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What’s your favorite traditional Midwestern home-cooked dish? We talk about the origins of Midwestern cooking style and family recipes. Guests are the…
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The people who gave our state its name are called the Ioway. Few Iowans today know very much about the Ioway, but their stories, past and present, are…
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Before the age of confessional interviews and reality television the newspaper columns of twin sisters from Sioux City, Iowa gave readers a glimpse behind…
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In 1949 Evelyn Birkby began writing a weekly column for the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel. Her editor told her to include a recipe every week in her columns…
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Ding Darling wielded a mighty pen. He started out as a political cartoonist for the Sioux City Journal and moved on to the Des Moines Register and later…
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Ferner Nuhn, Ruth Suckow, Bess Streader Aldridge... the names of Iowa authors whose books have long gone out of print. A new website, Rural Lit RALLY is…
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In 1949 Evelyn Birkby began writing a weekly column for the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel, her editor told her to include a recipe every single week -- and…
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Lolo Jones, Gabby Douglas, Miranda Leek, Lisa Uhl, and Jake Varner, these are the athletes Iowans will be watching particularity closely at the Olympic…
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RAGBRAI XL, the Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa, rolls out of Sioux Center on Sunday. On today's program, we talk about why this event has…
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There’s only one chance for a first impression and many Iowa small towns have developed their own slogan to set them apart from the rest. Charity talks…