{"podcast":{"title":"Talk of Iowa","slug":"talk-of-iowa-414017","podcast_index_feed_id":414017,"rss_url":"https://www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/talk-of-iowa/rss.xml","website_url":"https://www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/talk-of-iowa","image_url":"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9a61a0c/2147483647/strip/false/crop/3000x3000+0+0/resize/2000x2000!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffc%2F1e%2F9934f5954530b07ce5909731db38%2Ftalk-of-iowa-podcast.png","author":"Iowa Public Radio (digitalservices@iowapublicradio.org)","episode_count":100,"summary":"Talk of Iowa is a place for Iowans to connect to our shared culture and what it means to live in Iowa. Host Charity Nebbe brings a mix of regular guests and a range of experts to discuss the arts, history, literature and everything else happening in Iowa. Every day brings something new — even if it's in a recurring segment like Talk of Iowa Book Club or comes from a familiar voice on Horticulture Day.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T16:19:10.782815+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-of-iowa-414017"},"episode":{"title":"A trip down the 'Big Muddy'","slug":"a-trip-down-the-big-muddy","published_at":"2026-06-17T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-of-iowa-414017/a-trip-down-the-big-muddy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-of-iowa-414017","url":"https://www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/talk-of-iowa/2026-06-17/a-trip-down-the-big-muddy","audio_url":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/4c9587f2-e550-4709-b293-ad0300ce922d/3385bb4b-899e-431e-86a1-ad6b00d98a32/85860edc-c0d6-4b65-9264-b46b01475d02/audio.mp3","summary":"Mark Twain said the Missouri River is too thick to drink and too thin to plow. The Big Muddy doesn’t get the kind of attention the Mighty Mississippi does, but it’s the longest river in North America and pivotal in the history of our nation. When it was time for Lisa Dill’s family to replace the old pontoon boat on Lake Okoboji, her cousins suggested taking it on a journey down the Missouri and giving it away at the end. Dill jumped on board. She wrote about the experience and the river in 'Around the Bend: Floating Down the Missouri River.' Then, school's out for summer, but that doesn't mean we can't still learn. In the first installment of 'Talk of Iowa Summer School,' middle school science teacher Mark Dorhout shares how birdhouses can be a tool to encourage the next generation of citizen scientists.","meta_description":"Mark Twain said the Missouri River is too thick to drink and too thin to plow. The Big Muddy doesn’t get the kind of attention the Mighty Mississippi does…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2881,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talk-of-iowa-414017/episodes/a-trip-down-the-big-muddy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-of-iowa-414017/a-trip-down-the-big-muddy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}