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This is re-broadcast from January 27, 2025:
On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour discussing Bloomington’s celebration of Black History Month with Dr. Gloria Howell, Director of the Indiana University Bloomington Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, and Mr. Andrew Shannon, Director of Safe and Civil Cities for the City of Bloomington.
Dr. Gloria Howell, Director of the Indiana University Bloomington Neal-Marshall Black Culture CenterMr. Andrew Shannon, Director of Safe and Civil Cities for the City of BloomingtonCREDITS:
Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell.
Bring It On!’s executive producer is Clarence Boone.
Our assistant producer is Liz Mitchell.
The show consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
The program engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom with additional background tracks by David B.
Local animal shelters are overwhelmed. Animal Club is trying to help. This Indiana University student group can dispatch an army of volunteers to get several weeks’ worth of work done in just a few hours. This can make a huge impact at an understaffed shelter, especially more rural ones like Our Lil’ Bit of Heaven in Poland, Indiana. Caroline Ringquist is the group leader and chief puppy lover.
Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. You can learn more about volunteer opportunities in the WFHB listening area at bloomingtonvolunteernetwork.org
This episode of Activate! was produced by Sam Heuser
through WFHB’s partnership with The Media School at Indiana University
Welcome to Prescription for Healthcare, a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana, broadcasting the second Thursday of every month as part of the Local News at 5:15 PM.
This month is part 2 of our interview with Dr Walter Tsou, the past president of the American Public Health Association and former health commissioner of Philadelphia. He is a board advisor to Physicians for a National Health Program, and an expert on public health, healthcare reform and healthcare finance. He recently returned from a medical educational tour of Cuba. Part 1, “What can Cuba teach us about healthcare delivery” was aired in January, 2025.
Dr. Walter Tsou (pronounced like Tsunami without the ‘nami’)
From the show:
“ There is this basic philosophical question about whether health care should be a public good, or should it be a market commodity? We can start off by asking ourselves, what is a public good? Public goods are things that we individually could not afford to do by ourselves, but could collectively. If we put our minds and our money together, we can actually achieve them. The biggest examples are things like national defense is a public good. Environmental protection is a public good. Our roads and bridges are public goods. Our hospitals and our public education system, our schools and firehouses and police stations are considered public goods because we all depend upon them. We couldn’t individually pay for them, but, if we collectively put our money together, we can achieve these things.”
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Medicare for All Indiana is the Indiana Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program
“If Not Now, Tell Me When” by Carrie Newcomer is used with permission.
A formally-trained singer in her own right, Suzanne Ryan-Melamed has guided Bloomington Early Music since 2022. Since that year, the annual Bloomington Early Music Festival has embraced a variety of worldwide cultures and populations that aren’t commonly associated with medieval, Renaissance, or Baroque music. This year’s fest, featuring live performances, artists’ discussions, and educational workshops, focuses on Early Music in the African Diaspora.
Host Michael Glab chats with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour with former Bring It On! anchor Bev Redmonds and her husband, Marq. While living in Bloomington, the formerly Ms. Beverly Smith was a Bring It On! anchor and a fixture for years. She served as the Director of Diversity, School & Community Services for Monroe County Community School Corporation for over eleven years. After marrying Marquelle Redmond and departing from Indiana, she became the Assistant Superintendent of Public Affairs for one of the largest school districts in the Pacific Northwest. Before this endeavor, Beverly was a public relations professional, award-winning journalist, and consultant.
Marquelle or “Marq” is currently an instructor at Chicago’s Malcolm X College and is the award-winning author of Revelations of a Real Man (Or Woman). Since its debut in 2017, Marq and his wife, Beverly, have traveled extensively, spreading their ministry of amputation, accountability, and authorship across the country to churches, conventions, libraries, and schools. Bev and Marq look forward to even greater success with launching a podcast series and new book, Finally, I Do…Again.
CREDITS:
Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell.
Bring It On!’s executive producer is Clarence Boone.
Our assistant producer is Liz Mitchell.
The show consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
The program engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom with additional background tracks by David B.
There’s a new show on WFHB called “Autism Rocks and Rolls” – a podcast started by Sam Mitchell when he was 16 to talk about his experiences living with autism. The show airs weekly on Tuesdays at 5:30pm – that’s right after the Tuesday edition of the WFHB Local News. Autism Rocks and Rolls is now more than just a podcast – it’s grown into a nonprofit organization managed by Sam’s mom, Gina Mitchell. Together Sam and Gina are on a mission to break down misconceptions and stereotypes about people on the spectrum, and she’s here to tell you their story.
Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. You can learn more about volunteer opportunities in the WFHB listening area at bloomingtonvolunteernetwork.org
This episode of Activate! was produced by Lukas Jackson
through WFHB’s partnership with The Media School at Indiana University
Inspired by his mother, 1980s disco hitmaker Roni Griffith, Caleb Ely dropped out of college to pursue a music career. Beginning as a DJ and then taking on audio production duties, he created streaming hits that have garnered millions of clicks. Ely (pronounced EE-lee) taught himself how to play musical instruments even as he mastered the hardware and software to produce digital sounds. Ely has authored the book, “100 Million Streams: How to Break Into the Music Industry.”
Host Michael Glab chats with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
Welcome to the 98th episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio. Hearabouts is produced by Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center in collaboration with WFHB. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community, and shared assumptions. This episode is produced by Anastasia Ilagan and Joanna Kung.
In the second part of our first episode of Stories Through Tattoos, we are joined by Zach as he share the personal and cultural significance of his traditional Filipino tattoos. He shared his journeys of embracing his heritage through the intricate artistry of Filipino tattooing, reflecting on how the experience deepened his connection to his roots.
Credits:
Hearabouts is produced by ACC Director Melanie Castillo-Cullather, Belle Chatpunnarangsee, Anastasia Ilagan, and Joanna Kung
Our guests are Zach Tandoc
Our sound engineer is Joanna Kung
Our theme music is “Eternal Youth” by Rude
On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour discussing Bloomington’s celebration of Black History Month with Dr. Gloria Howell, Director of the Indiana University Bloomington Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, and Mr. Andrew Shannon, Director of Safe and Civil Cities for the City of Bloomington.
Dr. Gloria Howell, Director of the Indiana University Bloomington Neal-Marshall Black Culture CenterMr. Andrew Shannon, Director of Safe and Civil Cities for the City of BloomingtonCREDITS:
Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell.
Bring It On!’s executive producer is Clarence Boone.
Our assistant producer is Liz Mitchell.
The show consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
The program engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom with additional background tracks by David B.
Welcome to Prescription for Healthcare, a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana, broadcasting the second Thursday of every month as part of the Local News at 5:15 PM.
This month we interview Dr Walter Tsou, the past president of the American Public Health Association and former health commissioner of Philadelphia. He is a board advisor to Physicians for a National Health Program, and an expert on public health, healthcare reform and healthcare finance. He recently returned from a medical educational tour of Cuba.
Dr. Walter Tsou (pronounced like Tsunami without the nami)
From the show:
“What we can learn from the Cuban healthcare delivery system and what we could do in the US with a single payer financing system could actually marry the best of both worlds.
“That is to say, if we had a healthcare delivery system based around primary care, where the doctors all knew their patients and could feel free to do home visits as part of their normal activities, along with our more sophisticated high tech hospitals and imaging and diagnostic services that we can do in this country, we really would have the best of both worlds. We’d have a very robust primary care program where we could easily refer people to higher level services if they need it. Then when they get better they go back to the community, to their homes, and they’re followed by their primary care doctors. That’s how a healthcare delivery system should work. And if all of it was funded through a single payer national health insurance program as part of how we care for our American people, I think we would have an incredible healthcare system.”
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“If Not Now, Tell Me When” by Carrie Newcomer is used with permission.
Developing friendships at any age can be challenging, and few groups of people understand this more than those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Autism, Down syndrome, and accessibility issues can all be barriers to making friends in a college town. Cecilia Meneghini is the Indiana University chapter president of Best Buddies, an organization on a mission to end the social and physical isolation that those with disabilities face. Through monthly group social events and one-on-one companion pairings, Cecilia hopes IU Best Buddies can help Bloomington be a more inclusive community.
Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. You can learn more about volunteer opportunities in the WFHB listening area at bloomingtonvolunteernetwork.org
Cecilia Meneghini and her buddy Gina
This episode of Activate! was produced by Thomas Crow
through WFHB’s partnership with The Media School at Indiana University
The year 2024 was an exciting one for Big Talk conversations. People from all walks of Bloomington life joined us in the WFHB studios. This week, we’ll revisit our chats with Richard Fish, one of the early members of the core group that started this radio station; Dr. Maria Elizabeth Hamitlton Abegunde, who helped coordinate the Wylie House exhibit, “Stargazing: Re-Imagining the Life of Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ Breckenridge”; Mitch Teplitsky, who is producing a documentary on Spencer, Indiana’s vibrant LGBTQI community; and Tristra Newyear and Eleanor Rust, producers and hosts of the limited historical podcast series, “Frances Wright: America’s Forgotten Radical.”
This episode aired Thursday, January 2, 2025.
Host Michael Glab chats with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
Dr. Gloria Howell, community leader and Director of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center at IU BloomingtonIn today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Micthell spend the hour with Dr. Gloria Howell. She is a frequent Bring It On! contributor and community leader. In 2020 she became the director of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center at IU Bloomington. She is also the faculty coordinator for a first-year experience and introductory research course for freshman Hudson and Holland Scholars. She is the coordinator of a December Black Congratulatory Commencement ceremony, which she describes as, “authentically, unapologetically black!” Dr. Howell joins us to highlight the memorable programming moments from 2024 with a look forward to 2025 from this celebration. More information can be found at the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center.
Gloria has served as vice chair of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Commission. She is a City of Bloomington Black History Month Planning Committee member and a co-coordinator of the Free Homework Help Program at Bethel AME Church. Gloria also volunteers with The Rise, a transitional housing program; facilitates mentorship and enrichment program through Sistas Who Care, a student organization for girls of color at a local high school; and is a monthly guest at the Bloomington Montessori School where she reads to children and shares lessons on social justice.
CREDITS:
Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell.
Bring It On!’s executive producer is Clarence Boone.
Our assistant producer is Liz Mitchell.
The show consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
The program engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom with additional background tracks by David B.
Malcolm Abrams, Editor and Publisher of Bloom MagazineThis is a rebroadcast from a program that originally aired on February 6, 2023:
On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour with Malcolm Abrams, the editor and publisher of Bloom Magazine. He discusses his passion for publishing Bloom and why he is driven to showcase the diversity and richness that is Bloomington.
Bloom Magazine is a bimonthly culture and lifestyle magazine published in Bloomington. Founded in 2005 by editor and publisher Malcolm Abrams, Bloom is an independent and free magazine, which highlights and promotes inclusion and diversity in every issue. Within its pages, peppered with high-quality photography, readers learn about Bloomington’s, local community, the arts, entertainment, food and wine, fashion and shopping, health and fitness, and business and finance.
This month marks their 100th publication, which is an achievement for an individual with a lengthy career in news and print. Abrams worked for Rupert Murdoch as vice president/editorial director of Murdoch Business Magazines, where he was responsible for twenty publications including Travel Weekly, Meetings & Conventions, and Business and Commercial Aviation. Abrams is also the co-author of “Future Stuff,” and its sequel, “More Future Stuff,” both published by Viking Penguin.
Credits:
Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell.
Bring It On!’s Executive Producer is Clarence Boone.
Tonight’s Assistant Producer is Liz Mitchell.
Show Consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
Program Engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom, with additional background tracks by David Baker.
We delve further into our 2024 lineup of guests and conversations as the year draws to a close. We spoke with Richard Fish, one of the earliest members of the group that eventually formed WFHB; Abegunde (Dr. Maria Elizabeth Hamilton), who brought to light the life of Lizzie Breckenridge, a black woman who was an amateur astronomer in Bloomington in the 1880s; Mitch Teplitsky, a filmmaker working on a documentary about the LGBTQI community in Spencer, Indiana; and Tristra Newyear and Eleanor Rust, who’ve researched the life of Frances Rust, a 19th century feminist, author, abolitionist, and radical.
This edition of Big Talk aired on Thursday, December, 19, 2024.
Host Michael Glab chats with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
This is a rebroadcast from May 1, 2017:
Bring It On! continues our highlight of Dr. Khalil Muhammad, a professor at Harvard University.
Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Ford Foundation Professor of History, Race, and Public Policy at Kennedy School of Government of Harvard UniversityDr. Renford Reese, Professor of Political Science at California State Polytechnic University, PomonaDr. Muhammad was previously a Bring It On! contributor while a professor at Indiana University. Dr. Renford Reese and he spoke on negative black male stereotypes and how black men themselves may be perpetuating such negative views. Professor Reese examines how young African-American males have unwittingly accepted a false model of black masculinity. Dr. Muhammad offers his insights on the topic.
Please join hosts Jim Sims and Sherhara Williams in this back-to-back archived discussion from November 2006.
En este episodio nuestra host Minerva Sosa en compañía de la productora del programa Ximena Martinez nos hablan sobre el programa de Regalos Navideños de la Ciudad de Bloomington que se llevó a cabo el día hoy, entregando regalos a más de 115 niños, pertenecientes a 60 familias de origen hispano y latino, con la ayuda de 63 patrocinadores registrados.
Our look back at 2024 Big Talk guests continues as we revisit highlights from our chats with historical board game designer and producer Drew Wehrle, Hoosier Character coordinator Christine Friesel, Kinsey Institute executive director Justin Garcia, and JC Clements and Nicky 7 of Hoosier Original Music Association.
Host Michael Glab chats with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
Welcome to Prescription for Healthcare, a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana, broadcasting the second Thursday of every month as part of the Local News at 5:15 PM.
This month we interview Dr Linda Rae Murray, legendary Chicago physician for the medically underserved, and a voice for social justice and health as a basic human right. She talks about the roots of Racism in Colonialism and its global implications today. And hear her “Prescription for Healthcare”.
Dr. Murray recommends looking at WEB Dubois’ foundational book Black Reconstruction.
Watch her in the movie “I Call It Murder” as a young physician in 1980s Chicago leading the fight against ambulances “dumping” poor patients that led to the EMTALA Act.
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“If Not Now, Tell Me When” by Carrie Newcomer is used with permission.
Dana Jones over at Wheeler Mission says solving the housing crisis takes more than a hot shower and a warm bed. Dana is trying to build a support structure for the unhoused, and to do that he says they need healthy and supportive relationships. Dana is hoping you can support the Wheeler Mission mantra of help, hope, and healing.
Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. You can learn more about volunteer opportunities in the WFHB listening area at bloomingtonvolunteernetwork.org
This episode of Activate! was produced by Owen Koehler
through WFHB’s partnership with The Media School at Indiana University
En este episodio recibimos a Millerlandy Porras, a pet groomer, quien nos habla de los servicios de estilismo de mascotas, y comparte recomendaciones para un buen cuidado de los animalitos y da consejos para aquellos que están pensando en tener una mascota. Pueden encontrar sus servicios español en South Bark Salon, 3906 S Walnut St, 812-332-2275.
He started working for Blueline Media when it was housed in a barn outside the city some 20 years ago. Matt Rice now is a creative director for the full-service video and photo production studio with offices here and in North Carolina. Blueline has branched out, now making documentary films. The studio has produced docs on Hoosier football icon George Taliaferro, the plight of Hawaii’s native snails, and the 150th anniversary of the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Rice considers himself a translator, turning a company’s image of itself into a story, then a brand.
Host Michael Glab chats with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
On today’s edition of Bring It On!, host Clarence Boone and co-host Dr. Gloria Howell spend the hour with Dr. Kevin Brown for a post-election analysis of Donald Trump’s victory.
The Associated Press has summed up the realities of last Tuesday’s Presidential General Election outcome. Trump gained a larger share of Black and Latino voters than he did in 2020 when he lost to Joe Biden. Most notably among men under age 45, according to AP VoteCast, a nationwide survey of more than 120,000 voters, Trump won a larger share of their vote than in 202. Despite Democrat Kamala Harris winning the majority of Black and Latino voters, it was not enough to give the vice president the White House.
