Is an Upset Brewing in Iowa?

Is an Upset Brewing in Iowa?

Iowa is home to less than 1% of the U.S. population. So why is this year’s Senate race the 2nd most expensive in U.S. history? Democrats hope to use all that cash to unseat a Republican star in a state that President Trump won handily in 2016.

Guest: Andrew Batt, senior producer at Iowa PBS

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The Marines’ Sexual Assault Problem

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Should Student Debt Be Canceled?

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Will Andrew Cuomo Say Sorry?

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Why Texas Went Dark

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What Rush Limbaugh Left Behind

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Rush Limbaugh’s radio show provided a roadmap that the Republican Party has been following, more or less faithfully, for decades. Guest: Nicole Hemmer, author of Messengers of the Right and co-host of...

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A Year of Anti-Asian Violence

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In the year since the pandemic began, the number of attacks against Asian Americans has skyrocketed. The most recent wave of assaults left a number of victims injured and one man dead. Many Asian Amer...

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When the Vaccine Skeptic Is Your Dad

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Gustavo Arellano’s father is what he would call a ‘pandejo’ - someone who doesn't take COVID safety seriously. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Gustavo has been fighting the uphill battle to dissu...

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