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Flyover from MPR News

Flyover from MPR News
Flyover from MPR News
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Flyover from MPR News with host Kerri Miller is a live call-in show from between the coasts and across the aisle. Call in during live broadcasts at 800-242-2828 or 651-227-6000.

Season Three, which launched Jan. 2, 2020, focuses on the counties that flipped party loyalties from one presidential election to the next. Episodes will generally air on Thursdays at 9 a.m. Miss one? Subscribe to the podcast.

Season Two, which aired the summer of 2018, focused on the Mississippi River.

Season One, which aired in the fall of 2017, examined issues that sometimes divide us as a nation.

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S1E7: How can we get everyone necessary health care?

Every American needs it. Every American uses it. And yet, our nation remains undecided on whether health care is a right or a privilege. We'll start this week's Flyover on that topic. Our guests were Iowa Public Radio reporter and host Clay Masters; Vivian Ho, director of Rice University's Center for Health and Biosciences; and Sally Pipes, president, CEO and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy at the Pacific Research Institute.

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S1E6: American faith and the rise of the 'nones'

Fewer and fewer Americans are identifying with a particular faith background. Why is this? This week on Flyover, we talk religion. Our guests were Brian McLarin, theologian and author, and Jenan Mohajir, Leadership Curriculum Consultant at Interfaith Youth Core and a founding board member at Heart Women and Girls.

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S1E5: Let's talk gun control, again

This week on Flyover, a conversation about the division between Americans who count gun ownership as a fundamental freedom and those who feel that there should be more rules around who has the right to exercise that freedom. Our guests were Brian Levin, director of California State University-San Bernardino's Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism; and Jaclyn Schildkraut, assistant professor of public justice at the State University of New York at Oswego.

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S1E4: What's the American job worth?

We're talking jobs this week on Flyover. Specifically, tax breaks and other government incentives given to private companies to bring jobs to your communities. Is that a good deal for you? Is this the way to a stronger economy?

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S1E3: The politics of white resentment

This week on Flyover, we try to understand how white resentment continues to shape our politics and our communities.

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S1E2: The myth of a 'bootstraps' America

The fabled American dream suggests that grit, determination and hard work are all it takes to be successful in this country. But there's one other little thing you need for this bootstraps theory to work out: money.

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S1E1: What is the 'real' America?

This week, we knock down the myths of "Real America" and discuss the values that tie us together as a nation.

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Introducing Flyover from MPR News

Starting Sunday, September 10, Flyover from MPR News provides a platform for listeners across the country to be heard, to contribute to the dialogue and help us all broaden our understanding of one another and bridge the divides we face as a nation.

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