Charity Nebbe
Host: Talk of IowaCharity Nebbe became the host of Talk of Iowa in 2010. It was a homecoming for her as she moved back to her native state. She began her career in public radio at WOI Radio in Ames, Iowa when she was a student at Iowa State University and has been working in public radio ever since. Early in her career she created Chinwag Theater a nationally syndicated public radio show that she produced and co-hosted with well-known author Daniel Pinkwater. She spent ten years as a host and producer at Michigan Radio in Ann Arbor.
In addition to her award winning radio work Charity is also the host of Iowa Ingredient on Iowa Public Television and the author of the children's book “Our Walk in the Woods,” published in 2008. Charity is co-founder of Let Me Run Eastern Iowa Corridor, a character development and running program for boys.
Contact Charity at cnebbe@iowapublicradio.org.
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Author Elizabeth Acevedo's "Clap When You Land," is the July Talk of Iowa Book Club selection. -
Talk of Iowa host Charity Nebbe speaks with author Barbara Ehrenreich.
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As schools make plans to reopen and the delta variant surges across the country, we thought it was a good time to revisit this conversation with two pediatricians who have treated some of Iowa's youngest COVID-19 patients.
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After a nearly two-year hiatus, "Stories To Tell My Daughter," a storytelling experience that centers on the lived experiences of African American women and women of color, will take to the stage on Sunday, July 25, 2021.
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In this 2018 conversation, Charity Nebbe learns about the value of summer camp by speaking with leaders and counselors from Camp Wapsie in eastern Iowa.
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Charity Nebbe and three expert readers talk about "Clap When You Land" by Elizabeth Acevedo.
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Meskwaki poet Ray Young Bear has been writing poetry for more than half a century, and recently had his poems and prose accepted for publication in The…
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Eighty years ago, a small dedicated group of Quakers opened a hostel to provide shelter and a pathway to a new life for refugees who fled Nazi violence…
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Author Sandra Cisneros' "The House on Mango Street," is considered a modern classic of Chicano literature. In this author interview, Cisneros talks about how going back into her past and writing about her own experiences helped her find her voice.
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The Emerald Ash Borer is about the size of a grain of rice. But since first seen in the state back in 2010, the infestation has resulted in the loss of thousands of Ash trees.
