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The Hot Dish — 148 episodes

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These Policies Are Squeezing Farmers

2

Trump’s Dictator Playbook, with Ruth Ben-Ghiat

3

Are AI's Magic Bean Promises Leading Rural America Down a Risky Path?

4

The Hidden Power of Trauma-Informed Care in Rural America

5

The State of the Family Farm

6

The Race That Could Flip Mississippi

7

Rural America will Decide the Senate

8

The Rural vs. Urban Divide

9

Trump's Coalition is Collapsing

10

Donald Trump versus the Pope

11

How do we get out of this mess?

12

Justin Wolfers on the Cost of War

13

Faith Communities to the Rescue

14

Tom Nichols on Trump's Iran War and Disastrous Foreign Policy

15

Beth Macy: Journalist, Author, Fighter for the Working Class

16

Could Latinos Decide the Midterms?

17

What the Tariff Ruling Means for Farmers

18

Rural Resistance

19

What can you do? Run For Something!

20

Homeland Insecurity with Janet Napolitano

21

Winning in Minneapolis, Winning in North Carolina

22

On the Ground in Minneapolis with the ACLU

23

Who's In Charge? Gen. Mark Hertling Wants to Know

24

Remembering Democracy's Worst Day

25

An Internment Camp in Nebraska

26

'Tis the Season for Community

27

What's Happening with Healthcare?

28

The Rebirth of Rural Democrats

29

Don't Tell Jess Piper It's Raining

30

The Country is Great when the Country does Good

31

Justin Wolfers Tells The Truth About the US Economy

32

Tom Nichols on Trump's "Populist Popcorn" Military

33

Gov. Tim Walz asks, "What happened to 'Don't Tread On Me'?"

34

Taking Farmers for Granted

35

Shutting Down Rural Healthcare

36

"Don't Be Chicken Shit!" Sen. Tina Smith has something to say

37

Exciting Announcements!

38

Drowning in Debt: A National Security Risk

39

Tennessee Red: Justin Kanew on theocracy in the Volunteer State

40

This Land is Your Land: the Fight for Public Lands

41

Beto O'Rourke on the Fight for Democracy in Texas

42

Texas GOP goes all-in for Authoritarianism

43

Immigrants in Rural America

44

2025 Rural Progress Summit Highlights

45

Special Announcement about the Rural Progress Summit

46

Sarah Longwell's Republican Triangle of Doom

47

Get Activated with Jess Piper

48

Memorial Day Special: We Talked to Veterans

49

100 Days of Chaos

50

DNC Chair Ken Martin on Making Democrats Strong Again

51

How to Fight Back

52

Gutting Rural Education: the GOP's long-term plan

53

What Farmers are Saying

54

News Deserts are Changing Rural America

55

Gas, Groceries, and Rent (with Paul Begala)

56

TikTok: What You Need To Know

57

Young Democrats Fighting for Rural America

58

Balancing Voter Interests: Split-Ticket Voting in Rural America

59

Navigating Tariffs, Politics, and Economic Pressures

60

How Home Testing Can Improve Rural Health

61

Silent Voices: Indigenous Histories and Volunteer Firefighter Stories

62

Connecting Rural and Urban: Technology, Stories, and Sensible Gun Control

63

How Religion Will Impact The Election

64

Hearing Rural Voices: How Deep Canvassing Can Change Politics

65

VP Debate Review with Chuck Corra

66

The Decline of Trump's Popularity

67

Presidential Debate: Fishing for Trump!

68

Winning the Rural Vote with Jim Hightower

69

Rural Americans Have A Voice At The DNC

70

Democrats Takeover Chicago: Inside Look at the 2024 DNC

71

Navigating the 2024 Election Shifts

72

Republicans Speak Out Against Trump

73

Addressing Addiction in Rural America

74

How Accurate are Political Polls?

75

The Crossroads and Backroads of America

76

Turning the Tide on Gun Legislation

77

The Value of Voting FOR (not Against)

78

How A Democrat Won in Alabama

79

America's Hunger Paradox: Tackling Food Scarcity in the Land of Plenty

80

The Critical Role of Rural Voters in Shaping America's Political Landscape

81

Connecting with Rural Americans

82

Entrepreneurship in the Heartland with Steve Case

83

Bridging Partisan Divides: Steve Bullock's Take on Post-Election America

84

School Choice: Honest Perspectives from North Carolina

85

There Goes Iowa

86

A Conversation with Montana Senator Jon Tester

87

Conversations Across America: What Unites Us this Holiday

88

From Daycare To College: New Approaches to Affordability and Access

89

Feeding America from Food Banks to the Family Table

90

Key Takeaways from the 2023 Elections

91

Double Whammy: Interest Rates and Extreme Weather Threaten Rural America

92

Surviving Suicide

93

Has the Time Finally Come for Paid Family Leave?

