Relevant or Irrelevant

In this episode, Dr. Timothy Walch, Director Emeritus of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, West Branch, Iowa, joins the show to discuss the origin and evolution of the Presidential Library system. Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

BONUS questions from the 401st episode of  ROI. Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

Dr. Thomas McGovern, professor at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center, joins the ROI   panel to discuss Norse Greenland settlements on the 401st edition of this series. Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

BONUS questions from the 400th episode of ROI. Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

The Relevant or Irrelevant team is celebrating episode 400 with special guest Dr. Sara Butler, King George III Professor of English History at Ohio State University, to discuss her recent article, More than Mothers: Juries of Matrons and Pleas of the Belly in Medieval England. Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

BONUS questions from the 399th episode of  ROI. Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

Dr. Robert Dise, associate professor of History at the University of Northern Iowa, joins the ROI team to discuss the history of the Bible. Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

BONUS questions from the 398th episode of  ROI. Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

Dr. Douglas MacDonald joins the ROI  team to discuss prehistoric human activity at the site of Yellowstone National Park. Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

BONUS questions from the 397th ROI. Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

Dr. Jamie Kreiner, associate professor of history at the University of Georgia, is this week's guest.  She joins the Relevant or Irrelevant panelists to talk about her article How To Reduce Digital Distractions: Advice From Medieval Monks . She is the author of The Social Life of Hagiography in the Merovingian Kingdom (2014) and her latest book, Legions of Pigs in The Early Medieval West (2020). S...

Bonus questions from the 396th episode of ROI. Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

Dr. Adrienne Mayor, author of The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World , is the guest on the 396th episode of Relevant or Irrelevant . Dr. Mayor is a Research Scholar at Stanford University. Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

BONUS questions from the 395th episode of ROI . Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

Sharon Andresen, volunteer coordinator for the Forest Grove School No. 5 Rehabilitation Project, discusses this Bettendorf, Iowa, landmark with the ROI panelists on the 395th edition in this series. Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

BONUS questions from the 394th edition of ROI.  Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

Dr. Joy Navan, licensed psychological associate and educational consultant at The Amend Group, is the guest for the 394th edition of ROI. They discuss her book, On Gifted Elders: Awareness, Aspirations, Advocacy. Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

BONUS questions from the 393rd edition of ROI. Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

Dr. Timothy Walch, author and Director Emeritus of The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, is the guest on the 393rd edition of this series. He joins the panelist to discuss his book  Irish Iowa. Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

BONUS questions from the 392nd episode of ROI .  Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

Dr. Michael Schneider, Provost, Dean of the College and Professor of History, at Knox College joins the Relevant or Irrelevant panel to discuss women leaders in diplomacy across the Pacific. Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

BONUS questions from the 391st episode of  ROI. Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

Gerda Preston-Hartman, from The Mines of Spain (Dubuque, Iowa) joins the Relevant or Irrelevant crew to discuss this scenic recreation area overlooking the Mississippi River on the 391st show. Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

BONUS questions from the 390th episode of ROI. Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

Sarah Star, Visiting Professor of English at Kenyon College (Gambier, Ohio) joins the Relevant or Irrelevant team to talk about Henry Daniel and The Liber Uricrisiarum, the earliest known work of academic medicine written in Middle English, for the 390th edition of this series. Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.