In this episode of "On the Record" host Eleanor Hildebrandt and co-producer Hailey Marx sat down with DI reporters to get an in-depth look at their stories and talk this week's headlines. Claire Benson, a news reporter on the Iowa City downtown beat, discusses what the bars downtown looked like over the past weekend after being closed for a month. She also wrote stories on what businesses downtown relying on outdoor seating are doing to prepare for the winter months and what Halloween will look ...
Oct 16, 2020•19 min
This week on The Scoreboard: hosts Austin Hanson and Shivansh Ahuja are joined by DITV Sports Director Kade Overton and the DI's Assistant Sports Editor Isaac Goffin. In the podcast's third episode, the crew talks Iowa basketball and head coach Fran McCaffery's recent press conference. They move on to discussing the current state of NCAA men's gymnastics and how the sport makes for a poor television product. The group also investigates the Houston Texans' decision to fire head coach Bill O'Brien...
Oct 09, 2020•35 min
In this episode of "On the Record" host Eleanor Hildebrandt and co-producer Hailey Marx sat down with DI reporters to get an in-depth look at their stories and talk this week's headlines. Lower education news reporter Natalie Dunlap talks about her story on what schools in Iowa City are doing to help mitigate the spread of coronavirus in classrooms and how much they've spent on protective equipment. News reporter Brian Grace discusses his story on who's responsible for stormwater management in I...
Oct 09, 2020•20 min
This week on "The Scoreboard" hosts Austin Hanson and Shivansh Ahuja are joined by DI Pregame Editor Robert Read and Sports Reporter Chris Werner to discuss the week in both collegiate and professional sports. The crew kicks off the show talking about the Iowa men’s golf team’s unattached appearance at the Zach Johnson Invitational in Des Moines, Iowa. Iowa’s Gonzalo Leal Montero claimed the tournament title while seven of eight competing Hawkeyes finished in the top 11. Shifting to the gridiron...
Oct 02, 2020•34 min
In this episode of "On the Record" host Eleanor Hildebrandt and co-producer Hailey Marx sat down with DI reporters to get an in-depth look at their stories and talk this week's headlines. News reporter Lillian Poulsen discusses her story about the importance of getting a flu shot this year. According to medical experts, contracting the flu could make individuals more susceptible to the coronavirus. EPI editor Julia Shanahan talks her in-depth story on how the pandemic has impacted campaigning in...
Oct 02, 2020•20 min
This week’s episode of On the Record features host and co-producer Eleanor Hildebrandt and co-producer Hailey Marx chatting with DI staff members discussing the top headlines of the week. News reporter Sabine Martin discusses her story on international students and the challenges they are facing because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Students have faced difficulties taking online classes while living in different time zones after a majority of classes moved online this semester. News reporter Mary Ha...
Sep 25, 2020•14 min
This week on The Scoreboard: hosts Austin Hanson and Shivansh Ahuja are joined by DI Pregame Editor Robert Read to discuss the week in college and professional sports. The crew dissects a particularly painful week in the NFL, analyzing the impact of some major injuries around the league. They then dive into the Oakland Raiders’ impressive week 2 performance and debate whether they are a force to be reckoned with. Moving to the hardcourt, the crew predicts Iowa’s opponent for the upcoming Big Ten...
Sep 25, 2020•41 min
This week’s episode of On the Record features host and co-producer Eleanor Hildebrandt and co-producer Hailey Marx chatting with DI staff members discussing the top headlines of the week. News reporter Rachel Steil talks about her story on the challenges the 2020 Census is facing in meeting the Sept. 30 deadline. The census taking process has looked different this year because of the coronavirus pandemic and the derecho that hit Iowa News reporter Sabine Martin wrote about University of Iowa COV...
Sep 18, 2020•14 min
This week's episode of On the Record features host and co-producer Eleanor Hildebrandt and co-producer Hailey Marx chatting with DI staff members discussing the top headlines of the week. News reporter Brian Grace discusses his story about on the Shelter House and Catholic Worker House in Iowa City and how both organizations have continued to support the homeless population during the COVID-19 pandemic. News reporter Claire Benson spoke with University of Iowa faculty and students from Californi...
Sep 11, 2020•13 min
This week's episode of On the Record features host and co-producer Eleanor Hildebrandt and co-producer Hailey Marx chatting with DI staff members to discuss the top headlines of the week. News reporter Mary Hartel talks about her story on how students at the University of Iowa are reacting to testing positive for COVID-19. News reporter Natalie Dunlap breaks down why an anonymous group on campus called for students, faculty, and staff members to call in sick to classes on Wednesday and who parti...
