Politics has a short memory. And consequently, it’s challenging to remember that the movement for reproductive rights does not begin with Dobbs or even Roe v. Wade. People here in Iowa and elsewhere have been locked in a fight for reproductive freedom that far predates any of us.

On this episode of Cornhole Champions, host Zachary Oren Smith chats with Dr. Lina-Maria Murillo, a scholar of power and reproductive rights.

Iowa Starting Line’s community editor Amie Rivers joins to talk about Sen. Joni Ernst’s sudden warmth towards Trump’s Pete Hegseth, Iowa Democrats return to Summer EBT, and Food and Water Watch’s new analysis on the disparity between polluters and the people who drink the water.

Cornhole Champions is a weekly podcast powered by Iowa Starting Line with music by Avery Mossman. We are a proud member of the Iowa Writers Collaborative. For more, check out its roundup of local writers.

Links:

* 1st Story - Amid pressure, Ernst says she’ll ‘support’ Hegseth through nomination process. (Iowa Starting Line)

* 2nd Story - Democrats will return to Des Moines with legislation to feed Iowa kids during the summer (Iowa Starting Line)

* 3rd Story - Iowa Factory Farms Penalized Less Than $750K For 10 Years Of Illegal Pollution, New Analysis Finds (Food & Water Watch)

* 4th Story - Iowans removing fallopian tubes, getting long-term birth control as threats to reproductive freedom loom (Iowa Starting Line)

Guest

* Dr. Lina-Maria Murillo is an assistant professor in Gender, Women's & Sexuality Studies and History at the University of Iowa.

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