Brent Blum (A)('07 journalism) joins us Live from Cy's Lounge to preview the upcoming Iowa State Men's and Women's Basketball seasons. As a broadcaster with the Cyclone Radio Network, Brent has also been up-close at every Cyclone football game and gives his insights on the season so far.

Brent is also the Director of Development at the Ivy College of Business through the Iowa State University Foundation and gives some insight into the new expansion that just took place at the Gerdin Business Building.

Deborah Turner (L)('73 distributed studies), president of the League of Women Voters of the U.S., joins us Live from Cy's Lounge for a virtual Q&A to discuss the recent election, her career as a gynecological oncologist, and memories from being a student at Iowa State.

Greg Smith (L)('91 occupational safety, MPA '10)is the fire chief for the City of Cedar Rapids Fire Department and current ISUAA Board Member. He joins us Live from Cy's Lounge to talk about serving as incident commander for the city’s disaster response after the derecho storm in May, as well as the floods of 2008 and 2016.

Kristen Obbink (A)(DVM '11), Iowa State University’s COVID-19 public health coordinator, talks about her role leading the university’s comprehensive strategy to mitigate the risk of coronavirus spread on campus.

Buffy Peters ('12 child, adult and family services), director of Hamilton's Academy of Grief & Loss in Des Moines, talks about how she's using her Iowa State education to help people grieving the loss of a loved one during the pandemic.

Jeff Joniak ('84 journalism) is currently in his 24th season calling games on the radio for the Chicago Bears of the NFL. As a student at Iowa State, Joniak discovered sportscasting and got his start calling baseball, basketball, and football games for the student radio station. Tune in to find out how he went from doing radio in the basement of Friley Hall to announcing a Super Bowl game.

Hatched at Iowa State's Homecoming on Oct. 16, 1954, Cy celebrates his birthday during homecoming each year. We sat down with three Iowa State alums from different decades who used to be Cy, to talk about what it's like being the school's beloved mascot.

To kick off Iowa State Homecoming 2020: Cardinal & Bold, we are celebrating 40 years of the ISU Alumni Band! Hear from alums of all different decades about what it's like to march on the field at Jack Trice Stadium and why it's important to keep the band tradition alive each homecoming.

Casey Neubauer ('13 public relations), co-founder and executive director of Creating for Justice, joins us to talk about his non-profit that offers artistic and other professional services in exchange for donations to support anti-racist organizations.

Lisa Uhl (A)(DVM '18, '08 biology) is a four-time NCAA D-I track & field champion at Iowa State, ran in the 2012 Olympics, and is now a resident pathologist at the ISU College of Veterinary Medicine.