Dirt Road Democrat
Podcast

Dirt Road Democrat

32
0

Jess Piper is the lightning rod, the shield, and the sword for those who simply need the know that their voice is not alone, but part of a broad and growing network of folks who see the same thing. Decades of failed "Red State" policies leaving generations behind as schools, jobs, and healthcare abandon poor areas.

Born in rural Arkansas, Jess's own experience shape her politics. After an upbringing in a check to check household with the Church at the center, Jess made her way through college eventually becoming an english teacher. Now, Jess, a mother and grandmother, makes her home on a small farm in one of the most rural areas of northern Missouri. After more than 16 years in the classroom, Jess jumped into politics feet first with a run for office in a heavily tilted district where Jess's candidacy was the first by a Democrat in a generation. Jess has deep roots in the dirt roads of America and her politics, the creation of her experiences, serve now as a megaphone for the disaffected many who feel like they stand alone in a sea of disparate and extreme policies.

Join Jess as she travels the dirt roads of American politics and helps us find the connection of the urban/rural existence of food deserts, attacks on public education, and policies that impact those with the least - regardless of their zip codes.

Jess Piper is the lightning rod, the shield, and the sword for those who simply need the know that their voice is not alone, but part of a broad and growing network of folks who see the same thing. Decades of failed "Red State" policies leaving generations behind as schools, jobs, and healthcare abandon poor areas.

Born in rural Arkansas, Jess's own experience shape her politics. After an upbringing in a check to check household with the Church at the center, Jess made her way through college eventually becoming an english teacher. Now, Jess, a mother and grandmother, makes her home on a small farm in one of the most rural areas of northern Missouri. After more than 16 years in the classroom, Jess jumped into politics feet first with a run for office in a heavily tilted district where Jess's candidacy was the first by a Democrat in a generation. Jess has deep roots in the dirt roads of America and her politics, the creation of her experiences, serve now as a megaphone for the disaffected many who feel like they stand alone in a sea of disparate and extreme policies.

Join Jess as she travels the dirt roads of American politics and helps us find the connection of the urban/rural existence of food deserts, attacks on public education, and policies that impact those with the least - regardless of their zip codes.

32
0

Terrible Hate In A Beautiful Town: Dirt Road Democrat On The Road In Idaho

Jess Piper traveled to remote Idaho to meet with and speak for a county Democratic club and tells the story of a group of local Democrats who have found their voice and are standing up to the horrible hate that has been allowed to fester and even thrive in their community. Jess Piper is @piper4missouri @TheHeartlandPOD on Twitter and Threads https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conversation”
World and society 2 years
0
0
0
18:27

Missouri Equity Education Partnership with Heather Flemming and Amber Benge

The MO Equity Education Partnership’s mission is to advocate and mobilize for inclusion, diversity, equity, academic integrity, and accessibility for all individuals in all aspects of community life. We believe we are all stronger when we #LetThemLearn. MOEEP Website: https://www.missouriequity.com/ Twitter: @EquityMissouri Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MOEquityEducationPartnershipJess Piper is @piper4missouri @TheHeartlandPOD on Twitter and Threads https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conversation”
World and society 2 years
0
0
0
50:35

It's My State Too, Stand With Me

Jess Piper dives into the conundrum of staying in a state like Missouri as a parent, a woman, and a progressive and helps us all remember that the answer is our own collective action. Jess Piper is @piper4missouri @TheHeartlandPOD on Twitter and Threads https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conversation”
World and society 2 years
0
0
0
21:36

Weekly Rundown of Missouri Politics Jan. 29 - February 2, 2024

Jess PIper brings a review of this week in Missouri politics, with the rural progressive voice she is known for. Jess Piper is @piper4missouri @TheHeartlandPOD on Twitter and Threads https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conversation”
World and society 2 years
0
0
0
19:22

A New Kind Of Union w/ lawyer, union negotiator, and author Joe Burns

Joe Burns writing: https://jacobin.com/author/joe-burns Jess Piper is @piper4missouri @TheHeartlandPOD on Twitter and Threads https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conversation”
World and society 2 years
0
0
0
38:45

The Founding Myth with attorney and author Andrew Seidel

Andrew's website: https://andrewlseidel.com/   Jess Piper is @piper4missouri @TheHeartlandPOD on Twitter and Threads https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conversation”
World and society 2 years
0
0
0
41:49

