Much of my political work has involved fighting for constituency groups ignored, maligned, or discriminated against by those in power. One of the most memorable instances was in 1996, when Continue Reading →

Ed Fallon served as an Iowa state legislator for fourteen years before running for Governor in 2006 and U.S. Congress in 2008. Since 2009, he has hosted the Fallon Forum, Iowa’s Continue Reading →

This week’s topics are:

1.Iowa Republicans nominate a Kansan for governor
2. Resistance to data centers is growing, and bipartisan
3. Big Oil is running the country and the planet
4. A brief history of eggplant, with Kathy Byrnes

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This week’s topics are:

1. Donald Trump’s obsession with men
2. Ivanka’s island draws the ire of Albanians
3. You might be unwittingly helping make Elon Musk a trillionaire
4. International Year of the Woman Farmer, with Kathy Byrnes

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This week’s topics are:

— The coming civil war over water
— Surviving the Trump years
— Blowing up fishing boats
— International Year of the Woman Farmer, with Kathy Byrnes

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This week’s topics are:

(01:25) The DNC’s belated autopsy misses the mark
(20:35) Climate update
(35:07) Trump overplays his hand
(45:36) June garden Q & A, with Kathy Byrnes

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