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  • Octavia Butler's typewriter. (Courtesy of the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum)
    The typewriter that helped Octavia Butler imagine the future
    Groundbreaking science fiction writer Octavia Butler wrote her first 10 novels on a powder blue manual typewriter, now an artifact in the Smithsonian Institution's collection.
  • Keen to become a farmer? There's a school for that
    A program in Michigan wants to help solve the problem of an aging farmer population by providing aspiring farmers with hands-on learning.
  • The resurgance of heritage denim
    More and more people are going back to buying higher-quality heritage denim.
  • Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (L) and U.S. President George Bush (R) shake hands on Dec. 2, 1989 on board the soviet cruise "Maxim Gorki", shipdocked at Marsaxlokk harbour, before the start of their first summit meeting, just a few weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall. This summit is viewed as the official end of the Cold War. (Jonathan Utz/AFP via Getty Images)
    The fraying of the post-Cold War world order
    Since the fall of the Soviet Union, there’s been broad agreement that the world was moving towards greater economic integration, deeper international cooperation, and a more stable world order. That idea is now looking less certain.
  • Supreme Court sides with FCC on privacy protections
    The Federal Communications Commission issued fines against some telecom companies for what it called a failure to protect user data.
  • Gavin McGough is Iowa Public Radio's Cedar Falls based reporter. 6/3/2026 Photo by John Pemble
    Gavin McGough
    Gavin McGough
    Gavin joined Iowa Public Radio in June 2026. He has experience as the news director with KXCV-KRNW Radio in Maryville, Missouri, and as a general assignment reporter with KOTO Radio News in Telluride, Colorado. He graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, with a Bachelor of Arts in English in 2022.
  • A rocket is launched from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) during a military live-fire shooting training in Taichung City, Taiwan, Wednesday, June 10, 2026.
    Taiwan drills with U.S. rocket system, firing in China's direction
    The drill on Wednesday marked the first time the U.S.-supplied HIMARS system has been fired into the Taiwan Strait.
  • Energy costs accounted for more than 60% of the monthly rise in the consumer price index in May.
    Inflation tops 4% for the first time in 3 years on spike in gasoline prices
    Inflation has surged to its highest level in more than three years since the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran, triggering a surge in gasoline prices.
  • River to River, hosted by Ben Kieffer
    New book explores the damage of large scale hog operations on one small community
    In his first work of nonfiction, 'Wastelands,' author and attorney Corban Addison tells the story of a rural community in North Carolina fighting against the polluting practices of large-scale hog farming operations. (This episode was originally produced October 14, 2024)
  • Talk of Iowa, hosted by Charity Nebbe
    'Founding Mothers' remembers the women who built and bettered our nation
    Behind every great man in a powdered wig is a remarkable woman. As we approach the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we’re reading about some of the women who helped shape our country at its founding. On the 'Talk of Iowa' Book Club, host Charity Nebbe and expert readers discuss 'Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation' by Cokie Roberts. The book shares stories of the many roles women played in the Revolutionary War and the founding of the United States.
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