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Member Guide | April 2021 Powered by You® NATURE: The Leopard Legacy WED, APR. 14 • 7PM 2 APRIL 2021 Communications Building 1003 Mail Code 6602 Southern Illinois University 1100 Lincoln Drive Carbondale, IL 62901 APRIL 2021 • VOL. 40, NO. 10 WSIU | WUSI WSEC | WQEC | WMEC WSIU RADIO Listen online POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to address shown above. HD 8.1, 16.1 HD 14.1, 27.1, 22.1 WSIU 91.9FM at wsiu.org & CREATE 8.2, 16.2 CREATE 14.2, 27.2, 22.2 WUSI 90.3FM via the WSIU WORLD 8.3, 16.3 WORLD 14.3, 27.3, 22.3 WVSI 88.9FM Mobile App! 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MAIL REQUEST DIGITAL SIGN UP WHAT’S NEW ON ENJOY THE MAGIC OF GOSPEL MUSIC AND THE MAJESTY OF MOTHER NATURE, THIS MONTH ON PASSPORT In ATLANTIC CROSSING, Norwegian Crown Princess Martha steals the heart of President Franklin Roosevelt in an epic drama from MASTERPIECE. The series follows the beautiful Martha, who flees the Nazis with her three young children and lives under Roosevelt’s protection. The eight-part program is now available in Passport. THE BLACK CHURCH: THIS IS OUR STORY, THIS IS OUR SONG explores the roots of African American religion beginning with the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the extraordinary ways enslaved Africans preserved and adapted their faith practices from the brutality of slavery to emancipation. Episodes one and two are now available in Passport. Explore Europe like never before, as the wild heart of the continent is revitalized in the four-part documentary series EUROPE’S NEW WILD. Beyond the bustling cities lies a surprisingly vast wildland spanning millions of miles, where species that were threatened by extinction are being reintroduced to nature. From the Arctic Circle to rich river wetlands, the series tells the inspiring story of an epic transformation, exploring the rebirth of the continent and Europe’s wildlife like never before. All three episodes are now available in Passport. Photo: Sofia Helin as Crown Princess Martha and Tobias Santelmann as Crown Prince Olav; Credit: Courtesy of MASTERPIECE. Learn more about WSIU PASSPORT and sign up with a one-time annual contribution of $60 (or an ongoing gift of at least $5 a month) at wsiu.org/passport. Already a member? Unlock your PASSPORT benefit online at https://www.pbs.org/passport/lookup or email [email protected] for more information. TELEVISION & RADIO NEWS APRIL 2021 3 ACOUSTIC NATURE HOUR EARTH DAY SPECIAL ON WSIU RADIO Join us for an Earth Day tradition as we listen to a full hour of acoustic instrumental guitar music and talk with local residents about how the natural world inspires our lives. Guests featured in this year’s program include: RADIO SERIES & SPECIALS Last month we explored the year-long impacts of • Jennifer Randolph-Bollinger, Natural Resources • Patricia Nardini, Co-Founder and President of COVID-19, this month we turn our lens on how the Coordinator at Giant City State Park Specialized Equine Services (SES) pandemic has impacted local business and the economy. Jennifer tells us about a very unique event held in SES is a non-profit organization that uses horses the Fall of 2020 - an in-person Asian Carp tasting to improve the health of people suffering from INFOCUS 108: ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF COVID event, which took place at Giant City State Park and a variety of physical and psychological traumas. WSIU/WUSI TV: 4/29 at 7pm featured local professional chefs’ recipes using the Specialized Equine Therapy has shown to be very WSEC/WMEC/WQEC TV: 4/29 at 8pm invasive fish. effective in treating veterans suffering from PTSD. Patricia will discuss the program and the incredible On the next episode of InFocus, we'll take a look at • Dr. Trent Ford, Illinois State Climatologist healing power of horses. how the virus, shutdowns, restrictions, and more have Trent will review the previous year’s weather changed the way some businesses operate, how the patterns to reveal what records were set and • John Lugar, Lawrence County Landowner medical community has responded, and how not- he looks ahead to this year's weather, which he John, a landowner in Lawrence County, IL, will for-profit organizations are dealing with a year of lost believes will continue to show evidence of global explain how he is partnering with the federal fundraising and outreach. climate change. government to create an oasis for local wildlife and endangered species. INFOCUS 107: COVID-19 – ONE YEAR LATER We'll talk to leaders in healthcare, education, policy, and TUNE IN FOR THE ACOUSTIC NATURE HOUR: EARTH DAY SPECIAL | SAT, APR. 10 AT 8PM AND the arts about how the virus affected them, and look ALSO ON EARTH DAY, THU, APR. 22ND AT 8PM ON WSIU RADIO. YOU MAY ALSO STREAM THE forward to what may be coming now that vaccines are PROGRAM ONLINE AT NEWS.WSIU.ORG OR VIA THE WSIU MOBILE APP. being distributed and cases are trending down. Look for new episodes the third Thursday of each month. Find more episodes on YouTube, pbs.org and at news.wsiu.org. The series is produced in partnership with Julie Staley of the Staley Family Foundation and sponsored locally by SIU University Communications, Hudgins Orthodontics, Forbes Financial Group, SIU Credit Union, Alto Vineyards and the Macomb Area Economic Development Corporation. Photo: Forest; BLANKET FORT Credit: Lukasz Szmigiel, unsplash.com. RADIO THEATER: "SURVIVED BY ONE" HOW TO LISTEN | Radio • WSIUNEWS.ORG • WSIU Mobile & NPR One Apps • NPR.ORG • Smart Speakers While A Knight of Another Sort has finished up its 35-epsiode run on WSIU RADIO BROADCAST SCHEDULE Blanket Fort Radio Theater, you can still follow along WSIU 91.9 FM • WUSI 90.3 FM • WVSI 88.9 FM with the podcast episode archive available at news.wsiu. org. If you’re ready for your next read/listen, tune in for WEEKDAYS SATURDAY SUNDAY our new book selection: Survived by One: The Life and Mind of a Family Mass Murderer by Robert Hanlon and 12am Classical Music 12am The Soul of Jazz 12am Friends of the Blues Thomas Odle from SIU Press. 4am Morning Edition 2am Café Jazz 1am Blues Before Sunrise 9am 1 A with Jenn White 5am Inside Classical Guitar 4am Putumayo World ABOUT THE BOOK: On November 8, 1985, 18-year-old 11am Fresh Air with (repeat) Music Hour Tom Odle brutally murdered his parents and three Terry Gross 6am Planetary Radio 5am Inside Europe siblings in the small southern Illinois town of Mount 12pm Here & Now 6:30 State Week 6am Statewide Vernon, sending shockwaves throughout the nation.