Adam Sommer gives and Opening Statement connecting the "Death Tax" to "School Choice" Rachel Parker and Sean Diller join Adam for a Talkin' Politics session, covering: True Or False (6-7) :Normcore Republicans Will Change The Trajectory of 2022 midterms? In Missouri - multiple candidates rejected for being just the absolute worst GOP rejected filing fees from Rep. Derges - the fake sure doctor and https://www.ky3.com/2022/02/23/missouri-gop-rejects-filing-fee-indicted-state-rep-tricia-derges/?ut...
Mar 07, 2022•1 hr 30 min
Texas Gov Greg Abbott and fellow RINOs fare well in primaries | Missouri legislature targets trans kids | Nebraska Gov Pete Ricketts wants to slash taxes and divert water from Colorado | Kansas Health Dept bows to anti-vaxxers, stops airing COVID vaccine PSAs | MO Gov Mike Parson names new state health director | Illinois legislature tackles teacher shortage | Indiana moves toward closing rape loophole https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "Change The Conversation" Host: Adam Somme...
Mar 04, 2022•16 min
Jon Karlen (D-MO3) joins Adam Sommer for a chat about Jon's candidacy in the Missouri 3rd Congressional district. https://www.karlen4missouri.com/platform https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "Change The Conversation" Host: Adam Sommer Find Adam on tik-tok (maybe) and bluesky as "midmapdadenergy" - follow The Process on instagram. JOIN PATREON FOR MORE “Change The Conversation” Outro Song: “The World Is On Fire” by American Aquarium http://www.americanaquarium.com/ Nothing on this...
Mar 03, 2022•27 min
Govs Jared Polis, Michelle Lujan Grisham and more join forces for Clean Hydrogen hub | Colorado state legislature votes unanimously to stand with Ukraine, encourage strong action to punish Russia | Denver Elections unveils new public campaign finance database | Colorado Democrats and Republicans caucus this week | Debate over collective bargaining bill getting heated | CO Sen Brittany Pettersen sponsors universal free school lunch bill https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "Change ...
Mar 02, 2022•15 min
Adam Sommer is joined by Sally Brooks, candidate in the MO-118th for State Representative to talk about why Sally is running, and the realities facing her neighbors. Sally helps us understand that your political party doesn't mean much when the whole area is being left behind. Sally's ACT BLUE https://secure.actblue.com/donate/brooks-for-missouri-1 https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "Change The Conversation" Host: Adam Sommer Find Adam on tik-tok (maybe) and bluesky as "midmapda...
Mar 01, 2022•29 min
Hosts: Adam Sommer, Rachel Parker, Sean Diller Adam's Opening StatementTalkin’ Politics True or False: Parson Doesn’t Understand The Difference Between a Criminal and a Journalist - The Worm Has Turned https://missouriindependent.com/2022/02/23/claim-that-reporter-hacked-state-website-was-debunked-parson-still-says-hes-a-criminal/ Should be spending time continuing to push forward the appropriations that the state senate finally acted on, instead this shit Yeah…NO : CPAC welcomes renowned conser...
Feb 28, 2022•1 hr 25 min
Severe drought in West attributed to climate change | Ohio Senator Rob Portman snubs Trumpian author JD Vance | Missouri passes budget with $2B in federal funding for schools | Tennessee Republicans introduce raft of misguided legislation | Minnesota Republicans want to move $178 Million from public to private schools | Child poverty projected to worsen in Dallas | TX Gov Greb Abbott and AG Ken Paxton desperately target the parents of trans kids | COVID funds pay for after-school programming in ...
Feb 25, 2022•19 min
Rachel Parker is joined for a chat with Tim Cutt, director of the Missouri Corrections Officers Association. Tim explains the untenable conditions in Missouri's prisons and the realities facing these state workers as they continue to go unnoticed by the "debate" in Jefferson City. https://www.newstribune.com/news/2021/jun/20/Corrections-Department-wrangling-with-severe-staff/ https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "Change The Conversation" Host: Adam Sommer Find Adam on tik-tok (may...
Feb 24, 2022•50 min
How is teaching like repeatedly pushing a boulder (of dung) up a mountain? Kristina and Nicholas use Camus to explore how "school choice" leads to less choice, empowerment, and autonomy for students, as well as overall stagnation for the nation. https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "Change The Conversation" Host: Adam Sommer Find Adam on tik-tok (maybe) and bluesky as "midmapdadenergy" - follow The Process on instagram. JOIN PATREON FOR MORE “Change The Conversation” Outro Song: “...
Feb 23, 2022•21 min
Donald Looney is running for the Wentzville, MO board of education. Donald has experienced the reality of equity in education and representation first hand and hopes to bring his experience and representation to the folks of Wentzville. Donald joins host Adam Sommer for a chat ranging from the cultural realities of suburban Missouri to the need for fresh looks at public education in the face of sustained attacks from privatization efforts. https://www.donaldlooney.com/ https://heartlandpod.com/ ...