Donald J. Trump, 45th President and 47th President-ElectVoters overall cited the economy and jobs as the most important issue the country faced. That was true for Black and Hispanic voters as well. About 3 in 10 Black men under age 45 went for Trump, roughly double the share he got in 2020. Young Latinos, particularly young Latino men, also were more open to Trump than in 2020. Roughly half of young Latino men voted for Harris, compared with about 6 in 10 who went
Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen won reelection to a U.S. Senate seat in Nevada, preventing the Republicans from growing their 53-seat majority with one Senate race, Arizona, left to call. Republican leaders are projecting confidence that they will keep control of the U.S. House as more races were decided in their favor Friday, while Democrats insist, they still see a path toward the majority and sought assurances that every vote will be counted. Time will tell whether Donald Trump can salvage his legacy in a second term.
Dr. Kevin Brown, Mitchell Willoughby Distinguished Professor at the University of South Carolina School of LawDr. Kevin Brown, who joins us today, was on the faculty of Indiana University Maurer School of Law from January 1987 until he took emeritus status in June 2022. On July 1, 2022, he joined the University of South Carolina School of Law as the Mitchell Willoughby Distinguished Professor. Brown graduated from Yale Law School in 1982.
In Sept 2023, Professor Brown was invited to lecture at the IU Maurer School of Law School on the long-term consequences of the end of affirmative action for the Black community. He has labored over this summer to produce a scholarly article on the topic. Also, since the results of last Tuesday’s General Election, he has been thinking about what the immediate and long-term future holds for the Black community. He contends that the election will accelerate the negative trends he already sees. He joins us to further elaborate on his research and his current sentiments.
Dr. Gloria Howell, Director of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center at Indiana University BloomingtonDr. Gloria Howell joined us today as a guest co-anchor. She is the director of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center at Indiana University Bloomington. She is also the faculty coordinator for a first-year experience and introductory research course for freshman Hudson and Holland Scholars. Her research focuses on Black students broadly, specifically identity development and affirmation, culturally relevant pedagogy and curricular practices, and the effects of student activism on institutional change.
CREDITS:
Our show’s Executive Producer is Clarence Boone.
Our Assistant Producer is Gloria Howell.
Our Consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
Our Program Engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
Our original theme music was created by Jamaal Efiom, with additional background tracks by David Baker.
This weekend the second-largest student-run philanthropy effort in the world happens right here in Bloomington. The Indiana University Dance Marathon raises money for Riley Children’s Hospital for 36 hours straight. Macy Coers looks for ways to make this weekend engaging and bring in new participants, creating games and booking local bands to play.
Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. You can learn more about volunteer opportunities in the WFHB listening area at bloomingtonvolunteernetwork.org
This episode of Activate! was produced by Danielle Stockwell
through WFHB’s partnership with The Media School at Indiana University
Welcome to Prescription for Healthcare, a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana, broadcasting the second Thursday of every month as part of the Local News at 5:15 PM.
This month we are talking with Wendell Potter who was our very first guest on Prescription for Health Care in of 2020, during the height of the COVID pandemic and just before the 2020 election of President Joe Biden. Wendell is the author of Deadly Spin and Nation on the Take. He is the president of the Center for Health and Democracy and the editor of Healthcare Uncovered.
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“If Not Now, Tell Me When” by Carrie Newcomer is used with permission.
En este episodio nos acompaña la Dra. Claudia Lara, para hablarnos de cómo la neurociencia nos ayuda a entender el desarrollo infantil y el impacto de las experiencias en el crecimiento emocional, social y cognitivo de los niños a lo largo de diferentes etapas clave.
Her mother dropped her off at Rhino’s Youth Center when she was 12. Before she knew it, Jessie Grubb found herself deeply involved in radio. Rhino’s administered Youth Radio for WFHB from 2000 to 2019 and operated a dedicated studio for kids to learn and record in. Youth Radio has been a fixture at WFHB for nearly 30 years. Grubb is a teacher and applies her college training in education to her work as the director of the program that serves ages 13-20
Jessie Grubb (2nd from left) and some Youth Radio participants.Host Michael Glab chats with Bloomington’s most fascinating people..
Welcome to the 94th episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio. Hearabouts is produced by Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center in collaboration with WFHB. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community, and shared assumptions. This episode is produced by Belle Chatpunnarangsee and Joanna Kung.
In this episode, Belle shares her traditions of Halloween back home and the symbolic significancy meaning it holds. We talked about the origin of Halloween as well as the diverse celebratory traditions different Asian countries and cities practice.
Credits:
Hearabouts is produced by ACC Director Melanie Castillo-Cullather, Belle Chatpunnarangsee, Anastasia Ilagan, and Joanna Kung
Our sound engineer is Joanna Kung
Our theme music is “Eternal Youth” by Rude
On tonight’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell focus on the concerns of the black Trump and Kamala Harris supporters in tomorrow’s U.S. national presidential election. Based on a September NAACP poll, Reuters News reported that over one-quarter of younger Black men would support Republican candidate Donald Trump in this year’s U.S. presidential election. 82% of Black men under 50 listed economic issues among the most important issues facing the country today, compared with 75% of Black women of all ages.
Black voters have long been the most loyal Democratic constituency. Yet, during the Democratic President Joe Biden’s term, some younger Black voters and Black men of all ages have lost faith in the Democratic Party. Black voters played a large role in sending Biden to the White House in 2020. Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris hopes to secure their support to win tomorrow’s November 5th presidential election. In contrast, 67% percent of Black women said they supported Harris, while 8% said they supported Trump. Top issues for Black voters are the economy, crime, and public safety, the survey found; with the cost of food and groceries, housing, and utilities being the biggest economic stressors. According to the NAACP survey, voter messaging emphasizing rights “being under attack” has the most significant chance to motivate undecided voters and younger Black men.
Tonight, we ae airing two separate interviews on this topic. The first interview is with Jordan Johnson, a black male Trump supporter. The second interview is with Jennifer Crossley, a black-female Harris supporter.
Jordan Johnson, A Black Male Trump SupporterJennifer Crossley, A Black Female Harris SupporterCREDITS:
Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell.
Bring It On!’s executive producer is Clarence Boone.
Our assistant producer is Liz Mitchell.
The show consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
The program engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom with additional background tracks by David Baker.
The song, My Vote Will Count, is from YelloPain ft. Sevyn Streete.
The College Democrats at Indiana University have registered over 1,000 students to vote and helped elect Bloomington’s first Gen Z city council member…but they’re just getting started. The group’s press secretary Damian Arambula has been working to boost political involvement among college students. He believes that local politics is where real change happens, and he sees Indiana House District 62 as the “most flippable” race in the entire state.
Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. You can learn more about volunteer opportunities in the WFHB listening area at bloomingtonvolunteernetwork.org
This episode of Activate! was produced by Luke Vogel
through WFHB’s partnership with The Media School at Indiana University
En este episodio nuestra amiga y realtor latina, Almendra Minnaar, nos comparte su experiencia como voluntaria en la Cruz Roja Americana de Indiana. Si están interesados en unirse al equipo de voluntarios, o si desean conocer mayor información sobre las funciones y actividades de la Cruz Roja, dale click al programa.
Trained as a cantor, Josh Dinner loved singing traditional Jewish songs because they brought people together and celebrated what humanity could be. Then he saw a rocket liftoff and realized space exploration did the same. Since then he’s devoted his life to shooting the moon, the stars, the planets, and the spacecraft that may one day get us there. A writer and content manager for Space.com, he staged his proposal to his future wife to coincide with last April’s total solar eclipse.
Host Michael Glab chats with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
He co-founded the Bloomington Open Studios Tour in 2011. This year’s tour features six artists in and around town. Paul is a photo remix artist, manipulating digital images to create layered, re-structured works of art. He proudly claims he never attended art school or took an art class even as his works have won awards and have been hung in public buildings. The Open Studios Tour allows the public to visit artists in the work spaces and converse with them.
Host Michael Glab chats with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
Welcome to the 92nd episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio. Hearabouts is produced by Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center in collaboration with WFHB. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community, and shared assumptions. This episode is produced by Anastasia Ilagan and Joanna Kung.
In this episode, we are joined by Sabrina and Allie, performance coordinators for Filipino American Association. We talked about their favorite cultural dance as well as the Filipino community in the mid-west. We shared thoughts and experience with the varies Filipino traditional dances and opportunities/events they will be performing this year.
Credits:
Hearabouts is produced by ACC Director Melanie Castillo-Cullather, Belle Chatpunnarangsee, Anastasia Ilagan, and Joanna Kung
Our guests are Sabrina & Allie
Our sound engineer is Joanna Kung
Our theme music is “Eternal Youth” by Rude
In this week’s feature report, Environmental Correspondent Zero Roze gets an update from Steven Stewart of the Indiana Forest Alliance on protecting Indiana forests from burning and logging.
Inside Climate Change reports new figures on the cost of solar power. They say your roof isn’t getting any bigger, but the amount of electricity that can be produced by solar panels up there has grown by a lot compared to a generation ago. New figures from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory show how much: The median size of a residential solar system grew from 2.4 kilowatts in 2000 to 7.4 kilowatts in 2023. Size, in this case, refers to the generating capacity of a solar system, not its surface area.
The tripling of median size, despite the surface area of a typical roof not changing much, is a boon for consumers and the grid. Lawrence Berkeley Lab published a trove of data last week as part of the annual “Tracking the Sun” report on customer-owned solar. The report, which looks at data from 2023, shows a continuation of major trends like the growth of panel efficiency, a drop in prices and an increase in solar systems that are paired with battery storage. To get a better sense of progress, it helps to take a longer view.
I asked Galen Barbose, a staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley Lab and co-author of the report, which long-term trends he finds the most striking. He pointed to the growth in system size. “Customers are able to meet more of their load and save more on their bills,” he said. The increase in system size is closely related to improvements in solar panel efficiency, a measure of how much of the solar radiation shining on a panel’s surface is converted to electricity. Last year, more than 90 percent of solar panels had efficiency of at least 20 percent, which is remarkable considering that no residential panels had that level of efficiency as recently as 2011, according to the report.
The rapid shift follows technological change, such as the development of “TOPCon” solar panels, which have a mix of materials that achieve greater efficiency with minimal increase in costs. Even as residential solar prices continue to decline, the United States has high prices relative to peers. Prices in Australia, for example, have fallen to less than $1 per watt. Energy analysts have asked why there is such a large gap between the United States and Australia.
Inside Climate Change reports 28 million acres of Alaska public lands are protected from oil drilling. This is a reversal of Trump policy. After years of review, the U.S. Department of the Interior finalized a decision to retain protections for 28 million acres of public lands in Alaska. The fate of these areas was previously in flux following a Trump-era effort to open them up to development, including oil and gas extraction. On Tuesday, the Interior deemed this attempt “unlawful” because it was not informed by appropriate environmental assessments and input from local Alaska Native peoples, who depend on the land for food and water.
“Tribal consultation must be treated as a requirement—not an option—when the federal government is making decisions that could irrevocably affect Tribal communities,” Secretary Deb Haaland said in a statement. “Continuing these essential protections, which have been in place for decades, will ensure continued access and use of these public lands now and in the future.” While many tribal and environmental groups lauded the decision, prominent elected officials in Alaska have opposed these protections, citing the potential for extractive activities to boost the state’s jobs and economy. During Trump’s presidency, he never sought or accepted tribal advice.
Indiana Public Radio at Ball State reports that Equity Alliance identifies locations for EV chargers in Black communities, says the state fails to do so. For two years now, an equity alliance has said Indiana should do more to place electric vehicle charging stations in Black communities. Now the alliance has chosen its own preferred locations for the federally-funded chargers in its Indiana Electric Vehicle Charging Neighbor-Hood Green Book.
The book is a nod to the segregation-era guidebook that listed safe places to stop for Black travelers. It lists 38 locations in under served communities that could host EV chargers that qualify for federal grants through the Biden administration. Jorden Giger co-founded Black Lives Matter of South Bend and is part of the Indiana Alliance for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure and Economic Opportunities Development.
He said when Indiana first hosted meetings on EV chargers for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program, many of them weren’t in areas that were accessible to Black Hoosiers — and a few were in cities the Alliance considers sundown towns. “We want to be able to drive through the state and charge in places that are safe and friendly to us and our families,” Giger said. While the state’s picks for EV charging locations so far are primarily gas stations right off the highway, the Alliance’s choices are mostly churches less than 5 miles away.
Feature ReportEnvironmental Correspondent Zero Roze gets an update from Steven Stewart of the Indiana Forest Alliance on protecting Indiana forests from burning and logging.
- An Aquatic Wonders event is planned for Saturday, September 28th, from 7 to 8 pm at McCormick’s Creek State Park. Learn about the worlds that exist but are hard to see. You will hike to the waterfall to look for tiny insects. You will wear rubber boots because you will be in the water.
- Take a Stillwater Levee Walk at the Northfork at Monroe Lake on Sunday, September 29th, beginning at 9:30 am. You will explore the crops planted for wildlife food, check nesting boxes, and learn about seasonal flooding. Sign up at tinyurl.com/stillwater2024.
- Learn about Urban Greenspaces on Monday, September 30th, at 4 pm at Wild Birds Unlimited. Find out how to protect native habitats in your neighborhood.
- The Community Gardening Program is offering a class on Wildflower Seed Soiree on Thursday, October 3rd, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the Rogers Family Park. Walk through the park to collect native wildflower seeds. You will learn best practices for seed collection and storage as you collect your seeds. Sign up at bloomington.IN.gov/parks.
- Meet at the Lower Cascades Park for a Nature RX Walk on Saturday, October 6th, at 8 am. Learn about native habitat while listening to bird songs and enjoying nature. You can decrease your anxiety, lower stress and cortizol and much more. Nature is good for you!
Credits:
On Air………………………………….Julianna Dailey
On Air………………………………..Frank Marshalek
Headlines…………………………………..Norm Holy
Feature Report……………………………..Zero Roze
Script…………………………………..Julianna Dailey
Events Calendar……………………….Julianna Dailey
Engineer……………………………..Branden Blewett
Are you looking for a way to make a difference on environmental issues? Eco Report is looking for reporters, engineers, and segment producer to report facts on how we’re all affected by global climate disruption and the ongoing assaults on our air, land and water. We also celebrate ecologists, tree huggers, soil builders and other champions who actively protect and restore our natural world, particularly those who are active in south central Indiana. All levels of experience and all ages are welcome, and we provide the training you’ll need. WFHB also offers internships. To volunteer for Eco Report, call at (812) 323-1200, or e-mail earth@wfhb.org.
Got a bat in your attic? Baby possum crying under your porch? Your local animal control cannot help with these things but WildCare can. This local non profit rescues sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife and cares for them until they can be returned to the wild. Jules Erwin is a naturalist who enjoyed having WildCare at her events so much that she decided to join their board of directors.
Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. You can learn more about volunteer opportunities in the WFHB listening area at bloomingtonvolunteernetwork.org or by emailing getconnected@bloomington.in.gov.
Jules Erwin (center) in photo by Gage Forrest
She withdraws from the world — both in her mind and, occasionally, physically — to write. Arbogast’s first book, Leave the Dogs at Home, was a heart-wrenching, unvarnished glimpse into a woman’s life of love, choices, grief, and rebirth. She has released her second book, a novel of a young woman struggling to find meaning and identity in the counterculture late-1960s., called If Not the Whole Truth.
Host Michael Glab chats with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
Welcome to our 93rd episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio! Hearabouts is produced by WFHB and Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community and shared assumptions.
Today’s episode is an interview with Shruti Rana and Seri Lee, members of the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum. Shruti Rana joined the Hamilton Lugar School faculty in 2017, focusing on international law practice and human rights law, and is now the Assistant Dean for Curricular and Undergraduate Affairs. Seri Lee currently serves as the National Organizing Manager at NAPAWF, building capacity to advance reproductive justice in our local chapters. Together with Kulsoom Tapal, they have a conversation about advocacy in the AAPI community, and what that means for public policy initiatives moving forward.
Credits:
Hearabouts is produced by ACC Director Melanie Castillo-Cullather.
Our discussion is with Kulsoom Tapal, Shruti Rana, and Seri Lee
Our Engineers are Hibah Butt, Elise Lee, and Kulsoom Tapal.
Our theme music is “Eternal Youth” by Rude.
The Brown County Humane Society calls itself the little shelter with big results. Despite having resources that are more limited than nearby cities like Bloomington and Columbus, this shelter headquartered in Nashville, Indiana is able to offer help to the community that bigger shelters do not, like free pet food for local petowners struggling with poverty. Community Relations Manager Megan Gushwa says volunteers are what makes it all possible.
Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. You can learn more about volunteer opportunities in the WFHB listening area at bloomingtonvolunteernetwork.org or by emailing getconnected@bloomington.in.gov.
The City of Bloomington’s Community and Family Resources Department is hosting La Fiesta del Otoño 2024 at Switchyard Park Pavilion on Saturday, September 21st, from 12pm to 4pm. The theme for this year’s celebration is “Your Contributions Matter: Shaping the Future Together.”
La Fiesta del Otoño aims to educate and provide enjoyable activities for everyone while fostering connections within the local community, particularly among Latino families and agencies. This family-friendly event has been successful in attracting a large and diverse audience, including residents, students, and visitors. This year, we are excited to have more than 30 community partners participating. Additionally, we will have live performances by Vick Luna Quartet, Sofía Crespo, NoMás, and the Mariachi International of Bloomington. We will have a Latino dance contest with many prices!
We are grateful for the support from our sponsors who helped make this event possible, including Boston Scientific Corporation, City of Bloomington Community and Family Resources Department CFRD, Iglesia Hispana Sherwood Oaks, IU Cinema, IU Credit Union, IU Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Affairs, Lotus Education and Arts Foundation, Old National Bank, Riviera Maya, Social Cantina, and South Central Community Action Program – SCCAP.
Please use the hashtag #FiestaDelOtoño2024 and visit the City of Bloomington Latino Programs and Outreach at https://bloomington.in.gov/latino/nhhm for more information. You can also follow the event on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/7926348614089735/.
Welcome to the 92nd episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio. Hearabouts is produced by Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center in collaboration with WFHB. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community, and shared assumptions. This episode is produced by Belle Chatpunnarangsee, Anastasia Ilagan, and Joanna Kung.
In this episode, we are sharing fun summer experience, personal involvement at IU as an Asian American, as well as upcoming ACC events everyone can look forward to. We talked about our involvement with the student organizations and how self-identity plays a crucial role in their position. We shared, thoughts, experience, and engaging ways to explore and learn different culture.
Credits:
Hearabouts is produced by ACC Director Melanie Castillo-Cullather, Belle Chatpunnarangsee, Anastasia Ilagan, and Joanna Kung
Our sound engineer is Joanna Kung
Our theme music is “Eternal Youth” by Rude
This is a rebroadcast of a program that aired on September 14, 2020:
Tonight’s show focuses on the upcoming Indiana State elections. Hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea speak with Tonda Pauley and Dana Black to address the many concerns of this election season, such as increasing voter registration and turnout, mail-in voting concerns, and what the key races are to watch in Indiana. Both women have served in public service roles within the Indiana Democratic Party.
Tonda Pauley is running for election to the Indiana House of Representatives to represent District 78 in Vanderburgh County, IN. She’s served as the State President of the Indiana Democrat African American Caucus (IDAAC) for the past seven years and is a member of the Indiana Democratic Central Committee. She has previously held the position of Vice-President and Secretary of IDAAC.
Dana Black is the Indiana Democrat Party Deputy Chair of Engagement, the Indiana Stonewall Democrats President, and a Lawrence Township Democrat Club Member. She is also a Lawrence Township Precinct Committeeman and an NAACP Member. She also hosts the radio show Turn Left and is the co-host of the podcast Policy with a Purpose. Dana works to bring the legislative information Hoosiers need to make sound decisions about those who should represent us.
CREDITS: The hosts of today’s show are Clarence Boone and William Hosea.
The Executive Producer is Clarence Boone with help from WFHB News Department Director Kade Young.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom, with additional background tracks by David Baker.
The promotional graphic is provided by William Hosea.
Online writing help and program engineering are provided by Chantalle LaFontant.
Every day Elizabeth Capetillo helps Bloomington girls become strong, smart and bold. That’s the mantra over at Girls Inc., a local mentorship and learning program cultivating safe spaces for girls to take risks, learn from experiences, and grow. Elizabeth started off as a student volunteer and now she’s the program coordinator.
Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. You can learn more about volunteer opportunities in the WFHB listening area at bloomingtonvolunteernetwork.org or by emailing getconnected@bloomington.in.gov.
Thanks to Cale Ulery and. Zachary Taylor of Bloomington Pride and a million other projects for coming on to tell us about this Saturday’s Pridefest on Kirkwood!
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BloomingOUT is one of the nation’s longest-running LGBTIQ-focused radio shows. We feature people, news, events, entertainment, and businesses relevant to the queer experience in central Indiana and the Midwest.
Interested in being on the show or want to recommend a person, business or topic for us to cover? Let us know at bloomingout@wfhb.org.
BloomingOUT is a production of WFHB Community Radio and produced by Melanie Davis and Kade Young. Our Engineer is Alyssa Gray. Your Hosts are Justin Robertson and Melanie Davis
Facing an uphill battle in a predominantly red state, veteran community organizer Michelle Higgs is squaring off against incumbent Peggy Mayfield in the November election. Higgs realized she and other Hoosier Democrats would need a lot of help so she put together the Indiana Rural Summit 2024. It’s a series of local gatherings featuring a dozen Democratic candidates for House district seats. Higgs et al hope to persuade rural and small town voters the Democrats are on their side. Republican candidate Mayfield has been invited to appear on the program before the election.
[NOTE: This recording features two four-minute silence gaps to allow for live pitching during our Fall 2024 Fund Drive.]Host Michael Glab chats with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
Welcome to the 91st episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio. Hearabouts is produced by Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center in collaboration with WFHB. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community and shared assumptions. This episode is produced by Hannah Lorenzo and is hosted by Andrew Pace. Our sound engineer is Michael Sears.
In this episode we have a conversation with Indiana University students Darren and Olivia on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the music industry. We discuss AAPI representation and influence in music, the impact of music amidst Stop Asian Hate rallies and how cultural diversity is reflected in the music that we listen to.
Credits:
This episode of Hearabouts is produced by Melanie Castillo-Cullather, Andrew Pace and Hannah Lorenzo.
Our discussion is with Andrew Pace, Darren Shih and Olivia Sim.
Our sound engineers are Andrew Pace and Michael Sears.
Our theme music is “Eternal Youth” by Rude.
This is program originally aired on August 21, 2023:
On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, spend the hour with Dr. Marvin Dunn. Dr. Dunn is fighting against the potential miseducation of countless children and young adults in Florida. He is here to discuss his efforts to combat this miseducation and the current state of racial politics in Florida.
Demonstrators gather in February in Tallahassee, Florida, during a protest over Gov. Ron DeSantis’ rejection of a high school African American history course that included lessons about reparations.Last Wednesday, August 16, 2023, before the first day of school for the Miami-Dade County school system, he led a march to protest the new education curriculum standards instituted by the Republican Governor Ron DeSantis that affect the teaching of Black history. This is part of a larger effort by DeSantis to purge what he calls “woke” idealogy in Florida.
Earlier this year, DeSantis had rejected the College Board’s AP African American Studies course for high school students because it included lessons on diaspora reparations, Black LGBTQIA+ studies, and the Black Lives Matter Movement. He has also barred instruction in schools that suggests anyone is privileged or oppressed based on their race or skin color, according to a CNN report. The new curriculum teaches that some Black people benefited from being enslaved because they learned useful skills.
Dr. Dunn was joined by some members of the Teamsters National Black Caucus, who then were holding a conference in Miami. Tennessee state Representative Justin Pearson also joined the protest. Rep. Pearson, along with fellow representative Justin James, had recently been voted back into office, after being expelled for calling out state Republicans for failing to pass gun control laws after the Covenant School mass shooting in Nashville.
Marvin Dunn/Twitter (X)The union representing around 150,000 Florida teachers, the Florida Education Association, called these new curriculum changes “a disservice to Florida students and are a big step backward for a state that has required teaching African American history since 1994.” One of the most controversial aspects of these new standards includes teaching that some Blacks benefited from chattel slavery by learning useful skills. Further, these new curriculum changes include teaching that the Rosewood massacre was instigated by when a black man shot two white men who came onto his porch, rather than that a white woman falsely accused a Black man of assault.
Dr. Dunn has been leading “Teach No Lies” tours that take teachers and young people to places like Rosewood, Florida. Officially, it is recorded that the Rosewood Massacre of 1923 led to the killing of six Black residents and the fleeing of the rest of its black residents. Many say, however, that the death toll was much higher. By the massacre’s end, all but one of Rosewood’s buildings had been burned down. No law enforcement agency ever did an investigation, nor were there any criminal charges.
Dr. Dunn is a professor emeritus at Florida International University, and the author of many books, including A History of Florida: Through Black Eyes, where he writes:
Almost all of Florida’s painful racial past has been whitewashed, marginalized, or buried intentionally. But I was born here. I know Florida’s flowers and her warts.
He is also a co-founder of the Miami Center for Racial Justice. He began giving his Tell No Lies Tours in response to the state’s escalating efforts to further whitewash Florida’s Black History.
Dr. Dunn stands before a flag combining the American Stars and Stripes and the Confederate Stars and Bars in the driveway of his neighbor, David Emmanuel. (Marvin Dunn/ Twitter (X))On a personal front, Dr. Dunn recently saw his neighbor, David Emanuel, convicted on July 26 on six counts of federal hate crime charges for screaming the N-word and attempting to run him and five companions over in September 2022. Dr. Dunn, 83, acquired his five-acre property across from Emanuel’s home back in 2008 and turned it into a park to “celebrate Rosewood heritage.” He is the only black homeowner currently in Rosewood.
Credits:
Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell.
Bring It On!’s Executive Producer is Clarence Boone.
Tonight’s Assistant Producer is Liz Mitchell.
The show Consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
The Program Engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom with additional background tracks by David Baker.
En este episodio, Daniela y Silvia Paniagua de FAR Center for Contemporary Arts, nos comparten información sobre los programas artísticos, obras y exhibiciones de la galería, talleres para niños, y de las colaboraciones que tienen, además de los eventos considerados en el Mes Nacional de Herencia Hispana.
Molly Gleeson had written for her high school newspaper but when she reached adulthood, she believed she didn’t have anything to write about anymore. By the time she reached middle age, she realized she had a whole life’s worth of subject matter to write about. She has published short stories and has written novels and novellas. She’s the organizer for Writers Guild at Bloomington’s Local Authors Book Fair scheduled for November 2nd at the Monroe County History Center. The event is free and open to the public to meet and greet published Bloomington authors.
Host Michael Glab chats with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
Historic McCalla School ImageOn today’s edition of Bring It On!, host Clarence Boone and guest co-host Liz Mitchell spend the hour with Dr. Raymond Wise and Gloria Howell. On the Indiana University Bloomington Campus the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center and African American Arts Institute have a joint exhibit opening on campus at one of the university collections sites in honor of their respective milestone anniversaries (55th and 50th). They are joining us this evening to discuss the joint exhibit and upcoming events of interest during this new academic year.
Once called “The House,” the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center (NMBCC) has a long-standing history of supporting the Indiana University’s efforts to challenge, support, and contribute to the continued development and success of the Black students, faculty, and staff. The director of this iconic center is Bring It Contributor Dr. Gloria Howell. On July 1st, Professor Raymond Wise became the new executive director of the African American Arts Institute (AAAI) starting July 1. Professor Wise, a renowned singer, dancer, pianist, composer, and choral director, has an extensive background in music education, performance, and composition,
Dr. Gloria HowellDr. Raymond WiseLiz MitchellCREDITS:
Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell.
Bring It On!’s executive producer is Clarence Boone.
Our assistant producer is Liz Mitchell.
The show consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
The program engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom with additional background tracks by David Baker.
En este epidosio, Martín Ramírez Jr. nos comparte de su participación en el musical Manuel vs. The Statue of Liberty. Manuel vs. The Statue of Liberty es una comedia musical premiada sobre inmigrantes indocumentados y lo que significa ser estadounidense. Esta estridente comedia musical salta de los ritmos latinos al rap y al hip-hop, al glam rock y a las baladas de Broadway.
Working from home can get a little lonely. Eric Weigold has found a way to connect with others and make a difference in our community. His employer, Bloom Insurance, has a volunteer engagement program that helps their staff do good things in service to others. One of their biggest partnerships is with Habitat for Humanity. Monroe County Habitat is currently working on building an entire neighborhood of affordable homes – the Osage Place project on the southwest side of Bloomington.
Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. You can learn more about volunteer opportunities in the WFHB listening area at bloomingtonvolunteernetwork.org or by emailing getconnected@bloomington.in.gov.
Last week, Indiana University professor of political science Jeffrey C. Isaac talked about free speech, political activism, and academic freedom on the Bloomington campus. This week, we turn our attention to the 2024 United States presidential election. Isaac doesn’t hold back with his opinions on Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. He reminds us there are several third party candidates as well. The November election may well go down as one of the most important in the country’s history; Isaac provides a passionate polemic on the race.
Host Michael Glab chats with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
This month, LWV-BMC’s Civic Conversation is talking to Mark Fraley, the associate director of PACE, the Political and Civic Engagement Program in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University, and Pearl Vinnard, an IU PACE student, to speak on the Big Ten Voting Challenge.
Because young people vote in smaller numbers than typical voters, the Big Ten Voting Challenge was created to help foster increased participation by young adults in democratic engagement throughout the Big Ten. This is done by promoting voter registration, turnout, and nonpartisan education while assisting students in finding and using their voices as active, engaged citizens. According to Fraley, BTVC has helped increase voter turnout through nonpartisan voter education and registering students to vote.
One reason that younger people do not vote, says Vinnard, is that they often feel their voices do not matter. With the Big Ten Voting Challenge, students can help their universities increase their voting numbers through this unique competition.
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The annual City of Bloomington Volunteer Fair on August 24, 2024 features more than 40 local nonprofits that need your help! Bloomington Volunteer Network coordinator Michelle Moss is here with the details.
Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. You can learn more about volunteer opportunities in the WFHB listening area at bloomingtonvolunteernetwork.org or by emailing getconnected@bloomington.in.gov.
Longtime political science professor Jeffrey C. Isaac joins us at Big Talk once again. Outspoken during the spring pro-Palestinian protests on campus, Isaac defended the rights of students to publicly criticize the waging of the Israel-Hamas War and he stood behind a faculty member who was suspended as well as an artist whose exhibition at the Eskanazi Museum of Art was cancelled. This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation; Part 2 next week will cover the 2024 US presidential election.
Host Michael Glab chats with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
This program originally aired on February 12, 2024:
Laurisa LeSure, the Director of “Better Homes: The Play”On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, spend the hour with Laurisa LeSure, the director of Better Homes: The Play. In the 1950s African American Studebaker workers from the South won out over Jim Crow in the North to build 22 homes in a white neighborhood and create a legacy. Their success demonstrates the decisive importance of fair housing for generations to come. It is a victory in a battle that has not been won yet since housing discrimination and redlining persist today.
Historical Marker for Better Homes of South BendThis collective group was known as the Better Homes of South Bend, and they built 22 homes on 1700-1800 blocks of North Elmer Street, creating a vibrant and peaceful community here in a formerly all-white neighborhood. And now, history is being transformed into a play based on the book by Gabrielle Robinson, Ph.D.
Gabrielle Robinson, Ph.D., Professor EmeritusIn honor of Black History Month, we felt it was important to shed light on this Indiana story of resilience. There is a historical marker on South Bend’s far northwest side where 22 Black families began a housing co-op in the 50s known as the “Better Homes of South Bend.” WNIT of South Bend will show the entire play along with talk-back segments from the cast & crew of “Better Homes: The Play” on Friday, February 23, at 9 PM and on Sunday, February 25, at 8 PM.
Residents of North Elmer St.Credits:
Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell.
Bring It On!’s Executive Producer is Clarence Boone.
The show Consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
Program Engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom, with additional background tracks by David Baker.
Katie Hopkins knows firsthand the power of allyship in building bridges out of poverty. Back when it was called “Circles,” Katie was a participant in a local program that puts people struggling with poverty into supportive relationships. Now it is called “Thriving Connections,” and Katie is a coordinating volunteer paying it forward by helping others going through the program find their allies. Will you join the crew?
Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. You can learn more about volunteer opportunities in the WFHB listening area at bloomingtonvolunteernetwork.org or by emailing getconnected@bloomington.in.gov.
El día de hoy, Rodolfo Leiva recibe a Romeri Rubio, el enlace latino de MCCSC, para hablarnos de los servicios de la Corporación y de la atención que brinda a los padres de habla hispana con hijos en edad escolar que viven en Bloomington, IN.
