Flyover from MPR News focuses on issues of American identity and the changing American dream as they are lived and experienced in the cities, towns and rural areas that lie beyond the media spotlight. This podcast is an unedited hour of live radio with award-winning host Kerri Miller. Season Three, starting January 2020, focuses on the counties that flipped party loyalties from one presidential election to the next. 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.
Latest episodes
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48 min
Women in politics
Only one woman, U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, remains in the Democratic race for president. But that picture doesn’t tell the whole story. Across the country, more women are running for…
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46 min
Flyover 2020: Farmer identity
In the Upper Midwest, farming maintains a wholesome glow. Red barns, picket fences and photos of kittens weaving among jugs of frothy milk loom large in our collective psyche.But r…
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51 min
Flyover 2020: What does patriotism mean?
The Upper Midwest is patriotic. But how that word is defined varies, depending on where you are standing and to whom you are talking.Thursday on Flyover 2020, we delve into the con…
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49 min
They Believed: Maya Angelou’s ‘On the Pulse of Morning’
When Maya Angelou stepped to the podium on a cold January day in 1993, she became the first African-American and the first woman to offer an inaugural poem. And what a poem it was.…
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26 min
Identity Politics
The Upper Midwest is one of the most unpredictable places in politics right now. Voters in more than 50 counties in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and Michigan flipped from P…
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42 min
Flyover 2020: Rural America’s brain gain
It’s a surprise to many: Rural America is more politically diverse, more educated and more economically optimistic than stereotypes lead us to believe. Maybe most encouraging to th…
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50 min
Flyover 2020: Polarization anxiety
When it comes to flipped counties, the Upper Midwest is ground zero. More than 50 counties in Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and Illinois that voted for Barack Obama in 2012…
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50 min
Voices from the Bayou
We close our week-long series of conversations about the Mississippi River with a townhall event from deep in Louisiana's Mississippi River delta. Our "Voices from the Bayou" speci…
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50 min
How the river divides us
This episode brings us to New Orleans to explore the way the river divides people and the way a changing climate exacerbates that problem.Our guests are Happy Johnson, chief resili…
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50 min
Balancing agriculture and water health
What happens here in the fields and farms of Iowa and the rest of the Midwest has an effect on the Mississippi River and its watershed all way down to the Gulf of Mexico. But the c…
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49 min
Who controls the Mississippi River?
In many towns and cities along the river, there are clashes over levees, diversion plans. dredging drainage and development. Are we listening to more than just the interests with t…
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50 min
How the Mississippi has shaped communities, culture and commerce
The Mississippi River snakes over 2,000 miles from the United States' northern border to its southern coast. But the waterway's imprint is felt far beyond its shores. As we kick of…
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52 min
How Mississippi River mayors handle a 'perfect storm' of challenges
MPR News host Kerri Miller moderated a discussion with a group of mayors who are all faced with the urgency of delivering clean water to their communities in the face of tight city…
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2 min
Season 2 Preview: We're back for a special trip down the Mississippi River
Kerri Miller returns as host of Flyover this summer for a week of call-in shows about what the Mississippi River means to the people who live near it. We aim to connect radio liste…
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51 min
Special episode: America grapples with the pervasiveness of sexual harassment
As the wave of allegations over sexual misconduct in politics, entertainment, media and music continue, Americans are confronting tough questions about power, gender and identity.T…
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52 min
Lessons learned from 12 turbulent weeks
This week on Flyover, we hear some of the most thoughtful calls we've received in the last 12 weeks from listeners across the country. People responded in droves to our conversatio…
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52 min
Can America bridge its racial divide?
This week on Flyover, we discuss how we can have meaningful conversations about one of the nation's most polarizing issues: race. "Bias" and "privilege" are mentioned a lot in Amer…
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52 min
How do military veterans fit into American identity?
Support for our troops is a common refrain during campaign season and after a national crisis. But how often do Americans think about vets on the days in between? This week on Flyo…
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52 min
How do immigrants fit into the 'American Dream?'
President Trump's stance on immigration is one of the messages that appealed to many voters in last year's presidential election.But one year out from the election there's a lot we…
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52 min
Is American identity shaped by the view from abroad?
President Trump won his office on the promise to always put "America First," enticing the many people who have personally experienced the downsides of globalization to support him.…