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As seen in: WILL-TV (Urbana, IL), NPR, Patterns, The 21st Show, KRCC-FM (Colorado Springs, CO), WBEZ-FM (Chicago, IL), BiggerPockets, WLRN-FM (Miami, FL), KPBS-TV (San Diego, CA), KUOW-FM (Seattle, WA), The State Journal-Register and
Covers:  Illinois government and politics, Illinois culture, Illinois history, Illinois books, and other books of interest to smart public radio listeners in ... Illinois!
Doesn't Cover: Most anything lacking an Illinois connection, with the exception of books (though I will work to find that Illinois connection!).
Host of @21stshow, Illinois’ statewide public radio talk show and podcast → 21stshow.org.

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Best of: Sci-fi author Ken Liu on his writing, AI, and sentient toasters

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By Jose Zepeda , Brian Mackey 
| WILL-TV (Urbana, IL)
Author Ken Liu was born in China in 1976, and his family emigrated to the U.S. when he was 11. He has published multiple collections of short stories and an epic series of novels. Several of his works have been made into films , including “Good Hunting,” which was part of the Netflix animated anthology series Love, Death and Robots. He's also known for translating the Chinese sci-fi series known as The Three Body Problem.
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Illinois Public Media and Illinois Soul says farewell to Kimberly Schofield

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By Brian Mackey , My Coworkers, Sam. Sam
| WILL-TV (Urbana, IL)
May 29, 2026 Kimberly Schofield hosts Morning Edition at Illinois Public Media. Listen (Duration: 22:01) Download // This is a machine generated transcript. Please report any transcription errors to will-help@illinois.edu. [00:00:00] Reginald Hardwick: From Illinois Soul, this is Dialogue. I'm Reginald Hardwick. Dialogue is an exchange about culture straight from the soul. For the last three years, a warm and informative voice has helped us get our day started.
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We're taking a tour of America's favorite summer tradition: the state fair

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By Rachel Cramer, Joe Schulz , Brian Mackey , Harshawn Ratanpal
| Wisconsin Public Radio
A line had already formed in the John Deere Agriculture Building an hour after the gates opened the first week of the Iowa State Fair. Dozens of people waited patiently to see the butter cow, shuffling past the cordoned off displays of purple cabbages, peppers and ears of corn that were waiting to be judged. Sculpted with 600 pounds of butter on a wood and mesh frame, the bovine replica is the first stop for many fairgoers, like Amanda Hergert and Brad Blakeman from Omaha, Nebraska.
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