Episodios

  • Iowa Ag Secretary Naig Talks Key Issues as Farmers Gear Up for Planting Season

    Iowa Ag Secretary Naig Talks Key Issues as Farmers Gear Up for Planting Season
    Mar 14 2025
    Iowa Ag Secretary Naig Talks Key Issues as Farmers Gear Up for Planting Season
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    29 m
  • What Makes Illinois So Corrupt?

    What Makes Illinois So Corrupt?
    Mar 7 2025
    Rick Pearson, chief political correspondent for the Chicago Tribune,discusses the Trib's recent nine-part series on corruption in Illinoisgovernment and politics.
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    29 m
  • Democratic State Senator Mike Zimmer's Success and Agenda

    Democratic State Senator Mike Zimmer's Success and Agenda
    Feb 28 2025
    Democratic State Senator Mike Zimmer, newly elected from Iowa's 35th District, which includes Clinton and parts of Jackson and Scott Counties, discusses his campaign that attracted national attention, the keys to his success in a district where Trump won with 61%, lessons for national Democrats, and his agenda in Des Moines.
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    29 m
  • The Madigan Guilty Verdict: What Happened and What Does it Mean for Illinois Government and Politics

    The Madigan Guilty Verdict: What Happened and What Does it Mean for Illinois Government and Politics
    Feb 21 2025
    Ray Long, investigative reporter for the Chicago Tribune, discusses the historic corruption trial of former House Speaker and Democratic Party Chair Michael Madigan.
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    29 m
  • Author Describes Battles Against CAFOs and Big Ag in Rural Minnesota

    Author Describes Battles Against CAFOs and Big Ag in Rural Minnesota
    Feb 14 2025
    Sonja Trom Eayrs discusses her book Dodge County, Incorporated: Big Ag and the Undoing of Rural America, a story of her family farm's fight against factory farms that changed agriculture and small townsthroughout the US.
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    29 m
  • A Look at a Little-Known Spy Who Played a Major Role in the Cold War Era

    A Look at a Little-Known Spy Who Played a Major Role in the Cold War Era
    Feb 7 2025
    Who was James Jesus Angleton? Why is he important to understanding America in the Cold War era?
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    29 m
  • Midwestern Roots A Key to Johnny Carson's Success

    Midwestern Roots A Key to Johnny Carson's Success
    Jan 31 2025
    Mike Thomas, co-author with the late Bill Zehme of a new biography of Johnny Carson called Carson the Magnificent.
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    29 m
  • Gripping Account of the David v Goliath Legal Battle to Help Family Farmers in the 80s

    Gripping Account of the David v Goliath Legal Battle to Help Family Farmers in the 80s
    Jan 23 2025
    Sarah Vogel discusses her recent book The Farmer's Lawyer: The North Dakota Nine and the Fight to Save the Family Farm.
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    29 m