PATV Channel 18 Iowa City, Iowa
Yale talks with stand-up comics Bobby Ray Bunch, Tom Garland and André Theobald about how comedy may be one of the last places you can really speak the truth in our ever-more "sensitive" age, the growing Iowa stand-up comedy scene, hookers, hecklers, cottage cheese, and Harriet Tubman.
Yale talks with author, humorist and performer Polly Frost about what inspires good comedy, the inane efforts of the “mommy culture” to child-proof the world, how the concept of “feminist humor” might be a stifling contradiction, the comeback of erotica in the age of porn, and her one-woman show, “How to Survive Your Adult Relationship with Your Family.”
Host Hani Elkadi talks with Principal John Bacon about what's happening at City High School in Iowa City.
The boys are tired. Jake is in a bad mood, Jamal continues to resent the obligation of living. Fun fun fun.
The Smartest Iowan: DR. WHO Special
Political Science Professor Tim Hagle, Jeff Charis-Carlson, opinion page editor of the Iowa City Press Citizen, and attorney Rockne Cole talk with Yale about the Trayvon Martin case, the "Slut Walk" recently held in Iowa City, the "Conservative Coming Out Week" events put on by the the University of Iowa College Republicans, and the recent prostitution bust in Coralville and the surprising community response to it.
Yale talks with organizers and performers from the 319 Music Festival about how it got started, how it’s helped change perceptions about the Broadway neighborhood, and what’s planned for this year’s event.
Yale talks with Joe Blair, author of "By the Iowa Sea: A Memoir of Disaster and Love," which is set largely in the weeks leading up to and following the 2008 flood which laid waste to much of Iowa City, and has received tremendously positive reviews across the nation.
Yale talks with Christy Andersen, Anna Salino-Hugg, and Robin Berman from the 13 Moon Tribal Bellydance Troupe about the origins of belly dancing, the history of their group, why belly dancing is becoming more popular, and whether Yale can keep pace with them during a dance.