Mark Rhoads, Author of “Land of Lincoln:Thy Wondrous Story”
From the Pasfield House in Springfield: We talk with former Illinois State Senator Mark Rhoads about his book, "Land of Lincoln: Thy Wondrous Story"...
Curt Flood v. Major League Baseball: The Birth of MLB Free...
Lawyer and Author Neil Flynn talks one-on-one about his book, "Baseball's Reserve System: The Case and Trial of Curt Flood vs Major League Baseball"...
Behind the Scenes: The Field Museum
Our 2004 look Behind the Scenes at the Field Museum, with President John McCarter. We learn how the Museum is an international research...
Remembering the Historic Career of Justice Mary Ann McMorrow
Mary Ann McMorrow, who passed away on February 23, 2013, was the first woman in Illinois history to head a branch of government, when...
Eyewitness to the 9/11 Attack on Washington
From Springfield: We speak with Linda Brookhart, who was attending an event at the White House on the morning of 9/11. She shares her...
Sebastian Gorka, author of “Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War”
We talk with Sebastian Gorka, author of "Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War" about the strategies that need to be employed to defeat ISIS in...
Civil War Fathers
Author Tim Pletkovich, talks about his book, "Civil War Fathers" which tells the story of the aging Civil War veterans, who started families when...
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...
Adlai Stevenson III, Reflections on His Career, Personalities, & Politics
Fmr Sen Adlai Stevenson (D-IL), was the great-grandson of a Vice President, and the son of Gov Adlai Stevenson who twice ran for President...
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...
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From the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library: We talk with historian and fmr military officer, Mark DePue on his work of conducting indepth oral history...