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#170. The Origins and Remedies for the Rural-Urban Political Divide
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- Oct 20, 2025
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Summary
Suzanne Mettler is a senior professor of American Institutions in the Government Department at Cornell University. She is the author of several books, including The Submerged State and Degrees of Inequality: How the Politics of Higher Education Sabotaged the American Dream, published in 2014, The Government-Citizen Disconnect, published in 2018, Four Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy , co-written with Robert C. Lieberman and published in 2024, and most recently, Rural vs. Urban: The Growing Divide that Threatens Democracy , co-written with Trevor E. Brown and published just a few weeks ago. Recorded 10/16/25.