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Series

Caption: Claudia Quigg
112 Pieces

In less than four short minutes, Claudia Quigg gives parents a healthy dose of encouragement, as she thoughtfully examines the issues facing today’s families.

Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
24 Pieces

Quiddity is a highly produced literary radio program with a companion international (print) literary journal. Quiddity is produced and published by Illinois Public Radio’s hub-station, NPR member and PRI affiliate WUIS, and Benedictine University. The journal publishes exemplary prose and poetry from emerging and established writers around the world. The radio program features interviews with select authors, best-selling and burgeoning. It also includes readings of new, original works by poets and writers.


Latest Pieces

Caption: Claudia Quigg
Last week I shared with you the first five in my list of “Ten Things I Know for Sure” about raising children, ideas that reflect a combination of c...

  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:37
Caption: Claudia Quigg
A dad of three little boys recently blogged about his frustration with middle-aged people telling him he should “cherish this time” with his kids, ...

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  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Claudia Quigg
A new baby monitor has more bells and whistles than ever before. This monitor maintains information on everything about a baby:

  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:20
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The human family provides a great laboratory for learning about what works—and what doesn’t—in relationships.

  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:25
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Time drags for kids who don’t have awareness of the passing days. While seasons rush by in a blur for busy adults, young children may feel that wi...

  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:11
Caption: Claudia Quigg
It happens to the best of us. Last month, British Prime Minster David Cameron and his wife took their three children to a pub in the English count...

  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 02:25
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal
A National Poetry Month celebration featuring original works of poetry read by the authors—includes Jonathan Veach’s “Songsmithing,” Donelle Dreese...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 18:24
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Have you ever had an unruly pet? How about an exasperated spouse--fed up with that unruly pet--who issues a final ultimatum: either the pet goes, o...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2013
  • Length: 19:44
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A one-hour program drawn from the 10th Annual Lincoln Legacy Lecture Series, including a discussion of the events leading up to President Lincoln's...

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  • Added: Feb 05, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Features a discussion with The New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert about the impact of climate change on enviromental health, human health, and human ri...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 20:35