TheHeartlandPOD NOTE - THERE IS NO LAST CALL THIS WEEK IGNORE ADAM ABOUT THAT! Co-Hosts Adam Sommer @Adam_Sommer85 Rachel Parker @RaichetP Sean Diller @SeanDillerCO Guest Hosts Reece Ellis @TheReeceEllis CW Gardner (Gardner 4 Missourah) @cwg18 True or False - Candidate Social Media presence translates to election performance Guest Reece Ellis - made an excellent thread...

Flyover View - August 5, 2022 - Heartland Politics News and Views 05.08.2022

Host: Kevin Smith Dives into the weekly news most impactful to the Heartland Kansas Pro-Choice Referendum | MO Senate Primary Results | Cori Bush wins decidedly | Farm Bill | No Justice in Kansas | Embryonic Dependents in GA | Wisconsin Secretary of State race is high stakes | 13,000 acre Nebraska blaze | Resist STL Infiltrates Pro-Life event https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "Ch...

Country Music & Congressional Races - Heidi Campbell of Nashville is ready for Congress 04.08.2022

Heartland POD on Twitter - @TheHeartlandPOD Host Adam Sommer @Adam_Sommer85 Heidi Campbell @Campbell4TN https://www.voteheidicampbell.com/ Senator Heidi Campbell is a Nashville native, a Mom, a former music industry executive and was the first female Mayor of the city of Oak Hill. As a child she attended St. Bernard, University School of Nashville and Hume-Fogg High School. She’s a graduate of Sar...

The origin story of The Heartland POD - an oral history with Sean Diller and Adam Sommer 03.08.2022

Heartland POD on Twitter - @TheHeartlandPOD Co-Hosts Adam Sommer @Adam_Sommer85 Rachel Parker @RaichetP Sean Diller @SeanDillerCO Patreon sign up: https://www.patreon.com/heartlandpod https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "Change The Conversation" Host: Adam Sommer  Find Adam on tik-tok  (maybe) and bluesky as "midmapdadenergy" - follow The Process on instagram.  JOIN...

ERIC... 02.08.2022

Heartland POD on Twitter - @TheHeartlandPOD Co-Hosts Adam Sommer @Adam_Sommer85 Rachel Parker @RaichetP Sean Diller @SeanDillerCO Trump finally endorsed in the Missouri GOP Senate primary race. And the lucky winner is... ERIC! Which one? What a great question! https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "Change The Conversation" Host: Adam Sommer  Find Adam on tik-tok  (maybe) an...

The Forward Party Looks Back; Trudy Busch Valentine Gaffes Catching Up?; #MOSEN Primary Pics!; Post Primary Thoughts 01.08.2022

Heartland POD on Twitter - @TheHeartlandPOD Co-Hosts Adam Sommer @Adam_Sommer85 Rachel Parker @RaichetP Sean Diller @SeanDillerCO Midterm Prediction Special Missouri Greitens sinking ship? https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/26/greitens-drops-to-third-place-in-missouri-senate-gop-primary-after-allegations-of-domestic-abuse-00047813 T/F - The Forward Party is good for progress - 12 min Yang gang...

Flyover View: July 29, 2022 - Heartland News & Views 29.07.2022

@KevInMidMo brings stories of the week. https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "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 American Aquarium  http://www.americanaquarium.com/...

Deep Dive In Missouri's 1st District Democratic Primary with Akela Lacy & Rachel Parker 28.07.2022

Host: Rachel Parker @RaitchetP Guest: Akela Lacy (The Intercept) @akela_lacy Akela Lacy, journalist with The Intercept, helps break down the realities in the MO1st District Democratic primary and the forces behind the Steve Roberts candidacy. https://theintercept.com/staff/akelalacy/ https://theintercept.com/2022/07/21/cori-bush-primary-yachad-pac-steven-roberts/ https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter:...

The Delta, E30 - Teaching Kids to Rebel 27.07.2022

Kristina (Educational ASL Interpreter) and Nicholas (former teacher) reflect on how teaching their kids to rebel against authority has led to conflict and compromise. They stratal avoiding "because I said so" and enduring rebellious tantrums. https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "Change The Conversation" Host: Adam Sommer  Find Adam on tik-tok  (maybe) and bluesky as "midm...

Kentucky Blue In 2022 Grass, A Chat with Conor Halbleib, (D-KY5th) 26.07.2022

Host: Adam Sommer @Adam_Sommer85 Guest: Conor Halbleib @conor_halbleib Picture for me a candidate for US Congress in south-eastern Kentucky. https://conor4kentucky.com/events/ https://secure.actblue.com/donate/conorhalbleibforcongress This part of the state is miles from what you likely know of Kentucky, hours from Louisville, Frankfort, and Lexington. Sandwiched between West Virginia to the North...

Sean's Birthday, Hawley's Hawlinass, Harvard study on Jan6th, Biden has COVID, Dems working with GOP to attack Cori Bush in MO, Blake Masters Wikipedia dive, Adam's wife got kicked out of a Hartzler event, & a Last Call preview 25.07.2022

Heartland POD on Twitter - @TheHeartlandPOD Co-Hosts Adam Sommer @Adam_Sommer85 Rachel Parker @RaichetP Sean Diller @SeanDillerCO A WEEK OF YEAH…NO! We still have another week until the end of midterm season, which means we can circle back to all of the impactful election analysis Unpack a week just FILLED to the brim, like a brief case filled with copies of the lawsuits Eric Schmitt has lost, bur...

