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 Border Patrol’s After School Program

The Border Patrol’s After School Program

In border towns across the country, high school students are participating in an after school program run by the U.S. Border Patrol. When journalist Morley Musick first encountered the Border Patrol E...

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Los Angeles Confronts Its Housing Crisis

Los Angeles Confronts Its Housing Crisis

Homelessness in Los Angeles isn’t a new problem. But it has become a bigger problem. And it’s gotten really easy to see. Guests: Theo Henderson, host of the We the Unhoused podcast. Emily Alpert Reyes...

10 Helmi 202021min

WN TBD: Iowa’s App-ocalypse

WN TBD: Iowa’s App-ocalypse

On Monday, the Iowa caucuses went off the rails. As the hours stretched into days, and still the results remained unclear, a new piece of election technology was identified as a central cause of the d...

7 Helmi 202015min

Iowa’s App-ocalypse

Iowa’s App-ocalypse

On Monday, the Iowa caucuses went off the rails. As the hours stretched into days, and still the results remained unclear, a new piece of election technology was identified as a central cause of the d...

7 Helmi 202015min

Michael Bloomberg’s Shot

Michael Bloomberg’s Shot

Michael Bloomberg has toyed with running for president many times. He has the money and the political clout, but 2020 is the first time he’s thrown all his weight behind a White House bid. It might al...

6 Helmi 202024min

A Wake-Up Call From Iowa

A Wake-Up Call From Iowa

The Iowa caucuses on Monday were a mess. Only 71 percent of precincts were reporting by late Tuesday night. Rick Hasen says, we’re just lucky this disaster happened early on. That means that election ...

5 Helmi 202016min

Why Don’t D.C. Residents Count?

Why Don’t D.C. Residents Count?

This episode originally aired in October 2019.Growing up in D.C. during the civil rights era made the fight for D.C. statehood deeply personal for civil rights advocate Wade Henderson. He’s said that ...

4 Helmi 202024min

This Week In Impeachment: A ‘Bullet Proof’ President

This Week In Impeachment: A ‘Bullet Proof’ President

On Friday, Senate Republicans blocked efforts to hear new witnesses and evidence in the impeachment trial of President Trump. The decision signals an unwillingness to challenge the executive branch, d...

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