Talk of Iowa

Updated: 01 Apr 2025 • 469 episodes
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Talk of Iowa is a place for Iowans to connect to our shared culture and what it means to live in Iowa. Host Charity Nebbe brings a mix of regular guests and a range of experts to discuss the arts, history, literature and everything else happening in Iowa. Every day brings something new — even if it's in a recurring segment like Talk of Iowa Book Club or comes from a familiar voice on Horticulture Day.

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Maria Bamford 01 Apr 2025 • EN

Comedian Maria Bamford thrives on the unfunny

Comedian and actor Maria Bamford is very open about her personal struggles with mental illness, and shares more dysfunctional family stories than she probably should.

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A DNR Forester shares how to successfully establish conservation plantings with bare root seedlings.

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Iowa's stake in March Madness is no more, but sports betting across the state runs high.

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Kanzi, a bonobo with a famously incredible understanding of language, passed away at age 44. Then, ways Iowans can contribute to scientific research.

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Iowa City may seem like an unlikely location for a group of mountain enthusiasts to form, but the Iowa Mountaineers thrived for much of the 20th century.

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Jane Goodall is the foremost expert on chimpanzees and has spent the last 40 years advocating for the protection of their habitat and the natural world as a whole.

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