What A Week
103 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsJames Simmons from Progress Iowa break down the big headlines of the week in Iowa and national politics and talks with leaders from around the state about issues Iowans care about.
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Yes, Iowans DO Want Healthcare!
September 20, 2020 19:27 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBEditors note: This episode was recorded on Friday, September 18th, before the death of Justice Ginsburg. This week Matt and Ivy talk to Ben Jealous with People for the American Way about Iowa's Senate race and the importance of our nation's courts in that race. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/progress-iowa/message
We agree, Mr. President. This is deadly stuff.
September 13, 2020 20:08 - 42 minutes - 39.7 MBTrump spilled the beans to Bob Woodward (and who knows who else!) while keeping the public in the dark about the deadliest crisis in modern history, Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer squared off against State Rep Ashley Hinson and put her on the defensive on her terrible labor record, and Senator Joni Ernst peddles conspiracy theories about coronavirus deaths. Then, Matt and Ivy speak to Iowa State Education Association President Mike Beranek about how Iowa's teachers, staff, and students are f...
The Corn Feed Goes Virtual
September 04, 2020 11:02 - 20 minutes - 19.3 MBInsert kernel jokes here. On Tuesday, Progress Iowa held it's sixth annual Corn Feed. For obvious reasons, this year's event was held online. We were joined by special guests such as: Pete Buttigieg, Rep. Katie Porter of California, Ashley Biden, and more. On this weeks show, some of the best clips from Tuesday's event. Our focus this year was voting rights and making our own plans to vote. With all the back and forth from our elected officials on when and how we can vote, it's more importa...
Back to school whether we like it or not
August 28, 2020 10:00 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBCorrection: The amount of funding passed by the U.S. House for USPS that is currently being held up by the Senate is $25 billion, not $65 billion. Matt and Ivy are joined this week by Danielle Root from the Center for American Progress to talk about the Trump administration's attacks on the post office juuuuuuust in time for mail-in ballot requests to start hitting our mailboxes. They talk about the alternatives and how important it is to make a plan early. They also discuss Joni Ernst's s...
Stacey Walker on Conditions in Cedar Rapids
August 21, 2020 10:00 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBWelcome to new cohost Ivy Beckenholdt! Matt and Ivy break down the week's headlines, give their hot takes on a couple stories and give shoutouts to the Iowans who deserve them. Then, they speak with Linn County Supervisor Stacey Walker about conditions on the ground in Cedar Rapids 10 days after the historic derecho storm. Links: Follow Stacey Walker on Twitter Follow Advocates for Social Justice on Facebook Donate to them here --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.c...
A Hurricane in Iowa
August 15, 2020 23:13 - 16 minutes - 15.6 MBJust when you thought the news couldn't get any bigger, hurricane force winds devastated parts of the midwest. A rare derecho storm ripped up trees, damaged buildings, and damaged enough crops to be able to see from space. Hundreds of thousands of Iowans were without power and some neighborhoods in Cedar Rapids may not get it back for weeks. This week we depart from our usual format to hear from some people on the ground in Cedar Rapids. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.sp...
No, President Trump can’t delay the election
July 31, 2020 10:00 - 28 minutes - 26.7 MBMatt's back! Our fearless leader took a break from the sleepless nights of early fatherhood to talk about Kim Reynolds' latest approval ratings on her administration's Coronavirus response, Congressman John Lewis's passing, and the latest outrageous Trump tweet. Yes, not content with giving up the spotlight for even a moment, Donald Trump hinted at delaying the 2020 general election. Which is totally something you do if you're winning. Matt spoke to former Missouri Secretary of State Jason K...
Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
July 24, 2020 10:00 - 27 minutes - 26.2 MBLyz Lenz is back! Ashley Hinson endorses Abby Finkenauer's positions but forgets to tell everyone, and Governor Reynolds straight up lies about the number of sick people in our state on behalf of big business. Cool. Links: Follow Lyz on Twitter you cowards! Des Moines Register - GOP congressional candidate Ashley Hinson apologizes for plagiarism, cuts ties with consulting firm AP: Outbreak at Iowa pork plant was larger than state reported --- Send in a voice message: https://podcaste...
