The January 6, 2024 Rounduup of the Iowa Podcasters' Collaborative
Grossmommies, Julian Assange, TV Villians, and more..
Welcome to the January 6 roundup of the Iowa Podcasters’ Collaborative. We are your hosts Robert Leonard, Amy Russell, and Sarah Davis. We’re wishing each of you a Happy New Year.
Hear what’s been happening with the Iowa Podcasters’ Collaborative with the links below:
“Sigh. Life can be hard. But sports continue to inspire…” Check out Rob Gray’s Area podcast as he opens up about a recent bout with melancholy and recent stories he’s written.
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. The duo returns with Episode 37: Kim Reynolds thinks kids are too fat so she wants to starve them, Nikki Haley cant say the word “slavery,” and the top five TV villians.
Podcast by George wrapped-up 2023 with friend and left-wing commentator Misty Winston. In this two-minute QUICK TAKE they discuss the significance of the Julian Assange case for ALL journalists. You can watch this entire show on YouTube.
AgArts with Mary Swander is timely for the holidays. Season #3: Episode #55: Preparing for a Buggyland Christmas: Ruby, our local chef and grossmommie, voices her concern about her grandchildren picking up new ideas in Indiana, and not enjoying Christmas dinner. Jane Yoder Short recounts how she grew up Mennonite, gardening and constructing bean tipis with a deep love of the dirt (or soil). Host Mary Swander tells stories about raising turkeys for the season and how the year comes to an end at the Bontrager’s sorghum press down the road.
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.
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. Read her recent installation here Market Melancholy.
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.
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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Also are you a writer? Interested in starting to write? Or, are you a reader who wants to know more about the writing process? If so, please consider joining us at Julie Gammack’s Okoboji Writers’ Retreat in September. It’s a wonderful event and all are welcome. Some call it a summer camp for nerds! Here is what I wrote about it after this past September’s event.
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