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🌽 Christina Bohannan's 2026 bid and Congress' biggest toss-up district - Cornhole Champions #29
Watch now (57 mins) | Toss some bags and rifle through the list of Iowans hoping to move into the governor's mansion.
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Zachary Oren Smith
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🌽 Zach Wahls launches US Senate campaign - Cornhole Champions #28
Toss some bags about a $135 million comeback story in Perry and the growing list of challengers who think Joni Ernst's time in Washington DC is up.
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Zachary Oren Smith
52:45
🌽 FINALLY: The secret report on deadly Davenport building collapse - Cornhole Champions #27
Listen now | Toss some bags and shake your head with me as we dig into new details on the Davenport building collapse and US Sen. Joni Ernst's terrible…
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Zachary Oren Smith
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May 2025

🌽 Cornhole Champions #26 - The big work of a small town (FEAT Pints & Diplomacy)
Watch now | Toss some bags and talk about gas station pizza, the promise of children, and why journalism is a verb.
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Zachary Oren Smith
1:31:50
🌽 Cornhole Champions #25 - Judge partially halts Iowa's book ban law citing 'irreparable harm'
Toss some bags and talk about a federal judge having more issues with Iowa's "Don't Say Gay" law and why WNBA coverage cannot just be about the rivalry.
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Zachary Oren Smith
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🌽 Cornhole Champions #24 - Rob Sand's Record-Breaking Campaign Launch & Money in Politics
Toss some bags with Zach as he dives into State Auditor Rob Sand's record-breaking $2.25 million first-day haul. Also learn to investigate political…
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Zachary Oren Smith
45:18
🌽 Cornhole Champions #23 - Behind the Scenes with Iowa Starting Line
We're doing something different this week - getting to the heart of why we do this show and more importantly, why we're still doing this work.
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Zachary Oren Smith
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April 2025

🌽 Cornhole Champions #22 - But her emails!!!
Toss some bags with us as we explore Iowa's growing youth mental health crisis and why the Legislature ain't leaving Des Moines this week...
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Zachary Oren Smith
31:12
🌽 Cornhole Champions #21 - Reynolds' Surprise Exit (w/ Liz Fleming)
Toss some bags with us as we explore Governor Reynolds' shocking decision not to seek reelection and the political dominos already falling across Iowa.
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Zachary Oren Smith
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🌽 Cornhole Champions #20 - Four Dems eye a challenge to Ernst (w/ those Dems!)
Toss some bags with us and meet four potential challengers to Sen. Joni Ernst in exclusive interviews with the candidates.
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Zachary Oren Smith
1:31:45
🌽 Cornhole Champions #19 - Iowa Econ 101 Blues (w/ Josh Manske)
Toss some bags with us and hear about Iowa's shrinking economy, pesticide lawsuit protections, school funding battles, and how Trump's tariffs are…
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Zachary Oren Smith
1:11:25
🌽 Cornhole Champions #18 - Defunding the Winneshiek Sheriff (w/ Thomas Hansen)
Toss some bags with us and hear about massive layoffs at Whirlpool in Amana, county supervisor districts, tarriff trouble, and why AG Bird wants to…
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Zachary Oren Smith
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