On Iowa Politics is a weekly news and analysis podcast that aims to recreate the kinds of conversations that happen when you get political reporters from across Iowa together after the day’s deadlines have been met. Tackling anything from local to state to national, On Iowa Politics is your weekly dose of analysis and insight into the issues affecting Iowa.

This week on the podcast, potential changes to IPERS is once again in the news, two more Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate, and how Democratic candidates are talking to voters thus far this cycle.

On Iowa Politics is hosted by Erin Murphy, the Des Moines Bureau Chief for The Gazette in Cedar Rapids.

With him this week are Gazette Deputy Bureau Chief Tom Barton, Sarah Watson of the Quad City Times, Jared McNett of the Sioux City Journal and Gazette columnist Althea Cole.

Gazette Digital Content Manager Becky Lutgen Gardner produced this episode.

Comments: erin.murphy@thegazette.com, becky.gardner@thegazette.com