On the podcast this week, the GOP presidential debate in Iowa gets new life, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds tries her hand at campaign fact-checking, and some interesting statehouse candidate announcements.

On Iowa Politics is a weekly news and analysis podcast that aims to re-create the kinds of conversations that happen when you get political reporters from across Iowa together after the day's deadlines have been met.

This week’s show is hosted by Erin Murphy, the Des Moines Bureau Chief for The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, and features Gazette Deputy Bureau Chief Tom Barton, Lee Des Moines Bureau Chief Caleb McCullough, Sarah Watson of the Quad City Times, and Jared McNett of the Sioux City Journal.

The show was produced by Stephen M. Colbert and the music heard on the podcast is courtesy of The Olympics and Copperhead.