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The final episode of this eight part series features remarks from Iowa politician Minnette Doderer on two seperate occasions: once in 1970 and the other in 1982. In both instances she is forthright with reporters about how women, particularly political candidates, don’t receive the same news coverage as men.

A conversation on beekeeping and an excerpt from the latest episode of IPR's From the Archives.

In the 1970s, Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment. Debates about the merits of the amendment raged across the country, including one in Iowa City in 1979. Phyllis Schlafly, the leader of the Stop ERA movement, debated the issue with Karen DeCrow, the former president of the National Organization for Women.

As thousands of riders prepare for RAGBRAI next week, one bike team is celebrating 25 years of working with young riders on and off the course.

This Newsbuzz edition of River to River takes a look at what's happening in Iowa's courts, explains how the recent temporary closure of a public library reflects a national trend and relives comedy from the early days of radio.

There are many origins to the Black Power Movement, but political scientist Charles V. Hamilton and his colleague Stockley Carmichael elevated it with their 1967 book Black Power: the Politics of Liberation in America. Hamilton says Black Power can organize Black people’s rage and force answers to hard questions.

The Des Moines Metro Opera’s production of Porgy and Bess will be Simon Estes’ final opera before he retires at age 84.

On the fifth episode of From the Archives, a member of the Kerner Commission discusses the findings of the report at Grinnell College during a memorial symposium honoring the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

New laws go into effect July 1, changing who can legally search through a person's trash and loosening child care regulations. Later, IPR's Dennis Reese finds relics from the Cold War in the Iowa City studio basement.

Sioux City native Dave Bancroft was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971. Now, the baseball legend has his own day and exhibit in the western Iowa city.