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Iowa's 2nd favorite Caitlin • IPR talk shows and podcasts • she/her
https://www.iowapublicradio.org/caitlin-troutman

📫 What's going on? >> ctroutman@iowapublicradio.org
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Breaking News: Tech giant Google plans to purchase energy from the Duane Arnold Energy Center as part of a larger 25-year agreement with the nuclear plant’s owner, NextEra energy.
NextEra, Google agree nuclear energy from Duane Arnold plant will go to AI
Tech giant Google plans to purchase energy from the Duane Arnold Energy Center as part of a larger 25-year agreement with the nuclear plant's owner, NextEra energy.
www.thegazette.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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The State Historical Society says it's shutting down the Centennial Building in Iowa City because of budget cuts.

Concerned Iowans plan to protest the closure on Saturday
www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/talk... @iowapublicradio.org #Iowa #history
State Historical Research Center in Iowa City set to close in 2026
We hear what's behind this decision from the historical society and from the group that is protesting the closure. Then, a conversation with Emili Johnson, founder of the Black. Girl. Iowa. podcast.
www.iowapublicradio.org
August 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Despite a lawsuit fighting the closure of its Iowa City research facility and archives + a court hearing scheduled in the dispute next week, the state began moving historical society materials

@iowapublicradio.org has some background on this move:

www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/talk...
October 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
How are rising costs changing the way you live?

Public media stations around the country are joining NPR in examining why prices are rising — and how we're all adapting.

IPR wants to know what costs are increasing in your life 📧 <talkshows@iowapublicradio.org> 📧
October 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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BREAKING: Gov. Mike Kehoe announced, starting on October 1, members of the Missouri National Guard will "assist with administrative, clerical, and logistical duties at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facilities," (@stlpublicradio.bsky.social)
Gov. Mike Kehoe activates Missouri National Guard to assist ICE agents
The move comes amid President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement practices garnering increasing criticism. Kehoe said that Missouri National Guard troops will help with administrative, clerical and logistical duties.
www.kcur.org
September 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Talk of Iowa's 'Iowa Famous' series has been SO FUN to work on. And yes Miss Piggy is from Iowa 🌽🌟🎧
www.iowapublicradio.org/tags/iowa-fa...
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media.tenor.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Recommended reading: The Iowa Shift series from the Quad City Times is fascinating
September 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Have you ever wished you could know what’s going on in the mind of your pet? Sascha Crasnow taught her dog to communicate using recordable buttons and the results are incredible
www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/talk... #talkingdog @iowapublicradio.org
Pet sounds: How dogs are communicating with their people
Some pet-owners are talking with their pets using augmentative interspecies communication devices — learning more about what animals want, feel and understand.
www.iowapublicradio.org
August 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The State Historical Society says it's shutting down the Centennial Building in Iowa City because of budget cuts.

Concerned Iowans plan to protest the closure on Saturday
www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/talk... @iowapublicradio.org #Iowa #history
State Historical Research Center in Iowa City set to close in 2026
We hear what's behind this decision from the historical society and from the group that is protesting the closure. Then, a conversation with Emili Johnson, founder of the Black. Girl. Iowa. podcast.
www.iowapublicradio.org
August 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Suzanna de Baca joined River to River Thursday to talk about how the latest round of tariffs could affect Iowans (starts about 40 min, in):

