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🗓️ 9 May 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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0:00.0 | Unlike the great majority of journalists who cover American politics, |
0:05.0 | Selina Zito lives far away from the centers of power and wealth. |
0:10.0 | Some would argue that she lives in the middle of nowhere in flyover country. |
0:15.0 | But Selina says, this is America. |
0:18.0 | Everywhere is the middle of somewhere. |
0:21.0 | When you get out there, it is energizing. |
0:24.8 | It is wonderful. |
0:26.3 | I mean, that doesn't mean there's not sadness or despair or problems. |
0:31.2 | However, that American spirit of wanting to be part of something bigger than themselves |
0:39.2 | is evident in everything that you say. This is |
0:58.0 | let's find common ground. I'm Richard Davies. |
1:01.0 | And I'm Ashley Meltite. |
1:03.0 | Political reporter Selina Zito writes about small town America |
1:07.0 | and the part of the country that much of the media doesn't cover. |
1:10.0 | She leaves her home in Western Pennsylvania and drives thousands of miles across the |
1:15.0 | country on back roads. |
1:18.0 | Her insights are especially valuable in this election year and on this show we'll learn more about why so many people |
1:25.3 | who live in rural and small town America support Donald Trump and the populist coalition |
1:31.4 | that's reshaped the Republican Party. |
1:34.0 | Selina writes columns on politics for the Washington Examiner, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, |
1:40.0 | and the New York Post. |
1:41.0 | She's the author of The Great Revolt inside the Populist Coalition |
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