America’s urban-rural divide.

It’s easy to think of American populism as disempowered rural residents versus the urban elite.

But when it comes to influencing national policy, who has the real power?

Episode four of On Point's special series 'The power of populism' is all about flipping the script on the urban-rural divide.

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