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Originally broadcast 09/14/2015
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Our special guest co-host is Emma Wilson, Nevada girl and student of Middle East politics and broadcast journalism. She brings us Esam Boraey, an Egyptian human rights advocate, now an exile living in Des Moines, who was in the middle of the Tahrir Square in 2011, where the demand to the Mubarek regime was three words: "Freedom, Justice and Dignity". He shares the horror of seeing friends killed and blood on the street, and shock from the U.S. non-response. We also hear from two members of the local Egyptian community, ISU PhD candidate Noor Abdelsamad and professor Ayman Fayed, about life in Ames after growing up in Cairo. Then, host Greta Anderson shares footage from outside Saturday's GOP tent at the tailgater preceding the Cyclone-Hawkeye game, where candidates were scheduled to appear, and where an ad hoc student group "Students against Bigotry" carried a banner in protest of the hate speech of one of those candidates. We talk with the group's leader, Maria Alci'var, about the goals of the protest, the solidarity in numbers and some of the harassment her group faced from haters. Also: a fond look back at this weekend's Maximum Ames Music Festival, with a poem from Saturday's reading by Brett Brinkmeyer.

Originally broadcast 09/09/2015
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Today’s Local Talk show contained information from Jennifer Garst and Vern Hawkins with Story County Community Foundation Community Grants program. The show included information about upcoming Prairie Awakening Celebration at the Kuehn Conservation Area in Dallas County. Coordinator Chris Adkins with Dallas County Conservation Board discusses the event. Also included is Dr. David Gradwohl, Archeologist and Anthropologist emeritus professor from Iowa State University discusses the life and story of Maria Pearson from the Yankton Nation. Maria is being honored at this year’s 18th annual event, September 12, 2015. Rounding out the program Keith Morgan, Story County Emergency Management Agency Coordinator, and Ron Edwards, Animal Control Supervisor, talked about emergency preparedness for urban pet owners and domestic livestock producers.

Originally broadcast 09/04/2015
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Today's show largely deals with "the national crisis in mental health" and the shortage of mental health providers that can provide prescriptions for severe mental health problems. Guests include, Carver Nebbe, a psychiatrist at ISU student health, Linda Hanson, the director of Primary Health Care, Michelle DeLa Riva, the director of community and family resources, Christine Krauss of the director of behavioral health at MGMC, and Dr. Michael Kitchell, a neurologist and Chair of the Board of Directors at McFarland Clinic. This show was spurred by an AMOS initiative on the mental health crisis. We also have Susan Gwiasda, Director of Public Relations for the City of Ames giving us an monthly update on city events. Congrats on the USA today award for healthiest city in the USA.