94

Lines of Influence: Alabama’s Redistricting Dilemma & America’s Opioid Epidemic

95

Developing Healthy Futures: America’s Rural Children

96

The Green Energy Journey in Rural America

97

The Fight for Democracy in Rural America

98

Sowing Seeds of Equity

99

Honor & Pies this Fourth of July

100

The Aftermath of the Dobbs Decision

101

Mrs. 2% Defies the Odds

102

Rural America’s Mental Health Crisis

103

Wisconsin’s High-Stakes Fight for Rights

104

The Challenges in Passing the Farm Bill

105

Season 4 Episode 4: A Post-Midterm Review with Doug Usher and Jessica Piper

106

Season 4 Epsiode 3: Choice Polling in Rural America with Political Strategist Celinda Lake

107

Season 4 Episode 2: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law with Senior White House Advisor Mitch Landrieu

108

Season 4 Episode 1: What is Rural?

109

Season 3 Episode 5: Senator Debbie Stabenow on Agriculture and Climate Change

110

Season 3 Episode 4: Meet the OCP Board: Secretary Mike Espy!

111

Season 3 Episode 3: Biden's First 100 Days with Matthew Dowd

112

Season 3 Episode 2: DNC Chair Jaime Harrison on Rural Democrats and the American Rescue Plan

113

Season 3 Episode 1: Rural Campaigns with J.D. Scholten, Amanda Litman, and Tessa Gould

114

Season 2 Episode 17: 2020 Wrap-Up with Heidi Heitkamp, Joe Donnelly, Ashton Clemmons, and J.D. Scholten

115

Season 2 Episode 16: Rural Renaissance with Libby Schneider

116

Season 2 Episode 15: Back to School with Ashton Clemmons and Adrienne Schweer

117

Season 2 Episode 14: Veterans with Senator Joe Donnelly and Paul Rieckhoff

118

Season 2 Episode 13: Issues in Indian Country with Jodi Archambault

119

Season 2 Episode 12: Voting with Stacey Abrams

120

Season 2 Episode 11: Politics and the 2020 Election with James Carville

121

Season 2 Episode 10: Rural Health and COVID-19 with Dr. Irwin Redlener

122

Season 2 Episode 9: Clean Energy and Climate Change with Dr. Julio Friedmann

123

Season 2 Episode 8: Campaigning in Rural America and Impeachment with David Axelrod.

124

Hot Dish Season 2 Episode 7: Holiday Edition

125

Hot Dish Season 2 Episode 6: Ashton Clemmons

126

Season 2 Episode 5: Meet the OCP Board

127

Season 2 Episode 4: Gun Violence with John Cohen

128

Season 2 Episode 3: Rural Education with Anthony Daniels

129

Season 2 Episode 2: JD Scholten and Running in Rural America

130

Season 2 Episode 1: Welcome Back!

131

Episode 17: Chat with Former North Dakota Senator Kent Conrad

132

Episode 16: Protecting the Northern Border

133

Episode 15: The Farm Bill's Importance to Rural America

134

Episode 14: Honoring Vietnam Veterans with Filmmaker Ken Burns and North Dakota Vietnam Veterans of America President Dan Stenvold

135

Episode 13: Intern Edition

136

Episode 12: Trade: Lifeblood of Farmers and Rural America at a Perilous Crossroads

137

Episode 11: Bipartisan Support Grows for the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act

138

Episode 10: On Tax Reform, Bipartisanship Would Make Better Policy

139

Episode 9: Addressing the Epidemic of Missing and Murdered Native Women

140

Episode 8: North Korea

141

Episode 7: Role of Refugees & Immigrants in our Communities

142

Episode 6: Carbon Capture

143

Extra Helping: Health Care Update

144

Episode 5: Your Health Care

145

Episode 4: Russia

146

Episode 3: Rural America

147

Episode 2: Moderates

148

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