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Comedian Charlie Berens on what makes the Midwest worth joking about

This is the mid-week edition of Men Yell at Me, a newsletter about politics and culture in the Midwest. Two weeks ago, I wrote about gas station culture in middle America. And this week, I spoke with comedian and Wisconsonite, Charlie Berens about what makes this vast middle child of America so weird and wonderful. If you value this work, please subscri…