Dr. Meredith McCarroll joins the ROI team to discuss "Appalachian Reckoning." McCarroll is the co-editor of this book. It is a collection of essays and creative work from people who live in the Appalachian. 

McCarroll is English Director of Writing and Rhetoric, Director of the First-Year Writing Seminar Program, and a Lecturer in English at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. 

Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

BONUS questions from the 419th episode of ROI.

Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

Kyle Munson, a lifelong journalist, storyteller, writer, and content creator, who spent 24 years in daily news with The Des Moines Register, is the guest for the 419th edition of ROI. Kyle joins the panel to talk about The Western Iowa Journalism Foundation.

Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

BONUS questions from the 418th episode of ROI.

Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

"Time, Autonomy and Obsolescence: Inequality, Precarity and Work Amidst 21st Century Technology Change and Pandemic Crisis" is the scope of the topic on this edition of ROI with special guest Dr. Amy Bix, Professor of History at Iowa State University.

Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

BONUS questions from the 417th ROI.

Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

Dr. Paul Lasley, professor of sociology at Iowa State University, is the guest for the 417th episode of Relevant or Irrelevant. He joins the panel to discuss Iowa's Rural-Urban Schism.

Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

BONUS questions from the 416th episode of ROI.

Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.