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Deciding Iowa
Deciding Iowa is a podcast tackling the tough political and people-focused issues shaping our state. Through honest conversations and deep dives into policy, Shawn Ellerbroek and Emily Boevers break down complex topics with expert voices and clear insights. Each episode explores what’s at stake and where Iowa goes from here.
Episodes
13 episodes
Season 2 - Episode 7: Public Education
If you care about Iowa schools, this episode is worth your time.From classroom learning to school funding, Deciding Iowa takes a closer look at decisions already underway and what’s quietly (or not so quietly) changing in our schools.
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Lightning Round - Priority - Water
🚨 Deciding Iowa Priorities: Lightning Round 🚨💧 Shawn’s top legislative priority? Water.Because without clean, safe water, we don’t have anything. Our health, our land, and our future depend on how we protect...
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Season 2 - Episode 6: Tough on Crime or Tough on Iowa?
Iowa lawmakers say one of their top priorities is keeping Iowa “safe.” But what does that actually mean and at what cost?In Episode 6 of Deciding Iowa, Shawn and Emily take a closer look at the proposed three-strikes sentencing bill, inc...
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Season 2 - Episode 5: Eminent Domain
This matters, Iowa.The Iowa House and Senate are playing procedural games with eminent domain and the carbon pipeline and landowners are caught in the middle.What just happened today with House File 2041 should raise serious quest...
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Season 2 - Episode 4: Supporting Law Enforcement
UPDATE: The subcommittee meeting has been canceled. Stay tuned for updates yet keep up the pressure!______________We want to take a moment to reflect on what’s happening to our neighbors in Minnesota. This moment calls for honest ...
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Season 2 - Episode 3: Public Health & Public Education
This week, Shawn and Emily dig into what’s really surfacing at the Statehouse: Bills impacting public education Free speech & litigation concerns Cancer research funding (some good news!) Heal...
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Season 2 - Episode 2: Where’s the Rewind?
This week on Deciding Iowa, Shawn and Emily dig into what’s happening at the Iowa Legislature and what’s not being talked about.They cover: The Governor’s Condition of the State address and the issues missing from the convers...
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Season 2 - 2026 Iowa Legislature Is In Session
The Iowa Legislature is back in session and so are we.This week, we’re recording the first Deciding Iowa episode of 2026. Watch for details next weekend as we break down what the Iowa House and Senate are already discussing and what we’...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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Episode 16 - Part 6 on Water Quality with Shawn and Emily
Part 6 — The Cost of Clean Water: Prevention, Accountability, and HealthIn the final episode of our six-part water series, Dr. Shawn Ellerbroek (cancer scientist, biochemist, professor, and Iowa House District 57 candidate) and Dr...
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Episode 14: Part 4 of 6 on Iowa Water Quality with Shawn & Emily
In the fourth part of Deciding Iowa’s six-part series on water, Dr. Shawn Ellerbroek and Dr. Emily Boevers turn their attention to the backbone of Iowa agriculture: row crops. Joined by Dr. Matt Helmers, they explore the challenges of an “annua...
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Episode 13: Part 3 on Water Quality in Iowa with Shawn and Emily
In this third episode of our six-part Deciding Iowa series on water, Dr. Shawn Ellerbroek and Dr. Emily Boevers explore one of the most pressing and complex challenges facing Iowa’s waterways: manure management and nonpoint source contamination...
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Episode 12: Where Iowa’s Drinking Water Comes From
In this second episode of our six-part Deciding Iowa series on water, hosts Dr. Shawn Ellerbroek and Dr. Emily Boevers dig into Iowa’s drinking water: where it comes from, how much we have, and the challenges in protecting it.Re...
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Episode 12
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Episode 11 - Excess Nutrients in Our Water, Efforts to Curb
Nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus are flowing into Iowa’s waterways at alarming levels, fueling pollution and long-term risks for our health, economy, and environment. In this episode, Shawn and Emily sit down with Dr. Matt Helmers, Direct...
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