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, we discuss the Iowa Libertarians fighting for their name on the ballot, National group spending on the Iowa gubernatorial candidates and continued debate on data centers.

This episode was hosted by Gazette Des Moines Bureau Chief Erin Murphy and produced by Southeast Iowa Union producer Peter Kamp. It features Lee Des Moines Bureau Chief Hailey Peck, Sarah Watson of the Quad City Times, Jared McNett of the Sioux City Journal and Gazette columnists Althea Cole and Todd Dorman.

Read the articles featured in this episode:

2:45 - Iowa Libertarian candidates go to court over ballot access

5:46 - National parties pour millions into Iowa governor campaign

13:46 - Sand derides 'broke' two-party system, calls out opponent for being an 'operative'

18:37 - I don’t like data centers either, but …