Part I. Guest: Chris Hedges is the former Middle East bureau chief of the New York Times, a Pulitzer Prize winner, and a columnist at ScheerPost. He is the author of several books, including America: The Farewell Tour, American Fascists and War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning. His latest piece Heeding the lessons of James Joyce’s “Ulysses,” a century later can be found here.
Part II: The rural-urban divide overtaking the national conversation: The Nebraska Political Landscape
Guest: Ross Benes is the award-winning author of several books, his latest is Rural Rebellion: How Nebraska Became a Republican Stronghold. He is a contributor to the Nation magazine.
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