This week’s show features a roundtable discussion on Immigration reform, battered Obama and the slow road to legislative shutdown. This episode features The Gazette’s political reporter James Lynch, Quad City Times political writer Ed Tibbetts, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier political writer Jon Ericson and Iowa Lee Bureau Chief Mike Wiser. The show was produced by The [...]

A roundtable discussion of immigration reform, the races for the US Senate and Iowa 1st District, and gender balance on local government boards. This episode features The Gazette’s political reporter James Lynch, Quad City Times political reporter Ed Tibbetts, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier politics writer Jon Ericson and Gazette columnist Todd Dorman. The show was produced [...]

This year’s legislative session is winding down, dueling videos in education reform, Steve King’s embarrassment and Bill Northey decides to stay put. Featuring James Lynch, Ed Tibbetts, Mike Wiser and Jon Ericson. The show was produced by Max Freund and music heard in the podcast is courtesy of Craig Erickson of Cedar Rapids and Copperhead. [...]

Immigration reform introduced on Capitol Hill, campaign money moving in Iowa and women in politics on this week’s episode. This week’s episode features Gazette political writer James Lynch, Ed Tibbetts political writer for the Quad City Times, Lee Enterprises Iowa Bureau Chief  Mike Wiser and Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reporter Jon Ericson. The show was produced [...]

As officials look for answers to the Boston Marathon bombing, in this week’s edition of ‘Insights on Iowa’, Jennifer Hemmingsen talks with social worker Cynthia Vaske and journalism professor Frank Durham about saturation news coverage of traumatic events, why we can’t stop watching and how that changes our view of the world. [Audio clip: view full post [...]

A confirmation fight, the Steve King-O-meter moves five points and gun keeping your prying eyes from gun permits on this week’s podcast. This week’s show features The Gazette’s James Lynch, Andrew Wind, Quad City Times  Statehouse Bureau Chief Mike Wiser and Sioux City political reporter Bret Hayworth. The show was produced by Max Freund and [...]

The funnel, gambling expansion and rift and Republicans for Truth take on the Iowa Republican. This week’s show features The Gazette’s James Lynch, Ed Tibbetts of the Quad City Times, statehouse reporter Mike Wiser of the Quad City Times and Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier political reporter Jon Ericson. The show was produced by The Gazette’s Max [...]

Episode 8: Education reform, oversight of the regents and sharp, consistent criticism of a fertilizer plant in Lee County. Today’s edition features Gazette political reporter James Lynch, Quad City Times political reporter Ed Tibbetts, statehouse reporter Mike Wiser of the Quad City Times and Jon Ericson, political reporter for the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. The show [...]