Dave Busiek, a Conversation

In our conversation with retired television news leader, Dave Busiek, one of our participants was able to ask him why there was no local television coverage of the World Food Prize meeting even though leaders from around the world gathered in Des Moines to participate. Busiek had an answer at the 33:36 mark of the podcast. This conversation offers a fascinating look behind the scenes of a local television news broadcast. Plus, we get to know a bit about the personal interests of a news leader familiar to many within central Iowa. Subscribe to Dave’s column: MondayOur Monday Zoom Lunch call will be a surprise at this point as I await confirmation of a guest. If this doesn’t come through, we shall have a whee of a time with an open show format. You, dear reader, can bring up topics of your choosing. What are you passionate about? I might tell you about songwriters coming to the Okoboji Writers’ Retreat. If you’ve attended one of these Monday conversations, you know how fascinating they can be. If you haven’t yet, come find out for yourself. It’s like being invited to a dinner party with 20 of the most interesting Iowans around. Be there or be square.Your Monday Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85234350079Have you signed up for the Okoboji Writers’ Retreat? We will hold the fourth annual event September 22-25, 2024, and 1/3 of the seats are filled already. Here you go:SIGN UP WHILE YOU CAN!The Iowa Writers’ Collaborative Roundup column compiles posts from our members from the previous week. We encourage you to support the work of those you like and appreciate by becoming a paid subscriber for up to five writers. Readers will find a wealth of important information and commentary below. It is important to understand this is a service provided without the benefit of advertising, grants or sponsorships and is funded by those who choose to become paid subscribers. Please consider being one to as many as you can afford. Most content is free, so the information is not restricted to those who can pay. Thanks for your consideration, and participation in this effort to provide local commentary and news.Nicole Baart: This Stays Here, Sioux CenterRay Young Bear: From Red Earth Drive, Meskwaki SettlementLaura Belin: Iowa Politics with Laura Belin, Windsor HeightsTory Brecht: Brecht’s Beat, Quad CitiesDoug Burns: The Iowa Mercury, CarrollDave Busiek: Dave Busiek on Media, Des MoinesIowa Writers’ Collaborative, RoundupSteph Copley: It Was Never a Dress, JohnstonArt Cullen: Art Cullen’s Notebook, Storm LakeSuzanna de Baca: Dispatches from the Heartland, HuxleyDebra Engle: A Whole New World, Madison CountyArnold Garson: Second Thoughts, Okoboji and Sioux FallsJulie Gammack: Julie Gammack’s Iowa Potluck, Des Moines and OkobojiJoe Geha: Fern and Joe, AmesJody Gifford: Benign Inspiration, West Des MoinesRob Gray: Rob Gray’s Area, AnkenyNik Heftman: The Seven Times, Los Angeles and IowaBeth Hoffman: In the Dirt, LoviliaChris Jones, Chris’s Substack, Des MoinesPat Kinney: View from Cedar Valley, WaterlooFern Kupfer: Fern and Joe, AmesRobert Leonard: Deep Midwest: Politics and Culture, BusseyLetters from Iowans, IowaDarcy Maulsby: Keepin’ It Rural, Calhoun CountyTar Macias: Hola Iowa, IowaAlison McGaughey, The Inquisitive Quad Citizen, Quad CitiesKurt Meyer: Showing Up, St. AnsgarVicki Minor, Relatively Minor, WintersetWini Moranville: Wini’s Food Stories, Des MoinesJeff Morrison: Between Two Rivers, Cedar RapidsKyle Munson: Kyle Munson’s Main Street, Des MoinesJane Nguyen: The Asian Iowan, West Des MoinesJohn Naughton: My Life, in Color, Des MoinesChuck Offenburger: Iowa Boy Chuck Offenburger, Jefferson and Des MoinesBarry Piatt: Piatt on Politics Behind the Curtain, Washington, D.C.Dave Price: Dave Price’s Perspective, Des MoinesMacey Shofroth: The Midwest Creative, NorwalkLarry Stone: Listening to the Land, ElkaderMary Swander: Mary Swander’s Buggy Land, KalonaMary Swander: Mary Swander’s Emerging Voices, KalonaCheryl Tevis: Unfinished Business, Boone CountyEd Tibbetts: Along the Mississippi, DavenportKali White VanBaale, 988: Mental Healthcare in Iowa, BondurantTeresa Zilk: Talking Good, Des Moines This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit okobojiwriters.substack.com/subscribe