
Iowa Business Report
Now in its sixth year, the "Iowa Business Report” is a weekly half-hour radio program featuring interviews about business, government, the economy, jobs, trade, and investments. Each program also includes a “Business Profile” segment, telling the story of one Iowa-based company and its impact. The "Iowa Business Report" also airs as a weekday two-minute feature. The "Iowa Business Report" is presented with support from the Iowa Business Council (iowabusinesscouncil.org). The program is a copyrighted production of Totally Iowa Media, which is solely responsible for its content.
Episodes
1504 episodes
Iowa Business Report Tuesday Edition -- Apr. 01, 2025
Iowa Business Report Tuesday EditionApr. 01, 2025 Iowa Business Council president Joe Murphy on why Iowa scores so well in the "governance" category of the latest Iowa Competitive Dashboard data.
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Season 5
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Episode 65
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2:00

Iowa Business Report Monday Edition -- Mar. 31, 2025
Iowa Business Report Monday EditionMar. 31, 2025 Financial journalist Jordan Goodman on the impact of tariffs to this point in the Trump 2.0 Administration.
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Season 5
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Episode 64
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2:00

Iowa Business Report Friday Edition -- Mar. 28, 2025
Iowa Business Report Friday EditionMar. 28, 2025 National financial analyst and author Mark Quann on using debt to generate wealth.
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Season 5
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Episode 63
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2:00

Iowa Business Report Thursday Edition -- Mar. 27, 2025
Iowa Business Report Thursday EditionMar. 27, 2025 Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA03) on legislation that could make an economic difference for families with young children.
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Season 5
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Episode 62
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2:00

Iowa Business Report Wednesday Edition -- Mar. 26, 2025
Iowa Business Report Wednesday EditionMar. 26, 2025 Joe Murphy, president of the Iowa Business Council, with an overview of the annual Iowa Competitive Dashboard report, released by IBC yesterday.
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Season 5
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Episode 61
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2:00

Iowa Business Report Tuesday Edition -- Mar. 25, 2025
Iowa Business Report Tuesday EditionMar. 25, 2025 Jeff Margrett, Iowa/Nebraska regional competition director for FIRST Robotics, which holds a high school regional in Cedar Falls this week, on what students get out ...
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Season 5
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Episode 60
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2:00

Iowa Business Report Monday Edition -- Mar. 24, 2025
Iowa Business Report Monday EditionMar. 24, 2025 Financial journalist Jordan Goodman on the Federal Reserve board's not-surprising action at last week's regular meeting.
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Season 5
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Episode 59
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2:00

Iowa Business Report Friday Edition -- Mar. 21, 2025
Iowa Business Report Friday EditionMar. 21, 2025 Barbara Hames Bryant of Hames Homes, recalling how unique television advertising featuring her parents helped them build the business a half century ago.
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Season 5
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Episode 58
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2:00

Iowa Business Report Thursday Edition -- Mar. 20, 2025
Iowa Business Report Thursday EditionMar. 20, 2025 Chris Hagenow, president of Iowans for Tax Relief, with findings from a poll of Iowans commissioned by the ITR Foundation.
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Season 5
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Episode 57
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2:00

Iowa Business Report Wednesday Edition -- Mar. 19, 2025
Iowa Business Report Wednesday EditionMar. 19, 2025 Chris Flenker, head brewer at Big Grove Brewery & Taproom in Cedar Rapids, who says there's more to making a successful beer than just a proper combination of ...
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Season 5
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Episode 56
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2:00

Iowa Business Report Tuesday Edition -- Mar. 18, 2025
Iowa Business Report Tuesday EditionMar. 18, 2025 Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate on his office's revamped website, designed to make business filings and other information easier to access.
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Season 5
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Episode 55
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2:00

Iowa Business Report Monday Edition -- Mar. 17, 2025
Iowa Business Report Monday EditionMar. 17, 2025 Financial journalist Jordan Goodman on what to expect from this week's Fed meeting.
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Season 5
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Episode 54
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2:00

Iowa Business Report Friday Edition -- Mar. 14, 2025
Iowa Business Report Friday EditionMar. 14, 2025 Paul Teller of Advancing American Freedom on budgetary tricks Congress often uses to avoid making serious spending cuts.
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Season 5
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Episode 53
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2:00

Iowa Business Report Thursday Edition -- Mar. 13, 2025
Iowa Business Report Thursday EditionMar. 13, 2025 Iowa Speaker of the House Pat Grassley (R-New Hartford) on the various property tax reform bills introduced at the legislature last week.
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Season 5
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Episode 52
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2:00

Iowa Business Report Wednesday Edition -- Mar. 12, 2025
Iowa Business Report Wednesday EditionMar. 12, 2025 Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird offers caution about fraudsters impersonating IRS officials at tax time.
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Season 5
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Episode 51
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2:00

Iowa Business Report Tuesday Edition -- Mar. 11, 2025
Iowa Business Report Tuesday EditionMar. 11, 2025 Joseph Lensing, an ISU Extension farm management specialist, on the difficulties of family farm succession planning.
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Season 5
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Episode 50
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2:00

Iowa Business Report Monday Edition -- Mar. 10, 2025
Iowa Business Report Monday EditionMar. 10, 2025 Financial journalist Jordan Goodman breaks down the federal monthly jobs report released on Friday.
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Season 5
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Episode 49
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2:00

Iowa Business Report Friday Edition -- Mar. 07, 2025
Iowa Business Report Friday EditionMar. 07, 2025 Jeremy Lindquist of Plumbers & Steamfitters Local #33 in Des Moines on building a workforce of skilled tradespersons.
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Season 5
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Episode 48
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2:00

Iowa Business Report Thursday Edition -- Mar. 06, 2025
Iowa Business Report Thursday EditionMar. 06, 2025 Paul Steidler of the Lexington Institute on how European Union policies affect U.S. tech companies.
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Season 5
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Episode 47
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2:00
