Flyover Country

Lindsey Boylan

Flyover Country was pleased to by joined by Lindsey Boylan, a New York politician and whistleblower, to discuss the New York City mayoral race. Boylan, formerly a prominent senior official in New York State government, was the first person [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/10/nyregion/lindsey-boylan-andrew-cuomo.html] to publicly accuse [https://ag.ny.gov/CuomoIndependentInvestigation/lindsey-boylan-video-testimony] then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment. She has shared her story in many forums including Medium [https://lindseyboylan4ny.medium.com/my-story-of-working-with-governor-cuomo-e664d4814b4e], Vanity Fair [https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/new-york-city-deserves-better-than-andrew-cuomo?srsltid=AfmBOooSoER2M2qXqvvMbPO-u5l6qdPbEnRYgESISgNnFhRrOLlIczKI], The Indypendent [https://indypendent.org/2025/07/we-will-beat-these-monsters-lindsey-boylan-reacts-to-cuomos-defeat/], X [https://x.com/lindseyboylan?lang=en] and Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:irmzludr3wz4ipe7ct7hrgaf]. I hope you enjoy our discussion of New York politics, housing affordability, income disparity, ranked choice voting, and much more. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blakerutherford.substack.com [https://blakerutherford.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

GoodChange 2.0

Flyover Country was pleased welcome by Becky Pittman and Emily Wineland, co-founders of GoodChange [http://www.goodcahnge.app], to discuss the evolutions in online political fundraising and what to expect in the 2026 political cycle. A lot has changed since Becky and Emily first joined the podcast, and it was a pleasure to visit with them about the dynamism of the industry, candidate engagement, and breaking down barriers to political participation. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blakerutherford.substack.com [https://blakerutherford.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Kendra Pruitt

Kendra Pruitt served as chief of staff to the Mayor of the City of Little Rock, Ark. before recently launching [https://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/kendra-pruitt-launches-solution-seekers-consulting/] her consulting firm, Solution Seekers [https://www.solutionseekers.co]. She joined the Flyover Country Podcast to discuss politics and public service in the Heartland, navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, and what municipalities should to address pressing needs of the future. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blakerutherford.substack.com [https://blakerutherford.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Alice Driver

Alice Driver is a J. Anthony Lukas and James Beard Award-winning writer from the Ozarks Mountains in Arkansas. Her most recent book is Life and Death of the American Worker: The Immigrants Taking on America’s Largest Meatpacking Company [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-life-and-death-of-the-american-worker-the-immigrants-taking-on-america-s-largest-meatpacking-company-alice-driver/21144792?ean=9781668078822&next=t]. You can explore all of her journalism here [https://www.alicedriver.com]. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blakerutherford.substack.com [https://blakerutherford.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Caroline McCoy

The Flyover Country Podcast is thrilled to be joined by Caroline McCoy of The Oxford American magazine to discuss her piece, “Arkansas’s Faulty Plan to Build a Mega Prison: And the Community that Exposed It.” [https://oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/arkansas-mega-prison] Our free flowing discussion about the problems with this prison development informs broader attitudes about incarceration across the Heartland. Please visit Caroline’s exceptional writing here [https://www.carolinemccoy.com]. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blakerutherford.substack.com [https://blakerutherford.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]