This week on The Exchange . . . .
A preview of the issues at stake in the upcoming Iowa legislative session. Local leaders and lawmakers came together last Friday afternoon for a wide-ranging discussion at the Woodbury County Courthouse.

A growing Indian middle class on the Winnebago Reservation is the result of many years of investment in education, housing and more, according to a new study. We talk with Lance Morgan, CEO of Ho-Chunk, Inc., the economic development arm of the tribe, about how they made that happen.

As we are in the Christmas season, we talk with an author who has a modern take on the story of Jesus and Lazarus; the man the New Testament states Jesus raised from the dead. We talk with New York Times bestselling author and Jesuit priest James Martin.

And a story of Christmas in another Small Wonder from Jim Schaap.