Upcoming guests for next four weeks
...plus today's Zoom link
Welcome to our new subscribers! This column is called a Potluck because we offer a bit of this and that, and you - the reader - bring something to the table. On Mondays over noon, we invite guests with expertise about a topic of interest. I interview them for the first 15-20 minutes, then turn it over to participants on the call to ask questions. The conversation is recorded and turned into an audio podcast.
Our upcoming schedule is as follows:
Monday, May 20: Michael Dahlstrom, Michael Dahlstrom is the director of the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication at Iowa State University.
What is misinformation and why does it seem so persuasive?
How does social media and now AI impact misinformation?
What can we as individuals do to protect ourselves from being fooled by misinformation?
Your Zoom link: Dahlsgtrom Zoom
Monday, May 27: Marianne Fons, the newest member of the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative. She is an author who lives in Winterset and, for decades, co-hosted a national television show about quilting.
Monday, June 3: Kimberly Graham, Polk County Attorney. After graduating from law school with honors, she worked for 23 years in private practice as a court-appointed defense attorney for low-income people, an attorney for parents or children in Child in Need of Assistance cases, and a mediator. From 2018 to 2022, she served as the attorney and guardian ad litem for children of the participants in the Polk County Recovery Court program.
Graham assumed the responsibilities of the Polk County Attorney on January 3, 2023, and is the first woman elected to the role.
Monday, June 10: Dr. Richard Deming, Mercy One’s Cancer Center’s Medical Director. He believes a cancer diagnosis can be transformative in a positive way.
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