Free Range Radio

Not all great public radio programs are easily categorized. That's where WNIJ's Free Range Radio comes in. It's a collection of nationally-syndicated and locally-produced documentaries, features and music specials which otherwise might not find a home on our regular program schedule. Hear something new every week.

• Free-Range Radio for April:

April 7th, 2013: Holocaust Voices (for Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 8th)

April 14th, 2013: Confronting the Warpland: Black Poets of Chicago (for National Poetry Month)

April 21st, 2013: Fresh Greens 2.0 (for Earth Day, April 22nd)

April 28th, 2013: Mapping Eliza: Decoding DNA Secrets (April is th 60th Anniversary of the discovery of the structure of DNA, and the 10th Anniversary of mapping of the human genome; DNA Day is April 25th)

• Previous Free-Range Radio Broadcasts:

March 31st, 2013: Intelligence Squared U.S.: Does America Need a Stronger Dollar?

March 24th, 2013: The Witches of Lublin (for Passover)

March 17th, 2013: Notes on Spring - A Seasonal Music Special

March 10th, 2013: Intelligence Squared U.S.: Should We Prohibit Genetically-Engineered Babies?

March 3rd, 2013: Her Stories (for Women's History Month)

February 24th: William's Leap for Freedom

February 17th, 2013: The Children of Children Keep Coming

February 10th, 2013: Maya Angelou's Black History Month Special (2013)

February 3rd, 2013: Let Freedom Sing: The Music of the Abolitionists

January 27th, 2013: Life in 2030

January 20th, 2013: American RadioWorks - King's Last March (for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)

January 13th, 2013: Best of the Best - 2012 Third Coast Festival Broadcast (part 2)

January 6th, 2013: Best of the Best - 2012 Third Coast Festival Broadcast (part 1)

December 30th, 2012: A Season's Griot

December 23rd, 2012: J.R. Sullivan's "Home For the Holidays"

December 16th, 2012: Tinsel Tales: NPR Christmas Favorites

December 9th, 2012: Hanuakkah Lights

December 2nd, 2012:  State of the Re:Union - American Graduate Education Special - Summer in Sanctuary

November 25th, 2012:  State of the Re:Union - East Jackson, Ohio - As Black as We Wish to Be

November 18th, 2012:  State of the Re:Union - Internet Communities - Making the Virtual Real

November 11th, 2012:  State of the Re:Union - Jacksonville, Florida

November 4th, 2012:  State of the Re:Union - Tucson, Arizona

October 28th, 2012:  The New Medicine: Hacking Our Biology

October 21st, 2012:  BURN: The Power and Politics of New Energy Frontiers

October 14th, 2012:  BURN: The Power of One Election and America's Energy Future

October 7th, 2012:  Notes On Autumn - A Seasonal Music Special

September 30th, 2012:  Groundwork - Democracy Close to Home

September 23rd, 2012:  Keyboard College - How Technology is Revolutionizing Higher Education

September 16th, 2012:  The Rise of Phoenix - For Profit Universities Shake Up the Academy

September 9th, 2012:  Grit, Luck and Money - Preparing Kids for College and Getting Them Through

September 2nd, 2012:  Rockford Symphony Orchestra Season Preview

August 26th, 2012:  Highlights from Charlotte's Web's 40th Anniversary Celebration

August 19th, 2012:  Gas Planet: The Impact of the Natural Gas Boom on Climate Change

August 12th, 2012:  Paul Simon: Graceland

August 5th, 2012: Go For It: Life Lessons From Girl Boxers

July 29th, 2012:  State of the Re:Union - Comics...With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

July 22nd, 2012:  State of the Re:Union - Ozarks...Full Circle

July 15th, 2012:  State of the Re:Union - Baltimore...Outsiders In

July 8th, 2012:  State of the Re:Union - Vermont...the Small Town State

July 1st, 2012:  State of the Re:Union - Southeastern Washington...the Unlikely Perfect Place

June 24th, 2012:  Notes on Summer - A Seasonal Music Special

June 17th, 2012:  Family and Dads (for Father's Day)

June 10th, 2012:  Rocketing Ahead

June 3rd, 2012:  Occupy This Hour

May 27th, 2012: Snap Judgment: G.I. (for Memorial Day)

May 20th, 2012:  Fastest on Earth

May 13th, 2012: Two Specials for Mother's Day

1. A Mother's Shortcut
2. Dear Birth Mother

May 6th, 2012:  Natural Woman: The Carole King Radio Special (part 2)