Live from the Red Zone
July 17, 2020 10:00 - 12 minutes - 12.4 MBA new report from the White House Coronavirus Task Force puts 18 states, including Iowa, in the "red zone" for the number of new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people. This after the Vice President called Iowa's response a "success story" and our Governor rushed to re-open the state. Wear your masks. Wash your hands. Then, State Auditor Rob Sand joined us over his lunch break to talk about his office's bombshell report stating Test Iowa, the company we're all paying to process our COVID-19 tes...
Hear No Outbreak, See No Outbreak
July 10, 2020 10:00 - 21 minutes - 20.3 MBWe're joined this week by Bleeding Heartland's Laura Belin to talk about the breaking story that the director of Iowa's Department of Public Health "rebuffed an offer of federal assistance to deal with COVID-19 outbreaks in meatpacking plants" and the coming fight between Iowa's Secretary of State and county auditors over the new vote by mail restrictions. Links Follow Laura on Twitter Why didn’t Iowa accept CDC’s offer to help with meatpacking plant infections? - Iowa Capital Dispatch I...
Healthcare Roundtable with Sen. Claire Celsi
June 27, 2020 14:52 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBOn Thursday, Progress Iowa partnered with Iowa Voices to hold a roundtable discussion on the future of the Affordable Care Act with Iowa State Senator Claire Celsi and Iowa Citizen Action Network's Sue Dinsdale. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/progress-iowa/message
The pandemic isn’t over just because you’re tired of it
May 29, 2020 14:31 - 22 minutes - 21.2 MBOn Lauren's last show 😭 she and Matt discuss the latest moves by Governor Reynolds to open the state and hide the number of new COVID-19 cases at businesses and the "banner week for racism" that saw a black man threatened in Central Park and the killing of a black man by a white police officer in Minneapolis. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/progress-iowa/message
Parades and Pandemics with Lyz Lenz
May 22, 2020 11:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBMatt and Lauren are joined by Cedar Rapids Gazette columnist and author Lyz Lenz to discuss the news of the week and the state of our fine state. Correction: In the intro Matt mistakingly says 500 Iowans have died from COVID-19. The correct number is 400 and we hope that number never goes up. Links Follow Lyz on Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/progress-iowa/message
Kim’s COVID Casino
May 15, 2020 11:00 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBMike Pence just wouldn't stay away and now our Governor is in "modified quarantine." That's not stopping her from forcing Iowa to re-open during one of the deadliest weeks we've had since this pandemic began. Based on her daily press conferences you would think we’ve passed the peak but we have no idea because we also can’t see the modeling they have. Matt and Lauren also discuss the nationwide ads from Amazon and Walmart. They have the money for feel-good ads about how they think that the...
Go Home, Mike Pence
May 09, 2020 11:00 - 19 minutes - 18.7 MBIowa has surpassed entire countries' coronavirus case counts but that doesn't stop the pom-pom squad of Vice President Pence, Senators Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley, David Young, and more from flying in, modeling all sorts of bad behavior, and declaring mission accomplished. Links: Sign up for Progress Iowa's Coronavirus Daily newsletter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/progress-iowa/message
Every Week Feels Like a Year
May 01, 2020 11:00 - 21 minutes - 20.5 MBOur peak is 2-3 weeks away (after being 2 weeks away 4 weeks ago) but time is meaningless and viruses apparently respect county borders so IT'S ALL GOOD. Links: Sign up for the Progress Iowa COVID-19 Daily E-Mail Herald-Leader: Reynolds prepares to ease lockdown and asks, ‘Isn’t this great?’ Iowa Starting Line: Protections Aren’t “Punishment,” Governor Lyz Lenz's tweet --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/progress-iowa/message
Rural Iowa Braces for Impact
April 24, 2020 15:41 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBProgress Iowa held a virtual town hall to discuss the impact of COVID-19 has had and will continue to have on rural Iowa. The town hall was broadcast on Facebook Live and featured former Iowa Lt. Governor Patty Judge, State Senator Pam Jochum of Dubuque, State Rep. Timi Brown-Powers of Black Hawk County, and Dr. Rossana Rosa, an infectious disease specialist working in Des Moines. Links: Read the report "Bracing for Impact: Rural Iowa Faces Coronavirus" Watch the town hall on Facebook Liv...
