{"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":"'We crapped in our nest:' a conversation with Art Cullen","slug":"we-crapped-in-our-nest-a-conversation-with-art-cullen","published_at":"2026-04-22T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-of-iowa-414017/we-crapped-in-our-nest-a-conversation-with-art-cullen","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-of-iowa-414017","url":"https://www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/talk-of-iowa/2026-04-22/we-crapped-in-our-nest-a-conversation-with-art-cullen","audio_url":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/4c9587f2-e550-4709-b293-ad0300ce922d/3385bb4b-899e-431e-86a1-ad6b00d98a32/08bde062-c3a9-4a8d-ad4c-b433011fa5c1/audio.mp3","summary":"Pulitzer Prize winner Art Cullen is known for having a way with words — and for telling it like it is. His new book is called 'Dear Marty, We Crapped In Our Nest: Notes from the Edge of the World.' He writes about the Storm Lake he knew as a kid and how things have changed. He also chronicles the history of agriculture in Iowa, the challenges we're facing today and the people who are trying to make a difference. Host Charity Nebbe spoke with the lifelong Storm Lake resident and the co-owner and editor of the 'Storm Lake Times Pilot.' (This episode was originally produced on Oct. 3, 2025)","meta_description":"Pulitzer Prize winner Art Cullen is known for having a way with words — and for telling it like it is. His new book is called 'Dear Marty, We Crapped In O…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2886,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talk-of-iowa-414017/episodes/we-crapped-in-our-nest-a-conversation-with-art-cullen/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/we-crapped-in-our-nest-a-conversation-with-art-cullen.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}