The education director for Constellation Stage & Screen has designed a wide-ranging fall program of acting, musical theater, improv, and filmmaking classes for kindergarteners through adults. Eric Shelley has led the teaching arm of Constellation since it was formed by the merger of the Bloomington Playwrights Project, Cardinal Stage Company, and Pigasus Pictures in 2022. Constellation has renovated and now occupies the Waldron Center and it has studio space for classes on East 7th St. The arts consortium offers classes year-round and has full slates of stage productions in the fall, winter, and spring.
Host Michael Glab chats with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
Welcome to Prescription for Healthcare, a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana, broadcasting the second Thursday of every month as part of the Local News at 5:15 PM.
This month we interview Carrie Rouse MD. Dr. Rouse is an OBGYN in Indianapolis who specializes in maternal fetal care, especially high risk pregnancy care. Dr. Rouse is an abortion provider. She is also a member of the Good Trouble Coalition, a physician group that focuses on issues of social justice, advocates for patients, public health, and evidence based medicine. She brings us up to date on the state of reproductive healthcare in Indiana.
Read the OpEd by Drs. Rouse and Caitlin Bernard in the Indy Star, September 2023, “Indiana’s abortion ban strips doctors of ‘ability to provide evidence-based care”
Follow Medicare for All Indiana on our Facebook page.
Medicare for All Indiana is the Indiana Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program
“If Not Now, Tell Me When” by Carrie Newcomer is used with permission.
On Bring It On! this week, hosts, Clarence Boone and Gloria Howell, take on the issue of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) with guests, Artina Carter, Chief of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for the Huron-Clinton Metroparks in Southeast Michigan, Monica Fleetwood Black, the Clinical Coordinator at the Youth Services Bureau of Monroe County, and Ellise Antoinette Smith, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Division of Student Affairs at Indiana University Indianapolis.
Kamala Harris Has Earned Her Success, The Seattle Times (7/26/24)This hour focuses on establishing a rational, working definition for DEI amidst the radical right’s decision to use D.E.I. as a politically divisive or wedge issue now that Vice President Kamala Harris is leading or tied in the polls with Donald Trump in the current election of the next President of the United States.
The basic consensus among political analysts is that the radical right is attempting to diminish Harris’s popularity by trying to reframe her as an unqualified DEI hire throughout her public service career. In other words, the radical right is saying that she is in her position as Vice President and candidate for the President of the United States because of who she is, rather than because of her acumen and accomplishments.
Dr. Gloria Howell, Director of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture CenterArtina Carter, Chief of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for the Huron-Clinton MetroparksMonica Fleetwood Black, the Clinical Coordinator at the Youth Services Bureau of Monroe CountyEllise Antoinette Smith, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Division of Student Affairs at Indiana University IndianapolisCREDITS:
Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Gloria Howell.
Bring It On’s Executive Producer is Clarence Boone.
The Show Consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
The Program Engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom with additional background tracks by David Baker.
En este episodio Angela Castañeda y Enabah Seda de TANDEM, nos acompañan para compartirnos información sobre los servicios que TANDEM ofrece a la comunidad, principalmente a mujeres embarazadas y en postparto, así como de su programa de Doulas.
Chris Herring has been around horses her whole life. She understands the special bond that can happen between a horse and a person, and now she puts that bond to therapeutic use through People and Animal Learning Services (PALS). This innovative “equine-assisted learning center” harnesses the connection between people and horses to help individuals overcome their challenges. It started out focused on people with disabilities, but now People and Animal Learning Services helps a much wider spectrum.
Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. You can learn more about volunteer opportunities in the WFHB listening area at bloomingtonvolunteernetwork.org or by emailing getconnected@bloomington.in.gov.
The PALS Community Barn Sale is happening on August 24 from 7am to 2pm!
This episode of Activate! was produced by Trent Josleynas part of the High School Journalism Institute at The Media School at Indiana University.
With rage emerging as a driving force behind political, social, and cultural discourse in the United States, Indiana University associate professor Wright has been attempting to plumb the public’s psyche to find out why. He has concluded anger is now the “central emotion governing contemporary US politics.” He has found many people vote to hurt others rather than help themselves. He discusses how politicians stoke and use rage to their benefit in elections.
Host Michael Glab chats with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris, presumptive Democratic U.S. Presidential CandidateBring It On! hosts, Clarence Boone and Gloria Howell, spend the hour with Dr. Charlie Nelms, veteran higher education administrator and chancellor emeritus of North Carolina Central University, and Beverly Calender-Andersen, former anchor of Bring it On! and former director of the City of Bloomington’s Community and Family Resources Department. Dr. Gloria Howell is the Director of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center and tonight’s co-anchor. Centered on its impact on the Black Community, in the continuation of last week’s discussion, our guests talk about the state of the presidential election one week later and Kamala Harris’s spectacular rise since then.
Proof of this was immediately demonstrated by the Democratic presidential campaign raising $81 Million in 24 hours and Vice President Kamala Harris dramatically surpassing the threshold for needed electoral delegates in 48 hours. Per a Morning Consult poll, this positive reaction from democratic supporters has Harris now leading former President Trump 46 percent to 45 percent—the highest level of support recorded for Democrats since tracking began in 2022. She also leads Trump 40 percent to 38 percent among independent voters.
One pollster notes that her level of support at the start of her campaign exceeds the highest level of support ever gauged for Biden. In recent days, we have witnessed rousing and heart-warming speeches from both Vice President Harris and President Biden. Pundits attribute her entry into this race as the lone reason for the party becoming electrified and optimistic.
Dr. Gloria Howell, Director of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture CenterDr. Charlie Nelms, veteran higher education administrator and chancellor emeritus of North Carolina Central UniversityBeverly Calender-Andersen, former anchor of Bring it On! and former director of the City of Bloomington’s Community and Family Resources DepartmentCREDITS:
Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Gloria Howell.
Bring It On’s Executive Producer is Clarence Boone.
The Show Consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
The Program Engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom with additional background tracks by David Baker.
Tristra Newyear happened upon an historical marker in New Harmony revealing the spot as a one-time home of Frances “Fanny” Wright. Newyear discovered the Scottish-born American émigré was among the very first female newspaper editors, a teenaged author of a study of American customs and mores, an abolitionist, and a feminist who called for universal education, birth control, equal rights, sexual freedom, liberalized divorce laws, and so much more. Newyear and friend and colleague Eleanor Rust have produced an historical documentary podcast series, “Frances Wright: America’s Forgotten Radical.”
Rust (L) & NewyearHost Michael Glab chats with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
On today’s edition of Bring It On!, host and executive producer, Clarence Boone speaks with Shatoyia Moss, Interim Director of the Community and Family Resources Department (CFRD) for the City of Bloomington, and, Dr. Gloria Howell, Director of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center on the IU Bloomington campus. On Saturday, June 15th, the City of Bloomington hosted free food and activities at Switchyard Park to celebrate Juneteenth. On Wednesday, June 19th, The Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center will host free food, music, games, a cakewalk, arts, and crafts. Shatoyia Moss and Dr. Gloria Howell join Bring It On! this evening to discuss these celebratory activities in the City of Bloomington and on the IU-Bloomington campusCulture Center on the IU Bloomington campus.
Shatoyia Moss, Interim Director of the Community and Family Resources Department (CFRD) for the City of BloomingtonDr. Gloria Howell, Director of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center at IU BloomingtonCredits:
Today’s host is Clarence Boone.
Bring It On’s Executive Producer is Clarence Boone.
Tonight’s Assistant Producer is Liz Mitchell.
The Show Consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
Program Engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom, with additional background tracks by David Baker.
When Shawn Miya says “stay cool Bloomington,” she means it literally. Shawn is the Assistant Director of Sustainability for the City of Bloomington which puts her in charge of our local climate action plan. Right now Shawn is getting ready to do some urban heat mapping. Basically she wants to strap a heat sensor to your car and have you drive around Bloomington on a super hot day this summer. The data collected will be used to implement cooling strategies for Bloomington’s hottest hot spots. CLICK HERE to sign up!
Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. You can learn more about volunteer opportunities in the WFHB listening area at bloomingtonvolunteernetwork.org or by emailing getconnected@bloomington.in.gov.
El día de hoy nos acompaña este talentosísimo músico, compositor y productor rockero de Puebla, México, para compartirnos un poco de su música. Los invitamos a escuchar algunas de sus canciones a lo largo de este episodio, como lo son “Por favor perdóname” y “Ojos color café”. Asimismo, nos platica de sus proyectos y del material y giras que tiene en marcha. Su música se encuentra disponible en todas las plataformas digitales. También puedes encontrarlo en sus redes sociales:
Canal Jei Pir VEVO:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR0pwlEm5e98_PkK4innClQ
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/16WqaPC0klJL3cTzQhBK5p
iTunes:
https://itun.es/mx/bBPZfb
GooglePlay:
https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Jei_Pir_Pyrock_2_4?id=B7r3s6eqcs47u63efzimordrxee
Deezer:
http://www.deezer.com/album/14443850
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsZVhO3krgMX5NRxWQv2_VxW5D6xNa-Qt
Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Pyrock-2-4-Jei-Pir/dp/B01M5INVBJ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1497452878&sr=8-1&keywords=pyrock+2.4+jei+pir
Redes sociales:
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/jeipiroficial
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/jeipiroficial
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/jeipiroficial/
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/jeipiroficial
Documentary filmmaker Mitch Teplitsky discovered Spencer in Owen County one day as he and his wife took a Sunday drive. He was drawn to its picturesque square and its civic-minding people. Then he learned about Spencer Pride and the town’s reputation as a rural center for LGBTQI people and their allies. He’s approaching the finish line for his documentary on the people and the town.
ScreenshotHost Michael Glab chats with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
The first segment of this show originally aired on July 25, 2022.
In today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour with Bryant Scott, the CEO of Tyscot Records, and John P. Kellogg, who is a Berklee Online music business instructor and the former assistant chair of the Music Business/Management Department at Berklee. Bryant and John are here to educate us on the ins and outs of the Gospel music industry.
John P. Kellogg is also a practicing entertainment lawyer who specializes in the music industry. He has represented clients such as LSG, the O’Jays, G. Dep, and the late Gerald Levert. Bryant Scott heads Tyscot Records, and Tyscot Films, the oldest African-American-owned international gospel record company in the world, Bryant has created opportunities, influenced lives, and launched careers. He is credited for signing and developing major artists including John P. Kee, The GMWA Women Of Worship, Dr. Bobby Jones, Deitrick Haddon, The Rance Allen Group, The Anointed Pace Sisters, Carman, Bishop Noel Jones, Darwin Hobbs, Shirley Murdock, Ann Nesby, and most recently Anthony Brown and Casey J.
In the second segment of Bring It On!, Liz Micthell presents another exciting episode of Dark Past, Bright Future about African Americans in Indiana.
Credits:
Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell.
Bring It On’s Executive Producer is Clarence Boone.
Tonight’s Assistant Producer is Liz Mitchell.
The Show Consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
Program Engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom, with additional background tracks by David Baker.
Food pantries are critical resources for families struggling to afford groceries, but where do food pantries get their food? The Hoosier Hills Food Bank keeps the shelves stocked at many south central Indiana pantries, distribution five million pounds of food every year. And it’s not just canned and boxed food either – the food bank sources fresh meat and dairy and even grows thousands of pounds of produce themselves. Volunteer Coordinator Ryan Jochim needs your help meeting this critical need in our community.
Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. You can learn more about volunteer opportunities in the WFHB listening area at bloomingtonvolunteernetwork.org or by emailing getconnected@bloomington.in.gov.
Welcome to Prescription for Healthcare, a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana, broadcasting the second Thursday of every month as part of the Local News at 5:15 PM.
This month we welcome back and again interview Dr. Ed Weisbart from St Louis, the national Board Secretary of Physicians for a National Health Program, and a leading researcher and expert on the problems of Medicare Advantage health plans for Seniors, as opposed to traditional Medicare.
Watch the webinar here: “TAKING ADVANTAGE – How Corporate Health Insurers Harm Seniors on Medicare.”
Read the report here.
Follow Medicare for All Indiana on our Facebook page.
Medicare for All Indiana is the Indiana Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program
“If Not Now, Tell Me When” by Carrie Newcomer is used with permission.
Carmen Medina, profesora en la Escuela de Educación de IU, y Maria Clor, estudiante en CLACS, nos hablan sobre la riqueza disponible en la literatura infantil en español, escrita por y sobre latinos, y su importancia en el apoyo de la lectura para lectores jóvenes bilingues. También nos comparten sobre el proyecto Semillero de Literacidades Insumisas. Se trata de una exhibición de libros ilustrados para niños y niñas que estarán llevando a diferentes espacios para compartir los libros, ideas de como trabajarlos. Las pueden contactar si conocen de lugares donde la comunidad Latina se pueda beneficiar. No tiene que ser un espacio educativo. Al contrario se puede leer en todos los lugares.
Facebook: semillero de literalidades insumisasRecursos para encontrar libros: Socialjusticebooks.org y Aatsp.orgDiversebookfinder.orgCarmen Medina: cmedina@indiana.eduMaria Clor Mvclor@iu.edu
The second half of our conversation with Peter Lopilato, founder of The Ryder magazine and the Ryder Film Series. Peter died in March this year and will be long remembered for his contributions to the Bloomington arts and culture scene. Peter joined us in 2016 in the WFHB studios for an interview that became part of a short feature for the Daily Local News. We spoke for an hour and so now are able to present that entire conversation in this two-part Big Talk.
Host Michael Glab chats with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
Kal bids Bloomington adieu for the wilds of Indy, and then we make a news sandwich.
The Vernal Fund Drive is over, but we could always use your help! When you donate to WFHB, let them know BloomingOUT sent you!
BloomingOUT is one of the nation’s longest-running LGBTIQ-focused radio shows. We feature people, news, events, entertainment, and businesses relevant to the queer experience in central Indiana and the Midwest.
Interested in being on the show or want to recommend a person, business or topic for us to cover? Let us know at bloomingout@wfhb.org.
BloomingOUT is a production of WFHB Community Radio and produced by Melanie Davis and Kade Young. Our Engineer is Alyssa Gray. Your Hosts are Justin Robertson, Kal Demaree, and Melanie Davis
Nuestras amigas de SCCAP, Anna Alemán, Mayra y Nancy, nos visitan para hablarnos de Head Start and Early Head Start, y brindarnos más información sobre estos programas de educación prescolar, como los requisitos de elegibilidad y la información de contacto. Además, nos platican sobre el Programa de Asistencia de Energía.
Desde Greenville, South Carolina, nuestra amiga entrañable y locutora por más 17 años, regresa a Hola Bloomington para contarnos de la transcición a su nuevo hogar. Después de haberse desempeñado como voluntaria por tantos años y en distintas organizaciones de Bloomington, María nos cuenta también de los trabajos voluntarios que ofrece la ciudad para sus habitantes,
They hope to connect songwriters with audiences, audiences with songwriters, and songwriters with other songwriters. The Cosmic Songwriter Festival is all about connections. Founded by Fuentes and McDermott in December 2021, the nonprofit Cosmic Songwriter, Inc. has staged monthly showcases at the Orbit Room since then. Now, the two are working feverishly to produce the second annual Cosmic Songwriter Festival this month. Over a four-day period, they’ll pair national acts with local acts, with two acts appearing on the same stage at the same time. The acts will alternate playing songs, will comment and converse between tunes, and perhaps even come up with something entirely new and different.
McDermott (L) and Fuentes.Host Michael GLab chats with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
This program originally aired on June 5, 2023:
On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, speak with Diana Daniels of the Lick Creek African American Settlement. These settlers were free citizens who fled racial persecution and increasingly restrictive laws for free blacks in their previous homes in North Carolina. Traveling with the Quakers offered some protection on their journey and the promise of supportive neighbors upon their arrival. According to the census records, 96 blacks were living in Orange County in 1820. As more blacks came into the area, they purchased land from the United States of America (patented) in what we now call the Lick Creek African American Settlement area.
One of the first African Americans to purchase land in the Lick Creek area was Elias Roberts, along with Benjamin Roberts and Peter Lindley, in 1832.Lick Creek CementaryCredits:
Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell.
Bring It On’s Executive Producer is Clarence Boone.
Our Assistant Producer is Liz Mitchell.
