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Democracy in the Heartland with Alan Elrod

Season 4, Ep. 229

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher welcome Alan Elrod to discuss deployment of the National Guard in US cities, the difference between grassroots and elite political participation, and the importance of just showing up.

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