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Hosted by Chad Benson · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 11 episodes
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A serious, honest, and critically needed podcast exploring how Iowa’s policies—especially those around foster care, adoption, mental health, education and other family-impacting systems—play out in real life. f0e6d5ea5028c4d8de2ca1e2344da5f970f232aa
Chad Benson hosts Let’s Talk Iowa!, a society show with 11 episodes published.
This episode of Let's Talk Iowa follows one family's fight to care for a son with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), explaining the medical realities of the condition and how Iowa's system often mistakes neurologica
Episode 10: The $7 Billion Leak Host: Chad Benson Recording Date: January 4, 2026 Overview "It’s like Mr. Belding from Saved by the Bell trying to take on a Terminator." Recording from his living room in Sioux City, host
Episode 9: The Base Kid Mentality & The Standard of Care "Duty isn't a suggestion—it was the baseline." As we step into 2026, we aren't making resolutions—we’re establishing resolve. In this high-stakes deep dive, host C
Episode 8: The War Room – 2026 Legislative Intelligence "Hope is not a strategy." With just three weeks until the gavel drops on January 12, 2026, the halls of the Iowa Capitol are quiet—but the War Room is just heating
Keywords mental health, Iowa, managed care organizations, MCOs, healthcare, advocacy, family support, bureaucratic challenges, accountability, reform Summary In this conversation, Chad shares his personal struggles with
Summary In this episode of Let's Talk Iowa, Chad shares a raw and unfiltered account of his struggles with the Iowa legal system regarding his son's mental health needs. He discusses the hypocrisy of the system, the burd
In this episode, Chad Benson interviews Ryan Adams about his journey from Norway to San Francisco, his work in residential care, and his efforts to strengthen family resource centers in Iowa. They discuss the challenges
What if the state agency responsible for children's mental health had a secret "Bigfoot Division"—specializing in blurry photos and anecdotal evidence of services that are always just out of reach? For too many Iowa fami
After a long silence, host Chad Benson returns with the deeply personal story of his own family's grueling battle with Iowa's Health and Human Services. In this raw and emotional episode, Chad shares his firsthand experi
In this episode, Rep. Robert Henderson joins us to talk about Iowa's growing mental health crisis and the impossible position schools have been placed in. With services lacking, teachers are expected to be mental health
What happens when a parent does everything right—and still hits a wall? In the premiere episode of Let’s Talk, Iowa!, host Chad Benson speaks with Nina Richtman, a mother who was forced to transfer legal custody of her s
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Let’s Talk Iowa! is hosted by Chad Benson. The show is categorised under society (culture) and has published 11 episodes.
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