Famed Pilot William Norwood on His Life, Achieving Your Dreams Through...
From Springfield: Illinois Channel Board Member, Katy Lawrence sits down with William Norwood, author of “Cleared for takeoff: A Pilot’s Story of Challenges and...
Author Patrick Rice: Vanishing School Boards
We talk with Patrick Rice, PhD, about his book "Vanishing School Boards" which concerns the growing intrusion of State and Federal governments into the...
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...
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,...
Author David McCullough on “1776”
From the Illinois Channel archives (Chicago, June, 2005) Author David McCullough talks to a Union League Club audience about his book, "1776." The book...
Bicentennial Celebration of the Illinois Judiciary
Springfield, October 9, 2018 - From the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, members of the Illinois Supreme Court are joined by attorneys and...
Former Gov Dan Walker Reflects on His Triumphs and Tragedies
From June, 2007: Our one-on-one with fmr Gov Dan Walker (D, 1973-1977) who at the time of this recording had just published his memoir "The...
Author of “Perverted Justice” on a Strange Tale of Justice Gone...
Pulitzer Prize winning author, Bill Crawford, takes his investigative skills into the nearly unbelievable story of how one man was released from prison for...
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...
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...
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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...