Middle Ground

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  • Location: Rockville, Maryland

The only public radio show that focuses on the middle of the country and ignores the coasts. Who says it's flyover country?

Series

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36 Pieces

A weekly show covering news, politics & culture from the states in between California & the eastern seaboard. No more "flyover country". Middle Ground is a weekly podcast and drop-in radio segment focusing on all the stories from what we call "flyover America".


Pieces

Caption: The 2013 Oklahoma City tornado as it passed through south Oklahoma City.
Energy in the US is a boom market right now. Just last week, corporations drilling in North Dakota and Montana announced they had filled their bill...

  • Added: May 09, 2014
  • Length: 07:00
Caption: Brian Bull with beekeeper Joel Leachko, Credit: Brian Bull
Beekeepers in Ohio say the winter was disastrous for their honeybees. State agriculture officials say they’ve gotten reports of losses between hal...

  • Added: May 07, 2014
  • Length: 03:58
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The death of a homeless man in New Mexico made national headlines when video of the police shooting him was leaked. The tragedy has raised a lot of...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2014
  • Length: 06:59
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The new film "The Suspect" went into wide release this week. Stuart Connelly is the writer and director of the film. It's a thriller that follows t...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2014
  • Length: 04:01
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Illinois considers a state takeover of high school sports, Oklahoma pays more for homeowner's insurance than any other state, mumps breaks out in O...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 06:09
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Did you know that a lot of people in Akron, Ohio, own not just a ball, but a bowling pin? David Giffels talks to us about his new book, The Hard Wa...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 04:00
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Since the 1970's, the city of Oak Park, Illinois, has invested deeply in creating a diverse community. Rachel Snyder's new novel examines what happ...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 04:00
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Parents and activists in Texas successfully lobbied the state government to cut back on the number of standardized tests that students have to take...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 07:00
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This week on Middle Ground: Mike Draper joins us to talk about the ongoing battle between Missouri and Kansas and how an 11-year-old Girl Scout bro...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2014
  • Length: 07:00
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You'd think it would be easy to mark where the Midwest is on a map. But there are hundreds of maps out there and very few of them agree on where th...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2014
  • Length: 03:59