Sep 04, 2020•11 min
This special episode of On the Record sends off graduating Daily Iowan seniors with a roundtable discussion featuring Editor-in-Chief Marissa Payne, Senior Reporter Naomi Hofferber, Digital Producer Annie Fitzpatrick, Digital Editor Aadit Tambe, Senior Reporter and host Charlie Peckman, and designer and producer Andy Mitchell. These seniors discuss the memories they’ve had at the DI , delve into their journalistic processes, reflect on the toughest challenges they faced, and look to a future ful...
May 16, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 15
This week’s episode of On the Record features host Charlie Peckman and producer Andy Mitchell taking calls from DI staff to discuss the top stories of the week. Photo Editor Katie Goodale and Managing Editor Brooklyn Draisey discuss their piece on the impact COVID-19 has had on Iowa City's small businesses and their uncertain futures. Arts Editor Madison Lotenschtein calls in to talk about the International Writing Program and how it has been affected by the pandemic. Finally, Politics Editor Ca...
May 08, 2020•18 min•Season 1Ep. 13
This week's episode of On the Record features host Charlie Peckman and producer Andy Mitchell taking calls from DI staff to discuss the top headlines. DI Editor-in-Chief Marissa Payne discusses her story of the financial hit the University of Iowa is taking as a result of the pandemic, Charlie recounts his own story of social distancing drinking habits in Iowa, reporter Mary Hartel talks about the expected dip in international student enrollment at the UI, politics editor Caleb McCullough talks ...
May 02, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 13
This week's episode of On the Record features host Charlie Peckman and producer Andy Mitchell taking calls from DI staff to discuss the top stories of the week. DI Managing Editor Sarah Watson talks about her story concerning the topic of rent and how students out of work and out of town are struggling to pay it. News reporter Riley Davis discusses her story about the the future of Iowa City Pride during the pandemic. News reporter Mary Hartel goes into her story of a former ICE detainee and how...
Apr 25, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 12
This week's episode of On the Record features host Charlie Peckman and producer Andy Mitchell taking calls from DI staff to discuss the top headlines. News reporter Kelsey Harrell talks about her story about how COVID-19 affects University of Iowa Fulbright scholars, DI Editor-in-Chief Marissa Payne breaks down the funding outlook for Iowa's public institutions in the wake of the pandemic, and reporter Lauren White tells the story of how the UI moved all of their courses online. Hosted by Charli...
Apr 17, 2020•14 min•Season 1Ep. 11
This week's episode of On the Record features host Charlie Peckman and producer Andy Mitchell recap the top headlines of the week, including the closing of downtown Iowa City's Union Bar, Johnson County's first COVID-19 related death, and how Iowa law enforcement is adjusting to the coronavirus pandemic.
Apr 11, 2020•9 min•Season 1Ep. 10
With Iowa in a state of Public Health Disaster Emergency as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, life in the Iowa City and University of Iowa communities looks much different than it did just three weeks ago. UI classes are all online with most events cancelled, local business are starting to feel the squeeze of social distancing, and the number of COVID-19 cases is rising. This week, On the Record took calls from Daily Iowan News Editor Katie Ann McCarver, Assistant Politics Editor Caleb McCullou...
Apr 03, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 9
What began as a localized story of a contagious disease in Wuhan, China has turned into a global pandemic; a pandemic revolving around the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (also known as COVID-19.) Although thousands of cases have been reported around the world – with China and Italy among the most impacted – local, state, and national governments are taking steps towards flattening the curve of the virus’s spread. The University of Iowa – not to mention over 100 other higher education institutions across...
Mar 13, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In this week's episode of The Cloakroom, Daily Iowan assistant politics editor Caleb McCullough sits down to talk about the medical marijuana program in Iowa. Caleb's article this week, titled Patients face roadblocks in medical marijuana program, highlights the ups and downs of patients trying to get relief through this type of medicine. The Iowa legislature has two bills regarding changes to the current program that are circulating the chambers. Caleb discusses some of the thoughts of Iowa leg...
Mar 11, 2020•10 min
On the Record recaps the top headlines of the week in the University of Iowa and Iowa City community. This episode discusses an update in the trial of a former Iowa Hillel director for sex-abuse charges, GrubHub adding local businesses to their list without permission, new measures the university is taking to help prevent the spread of Coronavirus, and changes in the 2020 Democratic Primary. This week's guests are DI reporters Kayli Reese and Eleanor Hildebrandt and EPI Editor Julia Shanahan. Ho...
