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Immigrant parents planted the Limentato roots in Illinois, growing the branches of Sam into the Champaign family. Currently, Judge Sam Limentato has found himself working tirelessly over the past months to retain his position as Circuit Judge in Champaign County.

 Listen to why Sam found it difficult to label himself as one political party over the other since he's in a position of inherent neutrality, why the need to serve others caused him to take a leap away from his law firm and into the uncertain position of circuit judge, why he wears a red judge's robe once a year, the mix and balance of negative cases with positive outcomes like adoptions and marriages, why he tears up when he talks about his dad and the crossover in personal injury law and family courtroom judgements.

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These welcome transplants under Bielema's reign are no strangers to packing up and heading to a new town with little (or no) notice. For the love of the game and their husbands, these independent women move themselves and their kids to a new city, new home and new school ultimately creating new loyalties and allegiances. 

 Listen at how these women transport their families across country, how their kids handle the many, many moves, how the family handles losing, living in a house sight unseen, never being able to grow roots, the re-entry period for a husband who devotes so much time to the team and making new friends while keeping the old. Take note at how this duo holds down the fort at home so their husbands can concentrate on improving and furthering the success of the University of Illinois football team. Shout OUT to these MVPs. 

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After circling Danville and Indiana in his younger years, Nathan laid strong roots with wife and teammate, Julie Gunn, in Central Champaign raising five kids while traveling the world as a baritone operatic performer. The duo met on their first days at the University of Illinois in the program they now run together, the Lyric Theater @ Illinois.

 Listen as the man behind this rich voice describes singing at the MET, how the pandemic changed his lifestyle for the better, how being hidden by corn and soybeans allows him and his students to take risks they couldn't in press soaked areas like LA or NY, why auto tune has hurt modern music, why music and sports run parallel to each other and why he puts his "People Magazine Top 50 Sexiest" accolades at the bottom of his list of accomplishments. In the end, I sing Do, Re, Mi and Nathan counters putting my voice to shame. To support the Gunn's mission at the Lyric Theater @ Illinois, visit advancement.illinois.edu/2281867-2/?cfpage=/o/university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign/i/urbana-crowdfunding/s/lyric-theatre-giving.

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Mahomet mother-daughter duo may now live states apart but their love is so palpable in this episode as they describe the sharp and severe health decline of a young, healthy woman with her whole life in front of her. 

 Listen as the women behind the popular area hobby breeder enterprise-Snow Angel Retrievers-discuss why Gina couldn't trust Taylor to carry a glass of milk, how Gina ceremoniously cut Taylor's hair off as she was rapidly losing it during treatment, Taylor meeting her now husband sans wig in the Midwest summer, how they raised and were gifted a large amount of the enormous $125,000 Stem Cell Treatment bill, harvesting tomato soup and why Taylor was prepared for the pandemic before the rest of us.

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An Urbana farmer’s daughter turned Villa Grove farmer’s wife and my BFF, talks about her transition from city girl to queen of the cornfields as her married status uprooted her to a life with prettier views and different priorities. 
 
 Listen as Erin and I talk about making new friends and keeping the old, quality over quantity, unreciprocated friendships, pushing each other to be better, picking up with old and true friends right where you left off, FOMO, friendship jealousy, putting yourself in new and vulnerable situations in an effort to make new friends and friendship dating apps. Most notably, Erin and I talk about the ups and downs in our own friendship and how unconditional love can apply to not just familial relationships.

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Former Champaign resident and podcast guest, Griffin Mulcahey takes the back seat as his wife and my friend, Bre, takes center stage in their makeshift, Austin studio during a recent trip to visit this Midwest-turned-Texan couple. The visit was in response to a call for help when the couple was overwhelmed with healing and emotions and exhaustion.

Listen as Bre relives the life changing call from her doctor during a mushroom microdose session, saying goodbye to her baby and toddler before undergoing brain surgery, the extreme precision in which the surgery must be performed to survive, the extremely slow recovery process and what the next months and years of her life will look like. While riding high from a lucrative business deal and dream move, the couple got news that will forever mark a pivotal period in their timeline of life. Now a hit to their reality has caused both Bre and Griffin to look at the minutiae of life as “get-to-dos” rather than “have-to-dos.”

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Champaign townie shares her secrets to social media: the good, the bad and the viral. This branding and marketing professional uses her education and field experience to curate and spread beauty-one post at a time.

 Listen as Grace explains why her day job is the least interesting thing about her, inauthentic vs. authentic content, her self-taught side hustle for lucky brides, wacky algorithms, how to take the best picture and why social media should be viewed as a fun tool and not a recipe for FOMO and jealousy. This millennial disproves the common stereotypes, showing how articulate, motivated and self-actualized this generation can be. Even though this was our first meeting, I saw the obvious beauty from the outside mirror what radiated from within this golden girl.

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Champaign townie, sadly now a Minnesotan, and one of my oldest friends shares feelings on a subject that he is often reluctant to talk about–the loss of his dad, Paul Senior, and his slow battle with early-onset Alzheimer’s.

 Listen as Dan emotionally recalls his dad as his number one coach, the first Christmas where a tradition was regretfully forgot, losing him at an Illini game and saying goodbye over and over. Dan has become an incredible dad of four because of the lessons he gleaned from his coach, this is clear in this short and sweet podcast highlighting one’s own mortality and the genetic concerns surrounding Alzheimers. The respect and love is clear in  each one of Dan’s words. 

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Urbana-born twenty something shares a story of falling head over heels for a little redheaded firecracker, managing his abandonment issues, figuring out how to balance a job while becoming a single mom overnight and thoughts on dating at this stage in her life. 

 Listen as Mahala explains how a weekend babysitting stint never ended, how her experience growing up in a loving family prepared her for a toddler, what it was like when she was called mom for the first time, what she ultimately wants for the little boy that swept her off her feet and how she is prepared to fight for his future safety and security. Mahala's story is testimony that motherhood and maternal instincts don't solely come from giving birth.

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My loves-the-spotlight husband and podcast super fan, Andrew Harrington, and I talk in detail about excessive bathroom lines at a Yankees game, uncontrollable sweating, the event that inspired my brother-in-law's speech at our wedding and grounds for getting fired from our first jobs.

 Listen as two townies swap stories of treading water down Mattis Avenue, ultra-moist public speaking, bathroom negotiations and making it on Jay Leno for all the wrong reasons. Turn up for some skin crawling embarrassing moments!

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