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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Ferguson Revisited: The Worst Night

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Looking at the images that have come out over the last few weeks: images of police violence and protest, it’s impossible not to think how similar they are to pictures we saw just a few years back in F...

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Pandemic & Protest

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It is entirely possible to support the protests while feeling intense anxiety that they will result in additional cases of COVID-19. Guest: Dr. Howard Markel, professor at the University of Michigan S...

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TBD | Your Delivery Habit Isn't Helping

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In the midst of the pandemic, protests and police lockdowns, restaurants are turning increasingly to delivery apps like DoorDash and Grubhub to stay afloat. But with shady tactics, soaring fees, and d...

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Your Delivery Habit Isn't Helping

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In the midst of the pandemic, protests and police lockdowns, restaurants are turning increasingly to delivery apps like DoorDash and Grubhub to stay afloat. But with shady tactics, soaring fees, and d...

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Larry Kramer Wouldn't Be Quiet

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Larry Kramer always made sure you heard him loud and clear. He was a playwright, a novelist, but he was perhaps best known for his work as an AIDS activist. In the 1980s and 1990s, Kramer sought to wa...

4 Kesä 202022min

A History of Violent Protest

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The images are familiar now. The police in their face shields, armed with batons and cans of pepper spray. The protestors, sporting bruises, pouring milk on each others’ faces. What’s happening right ...

3 Kesä 202022min

Caught Between COVID and DACA

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Supreme Court decision days are when Dalia Larios is most nervous. Now a doctor in residency at a hospital in Boston, she spends her time largely thinking about her work, reading the endless amounts o...

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Minneapolis Was a Powder Keg

Minneapolis Was a Powder Keg

The Minneapolis police lost the faith of their community long before the death of George Floyd. How did things get so bad? Guest: Jon Collins, reporter for Minnesota Public Radio and host of 74 Second...

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