Mar 06, 2020•17 min•Season 1Ep. 7
On the Record recaps the top headlines of the week in the University of Iowa and Iowa City community. In this episode, reporter Annie Fitzpatrick guests to talk about a new bill introduced to the Iowa State Legislature that would give farmers more control of their land, and the response from Johnson County lawmakers. Later, politics reporter Rylee Wilson joins the show to talk about a proposed Iowa State constitutional amendment that would specify that the state constitution does not guarantee t...
Feb 28, 2020•14 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In this episode of The Cloakroom, Jerry Gallagher, a former local news anchor who has worked in Wisconsin and Iowa, talks with our host about his experiences working in local media. Jerry talks first-hand about what his career has been like in print news and broadcast journalism. From working for family-run media organizations to anchoring news broadcasts for larger local media companies, Jerry details the dynamics and impacts of working under media conglomerates. Jerry emphasizes being aware an...
Feb 25, 2020•19 min
On the Record recaps the top headlines of the week in the University of Iowa and Iowa City community. In this episode, DI Politics editor Julia Shanahan guests to talk about her article on the Hong Kong protests from the perspective of UI international students. Later, DI news reporter Hannah Rovner stops by to talk about the contentious new development on a future high rise luxury apartment complex in downtown and her profile of Mayor Bruce Teague. Hosted by Charlie Peckman. Edited by Andy Mitc...
Feb 21, 2020•19 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Plugging the Amp is an arts and entertainment podcast dedicated to local music fostered in Iowa City and other surrounding cities. In today's episode, we've invited musician and poet Jayce Nguyen to discuss her various gigs in Iowa City, making music with her ukulele, and her book, Strawberry Daze. Hosted and edited by Sarah Stortz.
Feb 15, 2020•11 min
On the Record recaps the top headlines of the week in the University of Iowa and Iowa City community. This week's guest is DI News Reporter Eleanor Hildebrandt to talk about the first joint session between the UI's student governments and Iowa City City Council. Other topics this week include Iowa City transit's initiative to honor Rosa Parks, an update in the trial of Roy Browning, and UI Dance Marathon. Guest hosting this week is DI Politics editor Julia Shanahan. Edited by Andy Mitchell....
Feb 14, 2020•7 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In this week's episode of The Cloakroom , Jake Nemmers and Max Kinstler report their encounters and experiences covering the 2020 Iowa caucuses in Iowa City, Iowa. Visiting three local precincts — one Republican, two Democratic — Jake and Max interviewed many caucusgoers about why they decided to caucus, what issues were the most important to them, and what their experience caucusing was like. In this episode, the precincts covered in Johnson County were predominantly students. The two Democrati...
Feb 09, 2020•11 min
On the Record recaps the top headlines of the week in the University of Iowa and Iowa City community. This week's guest is Daily Iowan Managing Editor Brooklyn Draisey talks about the hectic Iowa Caucuses from the newsroom's perspective. Other topics this week include how the coronavirus is impacting UI's international programs, Iowa City's police chief announcing retirement, and news from the Iowa Board of Regents meeting. Hosted by Charlie Peckman, Edited by Andy Mitchell.
Feb 07, 2020•10 min•Season 1Ep. 3
As the Feb. 3 Iowa caucuses quickly approach, many people still have questions surrounding that state's famed political process. With unfamiliarities around rule changes, etiquette, and requirements, University of Iowa students and staff members wrote in to the Daily Iowan to ask their questions regarding the Iowa Caucuses. In this special episode of The Cloakroom, Daily Iowan Politics Editor Julia Shanahan sits down to answer these questions with our host.
Feb 02, 2020•9 min
Plugging the Amp is an arts and entertainment podcast dedicated to local music fostered in Iowa City and other surrounding cities. For our first episode, we've invited Cedar Rapids-based rock band In the Attic to discuss where they originated, experimenting with genres, working as a DIY band, touring the Midwest, and teasing upcoming projects. In the Attic's next Iowa City concert will be tonight at Gabe's, beginning around 8 p.m. Hosted and Edited by Sarah Stortz....
Feb 01, 2020•16 min•Ep. 1
On the Record is the Daily Iowan's weekly news podcast where we wrap up the top stories of the past week in the University of Iowa community. This week's episode includes responding to coronavirus, questions beget by the UI's Public-Private Partnership, and interviews with two DI news reporters Eleanor Hildebrandt to talk about funding issues with certain UI student groups and Kelsey Harrell to talk about how Iowa high schoolers are showing what it really means to fight like a girl. Hosted by Ch...
Jan 31, 2020•14 min•Season 1Ep. 2
