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AI is Here. We Might as Well Understand It
70 hours 1 min; March 26, 2026
Millions Sold. Stories That Stick. Meet the Writer Behind the Thrills.
56 mins; March 25, 2026
Roxanne Conlin Laments the Loss of Employee Rights in Iowa
58 mins; March 15, 2026
Live with Julie Gammack
41 mins; March 06, 2026
War With Iran? A Historian Warns of What Comes Next
65 hours 51 mins; March 02, 2026
IDP Chair Rita Hart Answers Readers Questions
59 mins; March 01, 2026
Live with Julie Gammack
4 mins; February 28, 2026
The Washington Post Blood Bath, and Journalism Today
60 hours 4 mins; February 20, 2026
Story Summit - Substack Success Class Update with Dana Kennedy
26 mins; February 11, 2026
Will This Book be Banned?
78 hours 54 mins; February 06, 2026
Reinventing Local Journalism: What Happens When Experience Meets Experimentation
72 hours 3 mins; January 29, 2026
Julie Gammack and David Thoreson talk about Greenland, and the sailor’s many visits to area.
56 mins; January 26, 2026
GRANT Faulkner
57 mins; January 23, 2026
From the Bench: Iowa’s Chief Justice on Law, Leadership, and the Moment
62 hours 3 mins; January 21, 2026
Deb Engle and Julie Gammack have an announcement for Debut Novelists
27 mins; January 17, 2026
Laura Belin on the Start of a New Legislative Session
62 hours 3 mins; January 13, 2026
Live with Julie Gammack
10 mins; December 21, 2025
Zach Wahls on Family, Affordability, and Why Washington Is Failing Iowa
64 hours 18 mins; December 21, 2025
Podcast Featuring Mike Hlas, Newest Member of The Iowa Writers' Collaborative
56 mins; December 14, 2025
Illegal and Morally Indefensible
52 mins; December 11, 2025
Live with Robert Leonard and Julie Gamack
29 mins; December 10, 2025
A Vote by Central Iowa Nurses to Join the Teamsters is Happening Soon
51 mins; December 02, 2025
Josh Turek, Candidate for U.S Senate
64 hours 18 mins; November 29, 2025
Live with Julie Gammack
72 hours 52 mins; November 28, 2025
Meet Sarah Trone Garriott, Candidate for Congress
49 mins; November 17, 2025
Nathan Sage Podcast and Link to Today's With Sara Trone Garriott
62 hours 51 mins; November 10, 2025
Live with Julie Gammack
40 mins; November 05, 2025
Just When We Thought We Couldn't be More Terrified
31 mins; October 28, 2025
Live from Spirit Lake, Iowa, No Kings rally
41 mins; October 18, 2025
Candidate for U.S. House Jennifer Konfrst
45 mins; October 12, 2025
Jackie Norris, Candidate for US Senate
60 hours 52 mins; September 27, 2025
Come for the Corny, Stay for the Cancer Rates
59 mins; August 26, 2025
Podcast with Julie Stauch, Primary Candidate for Iowa Governor
61 hours 3 mins; August 18, 2025
Fired for Publicly Supporting a Colleague Detained by Ice
60 hours 6 mins; August 12, 2025
JD Scholten, Candidate for US Senate
56 mins; August 03, 2025
Dare to Do It
103 hours 34 mins; July 30, 2025
Persistence Paid Off for filmmaker Becky Smith
60 hours 7 mins; July 15, 2025
Author of: On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's Sport
49 mins; July 08, 2025
If This Conversation With Admiral Michael Franken doesn't scare you...
61 hours 18 mins; July 03, 2025
True Crime, Memoir, and Mental Health
58 mins; June 29, 2025
Aaron Parnas and the Future of Political Messaging: A Conversation That Cuts Through the Noise
56 mins; June 20, 2025
Could the Iowa Democratic Party Caucus Hoopla, Candidates, and Cash Return?
88 hours 20 mins; June 02, 2025
Podcast with Memoir Writer Maura Casey
48 mins; May 20, 2025
Here's the Podcast: Peter Hedges Comes Home
82 hours 37 mins; May 07, 2025
Water soothes the soul.
