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Marginalia: Ross Benes On 'Rural Rebellion'

After Ross Benes left Nebraska for New York, he saw with greater clarity the rural-urban divide overtaking the national conversation. I recently spoke with Benes about his book, Rural Rebellion, in which he explores Nebraska’s shifting political landscape to better understand what’s plaguing America while coming to terms with his own past and present.

Here's our conversation:

Rural Rebellion by Ross Benes was published by University Press of Kansas.

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Beth Golay is KMUW's Director of Marketing and Digital Content. She is the host of the KMUW podcast Marginalia, co-host with Suzanne Perez of the Books & Whatnot podcast, creator of the podcast You're Saying It Wrong, creator of KMUW's daily news podcast Wichita's Early Edition, and NPR StoryLab Workshop team member on the award-winning podcast My Fellow Kansans.