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, we take a peek inside the latest round of fundraising by Iowa’s gubernatorial candidates, one last debate in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary, and the latest on a Western Iowa native’s testimony about Jeffrey Epstein.

This episode was hosted by the Gazette Des Moines Bureau Chief Erin Murphy. It features Gazette Deputy Bureau Chief Tom Barton, Jared McNett of the Sioux City Journal and Gazette columnist Todd Dorman.

This episode was produced by Gazette social video producer Bailey Cichon.

Read stories mentioned in this week’s episode:

(2:09) Ted Waitt said he found Epstein 'off-putting'; wasn't aware of wrongdoing by Maxwell

(9:27) Zach Lahn tops Randy Feenstra in latest fundraising for Iowa Republican governor hopefuls

(24:35) Zach Wahls, Josh Turek debate electability, policy in lead-up to primary

(28:20) Opinion: Chuck Schumer looms over Iowa Democratic Senate primary