The September 10, 2023 Weekly Roundup of the Iowa Podcasters Collaborative
An old barn, a trip to Ireland, and more...
Welcome to the September 10th weekly roundup of the Iowa Podcasters’ Collaborative. We are your hosts Robert Leonard, Amy Russell, and Sarah Davis. This week we’ve covered buying an old barn, the passing of former New Mexico Congressman Bill Richardson, and a visit to Ireland searching for family. 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. A conversation with playwrights Allison and Peggy Engel can be heard 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 23: RIP Bill Richardson (even though he hit on Dr. Bob’s wife), the Pope is No Longer Infallible, and the Top 5 Mascots. We (heart) Cherry Peaks, child labor laws child schlabor laws, and Warren County voters are the winners of the week.
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 about Building Old - the process of developing a project from a house for visiting family to a venue for cooking classes and small events. The answer was to buy an old barn - see the video here.
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
Lt. Col. (retired) William J. Astore was on the Podcast By George LiveLine this week. Remember your Orwell? The title of the show is Warmonger Doublespeak. Watch it on YouTube here.
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.
On her most recent installment of Buggy Land, host Mary Swander writes of St. Brendan’s Graveyard on Omey Island, off Ireland’s west coast, an ancient cemetery while searching for the graves of her mother’s family.
Listen to What the Hell Happened Iowa with Julie Gammack and Rekha Basu. Two Iowa journalists investigate what the hell happened to Iowa, a once progressive state that, as of 2023, has swung far right. Why? We'll be asking Iowans just that question.
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