Jesse James Mullen, a newspaper man and candidate for Montana SOS

A business owner and entrepreneur, Jesse built Mullen Newspaper Company from two newspapers in Granite and Powell counties to 21 newspapers in six states – nine in Montana alone – over the last six years. Jesse and his wife Sasha also own Browsing Bison Bookstores. Twitter: @jmullen2 Website: https://jessejamesmullen.com/Jess Piper is @piper4missouri @TheHeartlandPOD on Twitter and Threads https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conversation”
World and society 2 years
0
0
0
30:41

Rural Organizing with Rep. Aftyn Behn of Tennessee's State House

Bio: Representative Aftyn Behn is the newest member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, serving House District 51, where she is the first female representative in over 50 years. She is the youngest serving woman in the Tennessee House and the only woman representing Nashville. She's currently the Campaign Director for RuralOrganizing.org, overseeing the organization's electoral strategy and execution and shaping the political and policy landscape impacting small towns and rural communities. Previously, she worked at the Indivisible Project as the Distributed Organizing Manager, building out national programs, including Indivisible's national rural program, one of the largest in the country. She also supported Indivisible's distributed network in long-term power building as the former senior regional organizer for Kentucky and Tennessee. Before Indivisible, she organized with the Tennessee Justice Center in 2017 during the national Medicaid and Affordable Care Act congressional fights. In 2016, she consulted with Switzerland's United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), developing community-based protection policies for special-interest refugee groups. Aftyn is from East Tennessee and received her MSW from the University of Texas at Austin Steve Hicks School of Social Work, specializing in public policy.   Twitter:@aftynbehn Jess Piper is @piper4missouri @TheHeartlandPOD on Twitter and Threads https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conversation”
World and society 2 years
0
0
0
35:37

Katherine Stewart 12/21/23 | The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism

https://katherinestewart.me/ Jess Piper is @piper4missouri @TheHeartlandPOD on Twitter and Threads https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conversation”
World and society 2 years
0
0
0
43:49

Becoming A Better Advocate with Erin Reed

Erin Reed's info:  Site: https://www.erinreedwrites.com/ Twitter: @erininthemorn Substack: https://www.erininthemorning.com/ Jess Piper is @piper4missouri @TheHeartlandPOD on Twitter and Threads https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conversation”
World and society 2 years
0
0
0
36:01

The Rural New Deal w/ Anthony Flaccavento

Jess Piper is @piper4missouri @TheHeartlandPOD on Twitter and Threads https://theheartlandcollective.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conversation” Anthony Flaccavento, Executive Director of the Rural Urban Bridge Initiative and lead author of the Rural New Deal Article: https://centerforneweconomics.org/people/anthony-flaccavento/ Twitter: @afor9th Anthony Flaccavento, Executive Director of the Rural Urban Bridge Initiative and lead author of the Rural New Deal Article: https://centerforneweconomics.org/people/anthony-flaccavento/ Twitter: @afor9th
World and society 2 years
0
0
0
45:31

The Push To Theocracy: Seven Mountains, Dominion Theology, and Fundamentalist Trauma w/ Rob Rogers

Jess Piper is @piper4missouri @TheHeartlandPOD on Twitter and Threads https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conversation” Rob Rogers Website: https://linqapp.com/electrobrogers?fbclid=IwAR3zYJjb2Kk72vMkEi1g5h1_ynHEjJaUeT2QlWbLnVjPZ8q6nBRGGV5f4Tc Bio: Rob is a native Arkansan and Air Force veteran. He ran for the State House in Colorado in 2022. Although he lost that race, he continues his activism in all things Christian nationalism.  Twitter: @electrobrogers
World and society 2 years
0
0
0
35:09

Jared Yates Sexton 11/16/23 | This Show (Pisses Off) Fascists

Jess Piper is @piper4missouri Corey Deangelis Curated Bio As A Lobbyist @TheHeartlandPOD on Twitter and Threads https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conversation” Gust: Jared Yates Sexton - Hoosier, Political Analyst, Muckrake Podcast, Author THE MIDNIGHT KINGDOM: A HISTORY OF POWER, PARANOIA, AND THE COMING CRISIS Website:https://www.jysexton.com/   Substack: https://jaredyatessexton.substack.com/ Twitter: @JYSexton  Jess Piper Substack: https://jesspiper.substack.com/
World and society 2 years
0
0
0
48:24

