Charity Nebbe

1 week ago | iowapublicradio.org | Charity Nebbe

Most members of the Evangelical Church don't just show up on Sundays. The church has guidance for its members in almost every aspect of life. The white evangelical church is also part of a political movement that is reshaping our country. On this episode of the Talk of Iowa book club, we've been reading Sarah McCammon's best selling book, The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church.

1 week ago | iowapublicradio.org | Charity Nebbe |Caitlin Troutman |Kate Perez

On this episode of Talk of Iowa, host Charity Nebbe is joined by author and foster parent Mark Daley. The two discuss his experience as a foster parent, his and his husband's decision to build their family and the journey to adopting his three children. Then, Charity speaks with Iowa State University Iowa Learning Farms Director Jackie Comito about her new podcast Curious Planet, which she created to connect nature, culture and wonder.

1 week ago | iowapublicradio.org | Charity Nebbe |Katherine Perkins |Madeleine Willis

According to the latest domestic violence statistics, one in two women are likely to experience some form of violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime. And 95% of domestic violence victims are women battered by male partners. Men are the victims of almost two million acts of stranger-perpetrated violence annually and are more likely than women to be killed by a stranger, or someone with whom the relationship is unknown.

2 weeks ago | iowapublicradio.org | Charity Nebbe |Caitlin Troutman

When it comes to life expectancy, women live longer than men. Men are less likely to go to the doctor when they need care, while women are less likely to be believed when they tell a doctor they're in pain. For decades, the male body was the focus when it came to medical research – but in mental health care, women were the subjects. Host Charity Nebbe speaks with a medical historian about this history and the legacies of these disparities.

2 weeks ago | iowapublicradio.org | Charity Nebbe

When it comes to school, boys, particularly boys of color, are being left behind. In K-12 schools, girls are on average more successful at school than boys, and 47% of U.S. women ages 25 to 34 have a bachelor's degree, compared with 37% of men, according to Pew Research Center. Kenny Gaskin, an elementary teacher at Hillis Elementary School in Des Moines, discusses why he pursued education and how he approaches disparities for boys and girls in the classroom.