Good Morning! Today is Wednesday, April 1st, the 91st day of 2026. There are 274 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Jim Nelson of The Courier on the departure this week of UNI men’s basketball coach Ben Jacobson… Michael Libbie of “Insight on Business” with Ro Crosbie of Tero International on the myth of experience… and a new episode of the popular podcast “Weathered Questions” with meteorologists Jan Ryherd and Kaj O’Mara.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… Dr. Paul Kengor, author of “American Pontiff: Pope Leo XIV and His Plan to Heal the Church,” joins us live… a live conversation with Wynton Hall, author of “Code Red: The Left, The Right, China, and The Race to Control AI”… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Laura Greiner of ISU Extension on pork grilling classes… Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation… and segments from the latest “American Radio Journal” with Lowman Henry.
Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.
“Role Models” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “What is your reaction to April Fool’s Day pranks?” Weigh in at kxel.com/poll.
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