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Originally broadcast 01/19/2022  Listen to the entire episode now!

Following the Story County Report from Leanne Harter, Special Projects Manager for Story County, we heard from  Dana James, former Des Moines Register reporter, about her online publication Black Iowa News and its coverage of the Johnston School Board meeting. She also introduced us to the organization Johnston Parents For EquitythandAnti-Racism, first through Lya Williams, who described the School Board Meeting, then Luana Nelson-Brown, who elaborated on the threat she sees from ignoring what happened. Both introduced us to the concept of "otherness," which is simply being different from white, Christian, "normal" people of the community, especially students.

Expanding the issue of Intellectual Freedom to public libraries, we heard from Amanda Vasquez, chair of the Intellectual Freedom Committee of the Iowa Library Association, describing the conflict over LGBT books in the Orange City Library, which resulted in her resignation as director and subsequent move to Director of Dubuque District Library Association.

Originally broadcast 01/12/2022  Listen to the entire episode now!

This program consisted of voices from little known communities in central Iowa starting with Marcellina from the Hispanic Community of St. Cecilia’s Catholic Church in Ames; Johnathan Buffalo, director of historic preservation for the Meskwaki Cultural Center; Louise O’Donnell from the Slater Area Historical Association; and Paul Leuth of the Sudanese  Community.

Originally broadcast 01/07/2022  Listen to the entire episode now!

Local Talk for Friday, January 7, 2022 included the news summary from Ames Tribune by Dennis Hart.  The proposed CO2 Pipeline was discussed by Mahmud Fitil from Iowa City.  More information  at greatplainsaction.org.  Susan Gwiasda, Public Relations Officer with City of Ames included Ames Electric Services, Chase Wrenn concerning how to report an electric outage by texting.  The number is 515-239-5240.  Citizens are advised to go to website CityofAmes.org and ensure your address is included in the OMS Outage Management System.  ISU Extension included Amber Wengert today.  Amber had upcoming workshops to announce from their website ISUextension@iastate.edu/Story.  Their address is 1421 S. Bell Ave. Ames, IA. Planting Design will meet Jan. 11 and 18 from 6PM - 7PM.  Family Values workshop will convene Jan. 31 for six weeks.  Music was by Bob Dylan, Winterlude; Donovan, Catch the Wind; Chad Eliott, Same, Old Way.