We're the "Bad Neighbor" Now
April 17, 2020 15:12 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBMatt and Lauren talk about another week of no shelter-in-place order for Iowa despite increased cases of COVID-19 and Governor Reynolds's refusal to join a group of neighboring states to plan a return to normal life. But we got a PSA from Ashton Kutcher, so we got that going for us. Subscribe to Progress Iowa's COVID-19 Daily --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/progress-iowa/message
Kim Reynolds is NOT a Faith Leader
April 10, 2020 11:00 - 21 minutes - 20.5 MBStill no shelter-in-place order as of Governor Reynolds' press conference Thursday, but at least the bowling alleys are closed now. Our friend Connie Ryan from Interfaith Alliance of Iowa said it very well: “The Governor should focus on the best practices in public health to ensure the safety and well-being of all Iowans, not the practices of any religion. Promoting religious practices is the role of faith leaders, not elected officials.” - Connie Ryan, Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Links: ...
Kim Reynolds is NOT a Doctor
April 04, 2020 11:00 - 15 minutes - 14.8 MBIowa is one of the last states in the nation not to have a shelter-in-place order to help combat the coronavirus pandemic. Governor Reynolds' reasoning is baffling at best. Links: Progress Iowa's COVID-19 Resources Our new daily email series Iowa COVID-19 Daily. Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand doing some good during this bad time. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/progress-iowa/message
Sorry Grandma, Goldman Needs a Good Q2
March 27, 2020 11:00 - 21 minutes - 39.6 MBWe didn't think we’d have to say this but here we are: people are worth saving. Yes, all of them. Every time we argued that a program would "grow the economy," we helped the opposition cement the view that this is the singular objective of policymaking. — Anat Shenker-Osorio (@anatosaurus) March 26, 2020 Links: Vox: The $2.2 trillion stimulus can’t be the last thing Congress does on coronavirus Show Rep. Karin Derry some love on Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcaster...
Be Brave, Stay Home
March 20, 2020 10:00 - 18 minutes - 17.8 MBThat escalated quickly. Matt and Lauren discuss our Senator's "no" votes on paid sick leave, one Senator's need for a history lesson, compare Iowa's response to the coronavirus to that of other states', and talk about Progress Iowa's #BeBraveStayHome campaign. Links: Sen. Ron Johnson's amendment to remove paid sick leave from the Families First Coronavirus Response Act History Channel aficionado Sen. Chuck Grassley doesn't get history. Be Brave, Stay Home --- Send in a voice message: ...
Wash Your Hands 2: Antiseptic Boogaloo
March 14, 2020 10:00 - 17 minutes - 16.8 MBLauren and Greg discuss our government's (lack of) response to the coronavirus outbreak and the civil rights violations carried out by state police against LGBTQ+ students at the Capitol. Links: WashYourLyrics.com The Advocate: LGBTQ Students Kicked Out of Iowa Capitol Over Restroom Use --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/progress-iowa/message
🎵 It's Ladies Week and the Feeling's Bleek 🎵
March 06, 2020 12:00 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBWash your hands, fund our schools, get some big progressive energy, and according to Merriam-Webster, searches for ‘misogyny’ are up 2400%. Links: Slate: Ladies’ Week at the Supreme Court Again Glamour: Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer Opens Up About Her Struggle With Endometriosis Vote on your favorite sticker! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/progress-iowa/message
Talk Judicial To Me
February 28, 2020 12:00 - 18 minutes - 33.9 MBThe legislature gets flushed down the funnel, Joni Ernst sells us out for the NRA (again), and we're joined by Jamie Burch Elliot who gets judicial with us. Links: Iowa Starting Line - After Sister’s Murder, Iowan Calls Out Ernst On Boyfriend Loophole Lilly Steil on Twitter Jamie Burch Elliott on Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/progress-iowa/message
I, Gladys Kravitz, do solemnly swear...
