Ben Kieffer
Host: River to RiverBen Kieffer joined Iowa Public Radio in 2000 and is host of IPR’s daily noon talk show River to River, which he also helps produce.
Prior to joining IPR, Ben lived and worked in Europe for more than a decade. He reported firsthand the fall of the Berlin Wall and covered the Velvet Revolution in Prague. Ben has won numerous awards for his work over the course of more than 30 years in public media.
Ben has taught courses at the University of Iowa on interviewing and radio news. He's a native of Cedar Falls and a graduate of the University of Iowa.
Contact Ben at bkieffer@iowapublicradio.org.
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Ahead of Memorial Day weekend, we return to a conversation with a woman whose brother lost his life while serving as a Navy seal in Afghanistan. -
Iowa physician assistants who have practiced medicine for at least two years will no longer need to be supervised by a specific physician under a new law.
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A grave debt crisis may be only a week away.
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With high interest rates and homes being snapped up soon after listing, what is a potential homebuyer to do in the current housing market?
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Submarine veteran Caleb Schneider and Lieutenant Taylor Boosmann discuss what it’s like working and living aboard a nuclear attack submarine ahead of the christening of the soon-to-be USS Iowa.
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Host Ben Kieffer discusses some of the week's headlines, including new funding for renewable energy in rural areas, the closure of Iowa Wesleyan University and more.
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Eighty years wasn't too long a wait for an Iowa native to don the ceremonial cap and gown.
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Political analysts Donna Hoffman and Sara Mitchell talk about recent and upcoming trips to the state by potential GOP presidential contenders and the work to be done by Iowa Democrats.
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Pets can have many positive effects on your well being, except for when it's bedtime.
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Iowa’s pork producers could be facing big changes in their operations following the US Supreme Court’s rejection Thursday of a challenge to a California law mandating more space for pigs.
