Rock Island Line
Dedicated with love to Rock Island, IL - a podcast that features the voices of local residents, artists, builders, and changemakers.
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Fresh Films for a Fresh Economy (opens the original)
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If you live in Rock Island and care about the future of this city, this is a conversation you need to hear. In this episode, Annika O'Melia talks with Kelli Feigley of Fresh Films about the organization's plans to bring Rock Line Studios—a new, $12 million film and television production studio—to Rock Island. The project could connect our community to Illinois' nearly billion-dollar per year film industry while creating new opportunities for local workers, businesses, students, and artists. Anni
Atticus Garrison: Watching the Watchers (opens the original)
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Host Annika O'Melia sits down with Atticus Garrison — Blackhawk College librarian, digital literacy advocate, and returning friend of the show — for a close look at the 21 Flock Safety license plate reader cameras now watching the edges of our city and listening to the sounds of our city. Atticus walks us through what these ALPR cameras actually do, how the Rock Island Police Department has worked to manage them responsibly, and why his deepest concerns lie not with our local department but with
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