Polk County
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Oct 16, 2026
Stephanie GrayGUEST
Um, over half of Iowa's counties have cancer incidence rates higher than the national average, and people in Iowa are 10 to 15% more likely to be diagnosed with cancer than the average American.
Stephanie GrayGUEST
But this is not just a rural problem, 'cause I do think agriculture, which we're gonna talk about, is a huge part of it, but it's not just a rural problem as far as Polk County, which includes Des Moines, like, you know, big city, also has rates above the national average.
Stephanie GrayGUEST
So I do think, um Our contaminated water could be part of the problem.
Stephanie GrayGUEST
[laughs] And our...
BrianHOST
I think it's like...
BrianHOST
I live in Polk County in Iowa, and I think, like, the Polk County Election Office is like, "Yeah, the lines might be long.
BrianHOST
It'd be nice to have, like, somebody on the ones and twos to keep people, like, dancing in line [laughs] or whatever."
KimHOST
Me.
speaker_0HOST
But the mechanics of this legal demand are baffling to me.
speaker_0HOST
How can a single state judge in Polk County, Iowa, or Maricopa County, Arizona, effectively halt the global engineering pipeline of a two trillion dollar tech giant?
speaker_1HOST
It's a massive overreach in terms of jurisdiction, practically speaking.
speaker_0HOST
Furthermore, how does a lawyer walk into a courtroom and empirically prove human value alignment?
Dan FilliusHOST
This is in the night.
Dan FilliusHOST
I woke up and I heard hail, uh, on my rooftop, and we were warned that it was quarter-sized hail coming, and it does, this does not show it in Polk County, does it? Maybe it does.
Dan FilliusHOST
Maybe a little bit.
Justin GlisanHOST
It was south of Polk County.
Justin GlisanHOST
What the, the, the highest reports were south of Polk County.
Dan FilliusHOST
Thanks.
Justin GlisanHOST
So this set up, that warm front was supposed to be much farther east.
Sarah DiehnHOST
Thanks, Chris.
Sarah DiehnHOST
The Polk County Board of Supervisors has approved an agreement for master planning and a market analysis to create an entertainment district around the Iowa Events Center.
Sarah DiehnHOST
Architecture firm Simonson and Associates will conduct a market analysis and provide renderings of potential development options to the board by December.
Sarah DiehnHOST
The county is looking to study the three-acre area south of the Iowa Events Center that includes the former Koch Office Group site and Brown Garage Complex, as well as a nine-acre property north of the Events Center.
Tom VilsackGUEST
Um, so we get, uh, income from the endowment.
Tom VilsackGUEST
Uh, we are also blessed to have support from the State of Iowa, uh, from, uh, Polk County and from the City of Des Moines.
Tom VilsackGUEST
Now, uh, that, uh, that support fluctuates from year to year as the states deal with difficult budgets.
Tom VilsackGUEST
Uh, but nevertheless, we're very fortunate to receive that kind of level of support.
Jacob JohnsonHOST
Sure.
Ashley JohnsonPANELIST
So, like, our class is kinda, you know, northern, central, and then the other class that's going on right now, they're all, like Des Moines, Polk County, you know, all, all...
Ashley JohnsonPANELIST
Well, so it's not Des Moines, but they're the more southern cities and counties, and so that's how they kinda separate us out.
Jacob JohnsonHOST
So, okay.
Sahil KapurCORRESPONDENT
Zach Nunn facing the Democrat Sarah Trone Garriott.
Sahil KapurCORRESPONDENT
Polk County, this is the source of Democratic strength, and I'll show you why.
Sahil KapurCORRESPONDENT
Everything else is red.
Sahil KapurCORRESPONDENT
The path here for Zach Nunn, if he's gonna be able to hold on, is limit the damage, limit the loss here as he did in 2024 to, uh, about 11 points, and try to make up the margin elsewhere here.
George PickupGUEST
So, I mean, you got a river.
Andy SokolovichHOST
It is beneficial to get the folks out of Polk County into Clinton County.
Andy SokolovichHOST
Yes.
Andy SokolovichHOST
Uh, not everything is Des Moines-centric.
Laura BelinPANELIST
Donald Trump only carried the third district by four points, which was about the same as Zach Nunn's margin of victory.
Laura BelinPANELIST
And Donald Trump has to be very unpopular right now in that third district where 75 percent of the vote is just going to be Polk County and Dallas County.
Laura BelinPANELIST
So I feel that Zach Nunn has been in a lot of trouble.
Laura BelinPANELIST
I think the Democrats have a stronger turnout operation now.
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