Dialogue

About Dialogue

With the launch of Illinois Soul comes a new local community affairs program, Dialogue, airing each week and highlighting issues important to Black communities in central Illinois. Tune in Saturdays at 11am and again Tuesdays at 7pm on WILL-FM 101.1 to hear interviews along with in-depth stories from the IPM News team about education, health, politics, arts and more.

Publisher

Illinois Public Media - WILL

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 May 2024

Latest episode

9 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

143 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Oct 2026

   The State of Black voters ahead of the 2026 Midterm Election

   Two years after Kamala Two years after Kamala Harris lost the race for US president to Donald Trump, we examine how Black voters are feeling ahead of the November 2026 elections.

2. 

   26 Sept 2026

   Danville native commits to protecting Mahomet Aquifer if elected to Illinois House District 104

   Mary Catherine Roberson is the Democratic challenger to Republican incumbent Brandun Schweizer for Illinois State House District 104.

3. 

   26 Sept 2026

   African natives who call Illinois home talk about Black American and Black Immigrant relationship

   Two African natives discuss their journey to Champaign-Urbana and the conversation between Black Americans and Black Immigrants.

Who has been a guest on Dialogue

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Carol Moseley Braun
• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign grad student
• Local leaders
• Lee Hawkins

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

962,939

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 47 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

58

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

0

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.