Talk of Iowa

Talk of Iowa

Iowa Public Radio

4.7from 133 ratings

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78Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
650
Episodes
122
Transcribed
133
Ratings
Daily
Cadence
2023
First episode
174K
YouTube views

About 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.

Publisher
Iowa Public Radio
Category
arts · education · education · education · history · leisure · society & culture
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
25 Oct 2023
Latest episode
8 Oct 2026
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122 of 650 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Digital archive elevates Black history in Iowa dating back to 1862

  2. 7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    A Marion middle schooler is finalist in NPR's Student Podcast Challenge

  3. 6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Iowa State MFA program celebrates 20 years of interdisciplinary storytelling

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Digital archive elevates Black history in Iowa dating back to 1862

Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] A few of us, I know I had several from the 70s, 80s, other institutions had other issues. To have been granted permission to digitize those, to have all of the ones we know of in one single place is a tremendous game changer for anyone researching black history in Iowa. I've partially stayed away from it because I know I will just spend days on end searching through it. There is so much information. It's, I think it's really, my hope is that it's really going to open up a lot of, a lot of information for researchers to find things we didn't know about, to clarify things, you know, all that sort of thing. […]

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Who has been a guest on Talk of Iowa

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  • Amy Treslan
  • Felicite Wolfe
  • Ricki King
  • Kay Holekamp
  • Laura Wifler

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YouTube views
174,186
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
4.6 / 5
104 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
29 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 78 / 100

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Social presence
0
YouTube
86
Engagement
96

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