February 14, 2020 12:00 - 22 minutes - 42.2 MBRepublicans in the Iowa Legislature are doing thier best Gladys Kravitz impressions through some pretty terrible bills that range from stupid to cruel. Then Lauren updates us where the anti-abortion rights amendment is in the legislative process. It's not good. Links: Find your legislator. Then contact them and either thank them or give 'em a piece of your mind. WHOtv: Bill Would Require Iowa Schools to Notify Parents of LGBTQ-Related Curriculum [whotv.com] --- Send in a voice message...
Many Unsatisfying Ends
February 07, 2020 12:00 - 23 minutes - 42.2 MBAn acquittal by jurors who know he's guilty, a speech full of lies, a primary narrative that shattered like a wine bottle on a high school gym floor and an actual bottle of wine shattering on a high school gym floor. What a week. Matt, Lauren, and Greg share caucus stories from three different perspectives, opine on Trump's third State of the Union and the "rip heard 'round the world" from Speaker Pelosi, and the latest on the anti-abortion constitutional amendment worming its way through t...
The Joke's On Us, I Guess
February 01, 2020 12:00 - 15 minutes - 28.5 MB75% of voters want to hear new witnesses and John Bolton's out there doing his best Lloyd Dobler impression outside the capitol building but Senators Ernst and Grassley couldn't care less. They, along with 49 other Republicans voted not to hear any further evidence in the impeachment trial. Republicans in the Iowa House tried to take a bottle of white out to the Iowa Civil Rights Act but were stopped by... Steve Holt? And we're joined by Sue Dinsdale of Iowa Citizen Action Network to talk ...
And Our Rights We Might Maintain
January 24, 2020 12:00 - 21 minutes - 39.6 MBThe anti-choice amendment advanced to the full State Government Committee and passed on a 10-5 party line vote. We talk about that, our press conference on a new bill protecting Iowans with pre-existing conditions and play clips from the 2020 Presidential Candidate Forum on Democracy held here in Des Moines this past weekend. Links: Hear Claire Celsi's interview on Daily Dome Des Moines Register: Iowa lawmakers consider measures to protect people with pre-existing conditions as 'Obamacare...
The Condition of Our State is...Meh.
January 17, 2020 13:00 - 16 minutes - 30.6 MBMatt and Lauren dive into Governor Reynolds's Condition of the State address and on Thursday, Lauren attended a hastily called subcommittee meeting at the Iowa legislature trying to slip an amendment to Iowa's constitution under the public's nose. Links: Des Moines Register story on the subcommittee meeting --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/progress-iowa/message
A Tall Glass of Haterade
January 10, 2020 12:00 - 10 minutes - 20.6 MBWe have a big e-mail list. Not everyone who's on it is friendly. For the first episode of 2020 we take you through the greatest (worst?) hits of our inbox so far. We've bleeped the worst of the swears but this episode may still not be for everyone. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/progress-iowa/message
What a Holiday Party!
December 20, 2019 17:03 - 24 minutes - 44.4 MBThursday night was Progress Iowa's annual Holiday Party. This year we posthumously honored Robin Stone for her work on behalf of Iowans with pre-existing conditions, and we gave our first Ruth and Tom Harkin Hero award to the namesakes, Ruth and Tom Harkin, for their decades of service to our state. We wrap up the year (and decade!) with a parody poem from Iowa Citizen Action Network's Sue Dinsdale. We'll be off next week so Happy Holidays from everyone at Progress Iowa! --- Send in a v...
O’er on the House Floor
December 13, 2019 17:50 - 18 minutes - 34.5 MBGet your 2019 Holiday Party Tickets Today! Links: Joni Ernst's 2014 campaign "knowingly accepting excessive and prohibited contributions" Donald Trump says he might not participate in debates next year. Activists across the state sung carols about drug prices. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/progress-iowa/message
Joni Ernst, Call Your Office!
December 06, 2019 20:07 - 37 minutes - 68.1 MBJoni Ernst backs an unqualified judicial nominee, abandons domestic violence survivors, and might have (probably) broken the law. What a week. Matt and Lauren are joined by Paul Gordon, Senior Legislative Counsel for People for the American Way. Paul works on a variety of issues and regularly engages with government officials and national and state coalitions on judicial nominations to ensure that our courts have highly qualified, independent judges. They discuss Joni Ernst's recent vote to...
