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Adam Sommer, Rachel Parker, & Sean Diller bring you the weekly talkin' politics roundtable. Adam's Open The Politics of Hyperbole Talkin’ Politics True or False: Parents will wake up to the reality of school choice and voucher programs before it is too late? Oklahoma trying to pass law similar to Missouri https://tulsaworld.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/controversial-school-voucher...

Bipartisan CO legislative coalition moves $53 Million Special Ed Funding forward | GOP Leaders McConnell, Thune, Haley supporting former football star with history of gender-based violence in campaign against Democratic US Senator Rev Raphael Warnock | Josh Hawley endorses Vicky Hartzler, Hartzler targets transgender student-athletes | TX Gov Greg Abbott is a RINO | Anti-CRT crusade cools in India...

LET'S HAVE A CHAT Adam Sommer has a chat with Andy Slaughter, a Missouri teacher and director with the National Education Association, about the state of schools in Missouri. TALKIN' POLITICS Rachel Parker https://twitter.com/RaitchetP?s=20&t=KYbiGoUU55M-yj8GnaK8sg Sean Diller https://twitter.com/SeanDillerCO?s=20&t=KYbiGoUU55M-yj8GnaK8sg Adam Sommer https://twitter.com/Adam_Sommer85 A chat about...

Colorado Oil and Gas Commission considers waiver allowing drilling near homes | GOP Primary for CO Sec of State just got crazier | Denver Policing Alternatives are Expanding | Colorado bill to protect cannabis users employment rights would be first in the nation | FAA says more women enrolling in flight school | Red Rocks has a packed 2022 concert schedule https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHe...

Rachel Parker walks us through the realities of the intersection of social media, business, & ethics. 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...

Adam Sommer, Rachel Parker, and Sean Diller on the panel for a weekly discussion. Show information Adam's Opening Statement Talkin’ Politics True or False : We are experiencing the failures of term limits in states like Missouri The MO LEG has so far failed to join the other 49 states in spending the COVID relief money from the federal government House has passed a bill Senate remains in session t...

US Sen Josh Hawley has big fans at Russian state-owned media | Missouri Senate conservatives want to split KC into 3 Republican districts | Nuclear fusion science moves forward | Texas is rejecting a huge number of absentee ballot applications | Iowa GOP drops plan to require cameras in every classroom | Ohio set to loosen concealed carry rules | Kansas GOP targets Congresswoman Sharice Davids htt...

NOTE: Regular last call episodes are only available on our patreon page. In a special, 100% free "Last Call" : Rachel Parker has recently posted a piece on our patreon page about the intentional use of social media, and the reality of the consumer as both the product and the user. Adam Sommer joins her for a last call looking at the realities surrounding the Spotify and Joe Rogan controversies, an...

Alternative Methods of Instruction (AMI) is literally being inserted into family life. But how fair is a system that depends heavily on how structured home life is on snow days? Kristina and Nicholas talk snow days for their kids and his school's AMI. After the snowstorm, Kristina and Nicholas discuss the opportunistic political boobytraps of AMI that might be (un)intentionally helping school choi...

Austin Frerick, candidate for Iowa State Senate, joins Adam Sommer for a chat about a holistic approach to a new kind of Democrat by connecting the dots between anti-trust issues, commodity farmer, and the food we serve our kids at school. https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "Change The Conversation" Host: Adam Sommer  Find Adam on tik-tok  (maybe) and bluesky as "midmapd...

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Farmers pleased with President Biden | Tennessee legislature considers cannabis | MO GOP Gov Mike Parson slams Republican state senators | Big boosts in education and child care funding could come to Minnesota | Missouri SB-666 is 'stand your ground' on steroids | Beto and Abbott fundraising filings in TX race for Governor | Cargill chicken merger might get scrambled | Ohio Sen Sherrod Brown touts...

