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Iowa City Haunts and Med School Hot Takes

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Med students’ fav hangouts and spicy opinions

Where are med students’ best hangouts in Iowa City when they need to breathe? To shop? To relax? Iowa City is small enough that you can bike from the hospital to a wood-fired pizza place and back before your study group notices you’re gone — but it’s also weird and specific enough that you can spend your first semester missing half of what makes it worth being here. This episode is the cheat code. M4 Shana Liu (just weeks from leaving for a med-psych combined residency at Tulane) and M1s Madison Seda, Ellie Johnson, and M1 Sophia Heuser give a tour of Iowa City’s best coffee shops, restaurants, bars, antique stores, thrift spots, and outdoor escapes — organized, inevitably, around parking anxiety and available outlets. The list runs from Press and DayDrink to Sidekick’s one outlet, from Gabe’s open-mic nights to Sunset Salsa on the Ped Mall, from random architectural lighting finds to Kalona Creamery twenty-five minutes down the road. If you’re heading to Iowa City this fall, this episode gives you six months of discovery in about an hour.

Then things get spicier. The group offers their hot takes: whether med school ceremonies are designed for students or for the offices that plan them, whether shadowing requirements are an equity problem dressed up as a qualification standard, and whether students who hit a wall should be able to master out and sit for the PA exam rather than slogging through two more expensive years they don’t want. Dave notes — quietly, because CCOM doesn’t advertise it — that there is actually a committee process at Iowa that can award a master’s degree to students who can’t finish. Nobody knew. That’s the kind of thing you learn in hour two of a podcast conversation, not during orientation.

Places Mentioned in This Episode

Coffee

Food

Groceries

Bars & Nightlife

  • The Green House — 505 E. Washington St. Plant-themed cocktail lounge.
  • Studio 13 — 13 S. Linn St. Iowa City’s LGBTQIA+ bar and karaoke spot.
  • Micky’s Irish Pub — 11 S. Dubuque St. Popcorn, bingo, trivia, ranch by the ramekin.
  • Joe’s Place — 115 Iowa Ave. Rooftop is the move in summer and during football season.
  • Gabe’s — 330 E. Washington St. Live music, open mics, DJ sets.
  • La Rumba Night Club — 1859 Lower Muscatine Rd. Latin/Banda live music, weekends.

Shopping

  • Artifacts — 331 E. Market St. Antiques, furniture, art, clothing, electronics.
  • Heim — Artsy goods and jewelry boutique.
  • Active Endeavors — 138 S. Clinton St. Patagonia, Cotopaxi, hiking gear.
  • Ragstock — 209 E. Washington St. #203. Vintage/used clothing chain.
  • Revival — Secondhand and consignment. Good for finding Anthropologie for $20.
  • Stuff Etc. — 851 Hwy 6 E Ste 103, Iowa City. Also a Coralville location at 2818 Commerce Dr.

Outdoors & Events

Cinema & Culture

  • FilmScene — Independent cinema. Two locations; Chauncey location has the tiny 20-seat theater where you will cry during Hamlet. Student memberships available.

Places to make some extra money

  • BioLife Plasma Services — Dave would like to record an episode here. You might as well donate plasma while you’re at it.

Episode credits:

  • Producer: Zach Grissom
  • Co-hosts: Shana Liu, Madison Seda, Ellie Johnson, Sophie Hueser
  • Production Team: SCP Media Lab–Anna Roger, Cyrus Barati, Isa Perez-Sandi, Zach Grissom, Sarah Upton, Srishti Mathur, David Lee, and Jacob Thompson 

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