KHOI

Originally broadcast 11/28/2018
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Ed Fallon was with us today to introduce listeners to his weekly show on KHOI ("Fallon Forum" - Wednesdays from 4-5 pm.) and to  talk about the book he’s just finished “Marcher, Walker, Pilgrim his memoir from the 2014 Great March for Climate Action.  He also discussed his alliance with Indigenous Iowa.  After we left Ed, we spoke with Christine Nobiss, co-founder of Indigenous Iowa and Little Creek Camp, and Lacosha, a veteran from Standing Rock, who were members of the First Nations Farmer Climate Unity March organized by Bold Iowa and Indigenous Iowa.  Then Allen Gildehaus and Evan Taylor interviewed Larry Knudsen, who is DJ Larry K for KHO's show "Indigenous In Music." We closed out the show with Tammy Dickenson-Ferrell, director of Judge Story’s Theatre Troupe’s Christmas Play the Velveteen Rabbit, describing the fun of working with young children in this Children's Theatre Play.  

Originally broadcast 11/23/2018
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Dennis Hart gives a summary of local news from the past week form the pages of the Ames Tribune.

Eric McIntyre, director of the Central Iowa Symphony, gives us a preview of "Smiles, Laughs, and Ecstatic Outbursts," the next concert by the Central Iowa Symphony, which will be held in the Ames City  Auditorium on Friday, December 1 at 7:30 p.m."  

We are introduced to the wild turkeys.

Ames Progressive Alliance members speak with Ames city planner Julie Gould about housing and innovative housing alternatives, including some Ankeny projects.  

Originally broadcast 11/19/2018
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Following Dennis Hart's update on the Iowa news, we were visited by Kim Sharp, owner of the Great Harvest Bakery and Cafe that just opened at 502  Burnett  Ave. in Ames, who told us the unique story of how Great Harvest came to Ames.  Ursula Ruedenberg played a brief clip from the talk Nicholas Johnson gave last Friday night about the vital role of local media and democracy.  And Pat Schlarbaum brought us a phenology about white breasted nuthatches as well as a tribute to his friend, Tim Mason, who was instrumental in re-introducing peregrine falcons to the cliffs along the Mississippi in eastern Iowa.