Five days after the historic summit between President Trump and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, a group of Asian scholars arrived in Seoul. Mary
China has proposed tariffs on U. S. pork and soybeans, two of Iowa’s major agricultural exports. In this politics day edition of River to River we talk about the potential political fallout of the brewing trade war between the U. S. and China. Dennis Goldford, professor and chair of political science at Drake University and Tim Hagle, associate professor of political science at the University of Iowa share their thoughts about this issue and the week’s other political developments. IPR’s Ben Stanton hosts the conversation.
In 2014, Bassem Yousseff, commonly described as the Jon Stewart of the Arab World, was forced into exile after being accused of and arrested for criticizing the Egyptian government. His show “El Bernameg,” which translates to “The Show” ran from 2011 to 2014; before that, he worked as a heart surgeon.
A new study from University of Iowa researchers shows the nitrate flowing from Iowa farm fields is a large part of the total load in the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers.
During this episode of River to River, Ben Kieffer talks with one of the authors of the study, research engineer Chris Jones, about the devastating impact nutrients from Iowa farmland is having downstream.
