Dave Snell, the Voice of the Braves, recalls his days at the mic watching and describing Bradley basketball from the mid-1980s to today with a look toward the future of the program.

The internet and social media are having a profound impact on public television. WTVP President and CEO Moss Bresnahan joins the Journal Star's Steve Tarter in a conversation about the past, present and future of public television in central Illinois.

From rotary telephones to Twitter, our methods of communication have changed drastically in just a few short years, and no one is more aware of this than Bradley University professor and Department of Communication chairperson Paul Gullifor. He chats with the Journal Star's Steve Tarter about the brave new world of modern communication.

This week, Journal Star prep sports reporter Adam Duvall talks baseball with a local legend — Illinois Valley Central High School coach Jerry Rashid. Rashid has 38 years of coaching success under his belt ranging from Princeville to Notre Dame to multiple state tournament appearances and a 2006 state title with IVC.

Phil Theobald wrote sports at the Journal Star in five decades, including his last 10 years as columnist. He has been retired since 2003 and remains married to the Obsessed Runner. We invited him to stop in for a chat, wound him up and let him go ...

Local comedian Jeff Bailey, a Metamora native, chats about becoming a standup comic and what it takes to survive in the competitive world of live comedy. He is performing this weekend in Red, White and "Blue" Comedy at the Jukebox Comedy Club.

Software expert Girish Seshagiri is this week's guest on Tarter Source. Steve Tarter interviews Seshagiri about the innovative program he's brought to Peoria involving the training of secure software writers that involves Illinois Central College, area companies and an opportunity for young people who want a career.

The Illinois Irish AAU basketball program has grown to 14 teams and includes a wide swath of central Illinois players. In today's podcast, Irish CEO Gavin Sullivan discusses the program's origins as the Peoria Irish, its growth and the AAU scene that is entering its busiest month of the year.

CEO, President and founder of OneFire Jake Hamann joins the Journal Star's Steve Tarter to chat about business development and the potential he sees in Peoria's future.

Peoria musician Austin Thompson, co-founder of the increasingly popular modern folk band The Way Down Wanderers joins Journal Star entertainment writer Thomas Bruch to talk about music, life on the road, and the band's plans for the future.