Available Recordings

2025 April
Recording Speaker Recording Date
The Age of Magical Overthinking Amanda Montell Apr 24, 2025
Wordslut Amanda Montell and Dr. Kelly Winfrey Apr 23, 2025
A Conversation with Filmmaker Nik Heftman and Film Protagonist Caleb "The Negro Artist" Rainey Nik Heftman & Caleb Rainey Apr 22, 2025
Anti-Capitalist Personal Finance Leo Aquino Apr 21, 2025
Parks Library at 100: Art, Architecture, and Innovation Hilary Seo, Sydney Marshall, Alison Ranniger Van Zante, Paul Mankins Apr 16, 2025
100 Years Since the Scopes Monkey Trial: Evolution, Education, and Establishment Glenn Branch Apr 15, 2025
The Stutsman Journey: What We've Learned Over 90 Years in Ag Business Mark Stutsman Apr 15, 2025
The Role of Storytelling within Scientific Misinformation Michael Dahlstrom Apr 10, 2025
Bodily Autonomy for All: Lessons from the Intersex Movement Pidgeon Pagonis Apr 10, 2025
Breaking Barriers: Women Leading the Future of Agriculture and Livestock Dr. Salma Sultana Apr 09, 2025
A Revolution in Computing: Next-Generation Arithmetic Dr. John Gustafson Apr 09, 2025
The Death of D.E.I. in America... What's Next? Vince Everett Ellison Apr 08, 2025
The Wall and the Bridge: Fear and Opportunity in Disruption’s Wake Glenn Hubbard Apr 03, 2025
Civic Engagement in Diverse Latinx Communities: Learning from Social Justice Partnerships in Action Mari Castañeda Apr 03, 2025
2025 March
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Vietnam 50 Years Later: Insurgency, Genocide, Dissent & Peace Through Agriculture Ambassador Kenneth Quinn Mar 31, 2025
2025 February
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Technology as Storytelling: How Engineering, Science, and Faith Play Dr. Ethan Brue Feb 17, 2025
Koji Alchemy: Rediscovering the Magic of Mold-Based Fermentation Jeremy Umansky Feb 10, 2025
The Secret Life of Bears - Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant Feb 06, 2025
Wild Life: Finding My Purpose in an Untamed World Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant Feb 05, 2025
Finding Their Voices: How Vocal Coach Mary Jo DuPrey Trains Award-Winning Singers Mary Jo DuPrey Feb 04, 2025
George Washington Carver Day of Recognition Program Dr. Jewel Bronaugh Feb 03, 2025
2024 December
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Ancient Origins of Religious Conflict Dr. Robert Cargill Dec 04, 2024
2024 November
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Native American Cuisine, Foods, and the Way of Life Chef Freddie Bitsoie Nov 18, 2024
Trans Athletes and the Future of Sports Panel Nov 13, 2024
Under the Influence... of Stress Corey Ciocchetti Nov 12, 2024
No Fashion Without Disability: Embracing Disability as Knowledge and Access as an Aesthetic Dr. Ben Barry Nov 11, 2024
UFOs and UAPs: The Latest Tech to Detect What’s in Our Skies Dr. Travis Taylor Nov 07, 2024
3 Minute Thesis Final Competition Graduate Students Nov 07, 2024
Extractive Industry, Historic Disinvestment, and the Future of Rural Communities Ryanne Pilgeram Nov 04, 2024
Climate, Communities, & Collaborative Action: Lessons from Shakespeare’s Theater Linda Shenk Nov 04, 2024
2024 October
Recording Speaker Recording Date
Multifunctional Hierarchical Materials: Taking Inspiration from Nature Dr. Nikhilesh Chawla Oct 29, 2024
How to Grow (Almost) Anything: The Use and Future of Synthetic Biology Dr. David Sun Kong Oct 24, 2024
The Immigrant Survival Guide to Silicon Valley Carlos Quezada Oct 17, 2024
How to Design Physical Environments that Promote Healing, Justice, and Peace Deanna Van Buren Oct 16, 2024
How to Eat, Move, and Find Your Groove for Optimal Wellness Susie Kundrat Oct 16, 2024
Mass Extinctions of the Past and Future: Are We In a Mass Extinction Era? Dr. Ryosuke Motani Oct 10, 2024
How to Prevent Election Subversion in 2024 and Beyond Michael Waldman Oct 08, 2024
Fowl, fish and forest - Leadership Lessons from Great Conservationists Larry Nielsen Oct 08, 2024
