{"podcast":{"title":"River to River","slug":"river-to-river-1060576","podcast_index_feed_id":1060576,"rss_url":"https://www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/river-to-river/rss.xml","website_url":"https://www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/river-to-river","image_url":"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7cee9f6/2147483647/strip/false/crop/3000x3000+0+0/resize/2000x2000!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fea%2Fb9%2F816b46a344b5bd56d5470b36497d%2Friver-to-river-podcast.png","author":"Iowa Public Radio (digitalservices@iowapublicradio.org)","episode_count":100,"summary":"River to River is a conversation about the news with an Iowa perspective. Together we dig into the story behind the headlines - we talk with newsmakers and a diverse range of experts to find out how the news affects you. We take on challenging topics, explore issues from all sides, and foster conversation and understanding","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T00:17:13.366040+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/river-to-river-1060576"},"episode":{"title":"From historical fiction to horror, author Daniel Kraus infuses Iowa in his work","slug":"from-historical-fiction-to-horror-author-daniel-kraus-infuses-iowa-in-his-work","published_at":"2026-07-08T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/river-to-river-1060576/from-historical-fiction-to-horror-author-daniel-kraus-infuses-iowa-in-his-work","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/river-to-river-1060576","url":"https://www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/river-to-river/2026-07-08/from-historical-fiction-to-horror-author-daniel-kraus-infuses-iowa-in-his-work","audio_url":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/4c9587f2-e550-4709-b293-ad0300ce922d/5d200c83-8a20-48a7-ab87-ad51012cafbe/97b13a24-2c90-4ba2-83a4-b480012bc79b/audio.mp3","summary":"'Angel Down' is a World War I story told as one continuous sentence, which vividly portrays the horrors of that conflict. Author Daniel Kraus is no stranger to horror. Growing up in Fairfield, he would watch horror movies like 'Night of the Living Dead' and episodes of 'The Twilight Zone' as a five year old with his mom. Kraus joins this episode to talk about his horror and Iowa roots, his latest book, which won this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and his 2023 novel 'Whalefall.' (This show was originally produced February 26, 2026.)","meta_description":"'Angel Down' is a World War I story told as one continuous sentence, which vividly portrays the horrors of that conflict. Author Daniel Kraus is no strang…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2885,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/river-to-river-1060576/episodes/from-historical-fiction-to-horror-author-daniel-kraus-infuses-iowa-in-his-work/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/river-to-river-1060576/from-historical-fiction-to-horror-author-daniel-kraus-infuses-iowa-in-his-work.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}