Illinois Public Media News

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 was joined by a professor of history and a columnist to discuss how “Merry Christmas,” a once very common phrase, has resulted in a political divide due to ideology, age and even gender.

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.

It's a  musical feast as we listen back to some of our favorite Illinois musicians we've talked to in the past few months. We'll hear the indie pop sounds of emily the band, rapper Zuh-Cari the Artist, and the darker folk music of the band Hollow Down.

We're taking a look back at the news of 2023 with the big political/government stories from Illinois and Washington, DC.