The Iowa/New Hampshire Exchange
Iowa Public Radio's "The Exchange" and New Hampshire Public Radio's "The Exchange" joined forces for a series of three co-hosted specials, called "The Iowa/New Hampshire Exchange." Ben Kieffer and Laura Knoy co-hosted from Iowa and New Hampshire.
The specials represented a collaboration with NHPR to give voters in the two "first-in-the-nation" states an opportunity to talk to each other about important issues in the campaign. Listeners from both states interacted with guests in Iowa and New Hampshire. We provided an opportunity for a substantive conversation that allowed citizens from two different parts of the country, who have a lot of influence in the choice of the next president, an opportunity to hear where they agree and where they differ on some of the big issues.
The special programs originally aired November 14, November 28, and December 12.
Program Details
November 14:
George Neumann - Professor of Economics at the Henry B. Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa.
Jennifer Donahue – Senior Advisor for Political Affairs at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH.
November 28:
James Lynch - Political reporter for the Cedar Rapids Gazette since spring 2000. He covers legislative, state and presidential campaigns, especially the caucus campaigns, for the 60,000 daily circulation newspaper serving Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and much of Eastern Iowa. He has been a guest on "The Exchange," "On Point," "Hardball with Chris Matthews" and C-SPAN’s "Washington Journal."
Dean Spiliotes - New Hampshire-based political analyst, formerly with the NH Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH. He does full-time political blogging, commentary and analysis at NHPoliticalCapital.com.
December 12:
Dante Scala - Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of New Hampshire in Durham. He's the author of "Stormy Weather: The New Hampshire Primary and Presidential Politics" and posts regularly on his political blog GraniteProf.
Contact information:
- Ben Kieffer
- Email: theexchange@iowapublicradio.org.
- Phone in during the show: (800) 892-6477.
- Leave a comment on our web form.
- Laura Knoy
- Email: nhprexchange@nhpr.org.
- Phone in during the show: (800) 892-6477.
- Leave a comment on the NHPR web form (free registration required).