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The 21st Show
What is the state of bees across Illinois?
Illinois has an official state bee: The Black and Golden Bumblebee. What sets this species of bees apart from others and what is the state of pollinators across Illinois?
The 21st Show
What to know about Cyclosporiasis outbreak
Hundreds of Illinoisans have gotten sick this summer from the gastrointestinal disease cyclosporiasis. Two infectious disease specialists discuss what’s happening, who’s at risk, and what the role is of government in food safety.
Weather Realness
Meteorologist Ed Kieser returns to Illinois airways
He’s back! Ed Kieser, former chief meteorologist at WILL radio returns to Illinois airways. We learn more about his career and his 1996 tornado forecast.
Weather Realness
How climate and weather affects mosquitos and ticks in Illinois
Illinois has around 60 species of mosquitoes. Learn how climate and weather impacts them and if they pose a risk to public health.
The 21st Show
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. He discusses his life, growing up in the C-U area, and his work.
The 21st Show
‘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.
The 21st Show
Struggling to manage your children’s online activities? An Illinois author is here to help.
The author of Growing up in Public: Coming of Age in a Digital World shares how to manage a generation that operates online all the time.
The 21st Show
Two friends channel grief into advocating for peace in Holy Land
Palestinian Aziz Abu Sarah and Israeli Maoz Inon have written a book called “The Future is Peace: A Shared Journey Across the Holy Land.” They discuss why they choose peace over vengeance and how their personal losses motivate their advocacy.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
