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When it rains, it pours
Some Iowans spent a lot of the summer wishing for rain, others spent the summer wishing the rain would stop. Later summer deluges are raising some co…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
Short story collection tells humorous, heartbreaking stories of womanhood
There are many joys that come along with womanhood, but there are plenty of challenges as well. 'You Know Nothing' is a collection of very short stor…
4 weeks ago
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian to deliver Constitution Day address at UNI
In 1997 Annette Gordon-Reed published 'Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy.' Her work has inspired other historians to look b…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
The world of Jane Austen fanatics
Iowa City-based artist Sonja Strathearn began making Regency-era attire three years ago to attend The Jane Austen Fest and the obsession has only gro…
1 month ago
Tinker siblings draw parallels of student protests from the 1960s to present
In 1965, John and Mary Beth Tinker went to school in Des Moines wearing black armbands to protest the Vietnam War. They were suspended, and the incid…
1 month ago
Prepare your garden for the first frost
Iowa will see it’s first frost sometime between September 21st and October 31st — and now is the time to prepare. On this Horticulture Day episode, w…
1 month ago
Four-day school weeks are increasing across Iowa
In 2013, the Iowa Legislature passed a law that changed calendar requirements for school districts, allowing them to change their schedule from five …
1 month ago
Tell-tale signs your home needs structural repair
Everyone wants a house with good bones, but as a home ages, the bones age too. Home improvement expert Bill McAnally joins this episode to share the …
1 month ago
The most famous Iowa writer you've never heard of
One hundred years ago, Iowa writer Ruth Suckow published a short story collection that put her on the map. That collection, 'Iowa Interiors,' has bee…
1 month, 1 week ago
Sing a song of summer
If you step outside into the quiet of a summer afternoon or evening, you will probably hear a merry cacophony of insect sounds. We going to talk abou…
1 month, 1 week ago