Zachary Oren Smith
Talk Show ProducerZachary Oren Smith produces segments for Talk of Iowa and River to River. A Mississippi transplant to Middle America, he came to IPR in 2021 after reporting on Iowa City politics for the Iowa City Press-Citizen and Des Moines Register.
You can contact Zach at zsmith@iowapublicradio.org and on Twitter @ZacharyOS.
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This investigation could answer key questions surrounding the insurrection. But will facts matter to some politicians pushing false notions about what happened? -
Does a one-term representative stand a chance against one of the oldest members of Congress and one of the longest-serving senators in U.S. history?
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Republicans try to squash the vaccine hesitation members of the party stoked. But is this messaging too late?
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While Iowa's small-scale hog farmers need meat processing services, they are increasingly finding it hard to get access to slaughterhouses. USDA wants to build "resiliency" in the sector, but will it work?
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A new study from Iowa State University finds a lack of sleep limits the information a person will offer during a police investigation.
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The Emerald Ash Borer is about the size of a grain of rice. But since first seen in the state back in 2010, the infestation has resulted in the loss of thousands of Ash trees.
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Host Charity Nebbe talks with the authors of the children's book "Katy Has Two Grandpas"
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The highly transmissible delta variant appears to be gaining strength across Iowa. Dr. Melanie Wellington joined River to River to discuss what the impact of the spread could be.
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Iowa Starting Line's new editor discusses the political news website's new focus on fact-checking elected officials and debunking misinformation.
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Iowa’s premier public opinion researcher unpacks this summer’s Iowa Poll. What we expected and what we didn’t.
