Talk of Iowa
Iowa PR
Talk of Iowa is a place for Iowans to connect to our shared culture and what it means to live in Iowa. Host Charity Nebbe brings a mix of regular guests and a range of experts to discuss the arts, history, literature and everything else happening in Iowa. Every day brings something new — even if it's in a recurring segment like Talk of Iowa Book Club or comes from a familiar voice on Horticulture Day.
Location:
Ames, IA
Networks:
Iowa PR
Description:
Talk of Iowa is a place for Iowans to connect to our shared culture and what it means to live in Iowa. Host Charity Nebbe brings a mix of regular guests and a range of experts to discuss the arts, history, literature and everything else happening in Iowa. Every day brings something new — even if it's in a recurring segment like Talk of Iowa Book Club or comes from a familiar voice on Horticulture Day.
Twitter:
@IPRTalk
Language:
English
Contact:
2111 Grand Avenue, Suite 100 Des Moines, IA 50312 866 780 9100
Website:
http://iowapublicradio.org/
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Episodes
Severe weather left our plants in muddy waters
11/9/2024
Plant diseases are a biproduct of Iowa's wet summer.
Duration:00:48:48
Appreciating nature in the Midwest
11/8/2024
Kevin Koch disucsses his new book Midwest Bedrock: In Search For Nature’s Soul in America’s Heartland. And the dean of fashion at Parsons School of Design discusses disability-led fashion projects
Duration:00:48:28
Making the most of your third act
11/7/2024
On this encore episode of Talk of Iowa: Retirement can seem like an indefinite vacation to some and a dreaded end to a decades-long career to others.
Duration:00:48:42
How to deal with election stress and misinformation
11/5/2024
Experts discuss avoiding misinformation as election results roll in and coping with stress.
Duration:00:48:58
A dozen Iowa counties will decide whether to make EMS essential on election day
11/5/2024
Iowans will vote on whether to levy a property tax to support EMS departments.
Duration:00:48:51
Prepare your plants for winter
11/2/2024
As colder weather is inbound, we learn how to prepare our landscape plants for the winter months.
Duration:00:48:13
Let's talk politics
11/1/2024
The status quo has been to avoid politics with coworkers, friends and family, but that is changing. The question today is how to disagree respectfully.
Duration:00:48:55
At 110, Edith Renfrow Smith is a living historical record
10/31/2024
The first Black woman to graduate from Grinnell College continues to touch lives.
Duration:00:48:57
Spoken word artist and community builder is now a documentary subject
10/30/2024
In part due to a budding friendship and a lost set of keys, local artist Caleb Rainey became the subject of a new documentary film, The Negro Artist.
Duration:00:48:27
What's behind the rural/urban political divide?
10/29/2024
There are a lot of assumptions about the urban/rural divide. Combining historical perspective with the largest-ever national survey of rural voters, two government professors set out to find out what’s really behind this divide.
Duration:00:49:12
Creep it real with these Halloween plants
10/26/2024
Halloween is a time for boo-tiful plants.
Duration:00:48:26
What is the impact of TikTok on youth mental health?
10/25/2024
In her new book, Amy Kolen describes how she processed the 'ambiguous loss' of her mother with the help of the Inside Out singers. Then experts discuss the potential health risks associated with TikTok.
Duration:00:48:40
Educator publishes an updated history of Iowa
10/24/2024
The history of Iowa hasn’t changed, but our understanding of it continues to deepen and evolve.
Duration:00:48:38
Monitoring and controlling high blood pressure reduces risk of stroke
10/23/2024
Some good health news? More people worldwide are surviving strokes. The bad news? More people aged 45-65 years old are dying from strokes.
Duration:00:48:49
Cedar Rapids' Czech and Slovak museum celebrates 50 years of sharing immigrants' stories
10/22/2024
The city of Cedar Rapids is home to more people of Czech and Slovak heritage than any other city in the world outside of the Czech Republic or Slovakia.
Duration:00:49:21
Dry plants and dry humor
10/19/2024
September 2024 was the driest September on record in Iowa.
Duration:00:49:04
Revealing the All Iowa Reads picks for 2025
10/18/2024
The All Iowa Reads committee reveals the titles for 2025, but first educator Amanda Jones discusses her book, "That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America."
Duration:00:48:19
Central College students took Harry Smith's course to express curiosity — plus their parents told them to
10/17/2024
Retired national television journalist Harry Smith is teaching a college course in Iowa.
Duration:00:48:52
Rainbow Rowell's story of a life-changing bus ride
10/16/2024
Rainbow Rowell’s best-selling young adult novel, Eleanor and Park, captures the feeling of young love and highlights the tumultuous home lives some teens face.
Duration:00:49:05
How the Meskwaki People reclaimed their homeland
10/15/2024
The book Red Earth Nation tells the history of the Meskwaki Nation, spanning the Red Earth People's creation to the 21st Century.
Duration:00:49:16