Like your neighbor coming over with white gloves to inspect your house, the CBC's America Up Close, paints a frank picture of the effects of globalization on America's Heartland.

In typically affable style, hosts Rick McGinnis-Rae, Pia Chattopadhyay, and Frank Coller travel to North Carolina, Nebraska, and Washington, D.C. and speak to people & politicians for a first person account of how the grand changes the global economy are changing the lives and dreams of rural Americans, leaving some with hope of new opportunities, and others in the dust, casualties of unemployment, their own naivete, and crystal meth.

Part of public radio's "Think Global" week, this program ( with a 5 minute hole for news ) would be a great addition to any weekday noon hour. AMERICA UP CLOSE's look at the Heartland of the Homeland, may be too close for comfort, but it's a show listeners will be glad to hear.