The Flyover View - July 22, 2022 - Heartland Politics News and Views 22.07.2022

Host: Kevin Smith Dives into the weekly news most impactful to the Heartland Oklahoma Politics chase away Business | MO Gov Mike Parson ignores his own expert | Layover with MO 3 Candidate Bethany Mann | GOP-aligned Dark Money groups attack Rep Cori Bush | Biden announces new actions on climate change | Republicans keep gerrymandered maps Arkansas and Nebraska refuse critical Federal Rental Assist...

The Big Corporate Impact On Small Everyday Life: A Chat with Pat Garofalo of American Economic Liberties Project with Rachel Parker, host. 21.07.2022

Host: Rachel Parker @RaichetP Guest: Pat Garofalo @Pat_Garofalo Pat Garofalo is the Director of State and Local Policy at the American Economic Liberties Project. Pat is the author of The Billionaire Boondoggle: How Our Politicians Let Corporations and Bigwigs Steal Our Money and Jobs. Prior to joining Economic Liberties, Pat served as managing editor for Talk Poverty at the Center for American Pr...

High Country - July 20, 2022 - Politics and Government News from the American West 20.07.2022

AZ GOP Governor primary a dead heat as early voting starts | Home care workers call for Bill of Rights at the Colorado State Capitol | Biden Administration advances plan for oil transport trains through Glenwood Canyon | Extreme gun rights group sues town of Superior over common sense reforms | Rents out of reach for huge numbers of working-class Nevada residents | US Sen Catherine Cortez Masto bl...

High School Musi...er... Activist! - Arthi Kondapaneni, a high school student & community activist, has a chat with Kevin Smith 19.07.2022

Host: Kevin Smith @KevinMidMO Guest: Arthi Kondapaneni @arthi.kay! (Instagram) Arthi Kondapaneni will be a Senior in High School in Wentzville Missouri With the help of some friends she started an activist club in her school She has now led two Pro-Choice Rallies in O'Fallon and St. Charles, Mo She has ties to the Spencer Toder Campaign for Senate. Producer: Adam Sommer https://heartlandpod.com/ T...

Manchin kills Climate bill - Polling Shows Abortion Animating Issue - Tim Ryan (OH-D) courting the right? - Midterms 2022 Checkin, The House - BONUS too early 2024 talk 18.07.2022

Heartland POD on Twitter - @TheHeartlandPOD Co-Hosts Adam Sommer @Adam_Sommer85 Rachel Parker @RaichetP Sean Diller @SeanDillerCO Adam's Open True or False: The GOP has caught the Tiger by the tail and the Tiger is pissed Abortion - Parson clip https://twitter.com/MarkMaxwellTV/status/1547631874033401856?s=20&t=ZfzrmrQ1Lwo1WbJNZ39bvA Sienna poll - abortion should be legal and SCOTUS is broken http...

The Flyover View - July 15, 2022 - Heartland Politics News and Views 15.07.2022

Host: Kevin Smith Dives into the weekly news most impactful to the Heartland Biden gets Mexico to Pay for the Wall | Toder and Bucklin vs. Agape | Houston Houses Homeless | Jon Karlen for Congress in MO-3 | Gun rights group challenges local reforms | Criminalizing the vote | Schmitt fails again | MO Senate primary rundown | Anti-abortion group wants 10-year-old girl to try and deliver | Invasive w...

Ray Reed, GenZ Leader and Congressional Candidate 14.07.2022

Host; Rachel Parker @RaichetP on Twitter Guest: Ray Reed @RayReedMO on Twitter Ray Reed is running for the Democratic nomination in the Missouri 2nd Congressional district. One of two Gen Z candidates in the USA, Ray has been turning heads and he's back on the POD for a third interview, right where it all started and recalls the best and worst day of his campaign, the Uvalde massacre. https://hear...

The Delta, E29 - Why I Left Teaching 13.07.2022

Nicholas (former science teacher) talks with Kristina (Educational ASL Interpreter) about the real reason he left the public education. The struggle with what school became, the strain on their family, & how we change the system to save the world. https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "Change The Conversation" Host: Adam Sommer  Find Adam on tik-tok  (maybe) and bluesky as...

Missouri Draws Attention - A Chat With Mica Soellner of The Washington Times 12.07.2022

Host: Adam Sommer - @Adam_Sommer85 Guest: Mica Soellner - @MicaSoellner Mica Soellner, journalist for The Washington Times, has been paying attention to Missouri. A Mizzou J-School Graduate, Mica's connections to the region and the current rise of progressive candidates have drawn more of her attention to the often overlooked State of "Ol' Missouri, Fair Missouri" - Mica's coverage of Josh Hawley...

2 YEAR POD ANNIVERSARY! Climate Change; Missouri Is b-a-n-a-n-a-s; 2022 Senate Races; Last Call preview 11.07.2022

Hosts Adam Sommer, Rachel Parker, and Sean Diller bring their particular analysis and "middle out approach" to issues from and impacting the heartland of America and politics. 1. Adam's Open - "The Decent of Descent" 2. Climate Change Impacting Heartland Voters? 3. Missouri Senate Race, 2022 - Holy Shit, and Trump weighed in 4. 2022 Midterms - Senate update 5. Last Call Preview Get full last call...

Flyover View - July 8, 2022 - Heartland Politics News and Views 08.07.2022

Host Kevin Smith Dives into the weekly news most impactful to the Heartland Supreme Court halts EPA regulation of carbon emissions | Domestic homicides in Wisconsin are higher than ever | Iowa carbon capture pipeline stalled by grassroots resistance | Abortion rights rallies in Missouri | Huge surge in voter registration on the day Roe v Wade was overturned | DCCC is backing Monica Vallejo in Texa...

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