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Fifty years ago, singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry released a song that described a slice of life in rural Mississippi. Critic Kevin Whitehead shares a few of the jazz covers that followed.

Ahead of the holidays, coronavirus cases are down, but the U.S. remains stuck in a cycle of regional outbreaks, even in heavily vaccinated northern states. Can boosters and kids vaccines make a dent?

We get a preview of the upcoming Boe Forum and discuss the work of its speaker, David Brooks. Plus, explore the real-life impacts of teachers on the silver screen.

South Dakota hospitals are facing another COVID surge because of stalled vaccination rates and the Delta variant. 

An American Airlines plane was ordered to cancel its landing after a Delta plane that had been cleared for take-off was still on the runway. The FAA is investigating how close the planes got.

We talk with South Dakota State University political scientists Lisa Hager, Ph.D., and David Wiltse, Ph.D., about insurrection, crisis communication, and the way forward for America in turbulent times.

David Wiltse, Ph.D., and Lisa Hager, Ph.D., take a look at what Gov. Noem said during her NRA speech and what that could signal about her political future.

David Hersrud and Larry Rohrer share their top songs of 2023.

Sandhya Dirks arrived in Iowa in January of 2012 as a general assignment reporter. Since coming to Des Moines she has covered the Statehouse and traveled across Iowa to bring back stories for IPR. Sandhya was previously a reporter at KALW in San Francisco, covering education and criminal justice issues. Her work was awarded a SPJ Sigma Delta Chi and a regional Edward R. Murrow award.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to author David Litt on his memoir "It's Only Drowning: A True Story of Learning to Surf and the Pursuit of Common Ground."