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/
Episodes
'Setting the Table' aims to connect more Iowans to local food
7/26/2024
Members of the Food Systems Coalition discuss a new plan to promote sustainable local food production in Iowa, and Olympian and former Hawkeye basketball player Tomi Taiwo joins the show.
Duration:00:48:20
20 years of Des Moines' 48-Hour Film Project
7/25/2024
Des Moines 48-Hour Film Project is celebrating its 20th anniversary. And Disability Rights Iowa celebrates 40 years of making life more accessible for all Iowans.
Duration:00:48:52
Blogger who calls Iowa home travels the world to visit Independent bookstores
7/24/2024
Over the past ten years Bob Manson has visited 49 states, three foreign countries and 601 independent bookstores.
Duration:00:48:54
Five young journalists explore the idea of home
7/23/2024
Home can mean a lot of different things and NPR's Next Generation Radio participants have created features on five different Iowans that explore the idea of home.
Duration:00:48:29
Getting to the root of the problem
7/20/2024
How to avoid stem girdling roots
Duration:00:49:18
Iowa track and field alum chases Olympic dreams
7/18/2024
Restaurant critic Wini Moranville discusses what makes a great dining experience and her new memoir. And Iowa alum Brittany Brown is heading to the Olympics
Duration:00:48:40
Anti-racism as a daily practice
7/17/2024
Harvey joins the program to talk about her new book, Anti-Racism As Daily Practice: Refuse Shame, Change White Communities and Help Create a Just World.
Duration:00:48:32
A dugout canoe gives Iowans the opportunity to touch Indigenous history
7/16/2024
For thousands of years, dugout canoes were a vital form of transportation for Indigenous Americans.
Duration:00:49:19
What to do when your plants fall ill
7/13/2024
When it comes to treating plant disease less is often more.
Duration:00:48:36
A 20-year cycling event seeds the University of Iowa's rare cancer research
7/12/2024
The Courage Ride — which raises funds for Sarcoma research — will roll out of Iowa City on August 10.
Duration:00:48:54
The life and legacy of Joan Liffring-Zug Bourret
7/11/2024
Liffring-Zug Bourret broke barriers as a photographer when she focused her lens on the lives of Iowans who were often overlooked.
Duration:00:49:19
Post-flood home improvement advice
7/10/2024
Catastrophic rainfall and swollen rivers have left thousands of Iowans with a lot of work to do in repairing their homes.
Duration:00:49:05
Land once purchased for a nuclear power plant is now 6,000 acres of restored prairie
7/9/2024
Less than 0.1% of Iowa's tallgrass prairie remains today, which once covered 85% of the state's land prior to European-American settlement.
Duration:00:49:19
Stalking the perfect sweet corn
7/6/2024
Secrets for growing sweet corn as the season begins.
Duration:00:48:48
Iowa Writers' workshop alum says winning the Pulitzer is a game changer
7/4/2024
Jayne Anne Phillips was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her newest novel, Night Watch.
Duration:00:49:25
Understanding Iowa's historical record at the first ever Iowa history conference
7/3/2024
Host Charity Nebbe speaks with panelists about the challenges they face sharing a clearer picture of Iowa's history in their classrooms and museums.
Duration:00:49:25
Travel writer is working to make Iowa a vacation destination
7/2/2024
Iowa isn’t well-regarded as a vacation spot in the country, but for those in the know there is a lot to do and see in the state, including the sculptures of Tom Stancliffe.
Duration:00:48:34
Ketchup on the best tomato gardening practices
6/29/2024
What to know about homegrown tomatoes so you can enjoy them ripe off the vine.
Duration:00:49:02
Iowa teen speaks out amid anti-trans legislation
6/28/2024
A trans teen in Iowa says he's faced little discrimination, but recent Iowa laws could change that for other trans youth.
Duration:00:48:57
What's in a name?
6/27/2024
The name we are given, the name we call ourselves and the names other people use to refer to us are powerful parts of our identity.
Duration:00:49:06