The streets of Pleasantville, Iowa, January 22, 2024
Welcome to the January 22 roundup of the Iowa Podcasters’ Collaborative. We are your hosts Robert Leonard, Amy Russell, and Sarah Davis. Winter has been relentless in Iowa to start the year, wishing you all a safe week. Hear what’s been happening with the Iowa Podcasters’ Collaborative with the links below:
Julie Gammack’s Iowa Potluck offers a weekly Monday Zoom call at noon, and since it is a video digital product, it’s a broader part of the Iowa Podcasters’ Collaborative. Listen to this segment from last week Democrats Have a Choice to Make Tonight.
Podcast by George’s podcast Targeting Journalists in Gaza has guest Chris McGreal of The Guardian. McGreal has first-hand knowledge on reporting from Gaza and has never seen anything like this...anywhere.
Beth Hoffman lives on a farm near Lovillia. Beth is a former public radio journalist and professor from California who now chronicles the farming life in rural Iowa in her substack In the Dirt. She is the author of Bet the Farm: the Dollars and Sense of Growing Food in America. Beth hasn’t voiced the podcast yet, but read it here It’s Complicated - insight on a trip to Cuba.
Your window to the world of Iowa Politics is KHOI’s Capitol Week radio broadcast with Laura Belin, it airs each Monday at 7:00 PM, and the archives may be found at the link above. Laura Belin, the author of the blog Bleeding Heartland updates us on developments in Iowa government, hosted by KHOI’s newsman Dennis Hart.
All subscribers to Iowa politics with Laura Belin on Substack receive an audio file and recap of every edition of KHOI Radio’s “Capitol Week.” And please consider subscribing to Laura’s Substack newsletter, Iowa politics with Laura Belin.
“Sigh. Life can be hard. But sports continue to inspire…” Check out Rob Gray’s Area podcast with the recent program: Bill Fennelly's brimming with gratitude. Iowa State's longtime head women's basketball coach got emotional when describing what his team's fans mean to after the young Cyclones toppled No. 4 Baylor.
Iowa Revolution is hosted by award-winning radio broadcaster Spencer Dirks, and he and Robert Leonard (aka Bob, or Dr. Bob) discuss news, politics, sports, and much, much more. They have taken a break this week.
AgArts with Mary Swander had a timely story for the holidays. Season #3: Episode #56: Adeste Fideles in Chinese. Host Mary Swander reads her story Adeste Fideles in Chinese with musical accompaniment. Adeste Fideles in Chinese is the third in a series of handmade books published by Timothy Fay of Route 3 Press in Anamosa, Iowa, depicting the author’s interactions with her Amish neighbors. This book captures a poignant Christmas story of multicultural exchange.
Host Sarah Davis’s Warmly, Iowa takes a look at Iowa through the lens of rediscovery and exploration of those things that make life in Iowa beautiful and complex.
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