A One on One with ESPN's Clinton Yates Clinton Yates Oct 04, 2024
2024 September
Recording Speaker Recording Date
Tribal Land Management: Balancing the Triple Bottom Line of Environmental Stewardship Dr. Serra Hoagland Sep 26, 2024
Getting Bi: Challenging Biphobia and Bi Erasure and Creating a Culture of Inclusion Robyn Ochs Sep 18, 2024
All the Letters: Understanding LGBTQIA+ Identities and Experiences in 2024 Robyn Ochs Sep 16, 2024
The History of Presidential Debates, 1960-Present Dr. Karen Kedrowski Sep 12, 2024
Civil Conversations About Democracy? We Need to Talk Charles Kniker & Dianne Prichard Sep 11, 2024
Impacts of Transitioning to a Green(er) Economy Simon Gilchrist Sep 10, 2024
Watergate 50 Years Later: What Have We Learned? Ed Mezvinsky, Jonathan Yarowsky, Jeff Ubiois, Kathie Obradovich (moderator) Sep 05, 2024
2024 April
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Brothers, Unlimited Ben Jealous Apr 25, 2024
Confronting Cancer in College Jamie Pollard, plus Panel Apr 23, 2024
A Stolen History: The REAL Story of the Suffrage Movement Dr. Sally Wagner Apr 17, 2024
The Onion: Comedy, Controversy, and the First Amendment Mike Gillis Apr 17, 2024
Our Money and Our Attention: Spending, Investing, and Thriving in the Attention Economy Dr. Charles Chaffin Apr 16, 2024
Natural And Artificial Intelligence: How Rational are Humans? Dr. Steven Pinker Apr 12, 2024
Transforming Africa: Navigating the AI Revolution in the African Landscape Dr. Anicia Peters Apr 11, 2024
Optimism Matters Steve Gross Apr 09, 2024
An Evening with Hertz Farm Management- Emerging Issues in Agriculture - Hertz Farm Management Panel Hertz Farm Management Panel Apr 09, 2024
Lifting for the Health of It: Beyond Chalk Dust and Weight Belts Stuart Phillips Apr 04, 2024
Flipping the Table on Christian Nationalism John Pavlovitz Apr 04, 2024
Beyond Ecocriticism: Environmental Humanities in the Age of Climate Crisis Dr. Hunter Vaughan Apr 04, 2024
2024 March
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Despite Advanced Technology We Are Still Very Disaster-Prone Dr. Greg Forbes Mar 27, 2024
Protecting Plant Surfaces in a Changing Climate: Understanding Synthesis, Form, and Function of the Plant Cuticle Using Corn Silks as a Model System Dr. Marna Yandeau-Nelson Mar 27, 2024
Socially Responsible Innovation John Kasich Mar 27, 2024
How Stigma Derails the Help-Seeking Process Dr. David Vogel Mar 26, 2024
Integrating Gender Equity in International Agriculture Research-for-Development Dr. Maria Elisa Christie Mar 26, 2024
The Foundation of Modern Medicine Is at Risk! Dr. Paul Plummer Mar 19, 2024
A History of Activism Through Cookbooks Sarah Lohman Mar 05, 2024
Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine Sarah Lohman Mar 04, 2024
2024 February
Recording Speaker Recording Date
Fatphobia and Capitalism Ragen Chastain Feb 29, 2024
Humanisms and Beyond: Past, Present, and Future of the Humanities Fabrizio Conti Feb 27, 2024
Endangered Language: Revitalization of an Afro-Creole in São Tomé and Príncipe Ana Livia Agostinho Feb 21, 2024
Remembering Eden Montang: Raising Awareness about Dating Violence and Empowering You to Advocate for Healthy Relationships Hannah Beth Gilbert & Resource Panel Feb 19, 2024
George Washington Carver Day of Recognition 2024 Paxton Williams Feb 01, 2024
2024 January
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Reimagining a New American Democracy Sherrilyn Ifill Jan 25, 2024
2023 November
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Deep Cities: Using a City's Heritage and History to Create a Sustainable Future Dr. Torgrim Sneve Guttormsen Nov 30, 2023
Predator: A Memoir, A Movie, An Obsession Ander Monson Nov 15, 2023
Elemental: How Five Elements Changed Earth's Past and Will Shape Our Future Stephen Porder Nov 09, 2023
They Contain Depths: What Midwestern Lakes Tell Us About Early Earth and Mars Dr. Elizabeth Swanner Nov 07, 2023