The Show Consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
The Program Engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom, with additional background tracks by David Baker
Dance studios are typically set up as commercial businesses, but in Bloomington Windfall Dancers is a non-profit promoting movement for individual health AND building community. Managing director Andrea Kleesattel offers their facility to groups that need a space, and she’d love to talk to you about volunteering at Windfall or maybe trading some gardening work for free dance classes. Yes, they have a garden at Windfall!
Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. You can learn more about volunteer opportunities in the WFHB listening area at bloomingtonvolunteernetwork.org or by emailing getconnected@bloomington.in.gov.
Justin, Kal, and Melanie discuss the events of the week prior on IU’s campus where the President changed 55-year-old rules regarding the use of Dunn Meadow as a protected free speech zone. It was a secret meeting held the night before an announced peace protest, This, as she was coordinating with the Indiana State Police to force a violent escalation complete with an ISSP sniper on the Student Union. Its connection to the LGBTIQ+ community is that the First Amendment is at the root of all struggles for liberation.
Kal shares an exciting life update!
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The Vernal Fund Drive is over, but we could always use your help! When you donate to WFHB, let them know BloomingOUT sent you!
BloomingOUT is one of the nation’s longest-running LGBTIQ-focused radio shows. We feature people, news, events, entertainment, and businesses relevant to the queer experience in central Indiana and the Midwest.
Interested in being on the show or want to recommend a person, business or topic for us to cover? Let us know at bloomingout@wfhb.org.
BloomingOUT is a production of WFHB Community Radio and produced by Melanie Davis and Kade Young. Our Engineer is Alyssa Gray. Your Hosts are Justin Robertson, Kal Demaree, and Melanie Davis
Welcome to Prescription for Healthcare, a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana, broadcasting the second Thursday of every month as part of the Local News at 5:15 PM.
This month we interview Dr Matt Hoffman of Alina Health in Minnesota and Marisa Powell, lead organizer for Doctors Council, SEIU, the Service Employees International Union. Dr Hoffman, a family practitioner, was one of the leaders of the campaign that unionized more than 550 primary and urgent care physicians who work for Alina Hospitals and Clinics in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Dr. Matt Hoffman
The New England Journal of Medicine 4/20/24 Hospital Consolidation and Physician Unionization
Follow Medicare for All Indiana on our Facebook page.
Medicare for All Indiana is the Indiana Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program
“If Not Now, Tell Me When” by Carrie Newcomer is used with permission.
As part of our effort to create a comprehensive history of WFHB, Bloomington community radio, we are gathering a library of oral recollections. Among the recordings is that of Richard Fish, a long-time audio engineer and old-time radio program archivist. Fish was in on the development of WFHB as far back as the late 1970s. His voice has been heard on WFHB since our first day on the air in January, 1993. Keep up with our ongoing series of blog posts on WFHB’s history here.
Rich Fish in 2003.Host Michael Glab chats with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
This aired originally on November 6, 2023. On Friday, April 26, 2024, this program won First Place for OutstandingContributions in Reporting Events of Public Importance from the Indiana Chapter of The society of Professional Journalists.
On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, explore what the term woke really means. To help us better understand the concept and origins of “Wokeness”, Artina Carter, Chief of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for the Huron-Clinton MetroParks in Southeast Michigan, joins them.
Artina Carter, Chief of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for the Huron-Clinton MetroParks (MI)CREDITS:
Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell.
Bring It On’s Executive Producer is Clarence Boone.
Our Assistant Producer is Liz Mitchell.
The Show Consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
The Program Engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom with additional background tracks by David Baker.
If you experience discrimination in Bloomington, the Human Rights Commission may be able to help. Last year the city HRC and the county HRC merged into a single entity that investigates complaints of discrimination against protected classes. Both the city and county have extended protection beyond what is federally required, to include sexual orientation and gender identity. As a gay man living in a town that is perhaps not as “woke” as it thinks is, commission president Ryne Shadday stands up for those who have been wronged.
Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. You can learn more about volunteer opportunities in the WFHB listening area at bloomingtonvolunteernetwork.org or by emailing getconnected@bloomington.in.gov.
We are joined by the Spencer Pride contingent! Judi Epp, Lucie Mathieu, and Spencer Pride’s Rainbow Birders organiser, Wendy Wonderly joins Kal and Justin and Melanie all around the big table to talk about Spencer Pride’s programming, give Unity Center updates, and Wendy talks about getting out farther than the closet with a bunch of other queer and allied folks to observe our beautiful, feathered microsaurs!
Before that, though, Kal updates us on some of the crisis around riot police being called into Dunn Meadow on the IU campus.
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BloomingOUT is one of the nation’s longest-running LGBTIQ-focused radio shows. We feature people, news, events, entertainment, and businesses relevant to the queer experience in central Indiana and the Midwest.
Interested in being on the show or want to recommend a person, business or topic for us to cover? Let us know at bloomingout@wfhb.org.
BloomingOUT is a production of WFHB Community Radio and produced by Melanie Davis and Kade Young. Our Engineer is Alyssa Gray. Your Hosts are Justin Robertson, Kal Demaree, and Melanie Davis
This is a rebroadcast from August 17, 2020.
Hosts Cornelius Wright and Amnita Myers discuss the 1921 Tulsa/Greenwood Race Massacre with Liz Mitchel, a regular Bring It On! anchor and producer of award-winning WFHB segment “Dark Past, Bring Future”, and Professor Jewell Parker-Rhodes, bestselling novelist and award-winning academic.
The Tulsa Race Massacre occurred over the span of two days in 1921, from May 31 to June 1, when mobs of whites from the area indiscriminately attacked and often killed the black residents, especially those living in the Greenwood District of Tulsa. The white mobs went on to destroy more than 35 square blocks of what was then the wealthiest black community in the United States, which was dubbed the “Black Wall Street”.
In mid-June, Donald Trump was widely criticized as extremely insensitive to this tragedy when he scheduled his “Keep America Great” rally in Tulsa, OK shortly after the Massacre’s 99-year anniversary and on, and then rescheduled to the day after, Juneteenth. With the spark of the massacre starting with the arrest of 19-year-old black Dick Rowland for the assault of Sarah Page, a 17-year-old white, rumors had spread that Rowland was going to be lynched. Reportedly, 75 black men, some armed, arrived at the jail to ensure that would not happen. After reassurance from the sheriff, while the group of black men was leaving the jail, a member of the white mob already assembled at the jail attempted to disarm one of the black men. A shot was fired, and, according to the sheriff, “all hell broke loose”.
Many members of the white mob were deputized and armed by city officials. It is estimated that more than 800 black residents were hospitalized and up to 6,000 black residents were detained, many for several days. Officially, 36 were killed in the Race Massacre, but historians have estimated that anywhere from 75 to 300 were killed. Black Wall Street was left in ashes.
Professor Jewell Parker Rhodes and Liz Mitchell come to Bring It On! to help us understand this tragedy and its long-lasting psychological and economic impact on the black communities in Tulsa and throughout the United States.
CREDITS:
The hosts of today’s show are Cornelius Wright and Amnita Myers.
The Executive Producer is Clarence Boone with help from WFHB News Department Director Kade Young.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom, with additional background tracks by David Baker.
The promotional graphic is provided by William Hosea.
Online writing help provided by Chantalle LaFontant.
Veteran service organizations have a problem: their volunteer pool is aging out. Not enough younger volunteers are signing up to replace the older volunteers who are retiring. Jenny Tracy discovered this problem at the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 18 in Bloomington when she went there looking for help while her husband was deployed. Now she pays it forward by supporting local National Guard families and recruiting the next generation of service volunteers.
Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. You can learn more about volunteer opportunities in the WFHB listening area at bloomingtonvolunteernetwork.org or by emailing getconnected@bloomington.in.gov.
Kal brings the history and importance of the International Day of Silence.We discuss this year’s legislation in Kentucky and Indiana.
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BloomingOUT is one of the nation’s longest-running LGBTIQ-focused radio shows. We feature people, news, events, entertainment, and businesses relevant to the queer experience in central Indiana and the Midwest.
Interested in being on the show or want to recommend a person, business or topic for us to cover? Let us know at bloomingout@wfhb.org.
BloomingOUT is a production of WFHB Community Radio and produced by Melanie Davis and Kade Young. Our Engineer is Alyssa Gray. Your Hosts are Justin Robertson, Kal Demaree, and Melanie Davis
Jane Walters nos visita para hablarnos sobre su carrera profesional con la comunidad latina en diversos campos como la traducción e interpretación, así como su paso por El Centro Comunal Latino, y con el Programa de Impuestos de VITA y United Way.
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This month, Civic Conversations welcomes Professor Charles Geyh, a Distinguished Professor of Law at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law. A widely recognized expert on judicial conduct, Proerfoess Geyh has served as a witness in a U.S. Senate impeachment trial, leading to dozens of media appearances on the subject. He is also the author of Who Is to Judge: Who is to Judge?: The Perennial Debate Over Whether to Elect or Appoint America’s Judges, a book on the paradox of an elected judiciary in a representative democracy.In the podcast, Professor Geyh discusses that paradox and shares that the state judicial branch is a mix of appointed and elected judges in Indiana. However, according to Professor Geyh, each state has a code of judicial ethics and a disciplinary process that works very well. The contrast is the Supreme Court of the United States, which recently “grudgingly” adopted a voluntary code of conduct. “I’m taking a wait-and-see approach to see if it works,” said Professor Geyh. A fan himself of judicial term limits for SCOTUS, Professor Geyh shared that 75% of the American public is also aa fan of term limits of the Supreme Court.
Welcome to the 88th episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio. Hearabouts is produced by Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center in collaboration with WFHB. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community, and shared assumptions. This episode is produced by Belle Chatpunnarangsee and Joanna Kung.
In this episode, we are joined by IU’s very own Kathleen Tran and Meghan Gunter, who are both involved in VSA and VCN. We talked about their involvement with the student organizations and how self-identity plays a crucial role in their position. We shared, thoughts, experience, and engaging ways to explore and learn different culture.
Credits:
Hearabouts is produced by ACC Director Melanie Castillo-Cullather, Belle Chatpunnarangsee, Molly Cai, and Joanna Kung
Our guests is Kathleen Tran and Meghan Gunter
Our sound engineer is Joanna Kung
Our theme music is “Eternal Youth” by Rude
On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, spend the hour with Bo Peterson. Bo Petersen has been a successful professional actor, theatre director, dialogue coach, and voice-over artist for the past 45 years. Her experience is rich and varied. She has appeared on stage, television, radio, and film. While working as a dialogue coach, she was fortunate to work with the great, late Sydney Poitier and Michael Caine. She is a South African, living in the USA.
This Tuesday, April 16th at 7 p.m. on the IU campus, in the Great Hall of the Hutton Honors College, Bo Petersen performs her one-woman play, which explores her family’s. She unveils her father’s hidden life during apartheid. This play delves into the complexities of identity and the impact of historical injustices. More than a play, it’s a powerful exploration of transgenerational trauma and a call to break free from silence. Bo believes in theatre’s power to heal across generations. “Pieces of Me” is a catalyst for change, an ode to resilience, and a beacon of hope for a South Africa grappling with its tumultuous history.
Nelson MandelaAt the midpoint of the program, we also take time to remember Nelson Mandela by airing the speech he made upon his release from prison in which he called for the end of apartheid.
Credits:
Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell.
Bring It On!’s Executive Producer is Clarence Boone.
The show Consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
Program Engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom, with additional background tracks by David Baker.
Bloomington is teeming with people working for positive change in our community. The annual Be More Awards celebrates them. The 2024 awards will be presented at 6:30pm on Thursday April 25 in a public event at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. Bloomington Volunteer Network Coordinator Michelle Moss announces those winners in this special episode of Activate!
Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. You can learn more about volunteer opportunities in the WFHB listening area at bloomingtonvolunteernetwork.org or by emailing getconnected@bloomington.in.gov.
Part 2 of WFHB’s Nicki Seven and IU Senior Chris, this episode joined by Bryce Greene, in studio with Justin and Melanie discussing the surprise event at the IU Union with US Representative Jim Banks’ and Libs of TikTok creator Chaya Raichik’s anti-woke terror tour.
We venture further afield in this one, and talk about Wokenesss and things.
Video of the event and photo: (Credit, Jeremy Hogan ©2024) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot_f5b6ucAQ&t=951s
Who is Chaya? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libs_of_TikTok
BloomingOUT is one of the nation’s longest-running LGBTIQ-focused radio shows. We feature people, news, events, entertainment, and businesses relevant to the queer experience in central Indiana and the Midwest.
Interested in being on the show or want to recommend a person, business or topic for us to cover? Let us know at bloomingout@wfhb.org.
BloomingOUT is a production of WFHB Community Radio and produced by Melanie Davis and Kade Young. Our Engineer is Alyssa Gray. Your Hosts are Justin Robertson, Kal Demaree, and Melanie Davis
This was originally aired on April 3, 2023:
Today’s hosts of Bring It On!, William Hosea and Dana Black, spend the hour discussing and analyzing the impacts and implications of the first indictment of a former U.S. President, Donald J. Trump with two recurring Bring It On! guests:
Robin WinstonRobin Winston is a political strategist and former State Democratic Party Chair. In 1999, he made history when he became the first African-American to chair a major political party in Indiana. A native of Pennsylvania, Mr. Winston moved to Kentucky to pursue his education and start a career in business, government, and politics. He is a graduate of the University of Louisville, where he was elected president of the student body.
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Joseph HoffmannIU Emeritus Law Professor Joseph Hoffman is an award-winning scholar and previous holder of the Harry Pratter Professorship, and past recipient of the Law School Gavel Award. He is a nationally recognized authority on the death penalty, he has also written extensively about criminal procedure and habeas corpus law. Hoffmann is co-author of a groundbreaking book on habeas corpus, Habeas for the 21st Century: Uses, Abuses and the Future of the Great Writ (University of Chicago Press, 2011) (with Nancy J. King). He is also a co-author of one of the leading casebooks in criminal procedure law, Comprehensive Criminal Procedure (Aspen 2nd ed. 2005) (with Allen, Livingston, and Stuntz).
Credits:
Today’s hosts are William Hosea and Dana Black.
Bring It On’s executive producer is Clarence Boone.
The assistant producer is Liz Mitchell.
The show consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
The program engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom with additional background tracks by David Baker.
