On the One Country Project's The Hot Dish, former U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp serves up insight into issues affecting rural Americans.

&lt;p&gt;Rural voters keep hearing about scandal in Washington, but most of it never gets past the surface. Tim Miller, host of the Bulwark Podcast, joins Heidi to dig into what&#039;s actually driving political corruption right now, from foreign money shaping U.S. policy to the insider trading scandals barely making headlines.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tim traces how political corruption has evolved, from straightforward kickbacks to the foreign money now quietly steering decisions on war and energy. He and Heidi also get into what&#039;s happening back home in North Dakota, where data centers are reshaping local economies and testing what rural communities are willing to trade for growth.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In this episode:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;How decades of scandal have made it normal for politicians to profit off their power&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;How foreign money, especially from the Gulf states, shapes U.S. decisions on war and energy&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Insider trading and bribery in how political campaigns get funded&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;What the lawsuits against Trump show about deeper corruption&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The midterm outlook in Iowa and North Dakota, and why low voter enthusiasm could hurt incumbents&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;How data centers are changing rural economies and who actually benefits&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Why Democrats keep losing the messaging fight, and what could turn that around&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Connect with Tim Miller&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thebulwark.com/s/bulwarkpodcast&quot;&gt;Bulwark Podcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://x.com/Timodc?lang=en&quot;&gt;Twitter&lt;br&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Corruption doesn&#039;t announce itself. Tim and Heidi tell you where to actually look.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Hot Dish is brought to you by the One Country Project. To learn more, visit&lt;a href=&quot;http://onecountryproject.org/&quot;&gt; OneCountryProject.org&lt;/a&gt;, or find us on Substack (&lt;a href=&quot;http://onecountryproject.substack.com/&quot;&gt;Onecountryproject.substack.com&lt;/a&gt;), and on&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/@onecountryproject&quot;&gt; YouTube&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href=&quot;https://bsky.app/profile/onecountryproject.bsky.social&quot;&gt; Bluesky&lt;/a&gt;, and&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/OneCountryProject&quot;&gt; Facebook&lt;/a&gt; (@onecountryproject).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;(00:00) - -- Opening: family updates and life outside politics 
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&lt;li&gt;(01:52) - -- Corruption in government, from foreign money to insider access 
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&lt;li&gt;(06:18) - -- Banking litigation and what discovery could reveal 
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&lt;li&gt;(08:44) - -- Why corruption feels different now 
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&lt;li&gt;(10:02) - -- Midterm strategy, Iowa, and the rural political map 
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&lt;li&gt;(13:51) - -- Redistricting, turnout, and the enthusiasm gap 
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&lt;li&gt;(17:06) - -- Corruption, broken promises, and the forever war 
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&lt;li&gt;(20:45) - -- Oil profits and Trump&#039;s shifting base 
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&lt;li&gt;(23:36) - -- Data centers and rural backlash 
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&lt;li&gt;(29:34) - -- Trump&#039;s declining visibility in rural America 
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&lt;li&gt;(31:41) - -- Democrats, socialism messaging, and the real majority 
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&lt;li&gt;(39:05) - -- How Democrats should respond&lt;/li&gt; 
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