Middle Ground

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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".

Brought to you by PRX and host Celeste Headlee. Learn more about Middle Ground at prx.org/group/middleground. Please confirm carriage of Middle Ground by contacting us at producers@middlegroundshow.com


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36 Pieces

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Pittsburgh's Big Fix
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A rain storm in Pittsburgh is more than water, it's also a good chance that sewage will leak into the city's rivers. Just like Detroit, Kansas City...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2014
  • Length: 03:59
Mr. Midwest, Unemployment Battle and NOLA's Sound of Music
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This week, we touch bases with Mike Draper in Des Moines to talk about state legislatures and they efforts to attract jobs. Also, PolicyMic reports...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2014
  • Length: 07:09
Car Manufacturing Up, But Auto Wages Sputter
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Paul Eisenstein of TheDetroitBureau.com says the big three automakers, Chrysler, GM and Ford, have record-breaking profit sharing bonuses. But that...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2014
  • Length: 07:09
Goshen, Indiana Residents Struggle With Sharp Increases In Poverty
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Despite the success of small businesses in Goshen, Indiana, the city's poverty rate increased by 13.3 percent in the last few years. Reporter John...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2014
  • Length: 03:59
You Can Lead Detroiters to Vegetables But You Can't Make Them Eat
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Photographer Noah Stephens is on a mission to take pictures inside every grocery story in Detroit. He wants to prove that fruits and vegetables are...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2014
  • Length: 03:59
The ACA and the GOP and America's Most Dangerous Little City
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Some Republican governors opened insurance exchanges or supported the ACA medical expansion and were threatened with primary challenges. What's com...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2014
  • Length: 07:09
Midwest Cuisine is a Hot Trend
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Food critics say the "Midwestern Food Movement" is one of the hot trends in cuisine for 2014. We spoke to 5 of the top-rated chefs from the Midwest...

Bought by NPR Illinois


  • Added: Jan 02, 2014
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Long segment for 1-3-14
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Mr. Midwest joins us to talk about early polling for the Iowa caucus, pot in Colorado and stiff competition between states to lure a new Boeing pla...

Bought by NPR Illinois


  • Added: Jan 02, 2014
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 1
Middle Ground for 12-27: Navajo Settlement, Homeless in Utah & Running Cars
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The Navajo Nation could get more than a billion dollars to clean up uranium in Arizona and New Mexico; Utah's campaign to end homelessness by 2015 ...

Bought by NPR Illinois


  • Added: Dec 26, 2013
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 1
The Amish and the ACA
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The Amish are among several religious groups that are exempt from the Affordable Care Act. Erika Beras talks to members of an Amish community in We...

Bought by WITF and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Dec 26, 2013
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 2
Short segment for 12-20
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An interview with Dave Aldritch, who runs a reindeer farm in Michigan.

Bought by NPR Illinois


  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Long segment for 12-20
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This week, we get a look at politics in middle America with Mike Draper, Mr. Midwest, visit the University of North Dakota where enrollment in the ...

Bought by NPR Illinois


  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 1
Middle Ground Long Segment for 12-13-13
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Stories from South Dakota, Michigan and Oklahoma

Bought by NPR Illinois


  • Added: Dec 13, 2013
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 1
Middle Ground Short Segment for 12-13-13
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A 4:00 segment on scrap metal theft

Bought by NPR Illinois


  • Added: Dec 13, 2013
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
Middle Ground Pilot 2
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The second pilot episode for the new show, Middle Ground, which focuses on news, politics and culture from middle America.

Bought by NPR Illinois


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 56:30
  • Purchases: 1
Middle Ground Pilot 1
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The first pilot for Middle Ground, a show focusing on news, politics and culture from middle America

Bought by NPR Illinois and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2