Shifting Terrain

Damaging stereotypes about rural and urban voters abound in politics. What’s really going on in the charged landscape known as the rural-urban divide? Are rural voters actually voting against their interests when they elect a Republican? And are urban voters so immersed in the culture war they’re out of touch with the everyday concerns of working people? Is there any commonality across this geographical chasm?

In today’s episod...

There’s a lot of finger pointing about which media outlet is to blame for the rise in political polarization, racism, and the class war. The brash boldness of Fox News is a likely target, but what about the hushed tones of liberal news? 

In this episode, researcher Reece Peck reveals what makes some media, like YouTube, a compelling place for news; how we can’t sidestep the culture war with facts; and why we can’t educate disinforma...

 If you had to guess how many politicians are working class, what would you say? Ten percent? Five?

In this episode we talk to Eric Hansen, a researcher who ran the data to determine how many working class politicians represent the working class majority. Along with the on-the-ground experience of Angelina Cruz and William Walter, two working class candidates who ran for state assembly in Wisconsin - a swing state with a reputa...

There’s a real reckoning going on in the Democratic Party. Their reputation for being the party of the working class had been waning for years. It took a crushing defeat - emotionally and electorally - for the party establishment to get on the page some people have been on for years: a majority of the electorate see the Democrats as the party of the elite. 

Congresswoman Delia Ramirez of Illinois, a proudly working class Latina...

Building power to win for the working class isn’t simply a theory. People have been doing it for years. 

JaNaé Bates, Co-Executive Director of ISAIAH and Faith In Minnesota, explains the strategy for improving the lives of working people that put Minnesota on the political map. 

We talk about the work behind a miracle; how risk and failure are necessary for success; flanking imperfect politicians with power not money; and h...

What happens when you combine the political opinions of a weightlifting social media star with the analysis of a professor who researches Fox News and political Youtube? A conversation that reveals some uncomfortable truths about the media. Colin Davis and Reece Peck discuss why liberal messaging continues to fail, where to find the Joe Rogan of the left, and how to actually reach working class men. Plus we’ll hear from author Joan...