Originally broadcast 03/04/2020
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Our first guest was Max Jabrixio, the Public Engagement Manager, for Apex Renewable Energy,which has been working on the Great Pathfinder Wind Project in Boone. Following that was a recording of Finian Makepeace from a Forum on Regenerative Agriculture. And, Paula Forrest came in to tell us about Town and Gown's next concert with the McGill/McHale Trio.
Originally broadcast 03/02/2020
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Mary Logsdon, Manager of Adult Services at AmesPublic Library and Linda Hagedorn, President of the League ofWomen Voters for Ames and Story County describe the upcoming International Womens' Day celebration at the AMes Public Library, an annual event that brings together many individuals and organizations. The celebration will be held on March 7 from 2 - 4 PM at the Ames Public Library.
Mary Logsdon, who is retiring in April also reflected on her years of service at the Library, as well as being part of this annual event.
Benjamin Ukelo, Ames native of Sudanese heritage, explained why there was a rally held by Sudanese at the Iowa State Capital a couple of weeks ago, protesting bloody atrocities in Abiea, a border region in South Sudan.
Bronwyn Beatty-Hanson, Ames City council member at Large, gave an update on work being done at the Ames City Council, to set priorities and goals, according to the values that council members have identified for Ames quality of life.
Originally broadcast 02/26/2020
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Dustin Ingram, Director, Community & Economic Development Outreach for the Ames Chamber of Commerce, came in to talk to us about the March 3 school bond election and how it could affect a couple of small towns in Story County. The discussion turned to ways small towns attract residents and anchor institutions. Our second guest was Brandon Russom, describing how his first book “Balthazar Bunny and the Quest for Slicey, Slicey, Cut, Cut" was written with his pre-school students and published in England. Continuing with young people's creativity we spoke with MaryKay Polashek, and Kate McAlister about the Young Artists Concert to be performed March 1 at the Ames City Auditorium.
Originally broadcast 02/19/2020
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We started today's show with a collaboration between KHOI and the American City Liberties Union (ACLU) of Iowa -- "Our Liberties We Podcast" with Daniel Zeno. The topic was felony disenfranchisement in Iowa and the constitutional amendment to restore voting rights for felons who have fulfilled their sentences. Then we turned to the case of the Mahla Shahkhajeh, an Iranian graduate student bound for ISU, who had been denied entry to the US in spite of an extensive visa examination at the American embassy in Tehran. To learn of ISU's response to this we spoke with Gary Mirka, professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering at Iowa State University, who told us the specifics of Mahla's case as well as the importance placed on International graduate students in engineering at ISU. Fran Amin, a biomedical engineer who came to ISU for graduate school from Iran in 1976, and has studied and worked in Ames every since, told us a little about how the Iranian Revolution had changed the lives of women, but how there are consistently a high number of well trained women engineers. We ended the show with Lori Haynes giving us news of Boone Community Theatre's upcoming events.
Originally broadcast 02/12/2020
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Our show started with Leanne Harter and the Story County Report. Then we took a road trip to visit Loyal Winborn, the coffee roaster in Jewell. By then we were awake enough to learn from Madalyn Anderson, Story County Democratic Chair, about the ongoing problems of the Iowa Democratic Party's demands from campaigns for re-canvas of caucus results. Angelica Parsons, delegate to the Democratic Convention, told us what inspired her and Marsha and Mark Olinghouse reported on the Republican Party "celebrity caucus" in Ankeny. The balance of our program consisted of announcements about events for the last two weeks in February from Crystal Davis of the Ames Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Originally broadcast 02/10/2020
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Keith Morgan, StoryCounty Emergency Coordinator, and Teresa Ferrari from Story County PublicHealth give an update on the status of the Novel 2019 Coronavirus in Central Iowa. Following that is an explanation of the characteristics, types, and origins of the various Coronaviruses, some which are deadly, and some which cause the common cold most of us will have during this winter. The deadly Novel 2019 Coronavirus currently in the news has not become a significant threat at this time in central Iowa.
Iowa DemocraticParty Chair Troy Price issued a statement on February 7 that the Iowa Democratic Party (IDP) reported the last remaining records of voting result from the 1,765 precincts across Iowa, the nation, and overseas, on Thursday. However, they gave candidates’ campaigns until noon on February 8 to submit evidence of data entry inaccuracies, and that the IDP will give candidates’ campaigns an extended period of time to request a re-canvass or re-count – with a deadline of Monday February 10th at noon.
Other questions surrounding the Iowa Caucus reporting are explored, including the people who built it, and whether the IDP has created firewalls to prevent undue influence by the campaigns.Story County Democratic Party Chair Madalyn Anderson addresses the questions to the best of her ability.
John Howe, from the Raptor Resource Project in Decorah gives an update on the famous Decorah Eagles of the videocam, who are laying eggs.
Originally broadcast 02/05/2020
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Sara Jordan-Heintz, our first guest, brought us a discussion of her book GoingHollywood: Midwesterners in Movieland followed by her preview of Larry Adams, with a history of the Secret Service and the fight against counterfeiters for the February 8 Saturday with a Scholar lecture at the Boone History Center. Two theatre previews followed -- Joe Ferrell of Roland, one of the stars in "Leading Ladies,the cross-dressing comedy playing at ACTORS in Ames this weekend. Debbie Garner, a star in Ankeny Community Theatre's farce, Don't Dress for Dinner, described a madcap romp in a French farmhouse. We ended with an Iowa Caucus story about the satellite caucuses from Iowa Capital Dispatch.
Originally broadcast 01/31/2020
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Ed Fallon, Coordinator of Bold Iowa previews Climate Crisis Parade for Feb. 1 encouraging media to take more active role in portraying climate emergency. Crystal Davis gives update of coming events from Ames Convention and Visitors Bureau. And hour is rounded out with a phenology about Great Horned Owls nesting in January.
Originally broadcast 01/29/2020
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We had Judy Trumpy, Organizations Chair for the Story County Republican Party, followed by Madalyn Anderson, chair of the Story County Democratic Party with Democratic Caucus Chair Lewis Rosser to give us detailed descriptions of what we need to know for Caucus night, February 3. Wes Martin gave us a brief glimpse of how the Democrats "do the math." Steffen Schmidt, political science professor at Iowa State University and well-known caucus expert gave us the history of caucus development since 1972 as well as "retail politics." For the weekend we have the Climate Crisis Parade in Des Moines (sponsored by 70 organizations) while in Ames, Clark Ford's new musical "2020 America I Miss You" will play at Unity Church.
Originally broadcast 01/27/2020
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Voter opinion: Mike Sauer from Nevada Iowa explains why he is a swing voter. A former Republican who is unhappy with candidates conforming to party platforms, he explains why he is still undecided about how to vote.
Visitors to Iowa Caucuses: Kristoffer Hellane, chalk artist from Santa Cruz, California, describes how he does chalk art to build a grassroots support for Bernie Sanders, and explains why he supports Sanders.
Today marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi WOrld War 2 concentration and death camp, Auschwitz in Poland. To commemorate the day and in the spirit of never forgetting, Lily Misner in Los Angeles (originally from Poland) , tells her story: as a survivor of Auschwitz.
