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Documentary airing on PBS captures the feeling of RAGBRAI

Talk of Iowa, hosted by Charity Nebbe

A woman finds peace on her bicycle as she grieves her husband's death, and a tremendous amount of work ends with two men building community in their riverside town. Those are two of the stories in the documentary SHIFT: The RAGBRAI Documentary.

There were many ways to cover the Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa — the party on wheels from river to river — but the filmmakers of a new documentary decided to capture the journey of overcoming obstacles.

Talk of Iowa host Charity Nebbe speaks with filmmakers Courtney Crowder and Kelsey Kremer of the Des Moines Register, as well as some of the people featured in the documentary.

This episode was originally produced in May 2023.

Guests:

  • Courtney Crowder, Iowa Columnist, Des Moines Register
  • Kelsey Kremer, photo editor, Des Moines Register
  • Ian Zahren, Lansing city councilmember, music and STEM teacher, Eastern Allamakee Community School District, founder of Walking Space
  • Andrew Boddicker, music teacher, Eastern Allamakee Community School District
  • Dayna Chandler, co-founder of Black Girls Do Bike Des Moines chapter, Des Moines Public Schools SUCCESS case manager
Charity Nebbe is the host of IPR's Talk of Iowa
Dani Gehr is a producer for River to River and Talk of Iowa. Dani came to Iowa from her hometown in the northwest suburbs of Chicago to attend Iowa State University, where she received a bachelor’s degree in journalism, international studies and French. Before coming to IPR, Dani covered local government in Story County for the Ames Tribune and Des Moines Register.