On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: Grassley and Ernst on the gun bill, primary absentee voting, Deidre DeJear begins her general election campaigning, and a big abortion ruling.

On Iowa Politics is a weekly news and analysis podcast that aims to re-create the kinds of conversations that happen when you get political reporters from across Iowa together after the day's deadlines have been met.

This week’s show is hosted by The Gazette’s Statehouse Bureau Chief Erin Murphy and features Jared McNett of the Sioux City Journal, Sarah Watson of the Quad City Times, Gazette Opinion Editor Todd Dorman, and The Gazette’s new deputy Des Moines Bureau Chief Tom Barton.

The show was produced by Stephen M. Colbert, and the music heard on the podcast is courtesy of Iowa bands McPhisto and Copperhead.