WTF Jeff Kaufmann
November 22, 2019 17:30 - 28 minutes - 51.6 MBTrump holds court, forgetting to remember, Iowa loses a hero, and WTF Jeff Kaufmann. – what a week. Here's a fact check for Chairman Kaufmann. The Cedar Rapids Gazette endorsed GOP candidates for Governor in 2010 and 2014, Mitt Romney for President, Chuck Grassley for Senate, and Chris Peters for Congress in 2016, and multiple GOP candidates for the legislature every cycle. And just this week they printed a column co-written by Kaufmann himself. Give us a break. Links: Vogue: #TDOR Founde...
The Boyfriend Loophole is Heteronormative
November 15, 2019 18:29 - 27 minutes - 38.2 MBJoni Ernst refuses to reauthorize VAWA, DREAMers get their day in court, and Trump is in big trouble – what a week. Matt's in DC so WAW producer Greg Hauenstein trades the mixing board for microphone to talk with Lauren about Joni Ernst stopping the Violence Against Women Act in its tracks, the DACA hearings in the Supreme Court, and the public impeachment hearings in the House Intelligence Committee. Links: Bleeding Heartland: Joni Ernst won't cross NRA for deal on Violence Against Wome...
Rockin' the Suburbs
November 08, 2019 17:48 - 35 minutes - 48.9 MBMatt and Lauren discuss the election results from Virginia, Kentucky, and right here in Polk County, Iowa. They are then joined by two of the newly-elected members to the city council of Urbandale, Iowa, Bridget Carberry Montgomery and Matt Blake. Links: Follow Bridget Carberry Montgomery on Twitter Follow Matt Blake on Twitter Iowa Starting Line: Democrats Flip Local Suburban Seats Across Polk County Iowa Starting Line: Ernst makes excuses about being vulnerable Radio Iowa: Grassley ...
Labor Strikes Back
November 01, 2019 16:43 - 19 minutes - 27.4 MBMatt and Lauren discuss the results of Iowa's public employee union recertification elections, Senators Ernst and Grassley's votes against outlawing junk "insurance" plans that don't cover pre-existing conditions, and tonight's big Iowa Democratic Party "Liberty & Justice Celebration." Obamacare open enrollment begins today and runs through December 15th. Get covered at Healthcare.gov! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/progress-iowa/message
Quid Pro QuOMG
October 25, 2019 20:18 - 37 minutes - 51.2 MBAn earlier version of this podcast had an editing error. All good now. What a week, indeed. Matt and Lauren talk about the upcoming recertification elections for Iowa's public employee unions and why they're even a thing, Donald Trump's victim complex dialing up to 11, and Matt talks with Jeremy Venook from the Center for American Progress and The Moscow Project about the latest in impeachment news. Links: Vote to re-certify your union here. Follow Jeremy Venook on Twitter Learn more abou...
They Just Do Crimes on TV Now, We Guess
October 18, 2019 19:16 - 34 minutes - 47.7 MBJoni Ernst takes a dive, Zuckerberg thinks he’s MLK, a record-setting debate, and the White House admitted to everything so can this please just be over now? What a week. Rest in Power, Congressman Elijah Cummings. Links: Joni Ernst's approval takes a nose dive NBC: Civil rights leaders criticize Zuckerberg's free speech address Bernice King's reaction Sherrilyn Ifill's Op-Ed --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/progress-iowa/message
You Blew It, Joni!
October 11, 2019 20:30 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBFat Bear Week isn't the only hairy situation Matt and Lauren talk about this week. We meet the new boss in the Iowa State House, Joni Ernst had one job and she blew it, and Chuck Grassley owes someone an apology. Links: Video: Joni blows it on CNN Video: Cancer Patient Asks for a Conversation with Chuck Grassley Video: Iowa Woman Holds Chuck Grassley Accountable Donate to Robin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/progress-iowa/message
What Happened to Voting Rights This Week?
