Podcasts by The Great Quad Cities Listen
00000177-6412-df44-a377-677327f50000For nearly two centuries, Quad Citizens have here come here from all over the world and from all walks of life. The Great Quad Cities Listen is an attempt to collect and share all of our many diverse stories. By sharing our stories with one another, we hope to not only gain in civic pride, but more than this build connections and create a more compassionate Quad Cities.These stories will be shared with StoryCorps and archived in the Library of Congress.StoryCorps' mission is to preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world.Made possible by support from the Joyce
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Growing up in the Cook's Point barrio from 2021-03-31T05:30
Artist Irene Terronez and activist Phyllis Terronez discuss their life growing up in Cook's Point, Davenport, participation in the Chicano Movement of the 1960s and 70s, and Irene's artistic ongoin...
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Boys To Men: Brothers Reflect On Youth Spent in Bethany's Programs from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
17 years ago, Dimetrius and Demetriyone Singleton met Mary Ann McLeod in Bethany's Boys to Men program as United Township High School students. Now they run the Quad Cities Blue Raiders non-profit ...
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'The Quad City Magician' Who Found His Passion While Working At A Special-Needs Group Home from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 special-needs children in the Chicago suburbs.
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'Well Suited' To Make A Difference: R.I. Woman Shares Story Of Mentorship Program from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tracy White founded Well Suited QC, a mentorship program that brings together African-American boys and teenagers from disadvantaged neighborhoods in the Quad Cities with African-American men. The ...
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Reflecting On Seven Years Of Publishing A Magazine 'For Girls, By Girls' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 girls and young women age 13 to 22 do all ...
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Whitey's Will Be Missed: Exchange Students Reflect On A Year In The QC from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As a coordinator for Iowa Resource for International Service, Emerald Johnson helps place high school exchange students with families in the Quad Cities. Two such students from the past school year...
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Under Nazi Occupation, Aiding The Resistance Without Even Knowing It from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Moline resident Nick Huyten grew up under Nazi occupation in Holland for the first few years of his life. Nick was interviewed by his daughter, Tonya, for The Great Quad Cities Listen at the studio...
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'That's When I First Knew That I Found My Forever Family' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 e...
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Visiting North Korea, Surrounded By 'Men With Scary Guns' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Of the more than 30 countries that Davenport native and resident Brendan Iglehart has visited, perhaps none is more shrouded in secrecy than North Korea.
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'Do You Know The Muffin Man?' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Katey Irwin Kiley invited her mother, Rosemary Irwin, of Austin, Texas, to the studios of WVIK to ask why she and her husband chose to move to Davenport over Rockford and Kansas City in the 1960s.
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'Way Leads On To Way' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lorian Swanson and her son, Kai, join the Great Quad Cities Listen to remember Richard "Swanie" Swanson.
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'The Classroom Did Feel Like A Family' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 part of his story for the Great Quad Citie...
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'I Had A Profession That I Dearly Loved' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rick Miers taught social studies and history for 36 years–30 of them were spent at Rock Island High School. He discusses his career with Dave Geenen for The Great Quad Cities Listen.
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'Hampton Was A Good Place To Be A Kid' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sisters Juanita Farmer and Betty Pfau talk with Juanita's daughter, Linda Johnson, about growing up in Hampton, Illinois as part of The Great Quad Cities Listen.
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'Life Continues And It's Beautiful' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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.
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'I Seem To Be Hypnotized By The Mississippi' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dick Stahl talks talks to his wife, Helen, about his lifelong infatuation with the Mississippi River as part of The Great Quad Cities Listen.
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'It's The First Time That I Ever Called My Grandfather Schaefer, Grandpa' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ellen and David Martin join The Great Quad Cities Listen to discuss Ellen's family history in the Quad Cities area.
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Introducing 'The Great Quad Cities Listen' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The star of WVIK's newest podcast is you!
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Introducing 'The Great Quad Cities Listen' from 2017-08-11T16:09:28
The star of WVIK's newest podcast is you!
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Introducing 'The Great Quad Cities Listen' from 2017-08-11T16:09:28
The star of WVIK's newest podcast is you!
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