A small Iowa town on the upper Mississippi River struggles to find support from government when levees protecting the town start to collapse. Yet upstream corporate landowners and grain depots expand and harden their levees with federal money, modifying river currents that accelerate erosion of the town’s aging protections.
Popular Podcasts
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations.
Death, Sex & Money
Anna Sale explores the big questions and hard choices that are often left out of polite conversation.
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.