Today our host Minerva Sosa is welcoming Javier Rosales, who shares his personal story moving from Mexico to Bloomington along with his family. Besides working in the private industry, he serves at the Commission of Hispanic and Latino Affairs at the City of Bloomington.
| Hello and welcome to Eco-Report. For W-F-H-B, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I am Cynthia Roberts. Later in this half hour, we hear from Marilyn Bauchat of Uplands Network, an aspect of the Hoosier Chapter of the Sierra Club, about their conservation initiatives and upcoming events. | | And now for your environmental reports:Inside Clean Energy reports onshore wind energy is working on a comeback in the U.S. market. This is odd to say considering that land-based wind farms are the country’s leading source of renewable power. But it reflects a market in which utility-scale solar and battery storage are growing at much faster rates, and offshore wind is on the cusp of substantial growth. At the same time, onshore wind suffered through a rough 2022. The industry had 8.5 gigawatts of new projects go online last year, which was the lowest number since 2018 and less than half of the record high from 2020. Wind energy manufacturers felt the pain from this downturn, with layoffs and financial losses.Negative press in Indiana has taken a toll on new wind farms. Critics say wind farms are an intrusion into nature in that they have concrete foundations. In addition, their blades can kill high-flying bats and birds — a reality opponents often use to argue against this form of renewable energy. The coal industry is the source of much of the criticism. Actually the pad for a wind turbine is well under an acre, and the landowner typically receives $5,000 per year. Critics also feel no need for honesty. Nationally, wind turbines kill about 200,000 birds and bats per year, well behind collisions with vehicles and buildings. Cats kill 10,000 times as many bird deaths as wind turbines.But the industry is now shifting back into growth mode thanks in part to tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act, said Ryan Wiser, a senior scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Some Republican officeholders vow to kill Biden’s Infrastructure Plan -they favor fossil fuels.—Norm Holy | | Since late April, wildfires have been burning across Canada, blanketing the country and parts of the U.S. in unhealthy and sometimes dangerous smoke, in what Canadian wildfire officials have called the worst wildfire season ever recorded.In a new study, scientists from the World Weather Attribution Initiative examined the conditions that lead to the record series of wildfires and concluded that they were at least twice as probable due to human-caused climate change. The study, “Climate change more than doubled the likelihood of extreme fire weather conditions in Eastern Canada,” was conducted by scientists from the Netherlands, Canada and the United Kingdom.The area burned by this year’s wildfire season in Canada is bigger than Greece, reported The Guardian. More than 34 million acres have been burned — more than twice the previous record. That area represents approximately 13 billion trees. This year, high temperatures led to the rapid thawing and disappearance of snow during May, particularly in eastern Québec, resulting in unusually early wildfires, said Philippe Gachon, a researcher at the University of Quebec in Montreal, as reported by The Guardian.—Norm Holy | | The Arctic has been the most affected by global climate change in recent years, resulting in rapid melting of ice and warming, as well as affecting wildlife, particularly the polar bear. Polar bears, the world’s largest land predators, have been designated as “vulnerable” on the Red List. The loss of habitat is the main reason for the decline.During the third National Arctic Scientific Research Expedition under the auspices of Türkiye’s Polar Research Institute, scientists concluded the sharp decline in Arctic habitat will continue. Recent research indicates that unless carbon emissions are reduced, polar bear populations in many areas may become extinct by the end of this century.—Norm Holy | | Migration is beginning in Indiana. As fall approaches and daylight diminishes, as leaves begin to change, many species are following their ancient tradition of gathering and heading south. Cerulean warblers leave their Indiana home in August and September and head south to the Andes Mountains for the winter. Other birds, including the Baltimore orioles, scarlet tanagers and indigo buntings are also making their way south through Indiana.These birds all have one thing in common: they utilize wooded habitats across Indiana to rest, recover and refuel. Now is an excellent time to watch for them in your yard. Migration isn’t limited to birds. We all know about the Monarch butterfly that journey’s thousands of miles to hillsides in Mexico’s fir forests. They love milkweed, so that is one thing you can plant in your yard to help them along their journey.—Julianna Dailey | | Inside Climate Change reports that rising North Atlantic Ocean temperatures are causing increased numbers of threatened and endangered sea turtles to migrate through Massachusetts waters — heading north in search of food, then back south to their breeding grounds. Their journey is fraught with dangers: fishing gear entanglement, plastic pollution, and habitat loss all threaten their survival, according to numerous environmental and fisheries sources. An additional menace looms large here at this time of year: the summer surge in boating traffic around Cape Cod. “Vessel strike is a primary cause of sea turtle fatality in our waters,” said Karen Dourdeville, sea turtle research coordinator at Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. Boats frequently collide with sea turtles as they come up for air after diving for food, she said. August and September are peak months for boat strikes here, said Dourdeville, as vessels and migrating sea turtles are both heading south to the Caribbean and Central America. As the oceans warm the food for turtles moves north thus increasing the distance to nesting sites.—Norm Holy | | And now we turn to Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze for his interview with Marilyn Bauchat of Sierra Club’s Upland Network on the history of the Hoosier Chapter and the current activities of the conservation organization here in Bloomington and across the state. To learn more about the Hoosier Chapter, go to www.sierraclub.org/indiana. |
| For Eco-Report, I am Julianna Dailey. And, I am Cynthia Roberts. Are you looking for a way to make a difference on environmental issues?Here at EcoReport we are currently looking for reporters, engineers, and segment producers. Our goal is to report facts on how we’re all affected by global climate disruption and the ongoing assaults on our air, land and water. We also celebrate ecologists, tree huggers, soil builders and an assortment of champions who actively protect and restore our natural world, particularly those who are active in south central Indiana. All levels of experience and all ages are welcome, and we provide the training you’ll need. W-F-H-B also offers internships. To volunteer for Eco-Report, give us a call at (812) 323-1200, or e-mail us at: earth@wfhb.org. |
| And now for some upcoming events:The MC-IRIS Native Plant Sale will be held this year at the Switchyard Park in Bloomington on Saturday, September 9th, from 9 am to 1 pm. Get there early to get your favorite plants. | | Where are the birds and what can we do? Join the Uplands Network of Hoosier Chapter of Sierra Club Virtual monthly meeting on Monday, September 11th, at 6:30 pm. Dr. Ellen Ketterson, Distinguished Professor of Biology and Co-Director of Midwest Center for Biodiversity, will present data about the decline in the bird population. Register at https://www.sierraclub.org/indiana/upcoming-events-and-outings. | | Take the Kelp Village Hike at Brown County State Park on Friday, September 15th, beginning at 1 pm. Join the naturalist to see this often over-looked history of Brown County State Park before it was a park. Sign up at bit.ly/scv-history2023. | | The Fall Bio Blitz is starting on Friday, September 15th and runs through Monday, September 24th at the Griffy Lake Nature Preserve. Compete to find as many plant and animal species during the week. If you get the most, you win a prize. Register at bloomington.IN.gov/parks. | | Join the Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter for a Yellowwood Resource Management Walk on Saturday, September 16th, at 9 am. During this 1-mile easy trail walk, you will learn about forest management techniques such as clear-cuts, controlled burns, select cuts and more. Meet in the Yellowwood parking lot near the forest office. Register with marilynbauchat@gmail.com.
| And that wraps up our show for this week. Eco Report is brought to you in part by M-P-I Solar, a Bloomington business specializing in solar hot water, solar electricity and solar hot air systems. M-P-I Solar designs and installs solar power generation systems that encourage independence and individual responsibility. Found locally at 812-334-4003 and on the Web at M-P-I solar energy dot com. | | This week’s headlines were written by Norm Holy and Julianna Dailey. Today’s news feature was produced by Zyro Roze and edited by Noelle Herhusky-Schneider. Julianna Dailey assembled the script which was edited by Zyro Roze. Julianna Dailey compiled our events calendar. Kade Young and Noelle Herhusky-Schneider produced today’s show. Branden Blewett is our engineer. For W-F-H-B, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I am Cynthia Roberts. And this is EcoReport. |
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He fell into the chair position almost by accident. Seemingly every other person in Monroe County capable of leading the party was running for office or working a campaign. David Henry promises he’ll only hold the reins for a short time but the truth is he loves politics: the game, the work, the issues, the people. Guiding the Democrats in a one-party town presents a few challenges for him as we approach November’s municipal election and 2024’s national election.
Host Michael Glab chats with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
Welcome to the 78th episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio. Hearabouts is produced by Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center in collaboration with WFHB. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community, and shared assumptions. This episode is produced by Belle Chatpunnarangsee and Joanna Kung.
In this first episode of the semester, Belle shared her summer internships back home, the APATC event, and some upcoming ACC events. The ACC has various activities and events to look forward to, and we welcome everyone to stop by.
Credits:
Hearabouts is produced by ACC Director Melanie Castillo-Cullather, Belle Chatpunnarangsee, Molly Cai, and Joanna Kung
Our sound engineer is Joanna Kung
Our theme music is “Eternal Youth” by Rude
This is Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate where we look into issues regarding Health, Housing, and the Environment that directly impact residents of Monroe County. We are looking into the Lake Monroe Watershed and the water quality. This week, we look into how water moves through our county and how the county is working to mitigate flooding.
We spoke with Monroe County MS4 Coordinator, Kelsey Thetonia about how the county manages stormwater, how climate change affects flooding in the county and how stormwater runoff can impact water quality.
The primary reason Salt Creek was dammed in the 1960s was to control floodwaters downstream. While the Monroe Lake Control Tower (above) regulates water flow from the
reservoir through the dam, the rest of Lake Monroe has become a valuable resource for drinking water, recreation, industry, wild habitat, and other uses well beyond its
watershed. Photo by Anna Powell Denton.Tune in next week to hear more about Lake Monroe – how healthy is it and how long will it survive? To read the full article written by Michael Glab and photography by Anna Powell Denton, visit the Limestone Post Magazine’s website. To submit feedback to WFHB you can email deepdive@wfhb.org or you can leave us a voice mail at 802-552-3483.
Maria Auxiliadora’s last show as a host, welcomes Lilian Casillas, Director at La Casa Latino Cultural Center, who shared some of the programs, activities and events hosted by IU La Casa Latino Cultural Center and the services and opportunities that provides to the Latino Students at IU.
| Hello and welcome to Eco-Report. For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey And I’m Katrine Bruner. In this edition of Eco Report, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze talks with Jeff Mease, CEO of One World Enterprises, about the measures taken to make a set of local food service companies more environmentally responsible. | | And now for your environmental reports:Electrocution isn’t the main thing killing birds along power lines, according to the New York Times. A survey of power lines in four Western states found bullet fragments and shotgun pellets in most of the dead birds that were collected. Birds get electrocuted on power lines. But people shooting at birds perched on power poles may be even more of a problem. In a survey of five sites in the western United States, two-thirds of birds found dead beneath power lines had been shot.Avians found dead along power lines are often assumed to have died from electrocution, especially if their bodies show burns or singeing, said Eve Thomason, a wildlife biologist at Boise State University in Idaho. But the animal may have been injured or killed before getting zapped. In the new study, published in the journal Science, Ms. Thomason and her colleagues walked along 122 miles of power lines in Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming, collecting 410 bird carcasses. Back in the lab, the researchers X-rayed the birds, looking for evidence of gunshot wounds or other trauma.—Norm Holy | | Phoenix is enduring its hottest month on record, but mitigations could make the city’s heat waves less unbearable. Simple solutions like more trees, reflective pavements, smaller parking lots and lighter roofs could make the Valley of the Sun less prone to overheating in the future. The consequences are now making headlines around the world, with Phoenix reaching over 20 days straight of temperatures reaching 110 degrees Fahrenheit or higher—a new record. The city also recorded its highest low temperature ever last week, a not-so-comfortable 97 degrees, and will become the city’s hottest month ever. The news is full of language saying hottest month ever. It’s true if the reference is to recorded temperatures, which date back to 1880. But before there were Homo Sapiens, there were millions of years on earth with temperatures 10 – 20 degrees F warmer than today. The atmospheric carbon dioxide was several times higher than today – all coming from volcanic eruptions. During most of earth’s existence, there was no ice at all on earth. One of the easiest ways to mitigate heat is to provide more shade in areas that need it, often by planting more trees. That idea is beginning to take root throughout the Phoenix metro area. Thus far, the golf courses are still using copious amounts of water, and 80 percent of the water from the Colorado River goes to agriculture. Leafy greens, cabbage, dates, melons, lemons, oranges, apples, potatoes and tomatoes are just some foods harvested from Arizona’s nourishing soil. The state also boasts a growing nut and date crop industry. High quality cotton, which requires a lot of water, is also a major crop. What is difficult to understand is the construction of a microchip plant that will employ about 30,000 people. That would add at least 200,000 people to the population. Arizona’s people are going to be exposed to even higher temperatures in the future. Temperatures over 120 F are life-threatening.—Norm Holy | | The earliest evidence for human habitation in what is now the city of Paris dates from about 7600 BCE. By the end of the 3rd century BCE, a settlement had been built on the island, Île de la Cité; it was inhabited by a Gallic tribe known as the Parisii. The Seine River was full of salmon and sturgeon. The river began to decline seriously 500 years ago because butcher shops and tanneries on the island dumped their waste into the river.Still, Paris is referred to as the City of Light and the City of Love, and, until 1923, it was also a city of swimming. That year, swimming was banned in the Seine due to excess sewage being drained into the river following heavy rainfall, rendering the iconic river unsafe. An exception to the ban was the swimming competition, Traversée de Paris à la Nage, which continued into the 1940s, according to Paris Unlocked. Paris is gearing up for the Summer Olympic Games next year and is in the final phase of a decade-long, $1.6 billion project to restore the Seine and make it swimmable once again, reported BBC News and France 24.—Norm Holy | | EcoWatch reports that olive harvests are expected to face a second challenging year in a row as heat waves threaten crops across Europe. This year’s heat waves arrived a month earlier than the first heat waves of last year’s hot, dry season, according to Earth.org. The first heat wave arrived in late April, following a warmer- and drier-than-usual March. The winter was also unusually warm. During the first heat wave of 2023, the trees were just beginning to flower, putting them in a vulnerable position.Spain, the largest olive oil producer in Europe, has had its annual supply decline by half because of the heat and drought. Last year, heat waves caused the country’s olive oil production to decline from 1.48 million metric tons in 2021 to 2022 to just 660,000 metric tons from 2022 to 2023. Experts are predicting olive oil supply to reach 850,000 metric tons this year, still far below average, but continuing heat waves could impact the harvest.In Spain we already know it is going to be another bad year, but no one knows what’s currently happening. The record temperatures are not going to help the situation, according to Walter Zanre, the chief executive of the largest olive oil producer globally. (quote)I can’t share how much anxiety this is causing us. Last year, Spain came into crop with a bit of carry-over [from the year before], which negated the shortfall somewhat. This year the barrels are dry. Even if Spain produces the predicted 850,000 tonnes, the price situation is worse. (end quote)Spain isn’t alone. Other major olive oil-producing countries, such as Italy and Portugal, have experienced smaller yields because of the harsh conditions. Since June 2022, olive oil prices have surged in response to the poor olive harvests, as the crop has been affected by the extreme heat. Olive oil prices have hit over $6,000 per metric ton, the highest price this product has been since 1997, Weather.com reported.As The Guardian reported, consumers may expect to see shortages of olive oil in the fall, as last year’s supply is expected to run out in September, and the new supply for 2023 isn’t expected to be ready until November. Many crops are facing shortages amid the climate crisis. The current heat waves in Europe are also threatening vineyards, even putting types of grapes that have long been known to survive in extreme conditions at risk. Maturing tomatoes in Italy are at risk from blistering in the extreme temperatures, and these crops were already impacted by severe floods earlier this year.—Norm Holy | | And now, we turn to Zyro Roze and his conversation with Jeff Mease of One World Enterprises on ways that he has worked to prevent pollution, reduce waste and implement green practices as standard policy among a family of local food businesses..Jeff Mease, Founder/CEO of One World EnterprisesPhoto Courtesy of Eco Media Center of Monroe CountyCourtesy of One World Enterprises |
For Eco-Report, I am Julianna Dailey. And, I am Noelle. Are you looking for a way to make a difference on environmental issues? Here at EcoReport we are currently looking for reporters, engineers, and segment producers. Our goal is to report facts on how we’re all affected by global climate disruption and the ongoing assaults on our air, land and water. We also celebrate ecologists, tree huggers, soil builders and an assortment of champions who actively protect and restore our natural world, particularly those who are active in south central Indiana. All levels of experience and all ages are welcome, and we provide the training you’ll need. WFHB also offers internships. To volunteer for Eco-Report, give us a call at (812) 323-1200, or e-mail us at: earth@wfhb.org.
| And now for some upcoming events:Happening right now, the Artist for Environmental Restoration are having an opening reception of their visual arts exhibition, Sea Change, a Collective Exhibition about our natural world at Backspace Gallery on 6th Street from 5 to 8 pm, today! | | Drop by the Paynetown State Recreation Area at Monroe Lake to do some Cloud Watching on Saturday, September 2nd, from 6 to 7:30 pm. Meet at the Campground Playground to cloud-gaze and learn what different types of clouds can tell us about weather changes. | | A National Wildlife Day Talk and Walk will take place at Spring Mill State Park on Monday, September 4th, from 11 to 11:45 am. Meet the naturalist at the Lakeview Activity Center for a brief presentation and then take a short hike near the lake shoreline to look for wildlife. | | A Trees From Seed presentation by Ray Major is scheduled for Brown County State Park on Thursday, September 7th, from 2 to 3 pm. Meet at the Friends’ Shelter House to join Ray, the man behind the “Trees From Seed” social media movement for an informative session on growing trees. | | Learn about Owls: Nighttime Hunters at the Paynetown Recreation Area at Monroe Lake on Saturday, September 9th, from 2 to 3:30 pm. Meet at the Activity Center Patio to discover how owls are uniquely adapted to being nocturnal hunters and find out which owls call Indiana home. |
| And that wraps up our show for this week. EcoReport is brought to you in part by M-P-I Solar, a Bloomington business specializing in solar hot water, solar electricity and solar hot air systems. M-P-I Solar designs and installs solar power generation systems that encourage independence and individual responsibility. Found locally at 812-334-4003 and on the web at MPIsolarenergy.com. | | This week’s headlines were written by Norm Holy. Today’s news feature was produced by Zyro Roze and edited by Noelle Herhusky-Schneider. Julianna Dailey assembled the script which was edited by Zyro Roze. Julianna Dailey compiled our events calendar. Kade Young and Noelle Herhusky-Schneider produced today’s show. Branden Blewett is our engineer. For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I am Katrine Bruner. And this is Eco Report. |
The last of three Big Talk conversations with people whose job it is — and whose passion it is — to keep our Bloomington and Monroe County waters clean. We visited with Maggie Sullivan of Friends of Lake Monroe on August 17, 2023 and Michelle Cohen of the Lake Monroe Water Fund August 24th. Today, we speak with City of Bloomington utilities director Vic Kelson. Please read the Limestone Post article How Healthy Is Lake Monroe — and How Long Will It Survive? Deep Dive is a cooperative effort between WFHB News and Limestone Post.
