{"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":"Dump the landfill, not your trash","slug":"dump-the-landfill-not-your-trash","published_at":"2026-04-21T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-of-iowa-414017/dump-the-landfill-not-your-trash","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-of-iowa-414017","url":"https://www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/talk-of-iowa/2026-04-21/dump-the-landfill-not-your-trash","audio_url":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/4c9587f2-e550-4709-b293-ad0300ce922d/3385bb4b-899e-431e-86a1-ad6b00d98a32/1534028e-f54d-4110-9af5-b43200fbfb07/audio.mp3","summary":"In our consumer culture, it’s easy to buy low-cost goods that will ultimately end up in a landfill. The true cost of living that way is one we’ll all end up paying. On this encore edition of Talk of Iowa, different ways to reduce, reuse, repair, recycle and compost. Host Charity Nebbe spoke with Jane Wilch, the recycling coordinator for the City of Iowa City; Joe Bolick, the director of the Iowa Waste Reduction Center; Laura Crosett, communications lead for the Iowa City Repair Cafe, and Jamie Nicolino, owner of The Collective, a sustainable 'general store' in Des Moines. (This show was originally produced on July 15, 2025)","meta_description":"In our consumer culture, it’s easy to buy low-cost goods that will ultimately end up in a landfill. The true cost of living that way is one we’ll all end…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2850,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talk-of-iowa-414017/episodes/dump-the-landfill-not-your-trash/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/dump-the-landfill-not-your-trash.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}