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Originally broadcast 05/10/2017
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We began this Wednesday's program with a robin song to introduce Jennifer Knox and Tyler Harms, collaborators in the crowd-sourced poetry project Iowa Bird of Mouth. They reported on their live crowd-sourced poetry created by childen's classes. After listening to a few of the outstanding poems submitted for the robin, (the bird for May), we went up to Hamilton county for a celebration quite different from those we previewed last week in Story and Boone counties. Little Wall Lake Park near Jewell held its ribbon cutting as the first county park in Iowa to have a 100 percent offset of its electricity by producing its own power through a solar array. Brian Lammers, Hamilton County Conservation director, described the origins and development of the $300,000 project through partnerships with the Hamilton County Supervisors, Eagle Point Solar, Hamilton County Conservation Board and Alliant Energy. Larry Steffen, vice president of sales for Eagle Point Solar, the Dubuque-based company that financed, designed and built the array, was in our studio to clarify some of the technical details. We closed out the program by previewing the crowded calendar of this week's events in Nevada, capped off with a Mother's Day brunch at Gatherings, an event venue which occupies a large storefront on Main Street. We spoke with Stephanie Badger, Gatherings' General Manager.

Originally broadcast 05/05/2017
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The Mid-Iowa Woodcarvers return for their one-day show at Reiman Gardens May 6th. Guests will have the opportunity to view carving contest entries, watch carving demonstrations and participate in a hands-on lesson in whittling. Ames woodcarver, Art Mann, explains.

Jason Karimi, director of Iowa Patients for Medical Marijuana and advocate for the legalization of medical marijuana oil discusses Iowa legislation passed in April authorizing the use of medical marijuana with the goal of providing help for patients with cancer, post-traumatic stress disorder and numerous of other ailments.

Cyndie Blythe, the President of PFLAG in Ames a local advocacy group, will be presenting, in collaboration with National Geographic, a movie that challenges stereotypes about gender roles, called The Gender Revolution. She describes the film and issues facing transsexuals and gay people.

A municipal and road construction update from Susan Gwiasda, public relations officer for the City of Ames, and Mark Gansen, Civil Engineer One.

Originally broadcast 05/01/2017
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We start the show with highlights from Saturday's People's Climate March and rally in Des Moines. Voices include Heather Pearson, Shelly Buffalo, Ako Abdul-Samad, a Syrian American living in Des Moines, and Ellery McAllister.

Winona LaDuke of White Earth Reservation in Northern Minnesota tells of her organization's struggle against Enbridge Corporation and their proposed Line 3 pipeline, as part of Pacifica's live coverage of the Washington DC rally.

Local Talk wildlife correspondent Pat Schlarbaum looks back on two major accomplishments of a 32-year career: namely, the return of the bald eagle and the osprey or "fishing hawk" to Iowa, and the role he and partners played. The DNR will host a celebration of the return of the osprey to Iowa on May 20.

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