The 21st Show
Author Luis Alberto Urrea’s latest novel was inspired by his mother’s experiences in World War II. She operated a Red Cross Clubmobile.
The 21st Show
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
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The 21st Show
Last year, Poetry magazine got its first Black editor, Adrian Matejka. He joined The 21st to talk about his plans for the publication and his own relationship with poetry.
The 21st Show
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The 21st Show
We're taking a look back at the news of 2023 with the big political/government stories from Illinois and Washington, DC.
The 21st Show
instead of our usual reporter roundtable, we take a sonic journey through the biggest stories of 2023, as covered by The 21st Show.
The 217 Today Podcast
In today's deep dive, we’ll learn more about the conditions in one of the temporary shelters for migrants in Chicago where one child died over the weekend.
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The buffalo sustained Native Americans for hundreds of generations — until they were hunted to near extinction in the 1800s. Those stories — and how the buffalo have recovered — are the subject of the latest documentary from Ken Burns, called “The American Buffalo.” University of Illinois Professor Rosalyn LaPier was featured prominently in the film. In October, before a live studio audience in Urbana, she talked with Brian Mackey about the film and her background as a member of the Blackfeet of Montana.
The 21st Show
The buffalo sustained Native Americans for hundreds of generations — until they were hunted to near extinction in the 1800s. Those stories — and how the buffalo have recovered — are the subject of the latest documentary from Ken Burns, called “The American Buffalo.” Today we’ll hear two conversations about the film. First, with Burns himself. Then, with one of the indigenous experts featured in the film — University of Illinois Professor Rosalyn LaPier.
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