Legacies of the All-Volunteer Force, Fifty Years On Dr. Amy Rutenberg Nov 06, 2023
Methane Reduction: The Fastest Way to Reduce Global Warming Marcelo Mena-Carrasco Nov 06, 2023
Fixing the National Debt: A Non-Partisan Challenge for Gen Z Chris Towner and John Schuler Nov 02, 2023
A Land Abroad – Why America Should Care About Russia’s Ongoing Invasion of Ukraine Mark Temnycky Nov 01, 2023
Master of the Universe: How Einstein's Theories Transformed Our View of the Cosmos Marcia Bartusiak Nov 01, 2023
2023 October
Recording Speaker Recording Date
Population Health in Rural America: Contemporary Trends, Causes, and Complexities Dr. Shannon Monnat Oct 30, 2023
City Bird, Country Bird: How Human Activity Affects Predator-Prey Interactions Dr. Amanda Rodewald Oct 26, 2023
Removing Landmines, Supporting Farmers: Cultivating Peace Through Agriculture Heidi Kuhn Oct 23, 2023
Can We Be Civil? Call-Out Culture in America Cathleen Kaveny Oct 19, 2023
Money Madness: The Federal Reserve is Flying Blind. Why? Steve Hanke Oct 10, 2023
Trice 100: The Name, The Legacy George Trice and Jill Wagner Oct 05, 2023
Financial Fragility: The Future of Inflation, Interest Rates, and Banking James Paulsen, Kartik Athreya, Dame DeAnne Shirley Julius Oct 04, 2023
Moments of Impact: Examining the Legacy of Jack Trice Dr. Jaime Schultz Oct 03, 2023
2023 September
Recording Speaker Recording Date
Rumba: Tales of Sound & Sentiment in the Afro-Latinx Diaspora Berta Jottar Sep 28, 2023
Innovating Ag Innovation Al Tank Sep 27, 2023
When a Dream Dies: Iowa's Experience of the Farm Crisis of the 1980s Dr. Pamela Riney-Kehrberg Sep 26, 2023
Story County Mental Health Expo: Escape for Overcoming Anxiety and Intrusive Thoughts Kai Roberts Sep 25, 2023
It's Not Done: Women's Constitutional Equality Karen Kedrowski Sep 21, 2023
Do Rivers Have Rhythm? Describing the Energetic Regimes of Flowing Waters Dr. Emily Bernhardt Sep 20, 2023
Olivia’s Legacy: Raising Awareness of Alcohol Culture on Campuses and How to Stay Safe Dr. Penny Wheeler Sep 19, 2023
Why They Come Miguel De La Torre Sep 15, 2023
Women, Power, and Rape Culture: The Politics and Policy of Underrepresentation Bonnie Stabile Sep 12, 2023
Ted Bundy and the Unsolved Murder Epidemic Dr. Matt DeLisi Sep 11, 2023
The Economics of Artificial Intelligence Tyler Cowen Sep 07, 2023
2023 April
Recording Speaker Recording Date
GPSS Keynote & Closing 2023 Michael Brown and Rachel Smith Apr 12, 2023
Industry Perspectives and Emerging Trends in the Global Agriculture - Hertz Lecture Tim Glenn Apr 11, 2023
Presumed Guilty: The FBI's Baseless Hunt for IP Theft by Chinese Academics Dr. Xiaoxing Xi Apr 10, 2023
Black Hair and Storytelling as a Form of Social Activism St. Clair Detrick-Jules Apr 04, 2023
2023 March
Recording Speaker Recording Date
Inflation: The Fed's Efforts to Control an Economic Monster Thomas Hoenig Mar 07, 2023
Human Origins: Adam, Eve, and Evolution Dr. S. Joshua Swamidass Mar 07, 2023
Artificial Intelligence: What Does It Mean to Be Human? Dr. S. Joshua Swamidass Mar 06, 2023
Blood at the Root: A Discussion of Forsyth County, GA Dr. Patrick Phillips Mar 02, 2023
2023 February
Recording Speaker Recording Date
Cool Technologies to Cool the Planet Dr. Bernardo del Campo Feb 20, 2023
37 Words: Title IX and 50 Years of Fighting Sex Discrimination Sherry Boschert Feb 07, 2023
Let's Talk About Pets Dr. Temple Grandin Feb 02, 2023
George Washington Carver Day of Recognition Various Feb 01, 2023
2022 December
Recording Speaker Recording Date
Physical Activity Is an Underused Resource for COVID-19 Pandemic Dr. James Sallis Dec 01, 2022
2022 November
Recording Speaker Recording Date
Russia, Ukraine, and the U.S.: Monsters and Myths Dr. Scott Feinstein Nov 30, 2022
Science and Engineering Research on Clean Energy: For the Sake of Our Grandchildren Dr. Iver Anderson Nov 30, 2022
2022 October
Recording Speaker Recording Date
Not the "Whole Picture": Reimagining Food Systems to Account for What We Don't Know Michael Carolan Oct 31, 2022
