River to River is a conversation about the news — from an Iowa perspective. Together, we dig into the story behind the headlines, talking with newsmakers and a diverse range of experts to find out how the news affects you.
Ben Kieffer hosts this national award-winning program, which takes on challenging topics, explores issues from all sides, frames community problems, and fosters conversation and understanding. On Mondays during the legislative session, join in conversations with lawmakers and those impacted by action at the statehouse. Wednesdays, political analysts from around the state help you dissect the week in politics. And Fridays, we buzz through the week’s biggest news stories during Newsbuzz.
River to River is produced by Matthew Alvarez and Zachary Smith. Our executive producer is Katherine Perkins. Our theme music is by The River Monks.
Call into the live show weekdays from noon to 1 p.m. at 866-780-9100, or email the show's hosts and producers at rivertoriver@iowapublicradio.org. If you miss the show, download the podcast to listen any time.
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Host Ben Kieffer talks with political analysts from the University of Iowa and Cornell College about political reaction to the shooting at an elementary school in Texas. -
Gold … the stuff of pirate treasure, fairy tales and wedding rings. Also the focus of alchemy, the medieval forerunner of chemistry, in its quest to transform matter. But, even in modern times, gold's origins have been surrounded by mystery.
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Experts tell the Midwest Newsroom that shortcomings in the way Iowa’s quiet title law is written include vague language that defines how someone can argue that the property belongs to them. Another is the way people are notified – or, as in Natalia’s case, are not notified – that there’s a dispute about ownership of their property.
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Listen back to conversations on "suicide by cop" in Iowa and the relationship between physical activity and cognitive ability.
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After witnessing the collapse of the two towers on Sept. 11, an Ottumwa native ran to ground zero and has been working to memorialize it since.
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He left Iowa with little money and not a lot of prospects. Listen back to a conversation about how a Coon Rapids-native came to serve as chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court.
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Modern medicine helps us live longer, but what about the quality of those extra years?
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Listen back to how a newly minted M.D. in a psychiatry residency program became a psychiatric patient himself.
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On today's Newbuzz, a not-so-private meeting with the governor, prices impacting rural schools and the number of Iowa hog producers decreases as the number of hogs vastly increases.
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Host Ben Kieffer talks with political analysts Chris Larimer and Donna Hoffman about the week's political news.