We discuss “what is rural” in advance of PA Together summit. Is it code for talking to white folks? Is it about farmers? Also, we react to Sam Pearson’s highly recommended reading “The Racist Right Looks Left.” Finally, we play “Hang on a sec,” Our game of reading a local letter to the editor (LTE) which leads to a probably regrettable conversation about pro-choice and pro-life where we kind of simply recreate the last thirty years of this debate. Pistachios are eaten. And Hoegarden is drunk. Featured image from Rural Organizing. A website we might need to check out.