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Talk of Iowa — 141 episodes

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Memory care specialists share resources for caregivers and loved ones with dementia

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The complexities of in-law relationships

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Nurturing your native plants

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Trash is treasure for this Danish artist and his new Iowa trolls

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An Iowan made her mom a household name with her cleaning products

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Five young journalists explore moments of truth

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The Des Moines Gay Men's Chorus celebrates 25 years

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Advice for trees in need

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Shakespeare on stage across Iowa this summer

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Road trips: the epic, the disastrous and everything in-between

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A trip down the 'Big Muddy'

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Living with autism

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These summer fruit management tips are grape

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Jean Lloyd-Jones defied women's norms, devoting her life to public service

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Dream City offers a community of care for youth and families

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'Founding Mothers' remembers the women who built and bettered our nation

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Clematis plants are in full bloom

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Iowa City suspense authors bring their unique backgrounds to their writing

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Drive-in theaters offer families a way to roll back in time

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Des Moines gallery owner believes art is for everyone

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Love them or hate them, e-bike popularity is growing

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How are new plant varieties tried and tested?

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Add these books to your summer reading list

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Some of this summer's best books for young readers

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The Quire of Eastern Iowa celebrates a civil rights icon you may have never heard of

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Trash is treasure for this Danish artist and his new Iowa trolls

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Iowa's state tree is in trouble

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Chef Sean Sherman connects with Indigenous traditions through food

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Nonprofit maps the next route for this historic road stop site

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Young, educated adults leave Iowa at a higher rate than most of the U.S.

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Discovering radical self-worth in a year of celibacy

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What you need to know about fire blight

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'Kin' follows two motherless girls in the Jim Crow South

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How the year 1963 transformed the Civil Rights Movement and the nation

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Major challenges face our land and water, but Neil Hamilton says there's hope

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Mother’s Day can bring joy, grief and complicated emotions

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Our country is divided, but these people are working to change that

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Is the link between religion and politics good or bad for our government and faith?

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The media we consume — and how we consume it — can intensify division

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Parallels between the Gilded Age and today's wealth gap

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Loneliness and emotional disconnection in lock step with divided communities

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Your guide to spring yard care this season

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New Iowa City film festival celebrates global and local communities

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Maria Semple reflects on stoicism and reinvention in her new novel

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Trash is treasure for this Danish artist and his new Iowa trolls

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What to know before replacing your windows

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Cure the blues with the berry best advice

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How personal diaries can provide an intimate look into the past

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'We crapped in our nest:' a conversation with Art Cullen

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Dump the landfill, not your trash

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A case for crab apples

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'Moon of the Snowblind' offers a fuller picture of the Spirit Lake Massacre

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How Brooks Wheelan went from biomedical engineer to SNL

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Memoir explores the ups and downs of the foster system

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A new film highlights food, faith and community in rural Iowa

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Our favorite spring-blooming perennials

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Iowa nonprofits supporting farmers react to cancelled USDA funds

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The science behind vaccines and how to talk about them

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How free market thinking has blocked climate action

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What we can learn from the Ioway tribe's 1837 map

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Give pests a chance

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Tinnitus and the reality of living with a constant noise

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Retracing a 371-mile expedition and the history of our landscape

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The mother of 4-H

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After facing her own mortality, UI student Ava Jones is making sense of what it means to be here

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Plant picks you can trust

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The history and evolution of animal welfare

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This photographer is trying to capture every species

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Violins of Hope bring lessons of the Holocaust to a new generation

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Margaret Cho returns to Iowa with ‘Choligarchy’

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Spring growth can also bring disease for plants

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The ups and downs of motherhood in art and dance

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PBS documentary follows movement to support Amish survivors of sexual abuse

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Documentary captures the life of barrier-breaking singer Simon Estes

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Tree planting recommendations aren't always evergreen

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The fight for third spaces

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People become 'open books' in this Des Moines community project

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Bison shape the ground they walk on

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From coal mining to the Vaudeville stage

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The best cultivars for your garden

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How cystic fibrosis has gone from terminal to highly treatable

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'Sandwiched' between care for children and aging parents

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Curtis Sittenfeld explores middle age in short story collection

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Iowa author explores Mary Shelley’s life beyond Frankenstein

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Busting menopause myths

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Dubuque author writes of a forgotten Black trailblazer

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How personal diaries can provide an intimate look into the past

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Bugs are back in business

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Amid erasure, Black history education continues

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Knowing the signs of teen dating violence

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Restoring the natural habitat at a Danish Museum and rebuilding after a derecho

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The University of Northern Iowa celebrates 150 years

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Home improvement advice so you don't hit the roof

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'Midwest Unrest' and an America that never was

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Exploring love, art and identity in Kaveh Akbar's 'Martyr!'

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These Iowa curlers will sweep you off your feet

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When to prune your fruit trees

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The common threads of American protest movements

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When ICE is involved, what are your rights?

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Tom Arnold says being a dad and a Hawkeye is one of the few underrated things in life

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The music is alive and well at the Surf Ballroom and Music Experience Center

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Book examines the intersection of faith, patriotism and performance in Branson

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We could be wrong about the best way to manage anger

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Pet sounds: How dogs are communicating with their people

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Uterine cancer is among the few cancers where survivorship is decreasing

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Becoming comfortable with grief

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On the exploding tree hysteria

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Iowans celebrate Afrofuturism

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How art collections are part of providing care in a hospital

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Social media drains hours of our time — how do we take control back from the algorithm?

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Docu-series from Art Cullen examines the issues impacting Iowans' health and prosperity

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'The Miracle Season,' a true story of Iowa high school volleyball, is now streaming

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Early childhood program Head Start continues amid federal challenges

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Tinker siblings draw parallels of student protests from the 1960s to present

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What parents should know about the CDC's vaccine recommendation changes

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Tips for growing healthy African Violets at home

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Remembering the life of Edith Renfrow Smith

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What a $209 million federal boost means for rural hospitals and what's still at risk in these communities

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What you can to do now to prevent falls later in life

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'Americanness' across two cultures and 70 years

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Reading the 1937 novel 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' is still a moving experience today

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Exploring Native histories in 'Warrior Girl Unearthed'

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Grappling with community, faith and truth in 'The Exvangelicals'

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'James' explores a new side of Mark Twain's classic

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The power of story and food in the memoir 'Kitchen Arabic'

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Retired Ames resident makes violins sing again for aspiring musicians

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Studio One's favorite albums of 2025

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Some unlikely plants behind holiday traditions

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Stories in and around water

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Iowa families share unique holiday traditions

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The world of Jane Austen fanatics

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BONUS: Which 'Pride and Prejudice' adaptation is better?

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The most expensive time of the year

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What to do when your kids burst into flames

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Tips for surviving family dynamics this holiday season

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Jane Lynch is bringing her Swingin' Little Christmas to Iowa

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A personal account of facial blindness and other hidden neurodiversities

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Famous TV Iowans, from the 1950s to now

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Everything you need to know about Christmas trees

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Iowa Farmers of Color grow their community with third annual conference

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Documentary shows how pie is baked into Iowa's cultural fabric