0 secs; April 26, 2025
Iowa Writers’ Collaborative Retreat
3 mins; April 19, 2025
I Misspelled Caitlin Clark at 3 A.M.—But at Least I Know What AI Stands For
53 secs; April 17, 2025
Today's Zoom Link (Open Show), a video featuring Rep. Helen Miller, and Peter Hedges will come to Okoboji
53 mins; April 14, 2025
A Voice for the Voiceless
62 hours 12 mins; April 13, 2025
CHRISTIE VILSACK - USS IOWA ANCHORS AWEIGH!
17 mins; April 05, 2025
Conversation about possibilities...
62 hours 23 mins; March 25, 2025
Live with Julie Gammack
67 hours 50 mins; March 22, 2025
Live with Julie Gammack
10 mins; March 22, 2025
Live with Julie Gammack and Christie Vilsack, Iowa's former First Lady
9 mins; March 20, 2025
Drake U president Marty Martin: why he supports DEI, and other topics
58 mins; March 17, 2025
Live with Julie Gammack and the University of Okoboji founder
31 mins; March 08, 2025
Live with Julie Gammack
3 mins; March 04, 2025
Admiral Michael Franken, retired
40 mins; March 01, 2025
Live with Julie Gammack
44 mins; February 28, 2025
Live with Julie Gammack
39 mins; February 23, 2025
Who is Elon Musk
12 mins; February 23, 2025
Carol Montag - singer/songwriter
35 mins; February 20, 2025
Live with Julie Gammack
40 mins; February 19, 2025
Live with Julie Gammack
48 mins; February 16, 2025
Live with Julie Gammack
25 mins; February 16, 2025
Lifesaving Aid Frozen: Iowans Warn U.S. Farmers and Global Lives at Risk as USAID Shuts Down
58 mins; February 11, 2025
Democracy is being threatened from within
64 hours 5 mins; February 06, 2025
From a Northwest Iowa guy to Arctic Explorer: How David Thoreson’s Journey Through the Northwest Passage Changed Everything
59 mins; February 01, 2025
A conversation with Rita Hart, chair of the Iowa Democratic Party
63 hours 16 mins; January 19, 2025
Who is behind the RAYGUN T-shirt phenomena?
63 hours 53 mins; January 07, 2025
Heads up: Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to change your life
59 mins; January 01, 2025
A Christmas Reflection on Homelessness
72 hours 15 mins; December 25, 2024
Drama, mayhem, extremes
39 mins; December 20, 2024
Buzzing into the future: A conversation with Mark Gillies, VW PR leader
65 hours 19 mins; December 16, 2024
Seriously funny: A side splitting ode to the Wit and Wisdom of Erma Bombeck
53 mins; December 03, 2024
Tips for peaceful Thanksgiving conversations...
63 hours 54 mins; November 27, 2024
Yes, it was too soon
63 hours 54 mins; November 13, 2024
J. Ann Selzer has political junkies FREAKING OUT
55 mins; November 04, 2024
Podcast: Admiral Michael Franken
49 mins; October 29, 2024
Loss of abortion rights in Iowa
59 mins; October 22, 2024
A save-the-date announcement
58 mins; October 16, 2024
Radio talent Maxwell Schaeffer talks about life after being fired from WHO radio
61 hours 12 mins; October 15, 2024
State Auditor Rob Sand
43 mins; October 05, 2024
Run like nobody's watching...
63 hours 1 min; September 14, 2024
Could Ryan Melton mount a political upset that would shock pundits?
62 hours 27 mins; August 26, 2024
Chat with Ruth Harkin and friends
53 mins; August 20, 2024
Let's talk to a therapist about bullying
60 hours 16 mins; August 12, 2024
Fans flock to Justin Roberts
56 mins; August 01, 2024
She's at the top of her game, and is shifting gears
59 mins; July 25, 2024
A Chicago journalist is devoting his efforts toward taking on right-wing media
61 hours 5 mins; July 16, 2024
Liz Garst says it is time for a taxpayer revolt
63 hours 44 mins; June 25, 2024
A panel of Iowa Writers' Collaborative political analysts discuss the Iowa Poll
59 mins; June 19, 2024
Talking heads don't get it
22 mins; June 11, 2024
Polk County Attorney Kimberly Graham
61 hours 15 mins; June 04, 2024
Did you know most Iowa counties have a quilt shop?
