It’s Wednesday, May 28, 2025.

On this episode of Cornhole Champions, the holiday-shortened week has Iowa Starting Line’s Zachary Oren Smith all by his lonesome on hosting duties.

So he’s making up for it by interviewing a couple other podcasters at Pints and Diplomacy. This week, they talk about a big question: Why folks are leaving Iowa, and why others stay—even if they’re not happy with the political direction it’s going in.

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