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This episode celebrates the diverse Middle Eastern flavors that are part of the Midwestern culinary landscape. Meet Zehorit Heilicher, a Yemenite r...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2024
  • Length: 54:06
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Join us for a deep dive into Iowa’s culinary culture with food historian, author, and Iowa storyteller Darcy Maulsby. We go beyond corn and pork te...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2024
  • Length: 54:03
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This episode is a personal one. I’m going to introduce you to my new TV series coming to public television stations nationwide starting in April. A...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2024
  • Length: 54:02
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Cheese is the star of this episode of the show. I speak with anthropologist and author Heather Paxson. Her book, The Life of Cheese: Crafting Food ...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2024
  • Length: 54:01
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This show features two guests who are creating new culinary experiences in their respective Midwest communities and beyond. Meet Nikki Thompson Fra...

  • Added: May 31, 2024
  • Length: 54:01
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Former US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates predicts how war in Israel could ripple through the Middle East. Then, Ray Suarez speaks with Trita Par...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), WHCP-LP Cambridge, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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This episode features two guests who are journalists by trade, that forged a path as stewards of Midwestern storytelling. Meet James Norton, the ed...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2024
  • Length: 54:01
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Meet Kim Laing, the Indiana woman behind the blog and podcast More Than Corn, as well as Staci Perry Mergenthal, creator of the Funeral Potatoes an...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2024
  • Length: 54:01
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This show is the second and final episode in our series about unique agricultural and food education programs based in the Midwest. We will return ...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2024
  • Length: 54:01
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This show highlights some unique agricultural and food education programs based in the Midwest. Learn about the work of the Iowa Dairy Center, wher...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
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Get to know two women with a connection to the Midwest who are both are blazing a trail in their own unique way. Mary Pellettieri, founder of Top N...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2024
  • Length: 54:03
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This episode is all about cookbooks that celebrate the flavors and culture of the Midwest. Paul Fehribach joins the show to discuss his new cookboo...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2024
  • Length: 54:04
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This week, the show travels to Kansas to explore some hidden cultural gems in the state. We head to Heartland Farm, a retreat founded 35 years ago ...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2024
  • Length: 54:03
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Meet Michigan-based clinical social worker Julie Ohana and Ontario, Canada-based social worker Courtney Fields Fuciarelli as they discuss how they ...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2024
  • Length: 54:01
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Welcome to News in Context. I’m Gina Baleria. In this episode, we explore how bridging by building relationships and being curious can connect peo...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2024
  • Length: 29:30

  • Added: Jan 03, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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This week we're checking out some fun and unique food festivals in Nebraska and Kansas. Local fairs and festivals have great value to small communi...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2023
  • Length: 54:04
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In this episode, we discuss press freedom in the U.S. in the wake of a police raid of the local paper in Marion, Kansas. In that raid, officers con...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
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In this episode, we explore how othering has led to increased marginalization and vilification of people who are un-housed, and how civity can help...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
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In this episode, we explore how engaging across our racial and class divides can help bring us together to care for and nurture our democracy. My ...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2023
  • Length: 29:32
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In this episode, we explore the strategic use of racism in electoral politics to divide citizens across racial and other differences in an effort t...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2023
  • Length: 29:32
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This week’s guest is Eric Dietrich, deputy editor at Montana Free Press, where he leads the Long Streets Project, an initiative that conducts in de...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 13:34
  • Purchases: 2
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Ray teases the tournament's most interesting storylines and untangle FIFA's complicated ledger to understand why the tournament is so expensive.

Bought by Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Dec 09, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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For nearly six decades, the US government passed no comprehensive climate legislation. Now that’s changed. The Inflation Reduction Act contains app...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2022
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 12
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For nearly six decades, the US government passed no comprehensive climate legislation. Now that’s changed. The Inflation Reduction Act contains app...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2022
  • Length: 58:57