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Illinois Soul celebrates two years of songs, concerts and conversations
Illinois Soul, FM 101.1, went on the air February 2, 2024. We took a look at what's happened and what's ahead in 2026.
Dialogue
Each week Dialogue features interviews people across the region along with in-depth stories from the IPM News team about education, health, politics, arts, and more as it relates to local Black communities. Dialogue airs Saturdays at 11 am and Tuesdays at 6 pm on Illinois Soul FM 101.1 and streams live at illinoissoul.org and can be heard Wednesdays at 8 pm on WILL-AM 580.
Illinois Public Media is helping launch a new teen video podcast. Here’s how to sign up.
Teens and parents should apply now at TeenSummit2.net.
Maysa brings her dulcet voice to Champaign-Urbana to help Illinois Soul celebrate its anniversary
Grammy-nominee Maysa talks about her 3-decade career as she prepares to perform for Illinois Soul's second year celebration on February 7, 2026.
Dr. Martin Luther King At Illinois Wesleyan University
On February 10, 1966, three years after the March on Washington, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington.
Bayard Rustin: The Gay, Black Civil Rights Activist
Sixty-two years ago, a quarter of a million people gathered for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. On today’s show, we take a look at the life and legacy of a central organizer of the march, Bayard Rustin. Rustin was an openly gay civil rights leader and a trusted advisor to labor leader A. Phillip Randolph and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Behind the prison walls: education, mentorship and help for returning citizens
For the past year and a half, we've spent a lot of time in prisons.. probing educational opportunities and interactions. Plus, a new central Illinois group helping formerly incarcerated people get a fresh start.
NPR editor Cheryl Whitlow Thompson has dialogue about growing up in Illinois, journalism today, and the lost Tuskegee Airmen
Cheryl Whitlow Thompson shares her career from earning degrees at the University of Illinois to working at the News Gazette to award-winning journalism at The Washington Post and now, NPR.
Republican Senate Candidate Don Tracy on Israel, ICE, and the future of MAGA and the GOP
This episode of “Dialogue” features Republican Senate Candidate Don Tracy who is a candidate for the Illinois Senate race in 2026 on the 21st Show.
Illinois Senate Candidates Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton and Congresswoman Robin Kelly discuss policies
This episode of “Dialogue” features a round-up of stories from candidates for the Illinois Senate race in 2026 who spoke on the 21st Show of the issues they aim to tackle if they get elected.
Rhythm and roots: The restorative power of Black holiday music
From the tone and tenor of Black holiday music, what brings the spirit more than sounds that bring a community together?