October 04, 2019 17:36 - 37 minutes - 34.9 MBPolk County Auditor Jamie Fitzgerald explains the good and bad of this week's big court ruling on voting rights in our state. Matt and Lauren also discuss President Trump's treasonous behavior and Joni Ernst's out-of-nowhere honesty regarding her health care votes. Oh yeah, and a cow went rogue on the north side of Des Moines. What a week. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/progress-iowa/message
The Power of Your Story
September 27, 2019 17:06 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBIowa Voices Executive Director Emily Holley joins Lauren to talk about some other headlines of the week and heap praise on their two favorite women this week: Greta Thunberg, the 16 year old climate change activist and Cedar Rapids Gazette columnist Lyz Lenz. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/progress-iowa/message
Strikes, Drugs, and Taxes
September 23, 2019 15:43 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBProgress Iowa had a table at a local meeting of the Alliance for Retired Americans. While there they sat down with retired UAW retiree Wayne Hungerford to talk about the UAW strike against General Motors, Emily Holley of Iowa Voices to talk about Senator Joni Ernst's record on drug prices, and Sue Dinsdale of the Iowa Citizens Action Network who had a thing or two to say about the big GOP tax cut of 2019 and who it's actually helping. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotif...
ABC... Are You Ok?
September 13, 2019 21:21 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBMatt and Lauren talk about the Democratic debate in Houston which was heavy on people but light on some big issues, a new study shows the contributions DACA recipients make to our economy, and we reconvene the Lyz Lenz Fan Club for the question, "Men, Ok?" What a week. Links: Reproductive justice discussion missing from Democratic debate Report: DACA recipients pay over $50 million in taxes Lyz Lenz: Are Men Ok? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pr...
Joni Ernst Grabs the Third Rail
September 06, 2019 17:41 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MB"Congressman says he enjoyed drinking toilet water" isn't a sentence you thought you'd ever read... but here we are. What a week. Links: The Problem With Steve King's Toilet Sink Water Claim (Iowa Starting Line) Sen. Ernst says lawmakers should discuss fixing Social Security ‘behind closed doors’ (Washington Post) Lyz Lenz's columns in the Cedar Rapids Gazette --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/progress-iowa/message
Thank a Union
August 30, 2019 17:40 - 29 minutes - 27 MBThis week Matt and Lauren talk about the struggles workers have had to face from their own government here in Iowa. It's been a rough couple years since Republicans in the legislature teamed up with corporate lobbyists and passed one of the worst bills in the nation for public employees. Labor Day is about more than the end of summer and your last big barbecue. Workers have struggled and even died for basic rights like organizing, safe working conditions, a basic level of pay, and health ca...
Swiss Cheese Gun Laws
August 23, 2019 16:35 - 31 minutes - 29.6 MBMatt and Lauren talk about Sen. Joni Ernst's town hall and State Fair visit over the weekend with Iowa Voices Executive Director Emily Holley and then dive deep into gun safety issues and advocacy with Amber Gustafson, a volunteer leader with Moms Demand Action and a candidate for the Iowa Senate in 2018. Links: Sign up for Amber's newsletter "All Views My Own" Like and watch Amber Gustafson on Facebook Follow Amber on Instagram Follow @AmberForIowa on Twitter Like Iowa Voices on Faceb...
Dear America, Sorry About Steve King
August 16, 2019 19:36 - 35 minutes - 33 MBIowa's 4th District Congressman shot his mouth off again and the national press took notice. Matt and Lauren talk about the reaction to Steve King's latest offensive comments, Presidential candidates at the Iowa State Fair, and the hide-and-seek game Iowa's US Senators play with their town hall meetings. Then, Planned Parenthood Voters Executive Director Erin Davison-Rippey sits down with Matt and Lauren to give her thoughts on Steve King and talk about the condition of reproductive freedo...
A conversation with Ed Espinoza
August 12, 2019 10:50 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBMatt and Lauren discuss State Rep. Steve Holt's gun range fundraiser held just days after the shootings in El Paso and Dayton, and talk with Progress Texas's Executive Director Ed Espinoza on what life has been like over the past week in Texas. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/progress-iowa/message