The Great Quad Cities Listen

30/05/2019

Davenport-based magician T.J. Regul, who goes by the stage name "The Quad City Magician," found his passion for magic while working at a group home for

01/12/2018

When Jasmine Babers was a sophomore at Rock Island High School, she founded Love, Girls Magazine , a quarterly publication "for girls, by girls", in which

09/02/2018

Joy and Gaye Shannon were new to the Quad Cities when they became students at Rock Island High School in the early 1970s.

It was a time of political tension and unfair treatment of African American students persisted in schools. In 1972, this angst resulted in a week of unrest at Rock Island High School — often referred to as the Rocky riots.

Joy and Gaye Shannon were new to the Quad Cities when they became students at Rock Island High School in the early 1970s. It was a time of political

02/02/2018

Tomorrow morning on WVIK, Quad Cities NPR:

Tomorrow morning on Morning Edition: Rock Island High School juniors Amber and Amy Haskill were separated by the foster system for four years, forced to live with separate families. The twins doubted they would ever get to live with each other again, let alone be adopted before they turned 18. But in 2011, their dreams for a reunion and a loving family came true: Alli and Dan Haskill adopted the girls. They now run QC Closet2Closet, a nonprofit that donates clothes to foster children. Hear their story tomorrow morning at 6:51 and again at 8:43, in our latest installment of The Great Quad Cities Listen. Their conversation will be posted online on our website as well.

15/12/2017

The continues with this remembrance of Richard "Swanie" Swanson.

Lorian Swanson and her son, Kai, join the Great Quad Cities Listen to remember Richard "Swanie" Swanson.

08/12/2017

Juan Valtierra shares his story with his former ELL (English Language Learners) teacher Margarita Mojica.

Margarita Mojica had Juan Valtierra as a student in her ELL (English Language Learners) classroom several years ago. Now 23, Juan joins Margarita to share

24/11/2017

Sisters Juanita Farmer and Betty Pfau talk with Juanita's daughter, Linda Johnson, about growing up in Hampton, Illinois.

17/11/2017

Greg Aguilar asked his mother, Elvia, what she remembers about growing up in central Mexico.

"I used to play a lot and I didn't worry about nothing except what am I going to eat tomorrow—but not because we were poor or anything—it was because I was hungry all the time. I like to eat!"

Greg Aguilar and his mother, Elvia, recorded their Great Quad Cities Listen interview at the Boys and Girls Club in Moline during Mercado on Fifth.

13/10/2017

The Great Quad Cities Listen from WVIK, Quad Cities NPR is underway! Check out this interview between David and Ellen Martin of Rock Island.

Ellen and David Martin join The Great Quad Cities Listen to discuss Ellen's family history in the Quad Cities area.

22/08/2017

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21/06/2017