Podcast Episodes

What Do You Wish People Knew About Local Government?

Season 1 Episode 9

What are core government services? Turns out, we all get to decide.

7 months, 2 weeks ago

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Does Pooping Improve Our Water Quality?

Season 1 Episode 8

Oliver is on tour for a couple of weeks, so Laura is joined by local government expert Nick Bergus.

7 months, 3 weeks ago

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Why Did LOST Pass in a Landslide?

Season 1 Episode 7

We also touch on systemic oppression, abolition, and striving for a future of safety, joy, and abundance.

8 months ago

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What Can We Do to Help Feed Our Neighbors?

Season 1 Episode 6

Laura and Oliver discuss the SNAP cliff and what we can each do to help.

8 months, 1 week ago

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What's an Historic Preservation Covenant Swap, Anyway?

Season 1 Episode 5

Learn the correct pronunciation of SSMID. Are Iowa City’s skateboarders elitist? We’re planning swanky new digs for rescued animals, thanks to privat…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

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How Are We Getting Through Silly Season?

Season 1 Episode 4

Early voting is underway for city council and school board elections. Oliver defines what makes a person "normal."1

8 months, 3 weeks ago

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What Did Your City Council Accomplish This Week?

9 months ago

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Oliver and Laura Ep 2

Season 1 Episode 2

Recorded October 3, 2025, before a joint work session between the Johnson County Board of Supervisors and the Iowa City City Council.

9 months, 1 week ago

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What Happened At Our Downtown Grocery Store This Week?

Season 1 Episode 1

A candid conversation between two city councilors about what's been going on in Iowa City.

9 months, 2 weeks ago

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Authoritarianism at Home

2 years, 5 months ago

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