On the Front Porch with Tony Pipa and Brent Orrell: A conversation with Elizabeth Currid-Halkett about ‘The Overlooked Americans’

Pipa and Orrell will be “on the front porch” with Elizabeth Currid-Halkett, whose recent book “The Overlooked Americans: The Resilience of Our Rural Towns and What It Means for Our Country,” reveals that rural America is more successful than outsiders often presume. Drawing on deep research, including data and in-depth interviews, she traces how small towns are doing as well as—or better than—cities on many measures, including homeownership, income, and employment. She also shows how rural and urban Americans share core values—even on hot button issues such as racism and environmental sustainability—revealing that the nation is less fractured by geography than we might believe.