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The 21st Show

With one week to go until the June 28, 2022 primary election, we're talking with politics reporters abuut the status of campaigning and early voting.

The 217 Today Podcast

In today's deep dive, we'll learn about the changing agriculture industry, including how it's creating jobs that are science-focused and more accessible to people without degrees. 

The 21st Show

Robert Allerton and John Gregg were gay men and partners but they could not be accepted that way in mid-century America. So they told people they were father and son. Their relationship is the subject of the book, An Open Secret: The Family Story of Robert and John Gregg Allerton.

The 21st Show

We talked about why Caterpillar and Boeing are moving their headquarters out of Illinois.

The 217 Today Podcast

In today's deep dive, we’ll learn about the rollout of a new three-digit mental health crisis number, and, if states are prepared.

The 217 Today Podcast

In today's deep dive, we head to Princeton, Illinois for a closer look at an art exhibition inspired by Norman Rockwell.

The 21st Show

The author of "Last Call at the Hotel Imperial" joined us to talk about the achievements, missteps, and legacies of the American journalists who birthed the modern foreign correspondent.

The 21st Show

In his book America’s First Black Town: Brooklyn, Illinois, 1830-1915, University of Illinois professor Dr. Sundiata Cha-Jua chronicles the Illinois town founded by people fleeing slavery in Missouri.

The 217 Today Podcast

In today's deep dive, a closer look at the Republican primary in the 15th Congressional District between incumbents Rodney Davis and Mary Miller.

The 21st Show

The 21st was joined by the author of a book exploring the myth of the model minority and the students who take extreme measures to cope, as well as a clinical social worker and a student who shared her own experiences with the pressure often placed on Asian American students.