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Vietnam’s ‘Queen of Soul’ prepares for Illinois appearance
Carol Kim is the featured performer of the Saigon Jazz Revival in Chicago on August 29, 2026. She talked about her career and the influence of Black artists in her music.
Dialogue
Each week Dialogue features interviews people across the region along with in-depth stories from the IPM News team about education, health, politics, arts, and more as it relates to local Black communities. Dialogue airs Saturdays at 11 am and Tuesdays at 6 pm on Illinois Soul FM 101.1 and streams live at illinoissoul.org and can be heard Wednesdays at 8 pm on WILL-AM 580.
From protector of a president to prison to pardon: the historic life of Abraham Bolden
IPM's David Pierce took a year to produce a mini-documentary about 91-year-old Abraham Bolden, a former Secret Service agent who served under President John F. Kennedy.
Dialogue Roundup: Data Center Debate, Champaign Youth Summer Job Program, and Dire Results of a Hospital Shutdown
A push to regulate data centers, Champaign Unit 4 students tell us what they've learned in their summer jobs, and it’s been more than three months since a West Side hospital close. Doctors worry other hospitals could be next.
Jim Clyburn talks about priorities if Democrats flip Congress and being South Carolina’s 9th Black congressman
One of Congress' most influential Democrats says if his party flips the U.S. House and Senate ... one of their priorities should be expanding the Supreme Court.
Race and class on center stage at The Virginia Theatre as cast prepares to debut ‘Ragtime: The Musical’
The producer and two performers from ‘Ragtime: The Musical’ talked about performing the award-winning production at The Virginia Theatre.
The Nolan Wells case prompts discussions about Black teens being in mostly White spaces
Black college football player Nolan Wells accompanied his White male friends on a holiday boat trip off the Mississippi coast. Hours later… his friends made it back home. He did not.
Don’t Get Duped or Implicated: Kelly Richmond Pope on Navigating the Fraud Boom
Illinois-based forensic accountant Kelly Richmond Pope writes about why people commit fraud and how we can better protect ourselves.
He traveled for justice and found tragedy: unpacking the death of Antonio Mays in Seattle’s CHOP
Discover the truth behind a utopian protest turned deadly with a new podcast investigating the 2020 unsolved murder of a Black teenager in Seattle's autonomous zone.
Highs and Lows: Black student expulsion rates in Illinois schools
Schools in Illinois discipline Black students at much higher rates than their white peers. We looked into why.
‘We’re not speaking up loud enough’: Three teens share candid thoughts about youth gun violence in central Illinois
In the first half of this year, gun violence has taken the lives of four teens in Champaign. Several more have been injured. And many of the suspects are also teenagers.
