Season 1
Episode
Explore a culinary competition, a luthier, equine-assisted therapy, and piano restoration.
Episode
Explore breakdancing, a 1968 plane crash and community revitalization through the arts.
Episode
Explore bird rehabilitation, visit Mediaverse Studios, and meet the Christofferson family.
Episode
Learn about girls wrestling, meet a makeup artist, and visit the last Ben Franklin store.
Episode
Explore the Underground Railroad Ride, the Groundswell Cafe and a non-profit in Clinton.
Episode
See how service dogs help veterans, meet a student inventor and visit Byron’s Bar.
Episode
Iowans celebrate the holidays in diverse ways — with food, flowers, friendship and song.
Episode
Explore the lyceum movement, refugee support and the history behind one Iowa love story.
Episode
Learn how the emerald ash borer is impacting Iowa neighborhoods, meet a comic book artist who is writing a new
series aimed at kids, learn about an inspiring musician and dancer, and take a ride on a train in Missouri Valley.
Episode
Explore public art, meet a world-renowned woodcarver, and visit a rock ’n’ roll summer camp.
Episode
Meet a juggler from southeast Iowa and four women organizing a student run fashion show.
Episode
Visit a farmer who raises peacocks, meet a professor who hiked across the state to document historical changes in Iowa, and learn how one northeast Iowa organization helps immigrants and refugees.
Episode
Explore a unique town festival, prairie restoration, and a newspaper serving Black Iowans.
Extras
Extra
Jon Locker breaks a world record by playing for five full minutes through 81 guitar/bass amps in the newly restored Val Air Ballroom in West Des Moines.
Uncover the diverse tapestry of Iowa's people, cultures and stories. Through compelling interviews, scenic visuals, and authentic storytelling, each episode explores the extraordinary lives of individuals who call Iowa home.
Funding for Iowa Life Provided By
The Lainie Grimm Fund for Inclusive Programming
The Lois and Gayle Strickler Family of Grinnell, Iowa
The Mark and Kay DeCook Charitable Foundation