An Ubuntu Symphonic Adventure Eriel Huang Oct 27, 2022
Crop & Climate Adaptation in the Face of the Climate Crisis Dr. Cary Fowler Oct 20, 2022
Moonshot Science for Climate Change and Food Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig Oct 17, 2022
Exploring the Impacts of Social-Ecological Heterogeneity on Urban Coyote Movement and Behavior Dr. Chris Schell Oct 13, 2022
Does Iowa Need a Gun Rights Amendment? Panel Oct 05, 2022
2022 September
Recording Speaker Recording Date
The Reality of Migration in El Salvador Carmen Diaz Anzora Sep 28, 2022
It's Personal: What Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Mean for Individual Liberties Panel Sep 27, 2022
Who Gets What and Why? Economists as Engineers Dr. Alvin Roth Sep 22, 2022
Cryptocurrency: The Good, the Bad, and the Future Charles Finfrock Sep 15, 2022
2022 April
Recording Speaker Recording Date
Impostor Syndrome: Coping Strategies for High Achievers Dr. Dawn Bratsch-Prince Apr 06, 2022
2022 March
Recording Speaker Recording Date
Climate Change in Iowa: How We Got Here, How We Can Choose a Better Future Together William Gutowski Mar 31, 2022
Mysterious Ways: The Weird, Wild World of Christian Rituals Seth Andrews Mar 09, 2022
Wilhelm's Way Teresa Wilhelm Waldof Mar 07, 2022
2021 November
Recording Speaker Recording Date
A Pilgrim's Passport to Pandemics Past Dr. Michael Christopher Low Nov 02, 2021
2021 October
Recording Speaker Recording Date
Canoes, Romance, and Horses Denise Williams, Carrie Seim, Trent Preszler Oct 21, 2021
2021 September
Recording Speaker Recording Date
Nothing Is Too Big to Fail Kerry and Linda Killinger Sep 29, 2021
The Uninhabitable Earth? Climate Change and Your Future Sep 02, 2021
2021 April
Recording Speaker Recording Date
A Vaccinologist's Tale: A Journey from Jenner, Pasteur, and Salk to Nanomedicines and Beyond Dr. Michael Wannemuehler Apr 08, 2021
2021 March
Recording Speaker Recording Date
Ignored Racism: White Animus Toward Latinos Dr. Dave A. M. Peterson, Lucken Professor of Political Science Mar 31, 2021
Food Fight: The 14-Year Rebellion Against Food Service at Iowa Agricultural College Dr. Doug Biggs Mar 22, 2021
One Woman's Journey: From a Kenyan Village School to an American University Dr. Ebby Luvaga Mar 11, 2021
No Way Out: Severely Abused Latinas, Intimate Terrorism, and Killing to Survive Dr. Shannon Harper Mar 10, 2021
Sexism, Media, and the Pursuit of Madame President Dr. Kelly Winfrey Mar 09, 2021
Women's Rights and Women's Wrongs in the Me Too Era Gloria Allred Mar 08, 2021
Digital Surveillance: How Gen Z Gave Up Its Privacy to Corporations and the Government Edward Snowden Mar 04, 2021
Post-Election and Post-Impeachment: What's Next Mar 03, 2021
2021 February
Recording Speaker Recording Date
Truth to Power U.S. Rep. Katie Porter (California) Feb 26, 2021
Mexican Americans and the Administration of Justice, 1970-Today Dr. Brian Behnken Feb 24, 2021
2021 January
Recording Speaker Recording Date
Latinx Studies Matter: Programming in Times of Crisis Dr. Lucia Suarez Jan 27, 2021
2020 November
Recording Speaker Recording Date
Can You Trust What You See? The Magic of Visual Perception Dr. Oge Marques Nov 19, 2020
2020 October
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Defund the Police? Reinventing Policing as a Public Good (captioned) Tracey Meares Oct 28, 2020
Farming While Black: African Diasporic Wisdom for Farming and Food Justice Naima Penniman Oct 28, 2020
2020 Errington Lecture: Coloring the Conservation Conversation (captioned) Dr. Drew Lanham Oct 22, 2020
Early Epidemics at Iowa State, 1877-1918 (captioned) Dr. Doug Biggs Oct 20, 2020
2020 Norman Borlaug Lecture: Carbon Farming for Food and Climate Security (captioned) Dr. Rattan Lal Oct 12, 2020
Bearing Witness: Latina Feminist Counterdiscourse in the Diaspora (captioned) Dr. Lorgia Garcia Pena Oct 01, 2020
2020 September
Recording Speaker Recording Date
