Madeleine Willis
Production Assistant for Talk Shows and The Sunny Side ProjectExpertise: Audio production, reporting, writing and editing stories and conversations
Education: Completing her bachelors degree from the University of Iowa in May 2025
Favorite Iowa Destination: Pella
Experience:
- Assists in the production of IPR's talk shows, Talk of Iowa and River to River
- Produces and edits audio, news stories and social media posts for The Sunny Side Project: A bit of good news every day
- Produces audio for The Daily Iowan, including hosting the podcasts Above the Fold and Press Box Banter
- Supported producing and launching season two of IPR's podcast Unsettled
- Has served as a news reporter, digital producer and digital editor at The Daily Iowan
- Received the Phillip D. Adler Journalist Scholar award in 2023 for her leadership and editorial achievement in broadcast journalism
My Favorite Conversations
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Dementia, including Alzheimer's and vascular dementia, affects Latinos at a higher rate than whites. -
Restaurant critic Wini Moranville discusses what makes a great dining experience and her new memoir. And Iowa alum Brittany Brown is heading to the Olympics -
Volunteers in Spencer rallied around their community after severe flooding
My Latest Stories
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Volunteering can offer purpose and connection — key tools as we navigate a loneliness epidemic. Learn how to get involved and find new friends, even when you're not feeling your best. -
A woman's first breath after treatment became a moment of light in the dark times of 2020. -
Iowa City-based artist Claudia McGehee is the illustrator of two new children’s books, Counting Winter and Rings of Heartwood.
My Latest Podcasts
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Companies are voluntarily phasing out the use of so called 'forever chemicals,' or PFAS, used in food packaging. On this episode, experts discuss what the phase out will look like and what consumers need to know. Host Ben Kieffer is joined by Lydia Jahl from the Green Science Policy Institute in Berkley. Later in the hour, Mark Early, Keith Vorst, and Katie Updegraff of the Polymer and Food Protection Consortium at Iowa State University also join the program. (This episode was originally produced Aug. 5, 2024.)
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Some parents struggle to see their children leave home, while others see it as a new and exciting phase of their life. Empty nesters share their experiences.
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For thousands of years, dugout canoes were a vital form of transportation for Indigenous Americans.