Vidette Radio

Outgoing senior editors at The Vidette share thoughts about their time at The Vidette and Illinois State and their futures beyond the newspaper and college. Sports Editor Jake Sermersheim, Night Editor Flora Seidler and Photo Editor Alex Gant are joined by John Plevka, the editorial adviser at The Vidette. Plevka is retiring at the end of May.

Hosts Elizabeth Urban and Sandra Esparza could go on and on about any topic, from politics to the latest movies. On their podcast 'Tea Time,' they cover weekly topics that change depending on school, the season or even their moods. In this episode, the hosts talk about the best and worst dressed celebrities at the Met Gala. After it looks like many people struggled to stay on theme this year, Elizabeth and Sandra talk about what "gilded glamour" really means and what improvements people could have made. In the final episode of the 2021-2022 school year, our hosts conclude by ending on a sentimental note with their plans for next year.

Hosts Elizabeth Urban and Sandra Esparza could go on and on about any topic, from politics to the latest movies. On their podcast 'Tea Time,' they cover weekly topics that change depending on school, the season or even their moods. In this episode, the hosts talk about the leaked document from the U.S. Supreme Court that details the justice's opinion about overturning key court rulings in regards to abortion rights. Sandra and Elizabeth discuss the implications this has for American women and offer their thoughts on what politicians should be doing to support mothers, women and children around the country.

In this week's episode of MVC Weekly, we discuss the final few weeks of the MVC baseball season and take a look at some teams who might compete for the top spot.

Hosts Kylie Hagmann, Kathryn Evenson, and Marisa Medine are back again. The three, who are also copy editors for Videtteonline.com, call their podcast series the BookBirds. They admit they could talk for hours about books, writing, life and everything in between. This week, they had another special guest. Professor Gabe Gudding, their current Studies in Creative Writing professor joined them to discuss his experience with creative writing, along with his love of poetry and literature. They talked about Professor Gudding’s work with translating and the writing of his own poetry. As this is their last episode, they would also like to thank all of the listeners of the podcast for tuning in every week and supporting their love of literature!

Hosts Elizabeth Urban and Sandra Esparza could go on and on about any topic, from politics to the latest movies. On their podcast 'Tea Time,' they cover weekly topics that change depending on school, the season or even their moods. In this episode, the hosts talk about Elon Musk's recent announcement that he bought Twitter for $44 billion. After Musk said that Twitter has a problem with censorship, Sandra and Elizabeth discuss the difference between free speech and misinformation. With all of the misinformation spread around the 2020 election, the hosts talk about the dangers that Musk's new policies may present.

In this week's episode of MVC Weekly, we discuss MVC baseball as it stands in the heart of conference play. At the end, we discuss ISU women's basketball's addition of former Division II Player of the Year Paige Robinson.

Hosts Elizabeth Urban and Sandra Esparza could go on and on about any topic, from politics to the latest movies. On their podcast 'Tea Time,' they cover weekly topics that change depending on school, the season or even their moods. In this episode, the hosts talk about the still-current Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard court case. After being accused of domestic violence in their past divorce case, Depp is now speaking up saying he is the real survivor of abuse, pointing to Heard as his abuser. Sandra and Elizabeth discuss not only the case itself, but also the importance of believing survivors and recognizing that anyone can be a survivor, not just women.

In this week's episode of the Redbird Report, we discuss ISU women's golf's Missouri Valley Conference Championship and what to expect going forward. We then look at ISU baseball and softball up to this point before discussing the men's basketball transfer portal.

In this week's episode of MVC Weekly, we discuss Missouri Valley Conference baseball and take our shot at who we think will come out on top of the conference. At the end, we discuss the turnover of Illinois State basketball and what to expect going forward.