Religion

Refugee Kids, LULAC and Joe Henry

In our continuing series regarding the refugee children fleeing Central America we visited with the President of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Joe Henry.  Here he tells us what he knows about the ongoing efforts to provide shelter, in Iowa, for the children and why they are fleeing their homes. Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is heard Monday - Friday from 5PM to 6PM on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines.  Connect with us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour and, for more fun, here is our Facebook Page.

Rev. Chris Olkiewicz and Windsor Heights Lutheran Church

We made welcome Rev. Chris Olkiewicz the lead pastor of the Windsor Heights Lutheran Church and we talked about many things from remodeling to immigrant children. Oh, and how somebody with a Polish name became a Lutheran.  Enjoy!Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is heard Monday - Friday from 5PM to 6PM on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines.  Connect with us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour and, for more fun, here is our Facebook Page.

Non-Christians and Christmas

It's the Christmas Day Special from The News Hour.  We hope you and your family had a wonderful celebration.What about those people who don't celebrate the religious portion of December 25th?  Today we visited with three of them.  Our first guest is "Realist" Bruce Stone.  He doesn't have much time for religion of any form.  Then we asked our friend Mark Finkelstein from the Jewish Community Relations Commission to talk about Jews and Christmas...and  is it true Jews celebrate with Chinese and a movie?  And then our newest friend Baljit Singh from the Sikh Temple of Des Moines. How does he, and his family, mark the day.An interesting discussion...  Thanks for coming by for a listen.Insight on Business with Michael Libbie is heard Monday - Friday from 5PM to 6PM on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines.

Christmas Eve Traditions 24 December 2013

It's Christmas Eve at The News Hour and we thought it might be interesting to listen to various Christmas Traditions from several Des Moines religious leaders along with some music of the season.Leading off is Father Basil Hickman from the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George and the traditions of his branch of Christianity.  Then we listen to Rev. Ryan Arnold from the First Christian Church about his bringing up and his congregational celebration of music for Christmas.  We close with Father Mark Owusu from St. Catherine of Siena on the Drake Campus.  An interesting journey for this man from Ghana and he talks about the celebration there and...here.Insight on Business the News Hour is heard Monday - Friday from 5PM to 6PM on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines.  Thanks for listening and Merry Christmas.

Insight on Business 11 October 2013

Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only daily, local, live business news magazine in the region.  Each day M-F from 5 to 6PM we bring you the latest business news along with interesting interviews with news-makers, business leaders and friends.  This podcast holds only the interviews because who want's "yesterday's news"? On the News Hour today a candid interview with broadcasting legend Mike Pace, his world and his new book.  Good stuff.  Then Father Mark Owusu from St. Catherine of Siena comes in to visit about the World Food Prize and Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana who is coming to speak about business ethics on the 16th.  Then we round out our visits with Amber Cahill from The Girls Room.  Amber is a professional fitness instructor, small business owner and world class...pole dancer.  Hey, it's Friday.We're local and live on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines.