Caitlin Troutman
Talk Show ProducerExpertise: Finding, booking, preparing and connecting guests with listeners on IPR's two talk shows: <i>Talk of Iowa</i> and <i>River to River</i>
Education: Audio studies at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies at the Maine College of Art, Bachelors degree from William Jewell College
Experience:
- Audio, talk show production and writing across various topic areas for IPR as a digital producer and talk show producer, Maine Public as a digital producer, and KCUR, where she worked on the daily talk show Central Standard
- Has reported and written features on the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries and George Floyd protests while working for Maine Public
- Lead producer for the Talk of Iowa "Book Club" series
- Substitute host for All Things Considered on IPR
- Pitched and launched IPR's award-winning Garden Variety newsletter and podcast
- Host of a local music show at WMPG in Portland, ME
My Latest Stories
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Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate Yiyun Li is headlining the University of Iowa’s Literary Legends event Oct. 23 in conjunction with the Iowa City Book Festival. -
Ben Kieffer talks with 1st Congressional District candidate Democrat Christina Bohannan. Bohannan is running against incumbent Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. The two discuss affordability, immigration, healthcare and other key issues. -
Audiences across the political spectrum used to consume the same basic set of facts from the major news networks. Today, political slants in coverage and individualized algorithms have Americans debating completely different realities.
My Latest Podcasts
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On this Newsbuzz episode, we discuss election security and the election safeguards that are in place in Iowa. We also talk about where the secretary of agriculture, secretary of state and attorney general races stand, Iowa's Medicaid Fraud Elimination Task Force and more. -
On this politics day edition of River to River, UNI’s Evan Renfro and ISU’s Kelly Shaw discuss the elections in Israel, the final days before the U.S. midterm election and more.
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Political scientist Jayme Renfro of the University of Northern Iowa joins the show to discuss her new book, "From Fear to Resilience: Managing Political Stress in a Polarized America."
