The October 23, 2023 Weekly Roundup of the Iowa Podcasters' Collaborative
Sports, war, spirituality and more...
Mahaska County, Iowa sunrise.
Welcome to the October 23rd weekly roundup of the Iowa Podcasters’ Collaborative. We are your hosts Robert Leonard, Amy Russell, and Sarah Davis. We wish you a delightful and spooky week leading up to Halloween. Hear what’s been happening with the Iowa Podcasters’ Collaborative with the links below:
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." Gardener. World traveler. Good cook. Proof that some of the very best writing is on the sports pages of newspapers.
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 about how Iowa Republicans are navigating the House speaker fiasco. 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.
"For Whom the Bombs Fall." The Podcast By George Liveline this week was back in Kyiv, Ukraine. Serge Tiagnyriadno is holding out against the Russians and spoke about how the Israel-Gaza war may cause the U.S. to abandon Ukraine amidst a shockingly high casualty count. Watch the exclusive interview here.
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 28:Brenna Bird (Awful Person) Endorses Trump (Worst Person). The Epoch Times Ascent. Do you believe in ghosts? Also, TWO top 5 lists - haunted cities in Iowa and soups. Trump and pumpkins go hand-in-hand, John Irving returns to Iowa City.
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 week’s candid conversation with Roxanne and find a chat with best-selling fiction writer Nicole Baart. Roxanne. One word, one name, evokes a visceral reaction from all who know of the woman who has been a lightning rod for controversy, progress, justice, and hilarity.
In this podcast, a conversation between a few old friends, listeners can get a sense of why this is, and what drives one of the most iconic leaders in the state of Iowa, and beyond.
On her most recent podcast on Buggy Land, host Mary Swander asks what do two memoirists, one a puppeteer, the other a travel spiritual writer, have in common? Find out on her latest Buggy Land podcast with Monica Leo and Lori Erickson. #puppetry #travel #spirituality.
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 Farm Meditation: Taking a Sick Day.
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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