Iowa

Political scientists analyze how the new tax and policy legislation will affect Iowans and other major headlines.

A visit to the African American Museum of Iowa, then a conversation with a mother and son artist and filmmaker duo.

Author Beth Howard draws similarities between baking a pie and making a documentary film. Then, we hear from the founder of the Middle of NOWhere Rural Art & Music Festival.

The USS Iowa is the first Virginia Class submarine built with accommodations for female crew members.

For many of the domesticated animals we live with, it’s pretty easy to see how they might be related to their wild ancestors — but where did cattle come from? Later, farmer and author Beth Hoffman joins the program to talk about her podcast, At the Iowa Farm Table.

A conversation with author Melissa Febos on her latest novel, The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year without Sex. Then, an expert on Iowa's most famous Muppet.

A ban on holding cell phones while driving, removal of gender identity protections in the Iowa Civil Rights Act and a ban on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs are among the new state laws taking effect July 1.

For thousands of years, dugout canoes were a vital form of transportation for Indigenous Americans.

Charity Nebbe and her guests explore the history of WOI and WSUI, now part of Iowa Public Radio, two of the oldest radio stations in the country.

On this Politics Day episode of River to River experts discuss a new NYC mayoral candidate, Iowa lawmakers expressing gratitude for Trump's actions in the Middle East and more.