Episodes

  • Growing up in the Cook's Point barrio

    Growing up in the Cook's Point barrio
    Mar 31 2021
    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 ongoing artistic career.
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    30 mins
  • Lagomarcino's: A Quad Cities' Tradition

    Lagomarcino's: A Quad Cities' Tradition
    Jul 7 2020
    Lagomarcino's has been in business in Moline since 1908, adding the Davenport location in 1997. Listen in on Beth and Tom Lagomarcino, current owners and grandchildren of the founder Angelo Lagomarcino, as they tell about how this great Quad Cities' tradition began.
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    8 mins
  • Boys To Men: Brothers Reflect On Youth Spent in Bethany's Programs

    Boys To Men: Brothers Reflect On Youth Spent in Bethany's Programs
    Sep 27 2019
    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 basketball organization. They credit their passion for giving back to Quad Cities youth to Mary Ann's guidance and Bethany's programs.
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    12 mins
  • 'The Quad City Magician' Who Found His Passion While Working At A Special-Needs Group Home

    'The Quad City Magician' Who Found His Passion While Working At A Special-Needs Group Home
    May 30 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 special-needs children in the Chicago suburbs.
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    5 mins
  • 'Well Suited' To Make A Difference: R.I. Woman Shares Story Of Mentorship Program

    'Well Suited' To Make A Difference: R.I. Woman Shares Story Of Mentorship Program
    Jan 18 2019
    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 mentors share not only advice, but hope: many of the men found themselves in difficult life situations in their childhoods, just like the boys in the group.
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    7 mins
  • Reflecting On Seven Years Of Publishing A Magazine 'For Girls, By Girls'

    Reflecting On Seven Years Of Publishing A Magazine 'For Girls, By Girls'
    Dec 1 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 girls and young women age 13 to 22 do all of the writing and photography for an audience of their peers.
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    7 mins
  • Whitey's Will Be Missed: Exchange Students Reflect On A Year In The QC

    Whitey's Will Be Missed: Exchange Students Reflect On A Year In The QC
    Jul 11 2018
    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 were Meghann Hall from South Africa and Hooria Tariq from Pakistan. The three spoke at the studios of WVIK as part of The Great Quad Cities Listen to talk about the students' experiences learning about American—and Quad Cities—culture.
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    7 mins
  • Under Nazi Occupation, Aiding The Resistance Without Even Knowing It

    Under Nazi Occupation, Aiding The Resistance Without Even Knowing It
    May 25 2018
    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 studios of WVIK to share his childhood memories.
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    9 mins