SNV Special Report: Carbondale, (Southern) Illinois

(A NOTE: this has NO PAID PROMOTIONAL CONTENT > IT IS ALL BECAUSE I ACTUALLY WANTED TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE BUSINESS OR SERVICES) Special Report (4/9/2026) In this Special Report about Carbondale in Southern Illinois we talk about both my recent trip as well as just a slice of the dissident history in this coal city. Links to items covered in this report: Carbon (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon Dale (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_(landform) Carbondale (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbondale,_Illinois Shawnee National Forest (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawnee_National_Forest 120 Muddy Monster Road in Murphysboro (Holiday Inn Express...): https://maps.app.goo.gl/ggd9EHHPKMymjZmb7 Sharp Museum at Southern Illinois University Carbondale: https://museum.siu.edu/ Preston Jackson | Here We Are (December 5, 2025 - June 26, 2026) at Sharp Museum in Saluki Gallery: https://museum.siu.edu/_common/images/press-release-photo-preston-jackson.jpg SIU’s University Museum spring exhibitions celebrate work of region and alumni (January 12, 2023: https://news.siu.edu/2023/01/011223-SIUs-University-Museum-spring-exhibitions-celebrate-work-of-region-and-alumni.php SiUC's Days of Dissent: A Memoir of Student Protest (2007) (EBAY): https://www.ebay.com/itm/166400446589 (BUCKY DOME) Fuller Dome Home Museum: https://fullerdomehome.com/ SIU (Carbondale, IL) hosts festival, conference honoring R. Buckminster Fuller April 22-26: https://news.siu.edu/2026/04/040826-siu-hosts-festival-conference-honoring-r-buckminster-fuller-april-22-26.php R. Buckminster Fuller and Anne Hewlett Dome Home (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Buckminster_Fuller_and_Anne_Hewlett_Dome_Home Heartwood Forest Council (Dixon Springs State Park, Illinois, Shawnee National Forest): https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14asgpmhPNc/