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Willis Kern

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Husband/Dad, 51 year radio veteran 1975-2025; now WGCU-Florida fill-in. Public radio news director-emeritus WGLT, 7-time loser, 4-time winner-- Illinois AP Best Reporter; #stlcards. RIP my dog Yadi. Know what I'm talkin bout. No DMs.

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He’s a paint shop color quality guyβ€”who is color blind! #Jeopardy

08.10.2025 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A SOFT SECESSION to END Trump’s administration
YouTube video by David Pakman Show A SOFT SECESSION to END Trump’s administration

Here’s a brilliant take on secession with the script flipped. @davidpakman.bsky.social writes blue states could passive aggressively throw up their hands. It’s based on the dispersal of federal funds to states.

07.10.2025 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Uhm, a Tiger lefty wearing #29 striking out 14 batters in a postseason game? Is he like Lolich and Gibson combined?

06.10.2025 00:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A Message From Dr. Jane Goodall | Famous Last Words | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix A Message From Dr. Jane Goodall | Famous Last Words | Netflix

What will people talk about the day you die? Jane Goodall had the best answer to that question. #JaneGoodall

05.10.2025 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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David Greene was the keynote speaker at the Illinois News Broadcasters Association spring convention in Champaign in 2013. I told him his Pirates were going down in that fall’s NLDS but he wouldn’t believe me! #stlcards

05.10.2025 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thrilled that David Greene is back on public radio hosting Sports In America! He was always my favorite host on NPR!

05.10.2025 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Maybe not but Reggie is!

04.10.2025 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Did you see that sac flow… I mean fly?

04.10.2025 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Well, #TaylorSwift admits on the #BBC that her second favorite TV show is her engagement ring, and her first is… #ThePaper!

04.10.2025 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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*Mulroney enters the chat*

04.10.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ll take Milwaukee and Seattle in the 2025 World Series (Presented by Bud Selig)
#NLDS #Cubs #Brewers #MLB #WorldSeries #stlcards #SeattlePilots #Mariners #Seattle

04.10.2025 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump administration’s tariff war hits fabric, textile artists The Trump administration’s tariff war is hurting textile and fiber artists as well as their overseas suppliers. Many of the specialty items these artists use are not available domestically.

Tariffs’ tentacles tear into textile artists’ trade. #tariffs #TextleArt #FabricArt #trade #globaleconomy

04.10.2025 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Suspect Convictions | WGLT In 2017-18, WGLT partnered with the popular true crime podcast Suspect Convictions to explore the 1998 murder of 3-year-old Bloomington girl Christina McNeil. Her father, Barton McNeil, was convicted ...

ILSCOTUS denies hearing two murder cases supported by Illinois Innocence organizations. The McNeil case was the subject of the podcast Suspect Convictions, season two which I produced and co-hosted on WGLT in 2017-18. #ILSCOTUS #truecrime #podcast

03.10.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Illinois Supreme Court will not hear Jamie Snow and Barton McNeil murder cases Two men convicted of Bloomington murders in the 1990s have few levers to pull, maintaining their innocence for decades. Family and supporters of Snow and McNeil gathered Thursday for a Wrongful Convic...

ILSCOTUS denies hearing two murder cases supported by Illinois Innocence organizations. The McNeil case was the subject of the podcast Suspect Convictions, season two which I produced and co-hosted on WGLT in 2017-18. #ILSCOTUS #truecrime #podcast

03.10.2025 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#Antifa #Patriot #American

03.10.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hosting midday today on WGCU-NPR for Southwest Florida. #NPR

03.10.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Congratulations Hannah on being named preseason All-Big 10!

03.10.2025 02:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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These Padres-Cubs announcers (actually Kevin Brown and Ben McDonald) sound like they are trying to impersonate Joe Buck and Adam Wainwright. #NLWildCard #Cubs #Padres #ESPN #stlcards

02.10.2025 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sigh.

02.10.2025 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Wow, this will probably cause FELOTUS to add another dozen or so workers to the list! #ShootTheMessenger

01.10.2025 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Brilliant!

01.10.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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49ers’ George Kittle, wife Claire congratulate Mitty basketball star McKenna Woliczko on commitment to Iowa The San Francisco 49ers tight end, an Iowa alum, congratulated Woliczko alongside his wife Claire, a former Iowa women’s basketball player whose mom was a teammate of Iowa’s coach.

49ers’ George Kittle, wife Claire congratulate Mitty basketball star McKenna Woliczko on commitment to Iowa trib.al/PONTMkC

01.10.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is literally a GAME CHANGER!! Welcome McKenna. Go Hawks!!

01.10.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is literally a GAME CHANGER!! Welcome McKenna. Go Hawks!!

01.10.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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01.10.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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01.10.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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01.10.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. It’s the beginning of a new chapter – but we’re not going anywhere. (Continued in comments)

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Good for Natalie. Steph deserves all the accolades!

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