Join KHOI's ambitious engineers and reporters as they cut their teeth on presidential election coverage to radio stations across the country! This will be KHOI's first hosted national live broadcast!
Originally broadcast 01/08/2016
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Co-hosts Greta Anderson and Ursula Ruedenberg discuss two musicals premiering in Ames this January with their creators. Clark Ford describes the last of his six musicals covering the same family, 2016 The Musical: One Family , while composer Robbie Kroeschell and dramaturg / lyricist Ben Sulzberger, seniors at Ames High School, introduce their full-stage musical A Slice of Reggie, which opens this weekend (January 8-10) at 615 South Dayton, Suite 129, Ames. We then speak with ice skating coach Darlene Lewis about the Ames Figure Skating Club and the craft of ice-skating. Finally, we preview a "termesphere" exhibit, at the Octagon Art Center's 1st floor community gallery, in conversations with Naomi Friend and Heather Johnson.
Originally broadcast 01/06/2016
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Lucy Martin, Story County Auditor and Story County Commissioner of Elections, George Ensley, Chair of the Boone County Democrats and Brett Barker, Chair of the Story County Republicans explain the grassroots process of the Iowa Caucuses; how they operate, who qualifies to participate, and how platforms are built.
ISU Political Science “Dr. Politics” Professor Stephen Schmidt is offering an online class on the Iowa Presidential caucuses , open to anyone. It is a four-week course, self-paced and interactive and you can join in any time between now and February 3.
Originally broadcast 01/04/2016
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We start off the year with a healthy dose of political science! Host Greta Anderson talks with Hugh Espy of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement , which is holding an issues summit and candidate forum on January 9, then we interview David Redlawsk, visiting fellow at the Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement , about his two books on the Iowa caucuses, Why Iowa? and one still in the early stage, on this year's race. Keith Morgan, coordinator for Story County Emergency Management Agency , walks us through the chain of events and decisions set off by a 911 phone call. And correspondent Kay Puttock interviews Robin Switzer of Friends of Emma Lee McCarthy Park and Munn Woods (on Facebook) , about that group's work fending off alien species.
Originally broadcast 01/01/2016
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Kay Puttock reports on her research on how, when, and if, one should make New Years resolutions, including advice from Counselors Keith Schrag, Kay Berger, and Reverend Kent McKusick.
KHOI Naturalist Pat Schlarbaum describes the woodpeckers we can see at this time of year, their habits (why do they hammer on wood?) and offers his mother's recipe for putting out winter food they will like. He also interviews renowned birder Erin Brees about the fabled Ivory-billed Woodpecker, its history and reported recent sightings.
Originally broadcast 12/31/2015
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Distinguished Professor Neil Harl and Professor Emeritus Tom Beell, discussed their actions in Iowans for WOI TV, the organization Harl formed to combat the forces sale of WOI TV. The remainder of the program consisted of selections from Arrogance and Power: The Saga of WOI TV by Neil E. Harl as read by Susan Franzen.
