Zach Hammes grew up in Iowa City and went on to play for over a decade as a professional baseball player. In this episode, Zach will talk about growing up in Iowa City, being drafted to the Los Angeles Dodgers as a teen, and becoming a business education professor after that. He will also talk about meeting his wife, having kids, and his future ventures in real estate and investing. 

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Anne Thomas grew up in Hannibal, Missouri and currently lives and works in Iowa City. Anne will talk about growing up in Hannibal, home of Mark Twain, and eventually going to nursing school and relocating to Iowa City. She'll talk about living in Brooklyn for a time and returning to Iowa City and being a nurse. She will also tell the story of her spinal stroke, which occured one year prior to the recording of this episode. 

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Doug Thompson is a comedian, hypnotist, and professional speaker from Cedar Rapids. In this episode, Doug will talk about growing up in Cedar Rapids, working at a one hour photo shop, meeting his wife, and working in the car industry for 17 years before becoming a professional stand up comedian. He will also talk about his heart surgery due to Accelerated Coronary Disease, and his pivot to professional public speaking. 

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Katy Brown owns Kitty Corner Social Club in Iowa City. Katy was born and raised in Iowa City and will talk in this episode about growing up there, showing and owning and selling ponies at a young girl, working for Hershey's candy company and her career as a marketer. She will also talk about a car accident that changed her life. 

Kitty Corner Social Club on the web: https://kittycornersocial.club/

Kitty Corner Social Club on Instagram: @kittycornersocialclub

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Kirsten Frey is a lawyer living in Iowa City. In this episode she will talk about growing up on a farm in northwest Iowa near Royal. She will talk about the farm crisis of the 1980's and how it affected her family at that time. She will also talk about meeting her husband, their long road to having children, traveling Europe alone between undergrad and graduate school, and becoming a lawyer.

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Julie Poeltler is a florist and owner of Julie's Fountain of Flowers in Lone Tree, Iowa. In this episode, she'll talk about growing up on a farm in Iowa and going to college at Kirkwood to become a florist. She will also talk about starting her store back in 1980, meeting her husband, and going on to teach her profession as well as help with the flower arrangements at the Oscars and the White House.

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Jennifer Hoeger is an Iowa native and speech therapist, and currently lives in Cedar Rapids. In this episode, Jen will talk about growing up in the small town of Cascade, Iowa. She'll talk about how she met her husband and her time in undergraduate and graduate school. She'll also talk about her three children, including Jack, who was diagnosed with cancer at 6 years old. Jen has created the nonprofit I Know Jack Foundation with the mission of supporting cancer patients and their families.

Please check out the Annual I Know Jack Fundraiser held on Saturday, April 12th, 2025 at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Please check out the Annual I Know Jack Golf Outing held on June 13th, 2025

Please check out the I Know Jack Bike Ride held on August 9th, 2025

Check out the book One Left Handed Hug by Martin A. Hoeger

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Kierra Zapf is from Iowa City, 28 years old, and currently awaiting the arrival of her first child! In this episode, Kierra will talk about growing up in Iowa City, moving to Vail, CO right after high school and working as a photographer and snowboard instructor. She'll also talk about moving home to Iowa during COVID and getting closer to her sister and mom, and her current journey through pregnancy as well as building a house with her boyfriend in Hawaii. 

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SPECIAL PREVIEW EPISODE FOR A NEW PODCAST CO-PRODUCED BY CARA!

There and Back Again is a brand new nonfiction miniseries podcast created by Jared Parisi, editor of 1 Year 1 Fear and founder of Su Madre Podcasts. It's about Jared's road trip from New Hampshire to Iowa City to tell the stories of five really old bars - Joe's Place, The Hilltop Tavern, Dave's Foxhead Tavern, The Hamburg Inn No. 2, and George's Buffet (with a few bonus bars thrown in as well). 

Only the first of the six episodes will be published on the 1 Year 1 Fear feed. If you like this preview episode and you want to hear episodes two through six, see the links below, or search "There and Back Again Jared Parisi" in your prefered podcast app. 

There and Back Again is a memoir of sorts, a kind of audible travel writing, detailing one New Englander's trip to experience five really old bars in one town in the middle of the United States. We hope you enjoy it. 

There and Back Again on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3DF3Xaq

There and Back Again on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3DDwSM3

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Cara mentions Falling Through Acadia in the intro to this episode. Check out that podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. 

Padget Skogman, MD, FAAP, is a Pediatrician in Iowa City. In this episode she will talk about growing up in north west Iowa on a farm, attending college for economics, working on Wall Street, going back to medical school, meeting her husband, having children, and her profession, among many other things!

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