Jeff Stein

Podcast: Iowa Legislative Session Adds Flood Relief To Budget Deliberations

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said in the latest IowaWatch Connection radio report and podcast that Iowa needs to streamline the process for getting flood relief to portions of the state

By Jeff Stein

/ 15 Apr 2019

Podcast: Iowa Legislative Session Adds Flood Relief To Budget Deliberations

Vilsack: Tragedy Three Decades Ago Emphasized Faith, Challenges

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST The December 1986 murder of Mount Pleasant’s mayor at a City Council meeting taught his successor, former Iowa Secretary of Agriculture and former Iowa Gov.

By Jeff Stein

/ 8 Apr 2019

Vilsack: Tragedy Three Decades Ago Emphasized Faith, Challenges

Podcast: Herbert Hoover, The Misunderstood President

The nation's only president born in Iowa had a far different reputation around the world than he had in the United States. Such was the fate for Herbert Hoover, who presided over the start of the Great Depresssion during his 1929-33 presidency.

By Jeff Stein

/ 11 Mar 2019

Podcast: Herbert Hoover, The Misunderstood President

Podcast: Government Shutdown Starting To Affect Rural United States

The effects of the government shutdown are starting to be felt in rural parts of the country. For example, implementing the new farm bill is on hold, Anna Johnson, Midwest policy manager for the Center for Rural Affairs and based in Iowa, said in a weekend IowaWatch Connection radio report now avail

By Jeff Stein

/ 14 Jan 2019

Podcast: Government Shutdown Starting To Affect Rural United States

Podcast Primer: For Tuesday's Mid-Term Election In Iowa

SUPPORT NON-PROFIT JOURNALISM, DOUBLE YOUR DONATION WITH NEWSMATCH 2018 Iowa’s race for secretary of agriculture and land stewardship has gotten strong attention this year for several reasons, including:

By Jeff Stein

/ 4 Nov 2018

Podcast Primer: For Tuesday's Mid-Term Election In Iowa

Podcast: Journalism Credibility In Crisis

Challenges facing modern-day journalism are at to a crisis stage as many Americans’ lack understanding of a critical news media’s role in society, IowaWatch cofounder and Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Stephen Berry said during a recent visit to Iowa and in an IowaWatch Connection p

By Jeff Stein

/ 1 Oct 2018

Podcast: Journalism Credibility In Crisis

Podcast: Dealing With Issues Affecting Rural Iowa

Rural Iowa is facing several challenges, notably as its population grew a little more than 4 percent from 2000 to 2010, while the rest of the nation grew a little less than 10 percent during that same time. These challenges are being addressed in several ways, as we learn in this IowaWatch podcast.

By Jeff Stein

/ 10 Sep 2018

Podcast: Dealing With Issues Affecting Rural Iowa

Podcast: What Iowa Needs To Do To Build Business

Iowa faces a workforce shortage, uncertain markets due to tariffs, and an increasingly complicated global connection. That got us to thinking: Where are the points for optimism? We asked business

By Jeff Stein

/ 18 Jun 2018

Podcast: What Iowa Needs To Do To Build Business

Iowa State University President Says Better Communication Needed From University

Iowa State University officials need to do a better job telling Iowans -- taxpayers, business leaders and especially Iowa legislators -- about the value ISU and the state's universities give Iowa, ISU president Wendy Wintersteen said in an IowaWatch interview. Listen to the podcast of that interview

By Jeff Stein

/ 21 May 2018

Iowa State University President Says Better Communication Needed From University

Making Public Service Work: A Podcast With Tom Harkin

The IowaWatch Connection caught up with former Sen. Tom Harkin recently for a wide ranging interview about the influence of money, social media and other things that go with public service, plus work done at the Drake University institute bearing his name.

By Jeff Stein

/ 16 Apr 2018

Making Public Service Work: A Podcast With Tom Harkin

Podcast: Partisanship Still Reigns At Iowa Statehouse

One of Iowa's newest legislators said in IowaWatch's weekend radio report that administrative bureaucracy and lobbyists have too much power at the Statehouse in Des Moines. You can read about the report and listen to it here.

By Jeff Stein

/ 26 Mar 2018

Podcast: Partisanship Still Reigns At Iowa Statehouse

Republican Gubernatorial Primary Shows Different Approaches In Party

Incumbent Kim Reynolds and former Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett give Iowa Republicans a choice for who their nominee for governor will be in the November general election. Reynolds, the

By Jeff Stein

/ 19 Mar 2018

Podcast: Iowa Legislative Session Adds Flood Relief To Budget Deliberations

Vilsack: Tragedy Three Decades Ago Emphasized Faith, Challenges

Podcast: Herbert Hoover, The Misunderstood President

Podcast: Government Shutdown Starting To Affect Rural United States

Podcast Primer: For Tuesday's Mid-Term Election In Iowa

Podcast: Journalism Credibility In Crisis

Podcast: Dealing With Issues Affecting Rural Iowa

Podcast: What Iowa Needs To Do To Build Business

Iowa State University President Says Better Communication Needed From University

Making Public Service Work: A Podcast With Tom Harkin

Podcast: Partisanship Still Reigns At Iowa Statehouse

Republican Gubernatorial Primary Shows Different Approaches In Party

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