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Meet new IPM Morning Edition local host Alex Barton

Meet Alex Barton, the new local host of "Morning Edtion" on Illinois Public Media. A St. Louis native, Barton joins IPM after working in television news and previously gaining public radio experience at KRCU in southeast Missouri. In a conversation with Jim Meadows, he shares his path into journalism, his excitement about returning to public radio, and what he's looking forward to as a new resident of central Illinois.

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Prairie Performances

Revisiting Music for Autumn

This week on Prairie Performances, we are revisiting our autumn classical episode. Enjoy the brisk air and bountiful harvests of autumn with seasonal music from Leo Sowerby,…

Dialogue

Meet new IPM Morning Edition local host Alex Barton

Alex Barton is the new local host for Morning Edition. IPM News.’ Reginald Hardwick spent a few minutes getting to know him.

The 21st Show

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Illinois House Democrats grow their supermajority and look for a new speaker

Illinois House Democrats expanded their supermajority in last week's election — and now they're looking for a new leader. Speaker of the House Emanuel “Chris” Chris…

The 21st Show

still images from a video interview: at left is a white man with brown hair, a black button-down shirt, and a podcast microphone in front of his face; at left is a white woman with long blond hair, a black blouse, and a spray of red carnations in a vase in the background

What your accent reveals about you

From “da Bears” in Chicago to “Hahvahd Yahd” in Boston, our accents shape how the world hears us — and how it judges us. Linguist Valerie Fridland explores how and…

The 21st Show

two men stand in front of a hand-painted political map of the world; at left he's wearing an embroidered white robe and red hat, and has his hand on Niger; at right Eric Whitaker is wearing a dark gray suit and tie and has his hand at the United States

Former ambassador says the U.S. has ‘diplomatically disarmed’

A year after his first visit to The 21st Show, retired U.S. diplomat Eric Whitaker returned to talk about the world as it is now.The former ambassador to Niger grew up in…