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Pro-Gun Bills, International Womens Day, Community Solar

Originally broadcast 02/26/2016
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Catherine Mortensen from the National Rifle Association explains the 5 pro-gun bills recently passed in the Iowa House of Representatives and describes how the NRA works to influence gun laws in Iowa. Nathan Gibson, resident of Johnson, IA explains how and why he and his two young daughters have worked for the past three years to get the Youth Safety & Parental Rights Act passed, which would allow children under the age of 14 to use firearms with parental supervision. Lisa Heddens, Representative for Iowa House District 46 in Ames, explains why she voted against the bill.

Members of the Ames Progressive Alliance, Victoria Szopinski, Matthew Goodman, and Betty Baird explain the goals of the Alliance and tell us about the upcoming demonstration at City Hall from the Cedar Falls Simple Solar Project about community solar projects.

Ames International Womens' Day Coalition members Kimberly Hope and Mary Logsdon (Ames Public Library) describe the upcoming International Womens Day event on March 6th at the Ames Public Library from 1-3 PM. There will be discussion groups on various topics. Nancy Halverson (League of Women Voters) descibes the Women in Politics workshop, Swatie Bansal (YWCA) descibes the Women in Business workshop, Eman Mahgoub (ACCESS) descibes women and sex and gender workshop, and Andrea Gronau (Worldly Goods) describes the Children and Gender workshop.

David Gradwohl, Two Coal Towns, Community Rights

Originally broadcast 02/24/2016
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Mark Edwards, former DNR trails coordinator for the Ledges and naturalist, was in the studio with us today as we talked with David Gradwolh, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at ISU, about the native American sites in the Des Moines River Valley and the pottery kilns in the area. We also talked with Gradwohl about the coal town of Buxton , where his ISU archeology team did extensive excavation to learn about the daily life of Black Coal Miners and their families at the beginning of the 20th century. John Liston, former curator of the Boone County Historical Society and keeper of Moingona history, told us about the heyday of Moingona as a coal mining and railroad center, and how it changed over the years. April Burch told us about the People's Forum on the Bakken Pipeline at the Boone High School on February 28 about using the Community Rights movement to resist the Bakken Pipeline.

Pantorium Sessions - Obsidian's Dream February 18, 2016

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.

Iowa Jobs, Campustown Square, Jennifer Knox

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.

Fooling Ourselves, Jack Trice, Chuck's Choice

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.

Birds, Backpack Program, and Young Artists Concert

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.

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