IRIS: Amazing Iowa

IRIS: Amazing Iowa

Channel of Iowa Radio Reading Information Service (IRIS). Amazing Iowa includes episodes from original programming: Cover to Cover, Impact, In Focus, Iowa Salute, and Polk County Senior.

Episodes

December 23, 2020 58 mins

The Wizard of Oz starring Julie Garland (1950)

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Holiday Inn (1943) with Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore. Followed by Christmas in Connecticut with Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman. 

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The Bishop's Wife (1948) starring Cary Grant and Loretta Young followed by A Stable in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (1944) from the NBC Matinee Theater. 

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December 23, 2020 58 mins

Remember the Night (1940) starring Fred MacMurray

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It's a Wonderful Life (1947) starring James Stewart and Donna Reed. 

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A Christmas Carol (1942) starring Lionel Barrymore as Scrooge. Followed by The Night Before Christmas - a New Sherlock Holmes Mystery. 

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October 11, 2019 57 mins

In Focus is an IRIS original program that focuses on articles about Iowa from publications such as Iowa Source, Iowa Outdoors, Iowa History Journal, and Our Iowa.  

The Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind and Print Handicapped (IRIS) exists to bring the world of information to Iowans who cannot access the printed word because of blindness, visual or physical impairment or learning difference. For more information, ...

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October 11, 2019 28 mins

Polk County Senior is an IRIS original program. Readings include lunch menus and articles Polk County Senior Bulletin and information from AARP and Aging Iowa.

The Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind and Print Handicapped (IRIS) exists to bring the world of information to Iowans who cannot access the printed word because of blindness, visual or physical impairment or learning difference. For more information, pleas...

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October 11, 2019 57 mins

An IRIS original program, Cover to Cover reads books by and about Iowans in weekly installments. This episode is the first installment in the reading of the book, Many Hands Make Light Work: A Memoir by Cheryl Stritzel McCarthy.

The Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind and Print Handicapped (IRIS) exists to bring the world of information to Iowans who cannot access the printed word because of blindness, visual or ph...

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Iowa Salute is an IRIS original program that focuses on non-fiction written by or about Iowans in the Military. This episode is the fourth installment in the reading of the book, Eve of a Hundred Midnights by Bill Lascher.

The Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind and Print Handicapped (IRIS) exists to bring the world of information to Iowans who cannot access the printed word because of blindness, visual or physical...

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October 4, 2019 58 mins

In Focus is an IRIS original program that focuses on articles about Iowa from publications such as Iowa Source, Iowa Outdoors, Iowa History Journal, and Our Iowa.  

The Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind and Print Handicapped (IRIS) exists to bring the world of information to Iowans who cannot access the printed word because of blindness, visual or physical impairment or learning difference. For more information, ...

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October 4, 2019 28 mins

Polk County Senior is an IRIS original program. Readings include lunch menus and articles Polk County Senior Bulletin and information from AARP and Aging Iowa.

The Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind and Print Handicapped (IRIS) exists to bring the world of information to Iowans who cannot access the printed word because of blindness, visual or physical impairment or learning difference. For more information, pleas...

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Iowa Salute is an IRIS original program that focuses on non-fiction written by or about Iowans in the Military. This episode is the third installment in the reading of the book, Eve of a Hundred Midnights by Bill Lascher.

The Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind and Print Handicapped (IRIS) exists to bring the world of information to Iowans who cannot access the printed word because of blindness, visual or physical ...

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Iowa Salute is an IRIS original program that focuses on non-fiction written by or about Iowans in the Military. This episode is the second installment in the reading of the book, Eve of a Hundred Midnights by Bill Lascher.

The Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind and Print Handicapped (IRIS) exists to bring the world of information to Iowans who cannot access the printed word because of blindness, visual or physical...

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Iowa Salute is an IRIS original program that focuses on non-fiction written by or about Iowans in the Military. This episode is the eight and final installment in the reading of the book, He Wrote Her Everyday by Gail Lindenberg. We then begin a new book, Eve of A Hundred Midnights by Bill Lascher.

The Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind and Print Handicapped (IRIS) exists to bring the world of information to Iowan...

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September 27, 2019 57 mins

In Focus is an IRIS original program that focuses on articles about Iowa from publications such as Iowa Source, Iowa Outdoors, Iowa History Journal, and Our Iowa.  

The Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind and Print Handicapped (IRIS) exists to bring the world of information to Iowans who cannot access the printed word because of blindness, visual or physical impairment or learning difference. For more information, ...

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September 27, 2019 57 mins

In Focus is an IRIS original program that focuses on articles about Iowa from publications such as Iowa Source, Iowa Outdoors, Iowa History Journal, and Our Iowa.  

The Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind and Print Handicapped (IRIS) exists to bring the world of information to Iowans who cannot access the printed word because of blindness, visual or physical impairment or learning difference. For more information, ...

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An IRIS original program, Cover to Cover reads books by and about Iowans in weekly installments.  This episode is the fourth and final installment in the reading of the book, Murder and Mayhem in Scott County, Iowa by John Brassard, Jr. 

The Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind and Print Handicapped (IRIS) exists to bring the world of information to Iowans who cannot access the printed word because of blindness, vis...

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September 19, 2019 58 mins

An IRIS original program, Cover to Cover reads books by and about Iowans in weekly installments. This episode is the third installment in the reading of the book, Murder and Mayhem in Scott County, Iowa by John Brassard, Jr. 

The Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind and Print Handicapped (IRIS) exists to bring the world of information to Iowans who cannot access the printed word because of blindness, visual or physi...

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September 16, 2019 58 mins

In Focus is an IRIS original program that focuses on articles about Iowa from publications such as Iowa Source, Iowa Outdoors, Iowa History Journal, and Our Iowa.  

The Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind and Print Handicapped (IRIS) exists to bring the world of information to Iowans who cannot access the printed word because of blindness, visual or physical impairment or learning difference. For more information, ...

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