<p>What happens here in the fields and farms of Iowa and the rest of the Midwest has an effect on the Mississippi River and its watershed all way down to the Gulf of Mexico. But the country needs the crops that Iowa produces. How do we find the right balance?</p>

How the river divides us

Flyover from MPR News focuses on issues of American identity and the changing American dream as they are lived and experienced in the cities, towns and rural areas that lie beyond the media spotlight. This podcast is an unedited hour of live radio with award-winning host Kerri Miller.  Season Three, starting January 2020, focuses on the counties that flipped party loyalties from one presidential election to the next.  Season Two, which aired the summer of 2018, focused on the Mississippi River.  Season One, which aired in the fall of 2017, examined issues that sometimes divide us as a nation.