Dungeon Mistress Lorelei introduces this year's theme. 

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TEASER - Rocktober Hardloween Carcass 5: The Urban-Rural Divide (10/29/2025)

Eden and Justin discuss Weirdo Calvinism. 

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TEASER - Doughbrain Book Club: Hard-Wired #4 (11/5/2025)

Federal government deporting people, state government hiding emails, and normal people getting fired and going to jail for posting. Bleak!

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221 - Mow the Lawn, Get off the Computer (10/26/2025)

History PhD candidate Greg Wickencamp and retired archivist David McCartney gave us an hour of their time to very patiently explain what's going on with the Iowa State Historical Society's building in Iowa City. Who wants to shut it down and why?

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222 - Cynical Historians with Greg Wickencamp and David McCartney (11/2/2025)

Joseph introduces himself. 

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TEASER - Doughbrain Book Club: Hard-Wired Wrap-Up (audio - 11/12/2025)

Investigating the results of last week's local elections, watching Randy Feenstra's announcement ad, and spearheading a movement against the new gas station.  

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223 - New Heights (11/9/2025)

My wife had surgery this week (everything's fine) so we haven't had time to prep/record/edit a regular RHC episode. Instead, here's an episode of Rock Hard Call-Us we recorded with Anastasia a few months back. If you like it, you can subscribe at https://patreon.com/rockhardcaucus for a lot more episodes. And call us at (319) 849-8733 if you'd like to participate!

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UNLOCKED - Rock Hard Call-Us #20: Dymanic with Anastasia (7/17/2025) [11/16/2025]

A big building nobody wants, Polk County trying to get an indigenous person deported, the sale of our hometown newspaper, and more. How could one not flirt with violence under these conditions? 

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224 - Flirting with Violence (11/23/2025)

Justin and Toni discuss war. 

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TEASER - Speed Freak Read/Speak #41: A Dragon Can Sense the Purity of Truth (audio - 11/28/2025)

Chris Jones might run for office, gas station misandry, and the Des Moines Register printed some super racist shit. Let's end November with a bang. 

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225 - Buy More Shit Sunday (11/30/2025)

Iowa-based news, politics, and culture podcast. Founded in August 2019.
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New tracks tagged #Des Moines