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Talk of Iowa

Iowa Public Radio

Talk of Iowa is a place for Iowans to connect to our shared culture and what it means to live in Iowa. Host Charity Nebbe brings a mix of regular guests and a range of experts to discuss the arts, history, literature and everything else happening in Iowa. Every day brings something new — even if it"s in a recurring segment like Talk of Iowa Book Club or comes from a familiar voice on Horticulture Day.

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47:50

Exploring the safety gap between women and men

Talk of Iowa ·

2025/04/11

Women are more likely to be victims of domestic abuse or sexual assault while men are more likely to be murdered. But we don't socialize boys and girls to understand the real threats to their safety.

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48:06

How gendered understandings of medicine have...

Talk of Iowa ·

2025/04/10

On this episode in our series on the gender gap, the history and persistent effects of gender disparities in health care.

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47:57

Minding the success gap in education

Talk of Iowa ·

2025/04/09

Girls are more likely than boys to graduate from high school on time, more girls take advanced courses in high school and significantly more women are earning college degrees.

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47:28

The political gap between men and women

Talk of Iowa ·

2025/04/08

For decades, men have been moving to the right and women have been moving to the left. What has influenced this divide and what issues does it pose for our relationships?

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47:51

Leafy greens to plant this season

Talk of Iowa ·

2025/04/05

From lettuce germination to handling pests, vegetable gardening can be a challenge, but our experts are here to help.

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47:59

Celebrating science when it is under scrutiny

Talk of Iowa ·

2025/04/04

Scientists discuss research and science backlash ahead of annual Darwin Day events. And we listen back to a conversation with one of Iowa's few scientific glassblowers.

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48:00

Getting competitive about ethics

Talk of Iowa ·

2025/04/03

An extracurricular event growing across the United States is getting high school and collegiate students thinking talking, and working together on some of the toughest moral issues of our time.

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47:45

Ross Gay on why art and gratitude are still important...

Talk of Iowa ·

2025/04/02

Essayist Ross Gay explores the beauty of the world and a music therapist discusses how music and singing can help those with neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's disease.

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47:43

Comedian Maria Bamford thrives on the unfunny

Talk of Iowa ·

2025/04/01

Comedian and actor Maria Bamford is very open about her personal struggles with mental illness, and shares more dysfunctional family stories than she probably should.

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47:15

The basics of bare root seedlings

Talk of Iowa ·

2025/03/29

A DNR Forester shares how to successfully establish conservation plantings with bare root seedlings.

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48:02

Is online betting changing sports?

Talk of Iowa ·

2025/03/28

Iowa's stake in March Madness is no more, but sports betting across the state runs high.

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48:00

Remembering Kanzi, the bonobo who helped us...

Talk of Iowa ·

2025/03/27

Kanzi, a bonobo with a famously incredible understanding of language, passed away at age 44. Then, ways Iowans can contribute to scientific research.

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48:02

The world's largest mountaineering club was once...

Talk of Iowa ·

2025/03/26

Iowa City may seem like an unlikely location for a group of mountain enthusiasts to form, but the Iowa Mountaineers thrived for much of the 20th century.

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48:01

Jane Goodall and our part in bettering the world

Talk of Iowa ·

2025/03/25

Jane Goodall is the foremost expert on chimpanzees and has spent the last 40 years advocating for the protection of their habitat and the natural world as a whole.

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47:48

Leave those leaves alone

Talk of Iowa ·

2025/03/22

The idea of pollinator-friendly gardens may be relatively new, but pollinators have been an important part of gardening ever since plant cultivation began.

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Keep a working relationship with fruit trees

Talk of Iowa ·

2025/03/15

With fruit trees, we have expectations and needs. Today, we discuss techniques to care for fruit trees.

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Nebraska is home to one of North America's greatest...

Talk of Iowa ·

2025/03/14

Every spring, nearly a million sandhill cranes pass through an 80-mile stretch of the Platte River in Nebraska on their northward migration.

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Hanif Abdurraqib says vulnerability doesn't have a...

Talk of Iowa ·

2025/03/13

Author and poet Hanif Abdurraqib discusses his latest work ahead of the Des Moines Book Festival. And we revisit a conversation about the Wings2Water nonprofit based at the Cedar Rapids airport.

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'Finding American' compiles stories and images of...

Talk of Iowa ·

2025/03/12

Over two hundred immigrants who each have their unique journey of settling in the United States are featured in the book.

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Former SNL writer visits her Iowa hometown in...

Talk of Iowa ·

2025/03/11

Actor Will Ferrell and writer Harper Steele have been collaborators and friends for 30 years.

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