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McFeely Mess podcast: When cancel culture came for Rugby, N.D.

CBS program takes look at dispute over geographic center of North America and our guy Clay Jenkinson is in the middle of it

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North Dakota humanities scholar and author Clay Jenkinson

FARGO — Yes, the headline is a bit facetious.

North Dakota scholar and historian Clay Jenkinson joins podcast host Mike McFeely to discuss a piece on "CBS Sunday Morning" of which Jenkinson was a part.

You can view the CBS story here:

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The story takes a fun look at the dispute between Rugby, N.D., and Robinson, N.D., over which town is the real geographic center of North America. Part of the story is that this exercise was not so much fun for Rugby, because it lost an important part of its identity.

You can listen to the podcast here:

Mike McFeely is a columnist for The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. He began working for The Forum in the 1980s while he was a student studying journalism at Minnesota State University Moorhead. He's been with The Forum full time since 1990, minus a six-year hiatus when he hosted a local radio talk-show.
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