Katherine Perkins
News/Talk Program DirectorKatherine Perkins has done various jobs at IPR member stations since 1999. She is now Program Director for News/Talk and Executive Producer for Talk Shows. As part of her job she is responsible for managing the sound of the news and information stream on IPR and long-term planning and oversight for Talk of Iowa and River to River. She oversees the broadcast schedule for the news and information stations that are part of IPR. She also continues to produce talk shows, but mostly tries to stay out of the way of the hosts and producers, so they can continue to do great work.
Before she assumed Executive Producer duties, Katherine was a talk show producer, researching topics, developing content and booking guests for Talk of Iowa and River to River, a role she has performed since 2007. Before that, she was a host and reporter. Katherine’s reporting and producing have won statewide and national recognition. She’s spent her entire career (more than 20 years) in public media, starting as a student reporter and weekend anchor for WSIU in Carbondale, IL.
Katherine has a master’s degree in public affairs reporting from University of Illinois – Springfield, formerly Sangamon State University. She earned her bachelor’s degree in radio-television from Southern Illinois University – Carbondale.
Contact Katherine at kperkins@iowapublicradio.org.
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Host Ben Kieffer talks with political scientists Sara Mitchell and Megan Goldberg about the House GOP vote to remove Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming from her leadership position. -
Our weekly political discussion focuses on Rep. Liz Cheney and whether she'll keep her leadership position with the House GOP after she called out President Trump this week for lying about the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
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Host Ben Kieffer talks with political analysts Rene Rocha and Jonathan Hassid about Biden's first 100 days on the eve of his address to a Joint Session of Congress. Polling shows most Americans approve of Biden's performance with one notable exception — immigration.
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Host Ben Kieffer talks with political analysts Rene Rocha and Jonathan Hassid about Biden's first 100 days on the eve of his address to a Joint Session of Congress. Polling shows most Americans approve of Biden's performance with one notable exception — immigration.
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Host Ben Kieffer talks with political scientists from UNI and Cornell College about the congressional reaction to Biden's infrastructure plan and other top political stories of the week.
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Host Ben Kieffer talks with political scientists from UNI and Cornell College about the congressional reaction to Biden's infrastructure plan and other top political stories of the week.
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Host Charity Nebbe talks with Maquoketa artist Rose Frantzen, who painted six Iowa State University students who have shown resilience during the pandemic, and three of her subjects.
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Host Charity Nebbe talks with Maquoketa artist Rose Frantzen, who painted six Iowa State University students who have shown resilience during the pandemic, and three of her subjects.
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