Conservative Chuck Marohn and liberal Aaron Brown continue the Dig Deep conversation on education by looking at a Scandinavian model. Sign up for the Dig Deep podcast!

Liberal Aaron Brown and conservative Chuck Marohn continue the conversation on education. Why do we put so much value on college degrees, especially when it comes to student debt. Chuck calls education a "racket" and you can tune in to see how Mr. Brown the Hibbing Community College instructor responds to that word. Sign up for the Dig Deep podcast!

Chuck Marohn our conservative commentator for Dig Deep asks a provocative question to liberal commentator Aaron Brown (he's an educator) : does more money for education make a town "less poor"? And Aaron then asks, what do they mean by the word education? Education, Aaron argues, can be very political. They talk about books by some of their favorite authors including Jane Jacobs and Jared Diamond . Sign up for the Dig Deep podcast!

Chuck poses the question for our podcast only edition of Dig Deep this month. Is there something special about small towns? Where people pull together? Do you cross groups and have more personal connections that make us more altruistic? Sign up for the Dig Deep podcast!

Dig Deep continues the conversation this time moving into solutions for social problems. Students in Aaron Brown's Hibbing Community College classes have over the last 10 years always listed "there's nothing to do in this town" as one of the biggest problems. As Aaron explains here - building a new mall or new kids museum won't change issues of poverty and substance abuse. Chuck Marohn says these problems are multi-vector. They don't have one simple cause so they don't have one simple solution.

So what ISN'T working in small town America? Chuck and Aaron give us their thoughts.

In our April Dig Deep conversation, Aaron Brown talks about an assignment he gives to his students at Hibbing Community College. Identify what you think is one of the biggest social problems, and ways to solve it. Over the last 10 years there's a similar answer. "there's nothing to do in small towns!" Aaron and Chuck break it down.

In our April Dig Deep conversation, Aaron Brown talks about an assignment he gives to his students at Hibbing Community College. Identify what you think is one of the biggest social problems, and ways to solve it. Over the last 10 years there's a similar answer. "there's nothing to do in small towns!" Aaron and Chuck break it down.

This month the topic is Socialism with Aaron Brown and Chuck Marohn . Sign up for the Dig Deep podcast!

This month the topic is Socialism with Aaron Brown and Chuck Marohn . Sign up for the Dig Deep podcast!