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Ruth Harkin shares how she broke ceilings with humor and heart in new memoir

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Ruth Harkin is best known as the wife of longtime U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, but she has an impressive legacy all her own — in fact, she was the first in her family elected to public office. Harkin recently published her memoir, When My Husband Ran For President and other Short Stories.

Then a farewell to IPR's Karen Impola. The Folk Tree host is retiring after 34 years of sharing music with Iowans.

Guests:

  • Ruth Harkin, author of When My Husband Ran For President and other Short Stories
  • Karen Impola, former host of IPR's The Folk Tree
Charity Nebbe is the host of IPR's Talk of Iowa
Caitlin Troutman is a talk show producer at Iowa Public Radio