Oral History: Recollections of the Blagojevich Years
From the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library: Historian Mark DePue opens the vault of some of the audio clips he's gathered over the last 12...
Taylor Pensoneau: Reflections on Covering Illinois Politics in the 1960s...
Springfield - Marking the Illinois Bicentennial, 1818-2018
In this in-depth conversation, we speak with former journalist, now author Taylor Pensoneau, who was the Capitol Bureau...
Fmr Aide to Ronald Reagan, Peggy Grande, on Reagan in his...
From the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library - When Ronald Reagan left the presidency, he moved back to California. In 1989, Peggy Grande, just out...
Our Interview with the Biographer of Barack Obama, David Garrow on...
Springfield: Our interview with Pulitzer Prize winning Biographer, David Garrow, on his history of the life of Barack Obama before he became President. Garrow,...
Obama Biographer, David Garrow Speech on his Book “Rising Star”
From the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield - David Garrow, who spent years researching the life of President Barack Obama's years prior to...
Joe Topinka Remembers his Mother, Judy Baar Topinka with a new...
Springfield: Judy Topinka was a regular in Illinois politics over the last 40 years. Her death, shortly after she was re-elected Comptroller in December...
Former Assistant to Ronald Reagan, Peggy Grande, on Her Years with...
Peggy Grande, author of "The President Will See You Now: My Stories and Lessons from Ronald Reagan's Final Years," talks to the Illinois Channel...
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...
Gen John Borling, on Life Lessons Learned from Being a POW...
From the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library: General John Borling, who spent 6 1/2 years as a Prisoner of War in North Vietnam, was imprisoned...
Brooks Simpson: Ulysses S Grant’s Triumph Over Adversity
From Springfield: We go one on one with Brooks Simpson, author of "Ulysses S Grant, Triumph Over Adversity: 1822-1865" the first volume of a...
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Historian Mark DePue: Preserving Illinois’ Oral History
From the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library: We talk with historian and fmr military officer, Mark DePue on his work of conducting indepth oral history...