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Podcast: Julie Gammack's Iowa Potluck
Episode: Chat with Ruth Harkin and friends
Description: Please enjoy this podcast that includes candid conversations about the origin of some of the essays in Ruth Harkin’s first book, When My Husband Ran for President and Other Short Stories. Yes, Tom Harkin did run for president during the 1992 cycle (Bill Clinton was the eventual nominee). Readers of Ruth’s book will be taken behind the scenes of the decision to end the campaign. The story of how Ruth met her husband in a Tokyo shrine is one of the many stories told in this series of vignettes that offer a brief glimpse of w...