{"podcast":{"title":"Delving In with Stuart Kelter","slug":"delving-in-with-stuart-kelter-5848973","podcast_index_feed_id":5848973,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/delving-in/","website_url":"https://delving-in.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/ad94544c-e15e-4196-9402-c13f599bfdfa/wnwGKikP8HU8St2LkavDpw7h.jpg","author":"Stuart Kelter","episode_count":192,"summary":"Knowledge-seeker and psychologist Stuart Kelter shares his joy of learning and “delving in.” Ready? Let’s delve... Join Chris Churchill on the possible reasons why the search for intelligent life in the universe is coming up empty. Let’s hear from Israeli psychiatrist Pesach Lichtenberg about a promising approach to schizophrenia—going mainstream in Israel—that uses minimal drugs and maximal support through the crisis, rejecting the presumption of life-long disability. Find out what Pulitzer Prize winning historian, David Kertzer learned from recently opened Vatican records about Pius XII, the Pope During WWII. We explore the fascinating and intriguing... What did journalist Eve Fairbanks learn about race relations in post-Apartheid South Africa? Did you realize there were dozens and dozens of early women scientists? Let’s find out about them through a sampling of poems with poet Jessy Randall. How shall we grapple with the complexities of the placebo effect in drug development and medical practice? Harvard researcher Kathryn Hall confirms just how complicated it really is! But beware: increasing one’s knowledge leads to more and more questions. If that appeals to you, join us on…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-29T04:18:26.132097+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/delving-in-with-stuart-kelter-5848973"},"episode":{"title":"#170. The Origins and Remedies for the Rural-Urban Political Divide","slug":"170-the-origins-and-remedies-for-the-rural-urban-political-divide","published_at":"2025-10-20T17:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/delving-in-with-stuart-kelter-5848973/170-the-origins-and-remedies-for-the-rural-urban-political-divide","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/delving-in-with-stuart-kelter-5848973","url":"https://delving-in.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/1680bfad-f8db-44bd-a657-7747b3d9cce7.mp3","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.","meta_description":"Suzanne Mettler is a senior professor of American Institutions in the Government Department at Cornell University. She is the author of several books, inc…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3366,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/delving-in-with-stuart-kelter-5848973/episodes/170-the-origins-and-remedies-for-the-rural-urban-political-divide/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/delving-in-with-stuart-kelter-5848973/170-the-origins-and-remedies-for-the-rural-urban-political-divide.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}