John Pemble
Technical Producer, NewsExpertise: Audio recording and production, hosting, reporting
Favorite Iowa Destination: The many trails in the Central Iowa Trails Association
Experience:
- Has set up and recorded, mixed, and edited audio from studios and at events across Iowa
- Has developed expansive technical knowledge with various audio recording and broadcasting gear
- Has covered arts and culture, including opera, video gaming and the Iowa State Fair, as well as history and other topics as a reporter
- Serves as a substitute daytime host, and has hosted jazz, classical and contemporary instrumental music programming
- Produced IPR's award-winning Caucus Land podcast, and has hosted an produced IPR's From the Archives and Under the Golden Dome podcasts
- Multi-award-winning journalist and producer, including two first place Eric Sevareid awards for podcasting with Caucus Land and a first place Feature Reporting award from the Iowa Broadcast News Association for "Video Game Places Player in a Cancer Drama"
- Served as a mentor for NPR’s Next Generation Radio in Iowa
- Served as an adjunct professor with Iowa Central Community College
My Favorite Stories and Episodes
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The space probe Cassini has been exploring Saturn since 2004. One of the instruments on the two story tall spacecraft is from the University of Iowa… -
Presidential candidates have been rewarded in the Iowa caucuses for spending a lot of time traveling the state and meeting with voters. That strategy doesn’t seem to be working for those running against former President Donald Trump in 2024. A runaway victory for the former president could mark a major shift for campaigns and could spell even more trouble for the future of the Iowa caucuses. -
World heavyweight champion boxer Muhammad Ali was at the top of his game in the 1960s. After Ali refused to serve in the Vietnam War for religious reasons, he was arrested and convicted of draft evasion, facing five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. His boxing license was suspended, and he was barred from leaving the country. With his boxing career on hold and his future uncertain, the champ began speaking at college campuses around the country, including in Iowa City.
My Latest Stories
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One of the Iowa's most generous philanthropists has died at the age of 79. Richard Jacobson grew up in Belmond. He died today at his home in… -
Fifty years ago this week, students in the Des Moines school district were suspended for wearing black armbands to silently protest the Vietnam War. They… -
My Latest Podcasts
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This bill expands on current code protecting healthcare workers from being forced to participate in medical procedures involving an abortion and creates a broader protection based on religious beliefs and moral convictions. Opponents say this could be used to easily discriminate, but a senator supporting the bill says this is a matter of First Amendment rights. A bill to bring back the death penalty after nearly 60 years advances. And so does one about making gun safety material modeled after the National Rifle Association's Eddie the Eagle program available in K-12 schools. -
This is the time of year when many department heads present their budget requests and answer questions from legislators. Property taxes were unintentionally calculated too high, but during an appropriations subcommittee the director for the Department of Revenue says it wasn’t an error and they followed the law. The presidents of the state universities present their budget request and are asked if they are spending too much money on diversity equity and inclusion programs. -
Funding for K-12 public schools will be $107 million more than last year, the same amount private schools are estimated to get for new state funded scholarships. Democrats say public school funding should have a larger increase to match tax cuts and new funding private schools will receive. And there’s a bill that limits the amount awarded in medical malpractice cases. Iowa doesn’t have a cap on the amount a jury can award in a medical malpractice suit, and advocates of the bill say that’s hurting the healthcare workforce. Some states have ruled caps are unconstitutional.
