Samantha McIntosh
Talk Show ProducerSamantha McIntosh is a talk show producer at Iowa Public Radio. Prior to IPR, Samantha worked as a reporter for radio stations in southeast and west central Iowa under M&H Broadcasting, and before that she was a weekend music host for GO 96.3 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Samantha earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Mass Communications – Broadcasting and Communication Studies from St. Cloud State University. She’s an Iowa native who loves collecting vinyl and pop culture knowledge, going on bike rides, and skunking opponents in cribbage.
You can reach her at smcintosh@iowapublicradio.org
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The Congressional Gold Medal was recently awarded to living and deceased members of the Ghost Army, a World War II deception unit that was kept secret for half a century after the war.
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The Iowa Legislature adjourned this past weekend, the eighth session in a row with Republican control.
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Spring blooming trees only put on a show for a couple of weeks each year in the state of Iowa, but the show can be spectacular.
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This episode is all about poetry.
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Residential areas marked red — starting in the 1930s — were deemed places of high-risk investment. The impacts of this practice, called redlining, persist today and even extend to the tree canopy.
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Journalists aren't superheroes - but without good, ethical journalists doing their best, we would be lost.
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Growing up in a deeply evangelical Midwest family, NPR's Sarah McCammon was strictly taught to fear God, obey him and not question the faith.
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Iowa's six-week abortion ban cleared a legislative hurdle this week, though it's still blocked until the state supreme court rules on an appeal.
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Canada geese, white-tailed deer, wild turkey - these are all species that were once rare in Iowa, but now are seemingly everywhere.
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A former staff member of the Des Moines Public Library's North Side branch recently filed a lawsuit against the city and library system, alleging the library's policies, procedures and staff training are inadequate for addressing inappropriate patron behavior.