Talk of Iowa

By 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.

Episodes (35)

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

The mother of 4-H

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

Tinnitus and the reality of living with a constant noise

Give pests a chance

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

How free market thinking has blocked climate action

The science behind vaccines and how to talk about them

Iowa nonprofits supporting farmers react cancelled USDA funds

Our favorite spring-blooming perennials

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

Memoir explores the ups and downs of the foster system

How Brooks Wheelan went from biomedical engineer to SNL

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

A case for crab apples

Dump the landfill, not your trash

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

Cure the blues with the berry best advice

Maria Semple reflects on stoicism and reinvention in her new novel

New Iowa City film festival celebrates global and local communities

Your guide to spring yard care this season

Loneliness and emotional disconnection in lock step with divided communities

Parallels between the Gilded Age and today's wealth gap

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What you need to know about fire blight

Discovering radical self-worth in a year of celibacy

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

Nonprofit maps the next route for this historic road stop site

Iowa's state tree is in trouble

background image dithered

Start discovering podcast insights today

Start with a 7-day trial and explore a growing catalog of popular podcasts. No credit card required.

Start free trial

Try live search

No credit card required • 7-day trial • Cancel anytime