Archive - Deep Midwest: Politics and Culture

Capital City Pride and a Homeless Man

It's about values...

Jun 17 • Robert Leonard

UnityPoint Nurses Fight for You and Me

in a broken health care system driven by profits not patients...

Jun 10 • Robert Leonard

Despite Threats, Oskaloosa Pride was a Success

"How can we do more for each other?"

Jun 8 • Robert Leonard

Our Country is Broken--Send Josh Turek to the Senate to Fight for Us

A recording from Robert Leonard's conversation with Democratic Senate nominee Josh Turek

Jun 5 • Robert Leonard and Josh Turek

13:20

Republican SNAP Cuts are Structural Violence Against the Poor and Hungry

Live with Robert Leonard and Luke Elzinga

Jun 4 • Robert Leonard and Luke Elzinga

38:23

May 2026

Sex Toys Penetrate Iowa Governor's Race; Federal Regulatory Filings Reveal Context to Controversy

A guest column by Phoebe Wall Howard

May 31 • Robert Leonard

The Hidden Side of Retail Work

A conversation with Kit Campoy, who writes at "The Voice of the Frontline"

May 29 • Robert Leonard and Kit Campoy

35:12

Retired Valley High School Teachers Challenge the Values of Valley High School Grad Ashley Hinson

There's blood on her hands...

May 22 • Robert Leonard

Trump's Coming for our Elections

What are we doing to prepare?

May 18 • Robert Leonard

Why Did the Iowa Legacy Media Drop the Ball on a Big Story?

And an invitation...

May 15 • Robert Leonard

How Zach Wahls' Iowa Senate Campaign is Deceiving Iowans

A Guest Column by Phoebe Wall Howard

May 14 • Robert Leonard

A Flagman on the Side of the Road

And a teenage girl at Fareway...

May 11 • Robert Leonard