Episode 196: Philip Joens, RAGBRAI Reporter for the Des Moines Register
Just Go Bike contributor Kyle Munson is on the show today to interview Phil Joens. Phil is a Public Safety Reporter for the Des Moines Register and covers all kinds of stories in the area. He is also a long time RAGBRAI rider and has a unique perspective on RAGBRAI now that he gets to cover the b...
107: Our Strange Silencers (Tales of the Men in Black) with Aaron Gulyas
The Men in Black, MIBs, the UFO silencers; since the 1950s, UFO witnesses have reported encounters with shadowy figures who've threatened them into silence. Or as Nick Redfern puts it in his book, The Real Men in Black: “For years—or perhaps even for centuries — the Men in Black have been elusive...
Episode 238: Steve Gaul Rode the First RAGBRAI in 1973
Do you remember your first RAGBRAI? Kyle Munson is back to share a wonderful interview he had with Steve Gaul, who rode his bike in the very first RAGBRAI back in 1973!! Steve was just 18 when he read a newspaper article about 2 reporters who were planning to ride across the state of Iowa. The ar...
Laura Belin talks Iowa politics
During our Monday Zoom lunch session, Laura Belin had 40-50 participants on the call, where the day's appetite was for all things political. Belin is an Iowa Writers’ Collaborative member and the Bleeding Heartland blog publisher. Take a listen to one of the most thoughtful analysts around.
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Episode 77 | Kyle Munson
Dan and Ellen talk with Kyle Munson, president of the Western Iowa Journalism Foundation. The foundation was launched in August 2020, during the heart of the pandemic. It was a challenging time for newspapers. As Dan and Ellen wrote in their book, "What Works in Community News," the Storm Lake Ti...
Episode 298: A Tribute to Matt Bernhard, Mr. PorkChop Jr.
On March 24, 2024 Matt Bernhard passed away. Known as Mr. Pork Chop Jr., Matt was a RAGBRAI celebrity and alongside his signature pink bus, he made and sold grilled Iowa pork chops on the route each year. Riders would stand in long lines to get a chop that had been grilled on a bed of corncobs ri...
Kyle Munson
Saeed and Jen welcome self proclaimed "rabid music fan" Kyle Munson to the show. Their conversation takes many twists and turns, yet always points to the way punk rock is an amalgamation of open defiance and quiet resistance.
