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Three Rural White Guys
by Three Rural White Guys
Three Rural White Guys is a political podcast from the perspective of a potentially endangered species, progressive white men in rural America. Jacob Dodds, Kellen Gracey and Mike Heaton discuss national, state and local politics. Guests provide perspectives on diversity, privilege and life in rural America in the post Trump era.
Episodes
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The GOP F%#&@3d Everything Up
3RWG reflects on why they started this podcast in the first place: the GOP has decimated and hollowed out our communities with terrible policy and politics. Young people have fled the state and our county, and the rest of us are left to pick up the pieces from decades of shoddy leadership. They...
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Lahn the Con
The guys dive into debates over another impeachment of President Trump, talk through takeaways from the Rob Sand/Zach Lahn debate this week, and dissect other parts of Iowa politics. Ultimately, America has had enough of MAGA and it is beginning to show all over the country.
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Stop The Steel
3RWG discusses Senator Schmitt failing in dramatic fashion, and works through all the pros and cons to the "largest steel mill in American history" being built right here in our backyard in Southeast Iowa.
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Scattered, Chunked, & Communist
This week, 3RWG wades into Red Scare 2.0 and the increasingly meaningless way words like communist, socialist, and fascist get thrown around in American politics. What do those terms actually mean? Are the Constitution and our political institutions still strong enough to keep authoritarians in...
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The Puritan Test
The guys discuss the real meaning of freedom, political purity tests, and Caitlin Clark's friends.
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Nothing Personal
Trump’s latest voter-fraud push and recycled Red Scare bullshit are sold as politics, but the damage is anything but abstract. Mike and Kellen break down the SAVE Act propaganda, the difference between democratic socialism and communism, and why Democrats should reclaim local control without...
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The Gish Gallup
Breaking down Trump’s bizarre address to the nation, the pile of recycled election grievances and questionable “evidence” behind it, and the real reason for the spectacle: pressuring Congress to pass the SAVE Act. The bill could create new barriers for women, young voters, military families…
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House Husband
3RWG dives into Trump's incessant desire to redecorate, the non-stop chaos all around the Trump administration, the war-on-war-off-war-on that isn't a war in Iran, and the Great Issue Swap of 2026.
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One of These Things is Not Like the Other
You’ve heard it before: “The two-party system sucks.” “Both parties are corrupt.” “They’re all the same.” There are plenty of reasons to be frustrated with American politics. Let’s be honest about what’s usually happening when that line comes from the right: it’s often a Republican trying to…
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Banana Republican
Mike returns from “lockup,” Jacob becomes America’s most wanted algae kingpin, and somehow that’s only the beginning. This week the guys dive into the algae-covered Reflecting Pool saga, Trump’s birthday UFC spectacle at the White House, the mysterious Iran “peace deal” that may or may not…
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Reality vs. Narrative
Tonight on Three Rural White Guys, Kellen and Jacob tackle a question that seems increasingly difficult in modern America: What happens when people stop arguing about politics and start arguing about reality itself? The conversation begins with renewed hostilities involving Iran, rising energy...
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Lots and Lots of Big Blue Dots
Something very strange happened in Iowa’s midterm primary: Democrats showed up. Not “Iowa is magically blue now” showed up. Not “run the table in November” showed up. But in a state where rural Democrats have spent years feeling like lonely little blue dots in a red sea, the numbers told a...
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Quaaludes
The guys discuss why Republican candidates seem to spend more time finding ways to exclude people from their public events and town halls versus welcoming more people in.
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Corruption and Grifting
3RWG breaks down the obvious corruption and grifting going on in DC right -- the $1.776B slush fund Trump has set up to pay off criminals and co-conspirators.
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Snakes on a Plane
The guys discuss how the Trump Administration passing out free money to his friends and family is ruining our economy and the lives of rural Americans.
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Ballroom Dancing
The guys go after the Republican Party for no longer representing rural voters. Closing hospitals, schools and more while slashing billions in tax revenue on the wealthy, building billion dollar ballrooms and handing out 50B+ to lobbyist contractors.
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F... IT, WE'LL DO IT LIVE!
The Three Rural White Guys gear up for the mid-terms by turning on the video cameras and going live. They set the stage by examining how Republican policies have screwed rural America.
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Affordability
Iowa Rep. Larry McBurney joins the show to talk about the Iowa House Democrats' new Working Families and Affordability Plan.
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Running on Respect
The Three Rural White Guys kick off a new intermittent series on Democratic primaries in rural America. This episode features Taylor Wettach, candidate for Iowa’s 1st District of the United States House of Representatives. Wettach discusses the importance of showing up, listening first, and…
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Simple and Certain
State Representative David Jacoby joins the pod to discuss the sobering situation in Minnesota, Iowa Democrats plan to make property taxes benefit Iowans instead of the wealthy elite, and the state of bi-partisanship in rural legislatures.
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Leading with Heart
Nursing researcher, women's health advocate, and former Iowa state senate candidate Nicole Low joins the show to discuss needed changes to how Democrats engage rural voters. Additionally, the crew discusses rural health care access as Republicans continue to defund and take away local control of...
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Hell Freezes Over
The guys attend Crooked Con in DC, moderate Senate Democrats make sure kids get fed and workers paid as they begin the process of opening the government back up, and hell has frozen over as Iowa Congresswoman Marionette Miller Meeks finally holds a town hall....in the most remote county in her...
