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Meet the new host of Dialogue

 With the launch of Illinois Soul came a new weekly local community affairs magazine program, Dialogue, highlighting issues important to Black communities in central Illinois. Illinois Public Media is excited to welcome Kennedy Vincent as the new permanent host of the program and as a specialty reporter for Black and immigrant communities for IPM News.
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Atomic Age Cocktail Party
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Romantic Rendezvous (1099)
Join us this week, on The Atomic Age Cocktail Party, for a Romantic Rendezvous. Lush sounds that help set the mood for those times when you turn the lights down low and turn…
Evening Concert
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The New York Philharmonic This Week
Monday night May 20 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear an…
Classic Mornings
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Pairs in Season

I hadn’t thought about it before.
The 217 Today Podcast
Germaine Light, a nearby resident of the Vermilion River, walks her dog, Pippin, along the Middle Fork. Light is concerned about the threat coal ash has on the river.

217 Today: Coal ash is polluting Illinois rivers. Environmentalists want the state to move faster to stop it
In today's deep dive, we'll learn that some environmentalists want the state to move faster to stop coal ash from polluting Illinois rivers. 
The 21st Show

Best of: 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
Joy Yang looks down at the theremin while playing, moving her hands in the air very delicately.

How the theremin can produce sounds with the wave of a hand
Prairie Fire

Rouley & Ruey: Morel Mushroom Hunt
Join us on a morel mushroom hunt in an undisclosed location with amateur enthusiasts and best friends Angie Rouley and Ruey Sandusky.  They'll tell us what to look…
Mid-American Gardener

Spring has sprung!
There's finally things to do outside, as the Mid-American Gardener crew prep their gardens for the season!
State of Change
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Impacts of the climate crisis on communities of color
In 2023, the climate crisis became chaotic in Illinois. In our third annual State of Change report, we examine how higher temperatures are taking a toll on people, in…