The 21st Show

The 21st Show is taking the week off. Here’s the segments we’re revisiting.

 

Brian Mackey of The 21st Show is taking a couple of weeks off. Here are links to the show's we're resharing this week.

Monday, July 20 - Two friends channel grief into advocating for peace in Holy Land

Israeli Maoz Inon and Palestinian Aziz Abu Sarah have written a new book called “The Future is Peace: A Shared Journey Across the Holy Land.” 

Tuesday, July 21 - Struggling to manage your children’s online activities? An Illinois author is here to help

Chicago based author Devorah Heitner writes that, rather than trying to micromanage their kids online lives, “parents should shift their focus from consequences to building character, helping their kids figure out who they really are, and teaching them to respect their own privacy and reputation by modeling that respect for them.” 

Wednesday, July 22 - ‘Forgotten Souls’ tells the stories of missing Tuskegee Airmen

Roughly 1,000 Black men were trained in Tuskegee, Alabama to serve as Army aviators in World War II. Nearly 100 were killed — and of those, 27 went missing. Most were never recovered, leaving a trail of unresolved grief that would haunt their families for decades. Their stories are the subject of a new book called “Forgotten Souls: The Search for the Lost Tuskegee Airmen" by Cheryl Whitlow Thompson. An award-winning investigative journalist, Thompson is currently a reporter and editor at NPR. She's also a native of Chicago and earned two degrees from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Thursday, July 23 - One-on-one with award-winning Hamilton actor Jonathan Butler-Duplessis

Actor Jonathan Butler-Duplessis attended high school and college in Champaign. After more than a decade in regional theater, he made his Broadway debut in Hamilton. Butler-Duplessis also had roles in some TV shows including Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, and Empire. He discusses his life, growing up in the C-U area, and his work.

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