2009-2010
Authors William Taubman and Sergei Khrushchev discussed Nikita Khrushchev’s visit to Iowa. On September 23, 1959, the Nikita Khrushchev visited Roswell Garst's farm in Coon Rapids to discuss food production. Khrushchev's visit to the United States was a controversial topic among American's.
Doug Bauer, described his book Prairie City, Iowa: Three Seasons at Home. Dubbed "a quiet but elegant look at a Midwestern farm community that proves you can go home again", Bauer's nonfiction work give us a glimpse of the same town from two perspectives: native and stranger.
Award-winning editorial cartoonist Brian Duffy discussed his craft and state and national issues. For 25 years Duffy's cartoons graced the front page of the Des Moines Register.
Nick Reding discussed his book Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town. That small town is Oelwein, Iowa, an agricultural community whose members have been gripped by the toxic effects of meth.
