On this edition of River to River, host Ben Kieffer talks with Lynn Hicks, communications director for the Iowa Attorney General, about the rise in robocalls and what you can do to stop receiving future calls from scammers.

Other conversations this hour include interviews with: Scott Peters, department head and professor of political science at the University of Northern Iowa; Michelle Jeanis, assistant professor in the department of criminology at the University of Louisiana Lafayette; Art Cullen, co-owner and editor of The Storm Lake Times; Katie Peikes, IPR’s Western Iowa reporter; and Elwynn Taylor, climatologist, ag meteorologist, and professor at Iowa State University.