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NPR Illinois provides Central Illinois and Illinois public radio stations with state news from its capitol bureau.  It also provides local news, arts, and entertainment information.

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
Dads love their babies just like moms do. But they have a very different way of showing that love.

  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 02:29
Caption: Claudia Quigg
Kids don’t need easy childhoods to grow up happy. They need parents who love them and who teach them how to successfully face hardship. Kids deve...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 02:25
Caption: Claudia Quigg
Welcome to the summer season with your kids. Even if they act like monkeys sometimes, here’s hoping these warm days bring some particular pleasure...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 02:27
Caption: Claudia Quigg
Memorial Day provides a healthy opportunity for children to be assured that people who’ve died are still part of our lives in both memories and the...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 02:34
Caption: Claudia Quigg
When it comes to teaching children to be unafraid of people with disabilities, earlier is better.

  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 02:38
Caption: Claudia Quigg
If you haven’t been around a continuously crying baby lately, you might not realize how stressful it is. We adults are hard-wired to respond to th...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 02:43
Caption: Claudia Quigg
I was thinking about this Ever-Blooming Hydrangea this week as I listened to a young educator’s observation about a four-year old she was observing...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Claudia Quigg
Ellen Galinsky is founder and president of the Families and Work Institute. In her book, Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:56
Caption: Claudia Quigg
His sense of competence glowed in his mastery of the situation, and I couldn’t help hoping with him that his family will soon bring a dog into thei...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:24
Caption: Claudia Quigg
Parents are often excited about their kids’ learning, but want to dictate the terms rather than following the lead of kids’ natural curiosity.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:39