Feb 22, 2022•30 min
Adam Sommer, Rachel Parker, & Sean Diller bring you the weekly talkin' politics roundtable. Adam's Open The Politics of Hyperbole Talkin’ Politics True or False: Parents will wake up to the reality of school choice and voucher programs before it is too late? Oklahoma trying to pass law similar to Missouri https://tulsaworld.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/controversial-school-voucher-bill-narrowly-passes-committee-vote/article_7f4ddee2-8e6d-11ec-8ee9-03c04727fafe.html Missouri ...
Feb 21, 2022•56 min
Bipartisan CO legislative coalition moves $53 Million Special Ed Funding forward | GOP Leaders McConnell, Thune, Haley supporting former football star with history of gender-based violence in campaign against Democratic US Senator Rev Raphael Warnock | Josh Hawley endorses Vicky Hartzler, Hartzler targets transgender student-athletes | TX Gov Greg Abbott is a RINO | Anti-CRT crusade cools in Indiana | Baristas in 54 Starbucks are trying to unionize | Ohio considers shifting education funds away ...
Feb 18, 2022•17 min
LET'S HAVE A CHAT Adam Sommer has a chat with Andy Slaughter, a Missouri teacher and director with the National Education Association, about the state of schools in Missouri. TALKIN' POLITICS Rachel Parker https://twitter.com/RaitchetP?s=20&t=KYbiGoUU55M-yj8GnaK8sg Sean Diller https://twitter.com/SeanDillerCO?s=20&t=KYbiGoUU55M-yj8GnaK8sg Adam Sommer https://twitter.com/Adam_Sommer85 A chat about the Missouri Legislature's breakdown into primate exhibit at the zoo. Welcome to the hashtag...
Feb 17, 2022•1 hr 13 min
Colorado Oil and Gas Commission considers waiver allowing drilling near homes | GOP Primary for CO Sec of State just got crazier | Denver Policing Alternatives are Expanding | Colorado bill to protect cannabis users employment rights would be first in the nation | FAA says more women enrolling in flight school | Red Rocks has a packed 2022 concert schedule https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "Change The Conversation" Host: Adam Sommer Find Adam on tik-tok (maybe) and bluesky as "...
Feb 16, 2022•9 min
Rachel Parker walks us through the realities of the intersection of social media, business, & ethics. https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "Change The Conversation" Host: Adam Sommer Find Adam on tik-tok (maybe) and bluesky as "midmapdadenergy" - follow The Process on instagram. JOIN PATREON FOR MORE “Change The Conversation” Outro Song: “The World Is On Fire” by American Aquarium http://www.americanaquarium.com/ Nothing on this channel is to be taken as legal advice for any j...
Feb 15, 2022•30 min
Adam Sommer, Rachel Parker, and Sean Diller on the panel for a weekly discussion. Show informationAdam's Opening Statement Talkin’ Politics True or False : We are experiencing the failures of term limits in states like Missouri The MO LEG has so far failed to join the other 49 states in spending the COVID relief money from the federal government House has passed a bill Senate remains in session to allow the filibuster on the nancy pelosi loony liberal lefist map https://www.kfvs12.com/2022/02/09...
Feb 14, 2022•1 hr 7 min
US Sen Josh Hawley has big fans at Russian state-owned media | Missouri Senate conservatives want to split KC into 3 Republican districts | Nuclear fusion science moves forward | Texas is rejecting a huge number of absentee ballot applications | Iowa GOP drops plan to require cameras in every classroom | Ohio set to loosen concealed carry rules | Kansas GOP targets Congresswoman Sharice Davids https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "Change The Conversation" Host: Adam Sommer Find Ad...
Feb 11, 2022•15 min
NOTE: Regular last call episodes are only available on our patreon page. In a special, 100% free "Last Call" : Rachel Parker has recently posted a piece on our patreon page about the intentional use of social media, and the reality of the consumer as both the product and the user. Adam Sommer joins her for a last call looking at the realities surrounding the Spotify and Joe Rogan controversies, and a broader sense of intentional social media usage. Rachel's post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/to...
Feb 10, 2022•59 min
Alternative Methods of Instruction (AMI) is literally being inserted into family life. But how fair is a system that depends heavily on how structured home life is on snow days? Kristina and Nicholas talk snow days for their kids and his school's AMI. After the snowstorm, Kristina and Nicholas discuss the opportunistic political boobytraps of AMI that might be (un)intentionally helping school choice arguments. https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "Change The Conversation" Host: Ad...
Feb 09, 2022•17 min
Austin Frerick, candidate for Iowa State Senate, joins Adam Sommer for a chat about a holistic approach to a new kind of Democrat by connecting the dots between anti-trust issues, commodity farmer, and the food we serve our kids at school. https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "Change The Conversation" Host: Adam Sommer Find Adam on tik-tok (maybe) and bluesky as "midmapdadenergy" - follow The Process on instagram. JOIN PATREON FOR MORE “Change The Conversation” Outro Song: “The Wo...