Bloomington’s Water Treatment PlantHost Michael Glab chats with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
On tonight’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and William Hosea, spend the hour with Professor Joseph Hoffman (emeritus) of Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law to help us better understand their legal positions and Trump’s legal entanglements. Donald Trump’s fourth indictment occurred on August 14th. Fani Willis, district attorney of Fulton County, …
For today’s show, Raquel Anderson, Professor at IU for Speech Language and Hearing Sciences, talked about the process of language development in child dual language learners and social factors that impact language input and use.
Today on Eco Report, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze asks Hank Duncan, the City’s Bicycle Pedestrian Coordinator, about recent changes in local infrastructure to address E-scooter misuse and other challenges relating to access for the disabled and providing alternative transit options for Bloomington residents and visitors. And now for your environmental reports: Columbus Looking at $2.3 …
The second in our series of Big Talk interviews on the health and future of Lake Monroe, This week, Michelle Cohen, executive director of the Lake Monroe Water Fund, joins us. Deep Dive is a cooperative effort of WFHB News and Limestone Post magazine. Please read the Limestone Post article, How Healthy Is Lake Monroe …
Welcome to the 78th episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio. Hearabouts is produced by Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center in collaboration with WFHB. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community, and shared assumptions. This episode is produced by Belle Chatpunnarangsee and Joanna Kung. In this first episode of the semester, Belle shared her …
On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, spend the hour with Dr. Marvin Dunn. Dr. Dunn is fighting against the potential miseducation of countless children and young adults in Florida. He is here to discuss his efforts to combat this miseducation and the current state of racial politics in …
Today, Melanie interviews Mitch Teplitsky, a documentarian working on a project about Spencer Pride! He is also the Marketing Director of Morgenstern Books in Bloomington and they talked about some of the programming coming up in the next week including Spencer Pride‘s BANNED Book Club as well as the upcoming Author Talk with Jonathan Balash …
[Part One: America’s first certified Energy Positive public library] In the first part of a four part series of feature segments aired by WFHB News and Public Affairs during our Local News and Eco Report programs, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze speaks with local eco architect and sustainability pioneer Bill Brown of Griffy Creek Studio about …
Hello and welcome to Eco Report. For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I’m Frank Marshalek. Coming up later in today’s episode, we learn about the EcoBlitz wildlife survey program monitoring biodiversity and bat populations in Indiana which discovered a new species of bee. We also get details about an upcoming forest protection roundtable as …
Ana Cordero, is here to talk about the free services provided by El Centro Comunal Latino, a Non-Profit Organization located inside the Monroe’s Public Library. They help the Latino immigrants arriving to Bloomington to settle down, providing them with information and putting them in contact with partners and agencies. Services provided in Spanish.
Take a Deep Dive into Lake Monroe. WFHB News, Big Talk, and the Limestone Post have worked together to produce an in-depth look into the quality of the water in Lake Monroe. The source of our drinking water and a year-round site for recreation and an escape into nature, our lake faces challenges. Our guest …
This program originally aired on January 11, 2021: On today’s edition of Bring It On! hosts William Hosea and Liz Mitchell welcome Dr. Amrita Myers, who is the Ruth Halls Associate Professor of History and Gender Studies at Indiana University. Together they examine what the insurgency and siege of the Capitol Building in Washington by …
Our host Minerva chats with Martha Shedd, Homeowner Services Director from Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County, who shared information about Habitat mission, ways to volunteer and to apply to their programs, inviting people to work together in partnership, building houses with families in need of safe, affordable housing.
Hello and welcome to Eco Report. Today’s anchors are Julianna Dailey and Cynthia Roberts-Hall. Later in today’s program, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze attended the second public meeting for the Allen Street Greenway connector which will link Madison and Morton Streets in the McDoel Gardens neighborhood. We will have an excerpt from the event held yesterday …
Today the crew talks about local and national news. Book reclassifications in Kal’s old hometown library, Martinsville Jr high transgender bathroom use lawsuit, queer-affirming media, and some challenges we’re still slogging through. BloomingOUT is one of the nation’s longest-running LGBTIQ+ focused radio shows. We feature people, news, events, entertainment, and businesses relevant to the queer …
They’re obsessed. And they want to share their obsession with you. Aja Essex and Josh Brewer run Cicada Cinema, a pop-up, volunteer-run movie theater in Bloomington. The two schedule film showings in locales all around town, sometimes indoors, sometimes outdoors. Cicada’s offerings range from esoteric art films to low-budget black-and-white horror movies. Essex and Brewer …
Welcome to Prescription for Healthcare, a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana, broadcasting the second Thursday of every month as part of the Local News at 5:20 PM. This month we interview Dr. Rob Stone for an update and synthesis of all the complex and maddening developments in healthcare …
Today on Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, spend the hour with David Gudaitis, Alan Backler, and Larry Laswell to preview the upcoming documentary, Reviving the West Baden Colored Church: A Labor of Love. It tells the story of the First Baptist (Colored) Church in West Baden Springs, Indiana, from its founding …
Nuestra host María entrevistando al representante latina de Bloomington Housing Authority, Yaneli, quien trabaja para servir a los ciudadanos de Monroe County, a traves de la promoción de la vivienda y las oportunidades comunitarias, como por ejemplo, el programa de Autosuficiencia Familiar y servicios para las familias.
WFHB Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze explores issues relating to local urban agriculture and government policy with Jami Scholl of Rezenience, a permaculture consultancy firm growing nutriceutical produce in Bloomington, Indiana. Roze and Scholl discuss new research and options for optimal health and nutrition, challenges for local food security, shortfalls in disaster preparedness, local impacts of …
Hello and welcome to EcoReport. For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I’m Frank Marshalek. In this edition of EcoReport, we have the second half of a discussion between Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze and Delaney Barber – Outreach, Energy and Climate Coordinator for the Hoosier Environmental Council. And now for your environmental reports: WTHR of Indianapolis …
This week, we are all back in the house!!! Justin and Kal and Melanie were visited by Judi Epp, Lucie Mathieu, and their grandson, Truman, all the way from Spencer to talk about the news and Spencer Pride’s goings on. > Saturday, the 5th of August @ 11am, is the Health and Wellness event: Hoosiers …
Our chat with NAACP branch president Maqubè Reese and her colleagues and friends, Monroe County Prosecutor Erika Oliphant and legal researcher and advocate Guy Loftman, continues this week. Reese and Loftman recount how their childhood families nurtured their worldviews and their future. Oliphant talks about her responsibility to address wrongs and inequalities within the county …
This program originally aired on October 17, 2022: On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell speak with William Hosea, Alonzo Johnson, Jim Mitchell, and James Sanders about how it is to live as black men in the United States. Credits: Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell. Bring …
Nuestra Host Maria Auxi recibe al Dr. Leighton, quien tiene más de 30 años de experiencia en la terapia física. He talked about his journey from Chile to the USA, all the process he had to go through to validate his MD license, and how he finally managed to start his own PT clinic, which …
Hello and welcome to Eco-Report. For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I’m Frank Marshalek. Coming up later in today’s program, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze will talk with Delaney Barber the Outreach, Energy and Climate Coordinator for the Hoosier Environmental Council. And now for your environmental reports: The following story is quite long, so we have …
Joining us in the WFHB studios with her colleagues, Monroe County Prosecutor Erika Oliphant and legal activist Guy Loftman, Reese talks about the historic civil rights organization and the work it’s doing locally. She stresses the importance of thinking on a micro level, acknowledging injustice and racism in the wide world but concentrating on listening …
Today’s broadcast originally aired on June 27, 2022: In today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour with Leon Bates, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Pan-African Studies, at the University of Louisville, KY. He focuses on Urban History (i.e. Education, Housing, Labor, Medicine, Policing, Violence), and …
Melanie welcomes April Hennessey and Phoenix Rayng to talk about the impact of this year’s legislation on Queer youth in Bloomington and Pridefest! 2023! BloomingOUT is one of the nation’s longest-running LGBTIQ+ focused radio shows. We feature people, news, events, entertainment, and businesses relevant to the queer experience in central Indiana and the Midwest. Interested …
Nuestra locutora Luz María entrevistó a la Profesora Claudia Avellaneda, MA, PhD de la escuela Paul H. O’Neill, y Fishcher Faculty Fellow, acerca de su investigación sobre los gobiernos latinomaericanos y de todas las oportunidades para estudiantes internacionales de aplicar a programas en la escuela de Asuntos Públicos y Ambientales. Además, compartió cómo fue su …
Hello and welcome to Eco-Report. For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I’m Frank Marshalek. Coming up later in today’s program, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze brings us a conversation on Local Food Security amidst Global Challenges in Part Three of a series with Jami Scholl of ReZENience, a permaculture health consultancy in Bloomington. And now for …
This is a rebroadcast from June 12, 2017: Cornelius Wright and Leila Randle host interviews, one on the history of Juneteenth through the decades, and the other on open-mic night comedy from a personal perspective. One funny interview, and one solemn. Both riveting. PART ONE: As part of Ivy Tech’s Lifelong Learning classes, Cornelius Wright …
Hello and welcome to Eco-Report. For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I’m Cynthia Roberts. In this edition of Eco Report, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze delves into Bloomington’s designation as a Gold Level Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists. And now for your environmental reports: The following article is about the future of the …
She was the first hire of the new nonprofit in early 2021. The executive director of the Lake Monroe Water Fund, Michelle Cohen, hit the ground running and already has started programs to help upstream landowners control erosion and runoff that affects the waters of the lake. One of 48 such fundraising and activist organizations …
This week, on Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, continue their conversation about Lick Creek. Last week, they spoke with Diana Daniels, a descendant of Lick Creek Settlement, founded by the first African American settlers, who came to Orange County, Indiana five years before the County was established and Indiana became a …
Hello and welcome to Eco-Report. For W-F-H-B, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I’m Frank Marshalek. Today on the program, we have the second half of an interview with Hank Duncan, the City’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator. Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze asks Duncan about some of the controversy and safety concerns surrounding alternative modes of transit like the …
Last week, Jeffrey began telling the genesis story of Bloomington’s community radio station. When he left off, the dreamers who’d held on to the idea for years were stymied once again. He picks up this week with the ultimately successful start up of WFHB. He also talks about his lifelong love for broadcast radio and …
On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, speak with Diana Daniels of the Lick Creek African American Settlement. These settlers were free citizens who fled racial persecution and increasingly restrictive laws for free blacks in their previous homes in North Carolina. Traveling with the Quakers offered some protection on …
Hello and welcome to Eco-Report. For W-F-H-B, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I’m Kade Young. Later in the program, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze speaks with Hank Duncan, the Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator, on the City’s Greenways, streets that allow automobiles and parking that are designated as corridors made safer for those utilizing greener modes of transit. And …
Welcome to Prescription for Healthcare, a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana, broadcasting the second Thursday of every month as part of the Local News at 5:20 PM. This month we have part 2 of our interview with Richard Master, prominent businessman and producer of the new movie American …
He held on to the dream for almost two full decades before WFHB went on the air. While he was living in a converted garage with no plumbing in 1975, Jeffrey Morris began making plans to start up a community radio station here in Bloomington. A revolving cast of friends and like-minded dreamers came and …
This is a rebroadcast from May 8, 2023. Chef Lee Rosser On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell welcome Chef Lee Rosser. In a recent Bloom Magazine article, Carmen Siering wrote that for more than 25 years, Lee Rosser was a professional wrestler—a showman with a flair for pageantry, …
Hello and welcome to Eco-Report. For W-F-H-B, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I’m Cynthia Roberts. Later in the program, we conclude with Part Four of a series by Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze from an interview with Bill Brown of the Environmental Resilience Institute or E-R-I of Indiana University on how E-R-I assists institutions, communities, organizations, businesses …
A veteran of community radio as well as nonprofit fundraising, Brooke Turpin came to WFHB during the pandemic and has professionalized the station’s efforts to support and market itself. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Turpin worked for the grandmama of community radio, KPFA in Berkeley. The flagship of the Pacifica Network …
On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, spend the hour with Resilence Productions, of which Liz Mitchell is a founding member. Gladys DeVane and Danielle Bruce, her fellow co-founders, join her on today’s program. The mission of Resilience Productions is to educate, enlighten and engage the public regarding African …
Hello and welcome to Eco-Report. For W-F-H-B, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I’m Frank Marsalek. Later in the program, we have Part Three of an ongoing series from Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze. He speaks with eco architect and sustainability pioneer Bill Brown. In today’s installment, they address retrofitting existing structures like the University’s historic limestone buildings, how to …
On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Liz Mitchell and Natalia Galvin, speak with Kerry Thomson. She is the last of three Democratic mayoral candidates that will Bring It On! will interview during the month of April as the mayoral election on May 2 approaches.
Kerry ThomsonKerry Thomson is the Executive Director of Indiana University’s Center for Rural Engagement. She is the former CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County. During her tenure at Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County, she grew its mortgage portfolio to six million and added hundreds of thousands in investments.
In 2018, after more than 20 years with Habitat, Kerry was appointed Executive Director of Indiana University’s Center for Rural Engagement. The Center partners with rural communities on initiatives designed to improve quality of life and invigorate economic vitality. Under Kerry’s leadership, the Center’s reach has expanded into 50 of Indiana’s 92 counties, impacting 20,000 Hoosier lives through 300 different projects.
Credits:
Today’s hosts are Liz Mitchell and Natalia Galvin.
Bring It On’s Executive Producer is Clarence Boone.
Our Assistant Producer is Liz Mitchell.
The Show Consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
The Program Engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom, with additional background tracks by David Baker.
With days to go before the deadline to vote, Big Talk has completed its second run of editions featuring candidates in the Democratic primary for Bloomington mayor. No Republican has declared as yet for the general election. An Independent has filed as a candidate. Big Talk will invite any and all candidates to appear on the program in the weeks leading up to the November election. Here are links to the Big Talk editions with the Democratic candidates:
- Susan Sandberg
- Kerry Thomson
- Don Griffin Jr.
Left to Right: Sandberg, Thomson, GriffinPrimary election day is Tuesday, May 2, 2023. Polls close at 6:00pm.
Hosts Michael Glab and Alex Ashkin chat with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
Susan SandbergOn today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, speak with Susan Sandberg. She is the second of three Democratic mayoral candidates that will Bring It On! will interview during the month of April as the mayoral election on May 2 approaches.
Susan Sandberg has been a City Council Representative At Large for 16 years and has served as a four-time City Council President. She is also a founding member of the Democratic Women’s Caucus and previously served as Vice Chair of the Monroe County Democratic Party.
Susan has participated in training with Braver Angels, a group that brings people with diverse political views together in respectful and civil conversations. Susan believes that elected officials should learn from and serve all residents of Bloomington. In addition to serving on the Council through 16 budget cycles, she’s served on the Bloomington Utilities Service Board, the Bloomington Plan Commission, the Jack Hopkins Social Services Fund, the Waldron Study Group, and the Development Block Grant citizens advisory committee.
Credits:
Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell.
Bring It On’s Executive Producer is Clarence Boone.
Our Assistant Producer is Liz Mitchell.
The Show Consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
The Program Engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom, with additional background tracks by David Baker.
Hello and welcome to Eco-Report.
For W-F-H-B, I’m Julianna Dailey
And I’m Cynthia Roberts
Later in the program, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze asks green business consultant and Indiana native BRANDON PITCHER about his past work in the hemp industry and his current ECOpreneurial endeavors creating a range of sustainable health products that his company is developing from fungal extracts.
And now for your environmental reports:
The growing divide in life expectancy among Indiana counties is cause for concern. The gap between the state’s higher life expectancy counties and those on the lower end continues to widen.
—Norm Holy
This story appeared in the IndyStar in their coverage of the current legislative session. It reveals that legislators who own construction companies weren’t satisfied with the hundreds of thousand acres of wetland that were removed from protection last year. This year the same contractors are back, wanting more land.
