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**Best People**

From 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.

Latest Episodes:

Season Finale: A Chicago Christmas Story Dec 19, 2018

Chicago Detour

Happy Birthday Illinois! Dec 05, 2018

Dr. Samuel Wheeler

Remember Fracking? Nov 21, 2018

SAFE

Blue Beginning Canvassing Oct 17, 2018

Indivisible Chicago

Blue Beginning

Ameya Pawar in conversation with Senator Dick Durbin Oct 03, 2018

Senator Dick Durbin

Chicago HEAL Initiative

Diapers are a Luxury? Sep 19, 2018

One 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! Aug 22, 2018

Last 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?" Aug 01, 2018

In 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" Jul 11, 2018

Late 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 Institute Study

"What's This about Title X?" Jun 20, 2018

In 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

Dylan 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

Chris 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 Results

Music by Poddington Bear.

"It's Infrastructure Week!" May 02, 2018

The 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 Bear.