Arionne Nettles Chicago-based Arionne Nettles is a lecturer and director of audio journalism programming at Northwestern University's Medill School. She is a also culture reporter who has contributed to the New York Times Opinion, Chicago PBS station WTTW and NPR affiliate WBEZ, as well as host of Is That True? A Kids Podcast About Facts. About Midwest Living Midwest Living, a Dotdash Meredith Brand, is an award-winning resource for stories of travel, culture, food, garden and home readers can't find anywhere else. As the definitive voice of the region, Midwest Living reaches 3.2 million readers and 2.2 million pageviews a month. Our inspirational, authentic content is smart, playful, diverse and loudly, proudly Midwestern. Learn more about us and our editorial guidelines.