WSIU InFocus

Southern Illinois University Carbondale is gearing up for its inaugural season of women's soccer this fall.

WSIU's Patrick Codo has this preview of the newest sport in the Saluki Athletics department.

WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with Interim SIUC Chancellor John Dunn.

WSIU's Jennifer Fuller takes a look back at the Spring 2019 Legislative Session with Illinois Lawmakers Host Jak Tichenor.

Today we conclude our special series featuring podcasts produced by a group of Carbondale Community High School students for NPR's first ever Student Podcast Challenge.

WSIU continues our special series featuring podcasts that were produced by a group of Carbondale Community High School students for NPR's first ever Student Podcast Challenge.

Today's adaptation takes a closer look at the high school's speech team through the student experience.  It also asks the question... is speech more than just talking?
 
 

WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with Carbondale Mayor Mike Henry and City Manager Gary Williams.

WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with Judy Ashby of the RBF Dome Home NFP about their ongoing restoration efforts, along with a fundraiser to help push them into the next phase.

The Illinois General Assembly is in the closing hours of the spring legislative session.  Illinois Lawmakers Host Jak Tichenor talks with Kevin boucher about the work to be done and has a preview of tonight's edition of Illinois Lawmakers.

Today, we delve into another podcast produced by a group of students at Carbondale Community High School.  The students took part in NPR's first ever Student Podcast Challenge.

NPR received nearly 6,000 entries from Junior and Senior High school students from across the country and every state in the union.  

In our second installment we feature a podcast that examines the topic of hate from a teen perspective and the role it plays in daily life.

Podcasts now reach millions of people on a daily basis with topics as diverse as the people who produce them.  This spring NPR held it's first ever Student Podcast Challenge.  NPR asked Junior and Senior High students and their teachers to put on their headphones and turn their ideas into sound.... and did they ever!

NPR received nearly six-thousand entries encompassing every state in the union - you probably heard some of the featured podcasts on Morning Edition a couple of weeks ago. 

A visit with Dr. Glenn Poshard, who visited with WSIU in late March of 2019 at the Southern Illinois Wellness Expo in Carterville.

WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with Illinois Lawmakers Host Jak Tichenor.

On this edition of WSIU InFocus, WSIU's Kevin Boucher visits with U of I Extension Educator in Local Foods and Small Farms, Nathan Johanning.

The Illinois General Assembly is rapidly approaching the end of the Spring Legislative session that is scheduled to conclude at the end of May.   WSIU's Jeff Williams talks with Illinois Lawmakers Host Jak Tichenor about the session and the key pieces of legislation that remain in play, including some of Governor J.B. Pritzker's signature issues.

Illinois Lawmakers airs tonight at 7:30 pm on WSIU TV

WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with Gene Basanta and Michele Mekel of SIU's School of Law about their upcoming Health Policy Institute.

Students in the Principles of Biomedical Science class at Anna-Jonesboro Community High School present their conclusions in the fictitious death of Anna Garcia. WSIU's Brad Palmer reports.

WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with Interim SIUC Chancellor John Dunn. In this episode, Dunn details 2019 Graduation, SIUC's graduation rates, retention, reorganization, and more.

WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with Illinois Lawmakers Host Jak Tichenor. In this week's episode, lawmakers grapple with a potential constitutional amendment that would change Illinois' tax structure, along with ways to pay for needed infrastructure upgrades and more.

WSIU's Patrick Codo reports on the record-breaking career of SIU Saluki softball pitcher Brianna Jones.

Jones was named to the All Missouri Valley Conference 1st team for a 4th consecutive season. She finished the regular season with a record of 23-8 with a 2.00 ERA. The Salukis entered MVC Tournament play with an overall record of 33-12.

Kevin Boucher talks with artist Chris Vallillo about his upcoming performance of "Oh Freedom!" at John A Logan College in Carterville.

WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with Carbondale City Manager Gary Williams. In this segment, discussion of traffic and other upgrades in neighborhoods across the city, along with a new plan to fix problems in how the city billed SIUC for water and sewer services.

1929 was a busy year.

The first car radio is made, sunglasses were invented, Switzerland invented the chainsaw, London installed the first public telephone booth, the first Academy Awards honoring film industry achievement were given out, and Popeye sailed into comic strips.

Locally, after two years of construction, the US 60/62 bridge opened over the Mississippi River connecting Illinois and Missouri.

WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with Illinois Lawmakers Host Jak Tichenor. In this week's episode, budget negotiations, a graduated income tax proposal, and marijuana legalization plan.