Laura Flanders interviews “America’s most popular populist,” Jim Hightower. Hightower hails from Texas where he served for two terms as the state’s Agricultural Commissioner. He publishes the monthly progressive political newsletter, Hightower Lowdown, does a daily radio commentary, and is the author of seven books, his latest – Swim Against The Current: Even A Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow, which he wrote with his long-term partner Susan Demarco. Together, they take on the powers that be and thieves in high places.