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  • Early fall is, in resident chef Kathy Gunst's opinion, the best time of year to seek out freshly harvested carrots of all sizes, shapes and colors.
  • The latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey finds that 45% of U.S. adults approve of the job President Biden is doing, while 46% disapprove. That's a little better than his numbers last month.
  • Let Me Do One More, the latest from songwriter, engineer and producer Sarah Tudzin, is proof that ambition doesn't have to be serious and that moments of vulnerability can also make for hooky rippers.
  • Libraries, schools, authors and readers are celebrating Banned Books Week. Among the Top 10 most challenged books in the U.S. are The Hate U Give and To Kill A Mockingbird.
  • The AAP said in the document filed with the court that their review of the research and the experiences of the front-line pediatric practitioners “prove beyond any doubt that universal mask policies in schools significantly reduce the spread of COVID-19 in school populations.” The group said the prevalence of pediatric COVID-19 has skyrocketed since the school year began, with 20 percent of all child cases since the beginning of the pandemic diagnosed between Aug. 13 and Sept. 16.
  • Multi-level marketing distributors claim to sell life-changing products. They’re also selling something else -- misleading product claims and disinformation.
  • Ben Kieffer speaks with Karen Kedrowski and Jim McCormick of Iowa State University about the bills moving through congress. Kedrowski and McCormick also discuss the congressional testimonies on the U.S. exit from Afghanistan, the debt ceiling debate and Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley running for an 8th term.
  • Early voting for Iowa’s city and school elections begins in about two weeks, and some deadlines and procedures for voting by mail are different this year because of new voting laws. For the third week in a row, Iowa health officials are reporting the state’s new coronavirus infections have topped 10 thousand over the past week. Plus, soccer attracts kids of all backgrounds in Iowa, but IPR’s Kassidy Arena reports the sport isn’t equally accessible to all of them.
  • Only one of Alaska's bears can take home the title of Fat Bear Week 2021 champion.
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