Talk of Iowa
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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Today, a conversation with Iowa State Fair butter sculptor Sarah Pratt. And, we talk with the owner of a new boozy bookstore in West Branch.
For the Talk of Iowa Book Club, a conversation about Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Author Peter Simons discusses his book Global Heartland: Cultivating the American Century on the Midwestern Farm. Then, an ISU wildlife extension specialist offers a new resource for Iowans who want to support wildlife.
Today, entomologist Zach Schumm demystify these bio-luminescent insects.
Iowa native explores the interplay between education and mental health in new memoir
The author of a new memoir, Learning in the Free Fall: A Testimony of Mental Health, Poverty and Race in America, shares her experience in America's education system.
The bright palette in Ben Millett's quilts nod to queer iconography and activism. Then, UNI professor Jim O'Loughlin shares the life and work of poet James Hearst.
