Our guest, by her own admission, is now a West Coast liberal, a professor no less at USC in public policy, and yet she has great appreciation for the sturdiness and values of Americans in the nation’s heartland.  Having grown up in Danville, Pennsylvania, she is no stranger to the people she interviewed for her book, “The Overlooked Americans: The Resilience of Our Rural Towns and What It Means for Our Country.”  Since she did not fly over rural America but actually talked to many people who feel left behind, not just about them, and buttressed those conversations with much research, her conclusions may surprise you.  For example, she concludes that rural Americans are open-minded and tolerant and that, for the most part, rural Americans are doing just fine.  Want to hear more?  Hit play below…