Creating the Obama Presidential Library
From the City Club of Chicago: We hear a portion of a presentation by the Executive Director of the Obama Presidential Library Foundation,...
Former Obama Senior Advisor, Valerie Jarret, Reflects on Her Eight...
From the City Club of Chicago: Â Valerie Jarret was in the mix of the vast majority of policy decisions made during the eight years...
Illinois Bicentennial: The Impeachment of Gov Rod Blagojevich
August, 2010: Our indepth interview with David Ellis, who was then the Counsel for Speaker Michael Madigan, when Gov Blagojevich was impeached by the...
Giant City State Park
From Southern Illinois: While many think of Illinois as flat farmland, we travel to the hilly, rocky and forested landscape of Southern Illinois. Â Here,...
Richard Norton Smith: The Colonel: The life and legend of Robert...
From the Illinois Channel Archives (May, 2004): From our "Illinois Books & Authors" series, our 2004 interview with Historian and author, Richard Norton Smith, as...
The U.S. Constitution, Freedom, and the American Form of Government
As we approach "Constitution Day" on September 17th, we speak with Author and constitutional scholar, David Shestokas, on the unique form...
Family Donates a Bible that once Belonged to Abraham Lincoln, to...
SPRINGFIELD – A unique Bible that belonged to Abraham Lincoln in his final year of life, a period...
Jonathan Edison, author of “Survival Mode” on Overcoming Life’s Challenges
From the Illinois Assn of School Boards conference: We talk one on one with Jonathan Edison, who overcame severe hardships based on his family...
History on Trial: The Alton School Cases
The Alton School Cases were a series of seven circuit court trials and five Illinois Supreme Court appeals from 1897 to 1908, in which...
Sen Phil Rock on his tenure as Illinois Senate President
From the Illinois Governor's Mansion, Sen Phil Rock (D), who served 14 years as Illinois Senate President talks about his tenure in office. ...
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From the Illinois Supreme Court: Our one-on-one with Chief Justice Lloyd Karmeier, as we talk about funding the courts, the costs of the legal...