Carol C. Burris, Education Policy Expert

Carol's Blog: https://roundtheinkwell.com/ Jess Piper is @piper4missouri @TheHeartlandPOD on Twitter and Threads https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conversation”   Network for Public Education Carol Corbett Burris became Executive Director of the Network for Public Education Foundation in August 2015, after serving as principal of South Side High School in the Rockville Centre School District in NY since 2000.  Prior to becoming a principal, she was a teacher at both the middle and high school level.  She received her doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University, and her dissertation, which studied her district’s detracking reform in math, received the 2003 National Association of Secondary Schools’ Principals Middle Level Dissertation of the Year Award.  In 2010, she was named Educator of the Year by the School Administrators Association of New York State, and in 2013, she was named SAANYS New York State High School Principal of the Year.  Dr. Burris co-authored Detracking for Excellence and Equity (2008) and Opening the Common Core: How to Bring ALL Students to College and Career Readiness (2012), and authored On the Same Track: How Schools Can Join the 21st Century Struggle against Re-segregation (2014). Her articles have appeared in Educational Leadership, Kappan, American Educational Research Journal, Teachers College Record, Theory into Practice, School Administrator, American School Board Journal and Education Week. She regularly expresses her concerns about the misuse and unintended consequences of high-stakes testing in the Washington Post, The Answer Sheet blog. E-mail Carol Burris at: burriscarol@gmail.com
World and society 2 years
0
0
0
54:05

Who Is Corey DeAngelis? The billionaire funded, pro-discrimination, anti-public education lobbyist pushing privatization

Jess Piper is @piper4missouri Corey Deangelis Curated Bio As A Lobbyist @TheHeartlandPOD on Twitter and Threads https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conversation”      
World and society 2 years
0
0
0
16:49

Leslie Jones for Missouri State House: An Advocate For Public Schools and Public Health

Jess Piper is @piper4missouri Leslie Jones Website @TheHeartlandPOD on Twitter and Threads https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conversation”
World and society 2 years
0
0
0
49:29

Rev. Karla Talks About Deconstruction And Finding A Brighter Path

Rev. Karla website  Jess Piper is @piper4missouri @TheHeartlandPOD on Twitter and Threads https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conversation” From Rev. Karla site TikTok and Instagram became the primary platforms for [my] online ministry, and to date over 640,000 followers have joined me on this fascinating and healing journey to remove God from the box and instead seek to understand → how others experience God → how others define God → what other names describe God → and for some—what it means to question the existence of God
World and society 2 years
0
0
0
51:07

Red State "Democracy"

Jess Piper is @piper4missouri @TheHeartlandPOD on Twitter and Threads https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conversation”
World and society 2 years
0
0
0
23:48

Run Randi Run, Part 2: Randi McCallian (Democrat candidate for Congress, MO-08) is back to talk with Jess Piper about ho

Jess Piper is @piper4missouri Randi McCallian is @RandiMcCallian @TheHeartlandPOD on Twitter and Threads https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conversation”
World and society 2 years
0
0
0
45:25

Education For All? Not If Big Money Can Help It...

Jess Piper is @piper4missouri @TheHeartlandPOD on Twitter and Threads https://heartlandpod.com/ JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK! “Change The Conversation”
World and society 2 years
0
0
0
20:47
You may also like View more
Falsa Bandera Falsa Bandera, un podcast dedicado a analizar las tramas visibles e invisibles que mueven la actualidad. Con Juan José Sánchez-Oro y Miguel Ángel Ruiz. Dirige y presenta: Alfonso Trinidad. Un podcast de El Dragón Invisible. Updated
Black Mango Podcast En este podcast te contamos todo lo que siempre quisiste saber! Historia, crímenes y por supuesto aventuras! Updated
La Fórmula Del Éxito con Uri Sabat ENTREVISTAS Y VIVENCIAS PARA ESCUCHAR SIEMPRE. Puedes llegar a conseguir todo lo que te propongas y conoceremos a gente que lo han conseguido. Yo en principio no se nada, pero seguro que lo descubriré. Explorando el mundo y su gente. Participa y cuéntame tu historia, el límite lo pones tú. Updated
Go to World and society