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Make It Rain
The guys interview rural Democrat legend Sam Schropp. They discuss the generational connection between agriculture and the government and Sam shares the secret sauce to winning over rural voters.
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How the "One Big Beautiful Bill" is Only Beautiful if You're A Billionaire - the Rest of Us are Getting Screwed
Diving into some of the ways billionaires come out ahead of everyone else while the new tax law slashes basic services for everyone not wealthy enough to take advantage of those same tax breaks.
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The Liberty Line We Should Not Cross: Foreign Military Installations on US Soil
Diving into the Qatari Air Force facility recently announced at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho.
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Grocery Prices -- Is Anyone Paying Less?
Has your typical grocery bill gone down? Has anyone's? Let's dive in to what's causing food prices to be so high, and continue to climb despite the rhetoric.
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FAFO
The guys explore the FAFO trend and how it impacts efforts to create change for the 2026 elections and beyond. Music Credits: "Up and Down" by Chris Housman, used with permission.
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Why No Kings Protest if We Don't Have a King?
Discussing why the No Kings protest happened despite the fact the US does not have a king.
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Trump Golfs While Farmers Suffer
Donald Trump lives in a fantasy world, golfing and praising himself, while farmers (soybean farmers in particular) have lost a huge part of their market and many have nowhere to sell their products.
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Purple
The Three Rural White Guys are back for Season 7 and back to their roots of connecting rural communities with resources, news and social movements impacting rural Americans. Delaney Dixon of DVIP/RVAP joins the guys to discuss National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Kasey Conrad debuts on the...
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How long will this shutdown last? Comparing to previous government shutdowns
Kellen breaks down what this shutdown looks like relative to previous ones - and tries to figure out how long it might last.
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Tariffs and you: what they are and who pays them
Breaking down what tariffs are and how they impact you - special focus on rural economies.
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When the Feds Send Soldiers to Your City: Chicago, Portland, & the New Normal
The Trump administration is deploying federal troops to major US cities, ostensibly as part of a law enforcement operation. Is that legal? Is this our new normal? Has this happened before? Kellen walks through the history of federal troops being used on American soil by the president, and what…
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Oversight Hearing Shows how Trump Administration Destroys Transparency in American Government
Kellen discusses transparency and accountability in government and why it's important -- not just for the DOJ but for a wide range of agencies. The American people need a government they can trust, and are getting anything but with the Trump administration.
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EMTALA Explainer
Kellen explains the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act of 1986 and dispels the myths.
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Trust the Process
The guys discuss the importance of due process and debate whether or not it is safe to keep recording or even to travel in the era of a dictator - who is now openly talking about denaturalizing American citizens and sending them to El Salvadorian prisons.
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Rural Is Not Red
The guys discuss how election maps and pundits commonly misrepresent rural communities as conservative while most rural communities have strong progressive histories and in reality are a shade of purple. They also dive deep into how Medicaid cuts will further erode rural communities.
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Fight or Flight
The Three Rural White Guys are back for Season 6. They take a hard look back at election night and discuss the reasons they decided to stay in rural America and fight back against fascism.
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Easily Manipulated
The guys breakdown the Harris-Trump debate and question why Trump supporters create excuse after excuse for his clear incompetence.
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Lucidity Part 2
The guys discuss how Trump, MAGA and the GOP talking points have reach the levels of absurdity beyond Trump's cognitive decline, doubling down on lies and misleading comments in the face of proven facts.
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The Rural Squeeze
The guys breakdown the various GOP policies that are screwing over rural America and hindering post-Covid economic recovery in red states.
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Bully Breakdown
After an inspiring month of politics, the guys make some predictions about the 2024 election and the fate of MAGA.
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Hope
The guys discuss the historic events of the past week as Biden steps down and Harris brings the party together.
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This Beer Sucks
The guys liken the current state of politics to drinking bad beer. They address the response to the assassination attempt, take an honest look at conspiracy tendencies and discuss what needs to happen to restore hope in the system.
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Forty-Seven
The guys are ready to move forward. Based on the requests of listeners, they discuss the most legitimate path forward with a new top of the ticket for the Democratic Party.
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Gaslit
The guys discuss the blowback they received from the left for suggesting an honest discussion about Biden's capacity and do a deep dive into what the next four month could look like for the Democrats.
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Lucidity
The latest Presidential "Debate" was a potentially historical moment for the United States for all the wrong reasons. The guys discuss the blatant lying of our former President and convicted felon as well as the mental state of our current President. Neither candidate seemed lucid enough to be...
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The Greed New Deal
The guys explore the consequences of allowing corporate greed to influence the United States political system.
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Politics is Local
While both Republicans and Democrats seem caught up court cases, expensive campaigns and macro-level politics, the guys discuss how local and state politics have a much larger impact on our daily lives.
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Convicted Felon
The guys reconvene for a special episode to discuss the felony convictions of Donald Trump.
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Three Rural White Guys is a political podcast from the perspective of a potentially endangered species, progressive white men in rural America. Jacob Dodds, Kellen Gracey and Mike Heaton discuss national, state and local politics. Guests provide perspectives on diversity, privilege and life in rural America in the post Trump era.
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