The Story of FarmHer (captioned) Marji Guyler-Alaniz Sep 02, 2020
2020 March
Recording Speaker Recording Date
Childfree by Choice: The Movement Redefining Family and Creating a New Age of Independence (captioned) Dr. Amy Blackstone Mar 11, 2020
Suffragette, Editor, Abolitionist: The Story of Mary Louise Booth (captioned) Tricia Foley Mar 11, 2020
Reconnecting Landscapes for Nature and People (captioned) Dr. Nick Haddad Mar 05, 2020
2020 February
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Gorge: My 300 Pound Journey UP Kilimanjaro (captioned) Kara Richardson-Whitely Feb 26, 2020
Indigenous People in Children and Young Adult Literature Feb 26, 2020
The Power of One (captioned) Erin Brockovich Feb 24, 2020
The Traveling Feast Rick Bass Feb 18, 2020
Managing Risk in an Uncertain World Dr. Allison Schrager Feb 17, 2020
A Rewarding Career at the Mayo Dr. Kai-Nan An Feb 06, 2020
Legislative Wake-Up Story County's Iowa legislative representatives Feb 01, 2020
2020 January
Recording Speaker Recording Date
White Immunity: Working Through the Pedagogical Pitfalls of Privilege Dr. Nolan Cabrera Jan 30, 2020
National Security and the Presidential Race Dave Harden Jan 27, 2020
Right for All at the Caucuses Ari Fleisig Jan 22, 2020
The Nobel Laureates' Campaign to Support GMOs Sir Richard Roberts Jan 21, 2020
2019 December
Recording Speaker Recording Date
Once Upon a Peace Pilgrimage: The Quest to Know What it Means to be Human - Dr. Roy Tamashiro Dr. Roy Tamashiro Dec 04, 2019
Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of the Rocky Flats Kristen Iversen Dec 03, 2019
2019 November
Recording Speaker Recording Date
The Technological Imperative for Ethical Evolution Dr. Martin Hellman Nov 20, 2019
Seeking Security in an Unstable World Frank Figliuzzi Nov 19, 2019
Vietnam Veterans: Still Coming Home Dr. Steve Feimer Nov 14, 2019
Impeachment Then and Now: How the Inquiries Evolved from Nixon to Clinton to Trump Panel Nov 14, 2019
Civil Discourse in an Uncivil Age: Media and the 2020 Election Alexander Heffner Nov 04, 2019
2019 October
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Science, Technology, and Faith Aaron Dominguez Oct 30, 2019
City Council Ward 4 Forum City Council Candidates Oct 30, 2019
In Our Backyards: How the Prison Boom Transformed Rural America John Major Eason Oct 29, 2019
Environmental Martyrs and the Fate of the Forest Rob Nixon Oct 28, 2019
Making Government Better Through Open Science: Real-life Examples of Truly Smarter Cities (audio with transcript) Tom Schenk Oct 22, 2019
Knowing How to Break the Rules: Set Design on Broadway Rachel Hauck Oct 16, 2019
How to Find a Planet Without Leaving Your Couch Dr. Chris Lintott Oct 15, 2019
First: The Seed - The 2019 Norman Borlaug Lecture World Food Prize Laureate Simon Groot Oct 14, 2019
Gender and Communication on the Campaign Trail Kelly Winfrey Oct 10, 2019
Finding Your Sports Analytics Niche Tiffany Kelly Oct 09, 2019
Let's Talk: A Conversation on How We Communicate About Science Deborah Green Oct 07, 2019
Un/Seen: Gender, College Going, and Transgender Student World-Making Dr. Z Nicolazzo Oct 07, 2019
Monarch Conservation: Saving an Iconic Insect Karen Oberhauser Oct 03, 2019
Lessons in Leadership and Life Jim Knuth Oct 02, 2019
The Case Against Free Speech P.E. Moskowitz Oct 01, 2019
2019 September
Recording Speaker Recording Date
Channeling Mextasy: Latinxers in the Digital Age William Nericcio Sep 28, 2019
Our Digital Future (Through the Lens of the Past) Dr. Douglas Van Houweling Sep 26, 2019
Free Speech and Academic Freedom Henry Reichman Sep 17, 2019
Literacy as Action in Enduring Climates of Xenophobia Dr. Cati de los Ríos Sep 17, 2019
My Battle with Mental Illness: Finding Hope in the Midst of Suffering Jake Sullivan Sep 16, 2019
Emotions: Separating Fact from Fiction Lisa Feldman Barrett Sep 10, 2019
Communications and Civility in Our Democracy S.E. Cupp Sep 05, 2019

 

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