The November 20th Weekly Roundup of the Iowa Podcasters' Collaborative

The 60th Anniversary of JFK's Assassination, and more...

Welcome to the November 20th weekly roundup of the Iowa Podcasters’ Collaborative. We are your hosts Robert Leonard, Amy Russell, and Sarah Davis. 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. Fellow Podcasters’ Collaborative member Laura Belin visits for a conversation about Iowa politics. 

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. Read here for a piece titled “A look at Iowa’s very political - not medical - proposed abortion rules.”

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. 

The 60^th anniversary of the JFK assassination is upon us and Podcast By George had an in-depth analysis of the tragedy, both past and present. George's guests were Gerald Posner, author of the Pulitzer-nominated book "Case Closed" and Laura Belin, daughter of Warren Commission attorney David Belin. In this "Quick Take" watch as they discuss the recent bombshell revelation from a secret service agent regarding the so-called "magic bullet" Quick Take here. You can watch this entire episode on YouTube here.

Episode 54 of Mary Swander’s Buggy Land Here Lies Mary Swander. Mary Swander tells the story of buying her own tombstone. She reads from Plain Interests and The Budget about the proper conduct at funerals and wakes, and a deer hunting incident. Then she recites “May I Sleep in your Barn, Mister?” In the second half of the show, she tells about the Amish custom of singing hymns to ill and dying people. Ashokan Farewell by Annie Chapman Brewer (French horn) and her grandfather Keith (dobro). Gott ist die Liebe. Also see her recent piece titled A Jug of Sorghum.

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 32: Bye Moms for Liberty. Ohio Votes for Freedom. Top 5 Condiments. Also, Tim Scott is out, Nikki Haley is going all in, and are we all just Marveled out?

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 How a Vision is Changing a Community.

New to the collaborative is Rob Gray with Rob’s Gray Area. Rob covers Iowa State sports for the Cedar Rapids Gazette. He’s co-author (with Ray Cole) of "Hangin' With Winners." 

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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