Talk of Iowa
Talk of Iowa is a place for Iowans to connect to our shared culture and what it means to live in Iowa. Host Charity Nebbe brings a mix of regular guests and a range of experts to discuss the arts, history, literature and everything else happening in Iowa. Every day brings something new — even if it's in a recurring segment like Talk of Iowa Book Club or comes from a familiar voice on Horticulture Day.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 47 minutes
- Episodes
- 147
- Years Active
- 2025
Exploring the safety gap between women and men
Women are more likely to be victims of domestic abuse or sexual assault while men are more likely to be murdered. But we don't socialize boys and girls to understand the real threats to their safety.
00:47:50 |
Fri 11 Apr 2025
How gendered understandings of medicine have influenced health care
On this episode in our series on the gender gap, the history and persistent effects of gender disparities in health care.
00:48:06 |
Thu 10 Apr 2025
Minding the success gap in education
Girls are more likely than boys to graduate from high school on time, more girls take advanced courses in high school and significantly more women are earning college degrees.
00:47:57 |
Wed 09 Apr 2025
The political gap between men and women
For decades, men have been moving to the right and women have been moving to the left. What has influenced this divide and what issues does it pose for our relationships?
00:47:28 |
Tue 08 Apr 2025
Leafy greens to plant this season
From lettuce germination to handling pests, vegetable gardening can be a challenge, but our experts are here to help.
00:47:51 |
Sat 05 Apr 2025
Celebrating science when it is under scrutiny
Scientists discuss research and science backlash ahead of annual Darwin Day events. And we listen back to a conversation with one of Iowa's few scientific glassblowers.
00:47:59 |
Fri 04 Apr 2025
Getting competitive about ethics
An extracurricular event growing across the United States is getting high school and collegiate students thinking talking, and working together on some of the toughest moral issues of our time.
00:48:00 |
Thu 03 Apr 2025
Ross Gay on why art and gratitude are still important in times of conflict
Essayist Ross Gay explores the beauty of the world and a music therapist discusses how music and singing can help those with neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's disease.
00:47:45 |
Wed 02 Apr 2025
Comedian Maria Bamford thrives on the unfunny
Comedian and actor Maria Bamford is very open about her personal struggles with mental illness, and shares more dysfunctional family stories than she probably should.
00:47:43 |
Tue 01 Apr 2025
The basics of bare root seedlings
A DNR Forester shares how to successfully establish conservation plantings with bare root seedlings.
00:47:15 |
Sat 29 Mar 2025
Is online betting changing sports?
Iowa's stake in March Madness is no more, but sports betting across the state runs high.
00:48:02 |
Fri 28 Mar 2025
Remembering Kanzi, the bonobo who helped us understand humanity
Kanzi, a bonobo with a famously incredible understanding of language, passed away at age 44. Then, ways Iowans can contribute to scientific research.
00:48:00 |
Thu 27 Mar 2025
The world's largest mountaineering club was once located in Iowa City
Iowa City may seem like an unlikely location for a group of mountain enthusiasts to form, but the Iowa Mountaineers thrived for much of the 20th century.
00:48:02 |
Wed 26 Mar 2025
Jane Goodall and our part in bettering the world
Jane Goodall is the foremost expert on chimpanzees and has spent the last 40 years advocating for the protection of their habitat and the natural world as a whole.
00:48:01 |
Tue 25 Mar 2025
Leave those leaves alone
The idea of pollinator-friendly gardens may be relatively new, but pollinators have been an important part of gardening ever since plant cultivation began.
00:47:48 |
Sat 22 Mar 2025
Keep a working relationship with fruit trees
With fruit trees, we have expectations and needs. Today, we discuss techniques to care for fruit trees.
Sat 15 Mar 2025
Nebraska is home to one of North America's greatest wildlife phenomena
Every spring, nearly a million sandhill cranes pass through an 80-mile stretch of the Platte River in Nebraska on their northward migration.
Fri 14 Mar 2025
Hanif Abdurraqib says vulnerability doesn't have a down side
Author and poet Hanif Abdurraqib discusses his latest work ahead of the Des Moines Book Festival. And we revisit a conversation about the Wings2Water nonprofit based at the Cedar Rapids airport.
Thu 13 Mar 2025
'Finding American' compiles stories and images of immigrants from all 50 states
Over two hundred immigrants who each have their unique journey of settling in the United States are featured in the book.
Wed 12 Mar 2025
Former SNL writer visits her Iowa hometown in documentary 'Will & Harper'
Actor Will Ferrell and writer Harper Steele have been collaborators and friends for 30 years.
Tue 11 Mar 2025
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