Jeff Stein

Podcast: Connecting Iowa's Veterans With Available Services

In this podcast of an IowaWatch Connection program that aired on radio stations Aug. 11-13 -- before veterans day at the 2017 Iowa State Fair in Des Moines -- we hear from those whose jobs are to help veterans and tell their stories.

By Jeff Stein

/ 13 Aug 2017

Podcast: Connecting Iowa's Veterans With Available Services

Podcast: Behind The Scenes Look At Controversial Police Interrogation Method

This IowaWatch Connection podcast takes you inside a police interrogation as we look at a controversial, coercive police investigation tool.

By Krista Johnson and Jeff Stein

/ 7 Aug 2017

Podcast: Behind The Scenes Look At Controversial Police Interrogation Method

Farmland Ownership In the U.S., And How It Relates To Food Security

One important way to ensure food security in the United States is to keep farmland ownership from going into foreign hands. That doesn't always happen.

By Jeff Stein, Lyle Muller, Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest and Brant Houston

/ 24 Jul 2017

Farmland Ownership In the U.S., And How It Relates To Food Security

Podcast: Iowa Democrats Take Hard Look At Presidential Precinct Caucuses

One of the more dramatic suggestions for the Iowa Democratic Party's next presidential precinct caucuses is letting people who cannot attend still register their preference for president. Whether that becomes the game plan for the 2020 caucuses is to be determined.

By Jeff Stein

/ 19 Jun 2017

Podcast: Iowa Democrats Take Hard Look At Presidential Precinct Caucuses

Podcast: Hot Political Rhetoric Remains After 2016 Election

The 2016 political campaign may be behind voters but the high awareness of its results and the rhetoric it spawned has, in many ways, not disappeared. This IowaWatch Connection radio report brings the voices of voters, post-election, to you.

By Lyle Muller, Chase Harrison, Jeff Stein and Leziga Barikor

/ 22 May 2017

Podcast: Hot Political Rhetoric Remains After 2016 Election

A Must-Hear Podcast If You Value Your Identity On The Internet

Think your identity is safe on the internet? Think again. This report reveals the work of reporters Madison Wilson, Erich Bogner, Clayton Bowers, Alex Kirkpatrick, Stephanie Woodruff, Ashley Smith and Hunter Hillygus.

By the IowaWatch Simpson College Journalism Project, Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 1 May 2017

A Must-Hear Podcast If You Value Your Identity On The Internet

Podcast: Why Investigative Journalism Matters

Seldom has so much attention focused on how journalists gather and report news. But news consumers in the 2010s want to know whether or not what they read or hear in the news is true and, in doing so, want to know why investigative reporters pursue stories.

By Jeff Stein, Stephen Berry and Lyle Muller

/ 3 Apr 2017

Podcast: Why Investigative Journalism Matters

Podcast: Coping With Contaminated Well Water Means Changing Habits

An IowaWatch report told how the Iowans drinking water from private wells may not know what is in their water because their wells’ water quality is unregulated. Yet, some well owners were not concerned about it. Iowans tell how they cope in this IowaWatch Connection podcast.

By Lauren Shotwell, Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 20 Mar 2017

Podcast: Coping With Contaminated Well Water Means Changing Habits

Lobbyists And The Ways They Try To Influence State Legislators

Iowa's legislators get pulled in many directions by those who want to see their favorite policies put into law. This podcast explains.

By Jeff Stein

/ 27 Feb 2017

Lobbyists And The Ways They Try To Influence State Legislators

Podcast: Jobs On The Minds Of Upcoming College Graduates

Iowa's pending college graduates are looking for jobs but the Class of 2017 will enter a relatively flat job market for the fourth straight year, the National Association of College and Employers reports.

By Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 20 Feb 2017

Podcast: Jobs On The Minds Of Upcoming College Graduates

Podcast: Republicans Forge Ahead With Agenda In Iowa Legislature

Republicans, armed with firm control of the House, Senate and governor's office, came to the Statehouse in January with several bills that Democrats could block when they controlled the Senate in the last legislative session.

By Jeff Stein and Lyle Muller

/ 13 Feb 2017

Podcast: Republicans Forge Ahead With Agenda In Iowa Legislature

Podcast: Dealing With Iowa's Teacher Shortage

Iowa is facing a teacher shortage. This IowaWatch Connection report explores in a podcast why that is, and how schools and universities are dealing with the challenge.

By Jeff Stein

/ 30 Jan 2017