Adam Sommer goes through one of the actual petitions filed by AG Schmitt against Missouri schools. Petition: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sl3a1qZ9piOOGw1vzkqPIK9HyfdOVXzE/view?usp=sharing Show Me Progress Blog - Good information on email portal https://showmeprogress.com/ https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "Change The Conversation" Host: Adam Sommer  Find Adam on tik-tok...

US Sen Michael Bennet cruising toward re-election | New CO-8th District seems to be up for grabs | Rep Lauren Boebert raises $800K in Q4 | Dems in CO State Legislature plan $400 million for affordable housing | Brittany Pettersen stacks up endorsements in CO-7 primary | $3.9 million for homelessness in Denver | Mayor Michael Hancock pleads for peace over petulance as mask order is lifted on Thursd...

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Talkin’ Politics True or False (5-7 min): Senate Anti-Trust Bill Survives fillibuster https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-20/senate-judiciary-committee-clears-tech-focused-antitrust-bill Bill from Klobuchar and Grassley - Heartland in the house, or the senate Yeah…NO (6-7 min) AG Eric Schmitt has sued (45 still good?) schools in MIssouri including 0 charter schools - over mask mandates...

Expanded Child Tax Credit cut child poverty in U.S. | MO AG Schmitt Sues More Schools | Biden Admin ARPA Funds in Colorado | Minnesota Governor and Lt. Gov want to legalize recreational marijuana | Wisconsin electors will not be retracted | IL Gov Pritzker vetoes COVID sick leave bill | IA Senators afraid of the press | Racial gerrymandering in Kansas | Give me Ivermectin or Give Me Death https://...

Sara Sirota, politics reporter for The Intercept, joins Rachel Parker and Adam Sommer for a chat about dark money in Missouri politics, with a special focus on the 2022 GOP Senate primary. Sara's piece, which provides a deep dive on the known players, is an excellent look at the names and relationships that voters need to know about, and how they interact. Link below: Sara on twitter: @SaraLSirota...

Kristina (ASL interpreter) & husband Nicholas (science teacher) talk about how masking in schools has become a personal issue: harmful to our health, school closures, & science literacy but also how masks help differently-abled students communicate. https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "Change The Conversation" Host: Adam Sommer  Find Adam on tik-tok  (maybe) and bluesky a...

Adam Sommer is joined by Heather Fleming, founder of Missouri Equity Education Partnership https://www.missouriequity.com/ Heather helps us understand just what equity in education is and joins Adam in the kind of conversation that helps us expand our ability to talk about race relations. https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "Change The Conversation" Host: Adam Sommer  Find Ada...

Adam Sommer kicks off with an update on the POD feed. Then an Opening Statement about the labeling of party politics, and why he uses “pragmatic progressive” to label his politics. Then Rachel Parker joins in for this week’s Talkin’ Politics, including: True or False: I was too mean to the Mo Dem Party last week Rachel’s article: https://www.patreon.com/posts/missouri-party-61512787?utm_medium=cli...

Kevin Smith delivers the top stories of the week impacting the heartland. 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 ...

Adam Sommer is joined by folks from the Missouri Democratic Party to discuss the state of the party and how things may have lead Missouri to where it is today, and what may need to happen to get where we need to go tomorrow. Bailey Netsch - (Nayh-ch) - Managing Communications Director for the Missouri Democratic Party Andy Hatem - Data Manger for the Missouri Democratic Party Randy Dunn - Executiv...

USDA Sec Tom Vilsack in CO discusses $1B federal funding for independent producers | Colorado legislators lay out 2022 agendas | Environmentalists Pressure Gov. Jared Polis | Nebraska-Colorado Water Dispute | Yak Obstacle Course https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "Change The Conversation" Host: Adam Sommer  Find Adam on tik-tok  (maybe) and bluesky as "midmapdadenergy" -...

Nicholas Linke (science teacher and host of The Delta) joins Adam Sommer for a chat about the realities and possibilities of the Omicron variant. NOTE: Contains scientific discussion on some things that CAN occur, but is not meant to be a direct prediction. https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "Change The Conversation" Host: Adam Sommer  Find Adam on tik-tok  (maybe) and b...