Price Of Politics

He decided not to travel the world all the time or relax by the ocean. Instead, Brian Lohse, who won $202 million in the Powerball jackpot, decided to make a difference in his community. Lohse talks about why he is o.k. with others knowing how much his family won and he also shares his family struggle that now drives him as a new state legislator to help others in crisis. 

Dave sits down with Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds to discuss the 2019 Legislative session, including mental health, voter rights, and the impact of the trade war.

Former US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro hopes to be the first Latin American president of the United States. He shares how he and his twin brother got interested in politics, how hard it is to be away from his young children and how he isn't pushing to immediately make public universities tuition-free.

Democratic presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand, a U.S. Senator from New York, discusses what it was like to get ripped for her question about how to eat fried chicken, the pressure candidates feel to immediately respond to high profile incidents like one involving actor Jussie Smollett plus why she believes in Medicare for all and the Green New Deal.

Dave talks with presidential candidate Cory Booker about the Green New Deal and its impact on ethanol and how he'll sell people on raising taxes.

Conversations with three history-making figures from Iowa. Democratic Congresswomen Cindy Axne and Abby Finkenauer share what it�s like to become the first Iowa women to get elected to the U.S. House, plus what they hope to accomplish as part of a record number of women in Congress. And Joni Ernst, the first Iowa woman to get elected to the U.S. Senate, offers some advice for the new Iowa Congresswomen, as well as why she believes more women want prominent roles in national politics.