Feb 08, 2022•26 min
GET A SHIRT AND HELP A CAUSEUse code "Heartland Love" at https://www.cornfedthreads.com/ and $5 from your purchase goes to the Missouri Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence with the first 100 orders being DOUBLED by host, Adam Sommer! Talkin’ Politics Intro - This week we are dedicating this portion to the Horrible, Terrible, No Good, Very Bad week that was in Missouri. True Or False : The Missouri Senate Will Actually Pass a Redistricting Map https://themissouritimes.com/congression...
Feb 07, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Farmers pleased with President Biden | Tennessee legislature considers cannabis | MO GOP Gov Mike Parson slams Republican state senators | Big boosts in education and child care funding could come to Minnesota | Missouri SB-666 is 'stand your ground' on steroids | Beto and Abbott fundraising filings in TX race for Governor | Cargill chicken merger might get scrambled | Ohio Sen Sherrod Brown touts Surprise Medical Billing law | Another Kansas legislator is picked up for DWI https://heartlandpod....
Feb 04, 2022•21 min
Adam Sommer goes through one of the actual petitions filed by AG Schmitt against Missouri schools. Petition: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sl3a1qZ9piOOGw1vzkqPIK9HyfdOVXzE/view?usp=sharing Show Me Progress Blog - Good information on email portal https://showmeprogress.com/ https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "Change The Conversation" Host: Adam Sommer Find Adam on tik-tok (maybe) and bluesky as "midmapdadenergy" - follow The Process on instagram. JOIN PATREON FOR MORE “Change ...
Feb 03, 2022•34 min
US Sen Michael Bennet cruising toward re-election | New CO-8th District seems to be up for grabs | Rep Lauren Boebert raises $800K in Q4 | Dems in CO State Legislature plan $400 million for affordable housing | Brittany Pettersen stacks up endorsements in CO-7 primary | $3.9 million for homelessness in Denver | Mayor Michael Hancock pleads for peace over petulance as mask order is lifted on Thursday https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "Change The Conversation" Host: Adam Sommer F...
Feb 02, 2022•10 min
PROMO CODE FOR https://www.cornfedthreads.com/ - HEARTLAND LOVE - $5 of Every Single Sale w/ promo code, during February, goes to Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence - and the first 100 sales are automatically doubled! https://www.mocadsv.org/ Rockwood BOE Candidates Amy Ryan https://www.ryan4rockwood.com/ Deborah Stine https://www.facebook.com/110190098175857/posts/about-mei-hope-to-serve-you-and-your-family-as-a-member-of-the-rockwood-school-b/110201324841401/ https://heart...
Feb 01, 2022•48 min
Talkin’ Politics True or False (5-7 min): Senate Anti-Trust Bill Survives fillibuster https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-20/senate-judiciary-committee-clears-tech-focused-antitrust-bill Bill from Klobuchar and Grassley - Heartland in the house, or the senate Yeah…NO (6-7 min) AG Eric Schmitt has sued (45 still good?) schools in MIssouri including 0 charter schools - over mask mandates https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/education/article257710628.html Becomes pretty transparent th...
Jan 31, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Expanded Child Tax Credit cut child poverty in U.S. | MO AG Schmitt Sues More Schools | Biden Admin ARPA Funds in Colorado | Minnesota Governor and Lt. Gov want to legalize recreational marijuana | Wisconsin electors will not be retracted | IL Gov Pritzker vetoes COVID sick leave bill | IA Senators afraid of the press | Racial gerrymandering in Kansas | Give me Ivermectin or Give Me Death https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "Change The Conversation" Host: Adam Sommer Find Adam on...
Jan 28, 2022•20 min
Sara Sirota, politics reporter for The Intercept, joins Rachel Parker and Adam Sommer for a chat about dark money in Missouri politics, with a special focus on the 2022 GOP Senate primary. Sara's piece, which provides a deep dive on the known players, is an excellent look at the names and relationships that voters need to know about, and how they interact. Link below: Sara on twitter: @SaraLSirota Sara's Article Link: https://theintercept.com/2022/01/21/koch-missouri-senate-eric-greitens/ Who Is...
Jan 27, 2022•43 min
Kristina (ASL interpreter) & husband Nicholas (science teacher) talk about how masking in schools has become a personal issue: harmful to our health, school closures, & science literacy but also how masks help differently-abled students communicate. https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "Change The Conversation" Host: Adam Sommer Find Adam on tik-tok (maybe) and bluesky as "midmapdadenergy" - follow The Process on instagram. JOIN PATREON FOR MORE “Change The Conversation” O...
Jan 26, 2022•21 min
Adam Sommer is joined by Heather Fleming, founder of Missouri Equity Education Partnership https://www.missouriequity.com/ Heather helps us understand just what equity in education is and joins Adam in the kind of conversation that helps us expand our ability to talk about race relations. https://heartlandpod.com/ Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD "Change The Conversation" Host: Adam Sommer Find Adam on tik-tok (maybe) and bluesky as "midmapdadenergy" - follow The Process on instagram. JOIN PATREON FOR ...
Jan 25, 2022•46 min
