Best People
14 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsFrom One Illinois, this is Best People, a show about Illinois and the stories that make this state great. On Best People, we share stories from all over Illinois that reporters, documentarians, and citizens, just like you, have found to help bring this beautiful state back together. Hosted by Cher Vincent.
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Episodes
Season Finale: A Chicago Christmas Story
December 20, 2018 01:10 - 11 minutes - 27 MBChicago Detour
Blue Beginning Canvassing
October 17, 2018 11:00 - 21 minutes - 49.6 MBIndivisible Chicago Blue Beginning
Ameya Pawar in conversation with Senator Dick Durbin
October 03, 2018 11:00 - 33 minutes - 76.1 MBSenator Dick Durbin Chicago HEAL Initiative
Diapers are a Luxury?
September 19, 2018 11:00 - 23 minutes - 53.6 MBOne Illinois' Diaper Divide coverage Loving Bottoms Diaper Bank Daughters of Destiny Ministry The National Diaper Bank Network Stanford Social Innovation Review
Let's All Go to the State Fair!
August 23, 2018 00:00 - 16 minutes - 38.5 MBLast week, Cher and the One Illinois team headed down to Springfield for the Illinois State Fair, where they ate delicious food, petted livestock, and saw both GOP and Democratic candidates start the final push for November's midterms. But Cher found some other interesting spots while there. Illinois State Fair Lincoln's Hearse Replica The Sangamon Valley Radio Club
"Who's Janus?"
August 01, 2018 11:00 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MBIn this episode, Cher answers a listener question on Janus v AFSCME, and how it will affect Illinois. ILEPI EPI After Janus case study
"Crossroads at Carbondale"
July 12, 2018 03:00 - 20 minutes - 27.7 MBLate this spring, the Southern Illinois Universities campuses were at a crossroads. Their main campus at Carbondale had been in death spiral of low enrollment, losing many of its prospective students to their counterpart in Edwardsville. A year after the fallout of the Illinois budget impasse, Carbondale is at junction of reinvention, with some help from its president Randy Dunn, and its mayor, John "Mike" Henry. Chicago Tribune One Illinois's coverage Illinois Economic Policy I...
"What's This about Title X?"
June 20, 2018 11:00 - 17 minutes - 24.8 MBIn May, the Trump administration announced several updates to the Title X Family Planning Program, drastically challenging reproductive rights. In this episode, we meet patient Grecia Magdaleno and Planned Parenthood's Amy Whitaker, as they take us through Title X has helped their lives, and the lives of so many others, for the better. Planned Parenthood Illinois NPR
"Rock Island Radical"
May 30, 2018 11:00 - 20 minutes - 46.9 MBDylan Parker is an alderman of Rock Island, part of the Quad Cities. He's a husband, father of three, under 30, and happens to be a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. In this episode, can a radical idea like a citywide ISP change a town? Chicago Tribune Ted Cox's story on One Illinois
"How Will They Take Us?"
May 16, 2018 05:00 - 21 minutes - 50.3 MBChris Lain ran for mayor of Savanna, IL in April 2017. With three other opponents, all of whom were born and raised in the Western Illinois town, Lain was the outlier, only living in the town since 2013. In this episode, we hear the story of a gay liberal from Chicago and how he swung a town that voted for Trump in 2016. This episode's Show Notes: Chris Lain's campaign website TIF Funding Mapping the Future: Savanna in Motion William Nemac's Op-Ed Savanna, IL's 2017 Election...
"It's Infrastructure Week!"
May 02, 2018 05:00 - 17 minutes - 31.3 MBThe Savanna-Sabula Bridge was built in 1932 and demolished this past March. Why did this bridge have to go, and can we get some others to go too? This week, we take a look at Illinois' infrastructure policies, and how we can keep the foundation of our state from crumbling. This episode's Show Notes: The Savanna-Sabula Bridge Capital Budget Bill Rauner opposed to any increase in gas tax for infrastructure projects The Demolition of the Savanna-Sabula Bridge Music by Poddington...
Best People Trailer
April 03, 2018 05:00 - 2 minutes - 2.2 MBFrom One Illinois, this is Best People, a show about Illinois and the stories that make this state great. Coming soon!