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Living with schizophrenia presented Sandy Allen’s Uncle Bob with lifelong obstacles. Bob was labeled as a psychotic paranoid schizophrenic, and lived a…
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One of the great secrets of Iowa sports history is that the Hawkeye State had a professional basketball team at one time. It didn't last long (just one…
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NPR's Steve Inskeep joins Talk of Iowa host Charity Nebbe to discuss his latest book, "Imperfect Union: How Jessie and John Fremont Mapped the West, Invented Celebrity, and Helped Cause the Civil War."
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In human history, the mosquito has been the deadliest predator killing nearly half of all human beings who have ever lived. It has decided the fates of…
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Charity Nebbe is joined by members of the Talk of Iowa Book Club team to discuss the 2021 reading list.
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The video of a 59-year-old chimpanzee on her death bed, embracing a researcher she has known for 40 years, brought viewers around the world to tears.“It…
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It’s Talk of Iowa’s annual holiday books show! Jan Weismiller and Tim Budd of Prairie Lights Books in Iowa City and Kathy Magruder of Pageturners Bookstore in Indianola join host Charity Nebbe to guide listeners through their top book recommendations for adult readers.
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Let’s go back to some news you may remember from several years ago. In 2011, two ethnic Chinese men were seen digging up seeds in a cornfield here in…
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Casey Gerald has written a memoir, "There Will Be No Miracles Here." (Riverhead Books) Gerald was the final speaker in this year's Green Room series, a…
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Iowa Writer’s Workshop graduate Nick Dybek’s latest book tells a mysterious story set in the aftermath of one of World War I’s most horrific encounters,…