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Whether you’re a Johnny-come-lately, a Jack of all trades, or a Tom, Dick and Harry, you’ve likely encountered idioms like these. On this edition of Talk…

Heather Conner, first-place winner in the first Hilton Head Island International Piano Competition, performs three sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti. Recorded at Hilton Head on February 3rd. (Paul Jacoby Recordings)

Host Charity Nebbe and Patricia O'Conner, aka The Word Maven, discuss the words and phrases of summer. O'Conner reveals the origins of dog days, bikini,…

Iowa's unemployment rate increased to 3.3% in November. Schools in Iowa are preparing for enforcement to take effect for a state law banning any books that show or describe sexual acts. Plus, the debate over National Forests as climate solutions.

The deadline to file to run for local office this November ended Thursday. Cedar Rapids Schools is asking voters this November to approve the largest school bond ever put to Iowa voters. Plus, Iowa’s first gentleman, Kevin Reynolds, has been diagnosed with lung cancer.

The wife of a Woodbury County supervisor has been found guilty of voter fraud. Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis now has the public support of a well-known voice in Iowa's evangelical community. Plus, the tangled web of funding that keeps the water tap on.

Much of the northern half of Iowa will be hit with a snow and ice storm today. Iowa House lawmakers are moving ahead with a bill that would let gun owners have their weapon in a vehicle while driving to places like work or school. And lawmakers are advancing a bill placing more restrictions on the use of eminent domain for proposed carbon capture pipelines.

Two more suburban Des Moines school districts will require masks starting on Thursday. Iowans have expressed support at two public hearings for new proposed political boundaries drawn by the Legislative Services Agency. Plus, the state is testing out a new program to help racial and ethnic minorities in Iowa buy homes.

Iowa’s COVID-19 hospitalizations and community transmission rates remain high heading into the Thanksgiving weekend. The Midwest has seen a rise in the number of agricultural guest workers this year helping out on farms, in meatpacking plants and with landscaping companies. Plus, a look at how water quality issues in the Midwest are exacerbated by a changing climate.