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Welcome to our new subscribers. Suppose this is the first column you’ve opened since subscribing. In that case, you might be surprised to find a podcast about how a former Des Moines businessman has discovered the personal benefits of combining tai chi and yoga to quell symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.

Today’s posted podcast is an example of what we do around here. I regularly hold a Zoom conversation on Mondays, and 20-50 participants will join the call live. The podcast is then posted and receives 3-4,000 views. I didn’t get last week’s ‘open show’ posted because it was recorded on a computer I don’t have with me, but I’ll do so next week. It was a fascinating, open conversation about a range of topics. It included rural Iowans, a retired Admiral of the U.S. Navy, a community leader in Jefferson helping to spearhead a successful move to bring immigrants to their town, and a variety of other topics on caller’s minds.

You’ll also find occasional essays on topics you might discuss around the dinner table with friends. The conversations are fascinating because of the guests and because our participants are engaged, smart, informed, and sometimes funny.

As for today’s podcast, please forward this episode to anyone you think might have an interest in how tai chi and yoga, have helped Neubauer address Parkinson’s symptoms, and he believes it can help others.

To contact Neubauer: johncharlesneubauer@gmail.com

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J. Dudley

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IOWA WRITERS’ COLLABORATIVE

I am delighted to be a part of the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative. Members include journalists and authors who provide commentary of interest to those interested in Iowa and Iowans.

Columnists

Laura Belin: Iowa Politics with Laura Belin, Windsor Heights

Doug Burns: The Iowa Mercury, Carroll

Dave Busiek: Dave Busiek on Media, Des Moines

Iowa Writers’ Collaborative, Roundup

Steph Copley: It Was Never a Dress, Johnston

Art Cullen: Art Cullen’s Notebook, Storm Lake

Suzanna de Baca: Dispatches from the Heartland, Huxley

Debra Engle: A Whole New World, Madison County

Julie Gammack: Julie Gammack’s Iowa Potluck, Des Moines and Okoboji

Joe Geha: Fern and Joe, Ames

Jody Gifford: Benign Inspiration, West Des Moines

Rob Gray: Rob Gray’s Area, Ankeny

Nik Heftman: The Seven Times, Los Angeles and Iowa

Beth Hoffman: In the Dirt, Lovilla

Dana James: New Black Iowa, Des Moines

Pat Kinney: View from Cedar Valley, Waterloo

Fern Kupfer: Fern and Joe, Ames

Robert Leonard: Deep Midwest: Politics and Culture, Bussey

Letters from Iowans, Iowa

Tar Macias: Hola Iowa, Iowa

Alison McGaughey, The Inquisitive Quad Citizen, Quad Cities

Kurt Meyer: Showing Up, St. Ansgar

Wini Moranville: Wini’s Food Stories, Des Moines

Jeff Morrison: Between Two Rivers, Cedar Rapids

Kyle Munson: Kyle Munson’s Main Street, Des Moines

Jane Nguyen: The Asian Iowan, West Des Moines

John Naughton: My Life, in Color, Des Moines

Chuck Offenburger: Iowa Boy Chuck Offenburger, Jefferson and Des Moines

Barry Piatt: Piatt on Politics Behind the Curtain, Washington, D.C.

Dave Price: Dave Price’s Perspective, Des Moines

Macey Spensley: The Midwest Creative, Norwalk

Larry Stone: Listening to the Land, Elkader

Mary Swander: Mary Swander’s Buggy Land, Kalona

Mary Swander: Mary Swander’s Emerging Voices, Kalona

Cheryl Tevis: Unfinished Business, Boone County

Ed Tibbetts: Along the Mississippi, Davenport

Teresa Zilk: Talking Good, Des Moines

The Iowa Writers Collaborative is also proud to ally with Iowa Capital Dispatch.

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