Blake Delaney (with microphone) interviews members of Obsidian's Dream at the recent Pantorium Sessions live broadcast event. Eric "Bert" Carlson (left) seems interested in what Tood and Fook are doing, Chris "Shaggy" Zeitler moves to confront the cameraman, while Todd Robert Cumming (drums) and Mike "Fook" Larrew (guitar) have spotted a Fook Bomb on stage with them.It was successfully defused while the others were interviewed.
Originally broadcast 02/22/2016
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ISU economist Dave Swenson discusses a study by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities released recently, showing that the vast majority of new jobs come from local businesses and companies that already exist in a state, not from out-of-state corporations. Swenson claims that our state's pursuit of investment by large out-of-state corporations comes at too great a price, pointing to our $500 million subsidy of Orascom, the fertilizer plant in SE Iowa, and last week's $17 million "deal" with the newly merged Dupont-Dow not to cut R&D jobs in Johnston there was no evidence of their intending to cut.
Ames resident Nitin Gadi describes Campustown Square, a citizen initiative he is spearheading to develop a public meeting space in Campus Town. He will be holding a public meeting in early March for discussion.
Anthony Capps gives a brief history of the building slated to be torn down in Campus Town: 188 and 120 Hayward Avenue.
Nevada poet, Jennifer L. Knox, reads two poems from her book Days of Shame and Failure. The book was recently reviewed in the New York Times; Jennfer was also featured in the "Iowa Life" section of Sunday's Des Moines Register.
Originally broadcast 02/19/2016
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The highlight of today's show is an interview with Craig Cox and Soren Rundquist of Environmental Working Group, who released a troubling report last week documenting how, in the years 2011-2014, more acres in Iowa were taken out of conservation practices than were put in. We explore the reasons farmers give for these changes, and how a "basic standard of care"--i.e., regulation rather than voluntary, subsidized participation--could help rectify the situation. The show starts with Alex Fejfar of Ames Historical Society retelling the story of ISU football hero, Jack Trice. A film featuring Jack Trice is scheduled for February 23. Host Greta Anderson shares snippets from Senator Chuck Grassley's town hall forum this week in Tama, where he fielded questions about his plans as Senate Judiciary Chair to hold or not to hold confirmation hearings on President Obama's eventual Supreme Court nominee. We also peek into the mysterious world of dark money, with a recent official complaint against Trees of Liberty, a Koch brothers-funded "nonprofit" funding Joni Ernst’s senate race to the tune of $400K--which, according to the Center for Media and Democracy, broke the law.
Originally broadcast 02/17/2016
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Co-host Pat Schlarbaum talked with Doug Harr, from Iowa Audubon, about cardinals and other birds that are springing into action at this time of year. Co-host Gale Seiler spoke with Kate Pauly, from the Food Bank of Iowa, about the Backpack Program that sends weekend food home with elementary school students. And Ursula Reudenberg brought us Jina Park and Alan Henson to tell us about the Young Artists Concert that the Central Iowa Symphony is putting on.
Originally broadcast 02/15/2016
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In honor of Presidents Day, this show focuses on several issues concerning the complicated intersections of government and the public interest.
First, Carolyn Raffensperger of the Science and Environmental Health Network talks with reporter Greta Anderson about the recent deliberations of the three-person Iowa Utilities Board concerning the proposed crude-oil Bakken pipeline which would cut across Iowa from the Dakotas.
Next Terry Lowman, founder of Iowa Unitarian Universalist Witness Advocacy Network, or IUUWAN, talks with Kay Puttock about restorative justice and the recently proposed Death with Dignity legislation.
The second half of the show honors both Presidents' Day and Black History month as Susan Franzen and Kay Puttock talk with Brian Behnken, Pofessor of History at ISU about American presidents of the civil rights era, and how they advanced or retarded the goal of human dignity for all Americans.
The show opens and closes with very brief personal vignettes appropriate for the day after Valentine's Day.
Originally broadcast 02/12/2016
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The way Muslims are depicted in the media affects attitudes toward war in the Middle East and Muslim civil rights: so concludes a recent study by Dr. Craig Anderson, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at ISU. Host Greta Anderson’s interview with him is followed by the spokesperson for the Arab Student Association, an engineering and political science major from Libya, Mohamed Abufalgha, who reflects on simple cultural misunderstandings and problems that all democracies face. We then reprise a highlight from February 1’s caucus night coverage, in which Arnie Arnesen tells us the story of Bernie’s “exploratory committee” showing up on her doorstep in Concord, NH. ISU’s Director of Sustainability Merry Rankin joins us in the studio, together with her intern Kathryn Liedahl to talk about the many dimensions of the university's progress in sustainability, highlighted in their “STARS” certification report. Finally, reporter Susan Franzen brings us Nick Juelsgaard of the Boone Community Theater, starring with his wife Kelly in this and next weekends' production of the Diaries of Adam and Eve.