🎧 www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/rive... @iowawriters.bsky.social @iowapublicradio.org
America's biggest lottery scam
A documentary tells how suspicious attempts to claim the 2019 Iowa Hot Lotto Jackpot led to the uncovering of the largest lottery rigging scheme in the United States.
www.iowapublicradio.org
August 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
You hear a lot about 'brain drain.' How big of a problem is it in #Iowa, and what's behind it? 🎧 www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/talk...
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August 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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So incredibly proud of @iowastartingline.com intern Victor Robbins for this piece on the LGBTQ+ Iowans who have fled the state—and how our state's laws are absolutely contributing to the exodus: iowastartingline.com/2025/07/24/l...
LGBTQ Iowans are fleeing the state: 'It progressively got worse'
As lawmakers restrict the rights of LGBTQ Iowans, more and more are leaving in favor of states with friendlier laws, with over half saying they've at least considered it.
iowastartingline.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The latest season of the podcast Unsettled, from @iowapublicradio.org, looks at how gender affects people's everyday lives and how it creates certain divides in U.S. society @sachapfeiffer.bsky.social @npr.org
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
Examining the role of men in the gender gap in American society
The latest season of the podcast "Unsettled" from Iowa Public Radio looks at how gender affects people's everyday lives.
www.npr.org
July 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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In 7/11 episode of The Daily, a NYT podcast, "Is Congress About to Kill This Radio Station?" senior audio producer Jessica Cheung speaks to Tom Abbott, GM of KFSK-FM in Petersburg, AK. He discusses how federal cuts to public media will hurt small, rural radio stations most.
Is Congress About to Kill This Local Radio Station? (Gift Article)
Cuts to public media could have the deepest impact in red, rural and Republican America.
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July 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Men from a variety of different backgrounds with connections to Iowa reflect on what it means to be a man in 2025
www.iowapublicradio.org/arts-life/20...
We asked Midwestern men what masculinity means to them
Men from a variety of different backgrounds with connections to Iowa reflect on what it means to be a man in 2025.
www.iowapublicradio.org
July 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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IOWA UNION NEWS:
Another Starbucks looking to unionize—this time in Des Moines!
17 full- and part-time baristas and shift supervisors are looking to unionize with @sbworkersunited.org
I don't see which location from this filing. www.nlrb.gov/case/18-RC-3...
Starbucks Corporation | National Labor Relations Board
www.nlrb.gov
July 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Previously illegal forms of gender identity discrimination in housing, employment, credit practices, public accommodation and education are no longer protected by the Iowa Civil Rights Act www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Few anti-discrimination protections remain for transgender Iowans
As Pride Month celebrations and protests come to an end, so too do the state civil rights protections for transgender and nonbinary Iowans. That’s because earlier this year, Iowa became the first stat...
www.iowapublicradio.org
July 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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The #ialegis Senate has adjourned sine die at 6:01 a.m. on Thursday, May 15, after a roughly 20-hour final legislative day in the chamber.

The House will now complete the work and shut down the 2025 session.
May 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A lack of research into the female body impacts patients to this day, while men have a more difficult time getting a mental health diagnosis.
On Unsettled: how gendered understandings of medicine have influenced health care www.iowapublicradio.org/2025-05-05/h...
How gender determines our level of health care
Women are less likely to be believed at the doctor when they're experiencing pain. Meanwhile, men are more likely to die by suicide. On this episode, we discuss the origins of this discrepancy.
www.iowapublicradio.org
May 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
IA Sen. Sandy Salmon, R-Janesville, introduced a resolution urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the 2015 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...
Iowa Senate resolution calls to overturn federal same-sex marriage ruling. What to know:
The resolution from Sen. Sandy Salmon, R-Janesville, calls for the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the federal ruling legalizing same-sex marriage.
www.desmoinesregister.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Trump orders an end to all federal funds for NPR and PBS.

They say he can't.

My updated story for NPR:

www.npr.org/2025/05/02/n...
Trump says he's ending federal funding for NPR and PBS. They say he can't
In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters.
www.npr.org
May 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
@caseyjohnston.bsky.social lol I signed up for tennis lessons because of Red Comet & my friends all made fun of me
April 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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#Highered plays a vital role in equipping students with skills to critically evaluate headlines, interpret data and assess #research methods. @bradvivian.bsky.social of @psuliberalarts.bsky.social shares tips on #teaching students spot #misinformation: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/teach...
Teaching students how to spot scientific misinformation
Educators play a vital role in equipping students with the tools to critically evaluate headlines, interpret data responsibly and assess research methodologies. Learn strategies to help students devel...
www.timeshighereducation.com
April 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM