Yale Cohn interviews Renee Zukin, an educator and writer, about her experiences with anxiety and how she has learned to manage it, offering insights from her upcoming book.
24 Jun 2025
Episode 9 - Liz Ford
Yale Cohn interviews Liz Ford, former director of the Iowa City Animal Care and Adoption Center, about her career shift to working with animals and dispels common pet misconceptions.
18 Jun 2025
Episode 8 - Leia Lensing
Mezzo-Soprano Leia Lensing shares her fascinating journey from a small town in Iowa to performing opera across Europe and the United States, discussing the dedication required to stay in shape and navigate life in foreign countries in this interview with Yale Cohn.
10 Jun 2025
Episode 7 - Josh Carroll
Yale Cohn interviews Josh Carroll, a writer and artist in recovery, about creativity, sobriety, and his moves across the country, offering insights into the intersection of art and personal growth.
4 Jun 2025
Episode 6 - Megan Early Alter
Iowa City city councilor Megan Early Alter discusses her diverse background, including her time at New York University, her career at ACT, and her transition into local politics in an interview with Yale Cohn.
28 May 2025
Episode 5 - Ortega LaTrobe
Yale Cohn interviews Ortega LaTrobe, a multifaceted individual, about his experiences as a bouncer, wrestling enthusiast, chef, and content creator, revealing his unique perspective on life and passions.
12 May 2025
Episode 4 - Ross Meyer
Ross Meyer has been the head projectionist at FilmScene in Iowa City since they opened while also being the ringmaster of their long-running, weekly grindhouse movie screenings, Late Shift at the Grindhouse.
He talks about FilmScene and their history, role, and mission in the Iowa City community, how the film-going experience has changed over the years with the rise of streaming, what it’s like showing dated and sometimes raunchy old movies in a sometimes very sensitive college town, and his own favorite film-going experiences.
6 May 2025
Episode 3 - Kristofer Paine
Kristofer Paine has been the proprietor of the Iowa City Police Log, a Facebook page and Twitter account that documents the weird, wild, and sometimes disturbing calls made from citizens to the Iowa City Police Department for close to 12 years now. He talks about how and why he started it, what the response has been, how it's changed over the years, and why so many people seem to be so willing to lose their minds in public on the internet when they encounter something they don't like, and what kind of entitlement fuels that.
26 Apr 2025
Eposode 2 - Patrick Tape Fleming
Patrick Tape Flemming has been a major part of the music scene in Iowa and across the midwest for over twenty years. He talks with Yale about his time with the bands Poison Control Center and Gloom Balloon, producing albums for other artists, the highs and lows of fame, bleeding sandwiches, and a few other things, too.
20 Apr 2025
Episode 1 - Katie Roche
Katie Roche has been elbow deep in everything that makes Iowa City a halfway decent place to live most of the time for as long as I've lived here. Local television, The Englert Theater. And now, the Iowa City Public Library, Katie has worked at all of my most beloved places in town, and she innaugurates the show as our first guest as we talk about extinct sandwiches, libraries, the coming apocolypse, Werner Herzog, what it feels like to be a human living in the current timeline, turning old bars into orphanages and a few other things.
Who has been a guest on Talking With Yale Cohn
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
Renee Zukin
Liz Ford
Leia Lensing
Josh Carroll
Megan Early Alter
Reach and audience
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Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
2 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
5 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 15 / 100
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Quality
17
Social presence
0
YouTube
0
Engagement
32
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