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1 week ago | 
iowapublicradio.org | Ben Kieffer |Dani Gehr
This week, the federal government announced it would no longer recommend COVID-19 vaccines for healthy pregnant women and children and that it had cancelled a contract with Moderna to develop a bird flu vaccine. This follows the first detection of measles in Iowa since 2019. Amid all this health news, River to River host Ben Kieffer is joined by Johnson County Public Health disease prevention specialist Jennifer Miller to get the latest health guidance.
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1 week ago | 
iowapublicradio.org | Natalie Dunlap |Dani Gehr |Charity Nebbe
It’s become harder to enforce environmental regulations and combat climate change at the federal level since President Donald Trump took office. On Inauguration Day he pulled the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord. Since then, his administration has allowed new coal projects on federal land and blocked the development of wind energy. He signed an executive order making it easier for companies to mine the ocean floor.
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1 week ago | 
iowapublicradio.org | Ben Kieffer |Dani Gehr
Only two Planned Parenthood clinics in Iowa will remain open after the North Central States branch announced a restructuring amid "an onslaught of attacks," according to the organization.
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1 week ago | 
iowapublicradio.org | Ben Kieffer |Dani Gehr
A year since the devastation of the Greenfield tornado, survivors say the event has altered their relationship with storms, feeling anxiety anytime there is a thunderstorm. On this River to River, we check in with these survivors, as well as services that were crucial during that disaster, and now face threats of funding cuts. Chad Hahn of the National Weather Service brings us back to that day in Greenfield and what went into giving residents advanced warning.
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2 weeks ago | 
iowapublicradio.org | Charity Nebbe |Dani Gehr
It’s been a very good year for spring blossoms, but most of them have faded, and now it’s time for other flowers to step into the spotlight. Host Charity Nebbe speaks with Iowa State University Horticulture Specialist Aaron Steil about his favorite spring and early summer blooming perennials. To further grow your gardening knowledge, sign up for our new Garden Variety newsletter.
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2 weeks ago | 
iowapublicradio.org | Charity Nebbe |Dani Gehr
When raising kids, it can be hard to balance their needs with all of the other responsibilities of adult life. Caring for aging parents at the same time creates even more challenges and responsibilities.
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2 weeks ago | 
iowapublicradio.org | Charity Nebbe |Dani Gehr
We choose our spouses or life partners, but the in-laws they come with are part of the package. They come with a long history, a family culture and expectations for the future. On this Talk of Iowa, host Charity Nebbe is joined by Sylvia Mikucki-Enyart, who studies in-law relationships, to discuss why these relationships can be fraught and how family structures and sexism can warp our view of these relationships. Listener join the conversation to share their own experiences with in-laws.
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2 weeks ago | 
iowapublicradio.org | Charity Nebbe |Samantha McIntosh |Dani Gehr
Founded in 1855, the Amana Colonies in southeast Iowa were dedicated to religious faith and communal living. Baseball was originally deemed to be too worldly for the community, and was banned until 1928. Historian Monys Hagan shares how the Amana youth eventually earned the elders' tolerance of baseball and it became the community's pastime, until its decline in popularity in the 1980. The story is chronicled in her book The Worldly Game: The Story of Baseball in the Amana Colonies.
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3 weeks ago | 
iowapublicradio.org | Charity Nebbe |Dani Gehr |Caitlin Troutman
A veterinarian becomes an unlikely vigilante after his daughter is attacked, and the women of Chicago are never the same. In her latest novel, Strong Women in Chicago, Fern Kupfer explores some of the dangers posed to women and their reactions. Kupfer has written a number of books and is a former creative writing professor at Iowa State University. She also co-writes a newsletter with her husband Joseph Geha as part of the Iowa Writers Collaborative called Fern and Joe.
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3 weeks ago | 
iowapublicradio.org | Charity Nebbe |Dani Gehr |Madeleine Willis
As U.S. climate policy is likely to move further away from following climate expert warnings, communities are taking their own action against climate change. City officials Sarah Gardner and Nolan Sagan from the city of Iowa City and the city of Ames are working on sustainability and climate action. In this episode, the two discuss electric buses and ridership in their cities.
