On the podcast this week, Donald Trump campaigns in Iowa, abortion policy dominates the presidential primary, and whither the Democrats in Iowa’s Congressional races.

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 The Gazette’s Deputy Bureau Chief Tom Barton, , Jared McNett of the Sioux City Journal, Lee Des Moines Bureau Chief Caleb McCullough, and Sarah Watson of the Quad City Times, and Gazette Columnist Todd Dorman.

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