—Norm Holy
Continuing with the previous story about the wetlands in Indiana, only one person testified on the amendment: Rick Wajda, CEO of the Indiana Builders Association, who spoke in support.
—Norm Holy
And, now this update on the wetlands amendment: IndyStar reports that legislation rolling back wetlands protections may have been dealt a fatal blow Thursday after Indiana lawmakers stripped the language out of a sewage and septic system bill for irrelevance.
—Norm Holy
And now, Zyro Roze discusses hurdles to the hemp industry in the United States and how natural ingredients for health products can replace toxic norms while incentivizing forest preservation with Brandon Pitcher of Blue Circle Mushrooms.
Are you looking for a way to make a difference on environmental issues?
Here at EcoReport we are currently looking for reporters, engineers, and segment producers. Our goal is to report facts on how we’re all affected by global climate disruption and the ongoing assaults on our air, land and water. We also celebrate ecologists, tree huggers, soil builders and an assortment of champions who actively protect and restore our natural world, particularly those who are active in south central Indiana.
All levels of experience and all ages are welcome, and we provide the training you’ll need. WFHB also offers internships.
To volunteer for Eco-Report, give us a call at (812) 323-1200, or e-mail us at: earth@wfhb.org
And now for some upcoming events:
- Cook Medical Annual Electronic Waste Recycle Day is scheduled for Saturday, April 29th, from 9 am to 2 pm at the Cook Profile Park Facility located at 500 N. Profile Parkway in Bloomington. This is your chance to get rid of your old computers, printers or any other electronic devices that no longer work.
- Sycamore Land Trust is celebrating Arbor Day with a Tree Giveaway on Saturday, April 29th, from 10 to 1 pm at Bloomingfoods, both the East and Near West locations. There will be 14 native species to select from.
- Every Wednesday from Noon to 3 pm, enjoy live music by Creekside and Friends at Spring Mill State Park in the Nature Center. Light refreshments will be available as you enjoy nature while listening to music. Take time to lift your spirits!
- A Flora Field Day is scheduled at the Monroe Lake Tailwater off Monroe Dam Road for Tuesday, May 2nd, from 9:30 to 11:30 am. Work on your floral identification skills using Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide. Bug spray, hat and water bottle are recommended. Sign up at bit.ly/florafield-may2023.
- Enjoy a Full Flower Moon Hike at Brown County State Park on Friday, May 5th, from 8:30 to 10:00 pm. Join the naturalist for a guided hike on Trail 7 around Lake Ogle as you learn the history and folklore of May’s Full Flower Moon.
This week’s headlines were written by Norm Holy.
Today’s news feature was produced by Zyro Roze and edited by Kade Young.
Julianna Dailey assembled the script and was edited by Zyro Roze.
Julianna Dailey compiled our events calendar.
Kade Young and Noelle Herhusky-Schneider produced and engineered today’s show.
For W-F-H-B, I’m Julianna Dailey.
And I am Cynthia Roberts
And this is EcoReport.
In this episode of Partisan Gardens, we explore the competing utopias at stake in the struggle to stop Cop City in Atlanta. Cop City is itself a grim utopia, a vision concocted by cops and politicians of a depopulated, fake city that will actually bend to their will. On the other side are the diverse utopian dreams of the movement to defend the Weelaunee forest, which connect that forest to visions of Black liberation, collective care, food autonomy for the surrounding neighborhoods, and a world without police. Underlying all these dreams is the long historical reality of Muscogee inhabitation and stewardship of that land. The effort to defend the forest has helped initiate an indigenous re-migration to the land. This longer history, concealed since the 1830s by white supremacist violence and settlement, is in turn enriching the movement’s idea of what it means to stop Cop City, to win.
With two weeks to go before Bloomington’s Democratic primary, we’re re-airing our conversations with each of the city’s mayoral candidates. No Republican has yet declared for the November general election and the party has until July to caucus a nominee in. If that does happen we’ll invite that person to the WFHB studios for a chat. An independent candidate has declared and we’ll visit with that person later in the year as we approach election day. Today we speak with long-time city council member Susan Sandberg. To hear Sandberg, please scroll down to our original air date with her, Thursday, February 9th.
Hosts Michael Glab and Alex Ashkin chat with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
[This encore edition of Big Talk aired Thursday, April 20, 2023.]
With three weeks to go before Bloomington’s Democratic primary, we’re re-airing our conversations with each of the city’s mayoral candidates. No Republican has yet declared for the November general election and the party has until July to caucus a nominee in. If that does happen we’ll invite that person to the WFHB studios for a chat. An independent candidate has declared and we’ll visit with that person later in the year as we approach election day. Today we speak with former deputy mayor Don Griffin. To hear Griffin, please scroll down to our original air date with him, Thursday, March 16th.
Hosts Michael Glab and Alex Aashkin chat with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
[This encore edition of Big Talk aired Thursday, April 13, 2023.]
Welcome to the 76th episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio. Hearabouts is produced by Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center in collaboration with WFHB. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community, and shared assumptions. This episode is produced by Belle Chatpunnarangsee and Joanna Kung.
In this episode, we asked Rebecca Valeriano-Flores who works in the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Office at the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, to share her thoughts on the importance of uplifting students of color’s voices through programs like Activate O’Neill, which she created and piloted in the 2023 school year.
Credits:
Hearabouts is produced by ACC Director Melanie Castillo-Cullather, Ming Wang, Belle Chatpunnarangsee, and Joanna Kung
Our guest is Rebecca Valeriano-Flores
Our sound engineer is Joanna Kung
Our theme music is “Eternal Youth” by Rude
Over the next few weeks, Bring It On! will attempt to reach out to candidates seeking the Democratic Party’s nomination for mayor of Bloomington: Don Griffin, Susan Sandberg, and Kerry Thomson. Today on Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, speak with former Deputy Mayor and local businessman, Don Griffin, who is running for Mayor of Bloomington.
Credits:
Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell.
Bring It On’s Executive Producer is Clarence Boone.
Our Assistant Producer is Liz Mitchell.
The Show Consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
The Program Engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom, with additional background tracks by David Baker.
In this week’s edition of Eco Report EXTRA, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze gets an update from the Indiana State House in a conversation with Tim Maloney, Senior Policy Director for the Hoosier Environmental Council (HEC) on bills moving through the Indiana Legislature that relate to the ecological health of our state.
Maloney is the prime emissary of the HEC to the State Legislature and he follows bills and budget considerations as they bounce through the complicated machinations of state government. He voices HEC’s opposition or support for provisions, budget items or entire bills as they make their way through the byzantine process of becoming official policy.
Roze and Maloney discuss which legislation has died in Committee, been watered down or voted down as it travels between the House and Senate or has advanced into law in the Indiana General Session.
They touch upon the constituencies involved, the impact that the quality of life and the environment have on business interests and economic development, the health effects of deregulation and limits on government authority to manage chemical pollution and land use.
They discuss how firefighters and others are being exposed to harmful products like PFAS “forever chemicals”, ways to address lead in the drinking water at day-care centers and preschools as well as the broader community by testing and upgrading infrastructure, legislation impacting wetlands conservation, protecting water tables from coal ash repositories, sewage systems and agricultural run off.
Other issues are explored, like recycling solar and wind technology at the “end of life” of renewable energy equipment, energy audits and efficiency in government operations and buildings as eliminating wasteful government spending, ways to fund initiatives, organizations, programs and agencies.
They discuss the health and scope of the Hoosier Environmental Council and the broader movement to align government, business and society with an ecological ethic, ways to protect the ecosystem and human health, the interests fighting progress in these areas and what it will take to get results and make change.
For further information on the activities of the Hoosier Environmental Council including policy initiatives and Earth Month events, go to www.hecweb.org.
Eco Report EXTRA is a co-production of WFHB News and Public Affairs and Eco Media Center of Monroe County as part of an ongoing community media collaboration.
This episode was hosted by Zyro Roze and edited by Kade Young.
Good afternoon. This is Eco Report for Friday, April 14th, 2023.
Coming up in this half hour, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze speaks with Tim Maloney, Senior Policy Director for the Hoosier Environmental Council about what’s going on in the Indiana Legislature this year regarding matters directly impacting our Ecosystem.
And now for your environmental reports:
Indiana Legislature Does Bidding of Coal Interests
The Indiana Legislature has done the bidding of the coal interests and made rooftop solar power much less attractive.
Since 2004, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission has required the state’s five investor-owned, for-profit utility companies to offer net metering to all electric customers. The policy allowed those customers to sell their extra energy back to utilities at the same rate utilities charged customers for electricity.
A bill approved by legislators in 2017 started to phase out that system, with the official end date landing on July 1, 2022. Now all five investor-owned utilities have been approved for instantaneous metering. The system lets utilities charge customers the retail rate for power they use from the grid. Energy customers send back to the utility is then bought at the lower, wholesale rate.
Add it all up, and the new, lower rates represent some of the most dramatic cuts to net-metering policies in the country, according to Ben Inskeep, program director of Citizen Action Coalition of Indiana, the state’s largest consumer and environmental advocacy organization.
“We really are an outlier in terms of having really terrible rooftop solar compensation policies in place,” he said. It’s much, much worse than many states in the country, and it’s worse than any of our neighbors.
The legislators have amply proven they have no interest in taking the steps necessary to mitigate climate change.
Massive Fire Breaks Out at Recycling Facility in Richmond
Photo courtesy of Michael Conroy, Associated Press.The massive fire that broke out at a Recycling Facility in Richmond Indiana on Tuesday, prompting the evacuation of citizens and residents within a half mile radius of the property, was contained to the site. Water from the dousing of the fire was to be contained on the site for treatment.
The Facility , which stored plastic for resale was repeatedly cited by the City of Richmond for the state of the building and grounds as a fire hazard, but ignored those citations according to Richmond Mayor Dave Snow and was recently ruled against in Court.
E-P-A and Health Department officials assured the public that threats from particulate matter could affect the elderly, those with chronic health conditions like C-O-P-D and Asthma, and though the smoke was sure to include carcinogenic compounds, the twenty four hour monitoring equipment did not detect harmful levels in the air and the water supply. The plume of burning plastic could, however,be hazardous to pulmonary health of both people and pets.
Residents were advised that N95 masks would help filter out particulates and advised to not mow debris blown from the site into their yards as it may contain things like Asbestos insulation and other toxic materials.
Richmond is home to some thirty-five thousand people, and folks downwind were advised to close their windows and bring pets inside. Temporary shelters were set up and provisions were being made for hotel rooms as the black cloud crossed the border into Ohio.
EPA Tightens Limits on Mercury and other Pollutants from Power Plants
According to the New York Times, the coal people are not pleased with the latest move by the EPA to tighten limits on mercury and other pollutants from power plants. A new rule would reduce mercury, arsenic, nickel and lead emissions, which the Biden administration said would protect public health.
The Biden administration said that it would require coal- and oil-fired power plants to reduce emissions of several hazardous air pollutants, including mercury, a neurotoxin that can cause developmental problems in infants and children. The proposed rule from the Environmental Protection Agency has two broad policy aims: Reduce dangerous toxins in the environment, while also encouraging the transition away from coal-burning power plants and toward cleaner energy sources like solar and wind.
The proposal sets up a likely legal battle with the coal industry and several Republican-led states, which fought to block a previous effort to regulate mercury under the Obama administration. The Obama-era rule, which took effect in 2012, was credited with reducing mercury emissions by about 90 percent.
However, the EPA found that mercury coming from power plants still posed a risk to human health. So the new rule aims to strengthen the limits for mercury emissions from affected coal-burning power plants by 70 percent. It also would further restrict other toxic pollutants like lead, nickel and arsenic.
Michael S. Regan, the administrator of the EPA, said in a statement that the rule would not be expensive for plant operators to implement because of new technologies that are available for monitoring and controlling of emissions.
“By leveraging proven emissions-reduction measures available at reasonable costs and encouraging new, advanced control technologies, we can reduce hazardous pollution from coal-fired power plants, protecting our planet and improving public health for all,” Mr. Regan said.
The E.P.A. estimated that the health benefits over the lifetime of the rule would be between $2.4 billion and $3 billion, from the prevention of deaths or hospitalizations for respiratory and cardiovascular disease. The agency put the estimated cost to the industry of complying with the rule at between $230 million and $300 million.
Helpful Tips for Morel Mushroom Season
Photo courtesy of Indiana Mushrooms.Morel mushroom time is here!
There was a report that someone found over 48 morel mushrooms recently in Brown County.
They are not easy to find. It is advisable to take a friend with you who knows how to find them. If you cannot find someone to help you, then here is how to go about it!
First of all, never eat a wild mushroom unless you are 100 percent certain what it is. Morel look-alikes do exist. And, don’t nibble on raw morels, which have toxins that are destroyed by cooking. If you have a guidebook, take it with you. You never know when you might need it.
Also, you need to learn the species of trees associated with morels. Hunting morels is often a matter of looking up for the right trees rather than in search of a brown thing down in the dirt. People around here tell me that you need to look for old apple trees.
The weather has a lot to do with morel growth. They tend to pop up after a warm, spring rain. Some morels are triggered by fire. So, if you know of a burn site, you might want to check it out.
Good luck with your hunt and happy eating! And don’t tell anyone where you found them!
BP Proposes Carbon Capture and Storage in Northern Indiana
Photo courtesy of NWI Times.The Herald Journal of Monticello reports that British Petroleum proposes carbon capture and storage in northern Indiana.
In a series of open houses throughout the area, BP is bringing information and proposals to county governments and landowners for carbon capture and storage through a process that takes carbon emissions, processes them into liquid form and pipes it thousands of feet underground to be stored “forever.” BP, which has an oil refinery in Whiting, is seeking permission from county board of commissioners to do seismic testing.
The London-based company proposes using the geology in White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Pulaski and Lake counties to store the carbon dioxide from its facilities in Whiting, as well as processing emissions from other manufacturers at depths of at least 3,000 ft in what is called Mt. Simon sandstone, which exists underneath Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana.
Helpful Tips to Go Native
“Plant the right plants and nature will come,” says Doug Tallamy, cofounder of the conservation project Homegrown National Park. Local wildlife populations have coevolved with their region’s native flora. If you get rid of the plants that animals depend on, the entire ecosystem can fall out of whack. Going native can replace what we have taken.
How you go native, depends on where you live. Both Audubon and the National Wildlife Federation have handy native-plant finders based on zip codes. Talk to your local nursery about what native plants it carries and be sure to ask for straight native, not nativars, which may carry attributes that make them less valuable to wildlife, like nutritionally deficient color and altered blooming times.
Native trees bundle long-lasting wildlife habitat with a host of other benefits, making these a high-impact choice in your yard. Oaks are rewilding superstars. Oaks are wildlife favorites that also sequester carbon, feed pollinators, and support healthy watersheds.
Putting Up Nesting Boxes and Bat Houses on Your Property
Have you ever thought about putting up nesting boxes and bat houses on your property? One of the key aspects of a wildlife habitat is shelter — cavity nesters, such as chickadees, need a safe space to build their nests while dodging predators and the elements. Nesting boxes can also attract various bird species that may not come to your feeders but are searching for a dwelling place.
The same idea extends to bat houses. Female bats need safe places to raise their young. When you provide them with a home, bats will eat mosquitoes, moths, and beetles in your yard and will be less likely to set up shop in your attic. If you aren’t sure about welcoming bats, know that they usually only give birth to one pup a year. And the brush pile you have been meaning to get around to? Plenty of animals don’t use cavities, so that brush is likely a fixture for creatures including sparrows, warblers, and bugs. So, leave it be!
And now for some upcoming events:
Learn about the Beauty of Bluebirds at Brown County State Park on Saturday, April 15th, from 11 to 11:45 am. Meet in the auditorium at the Nature Center for a presentation detailing the amazing life and habits of the Eastern Bluebird.
Join the Indiana DNR for a free guided hike at the Donaldson Cave Nature Preserve at Spring Mill State Park on Sunday, April 16th beginning at 10 am. This will be a one-hour hike both on and off the trail. Meet at the Donaldson Cave parking lot. Registration is recommended.
Join the naturalist at Brown County State Park on Thursday, April 20th, from 3 to 3:45 pm for a Wildflower Walk. Learn about late spring and early summer wildflowers as you walk through the Nature Center gardens and woods.
Celebrate Earth Day with a Spring 5K Run or Walk at McCormick’s Creek State Park on Saturday, April 22nd, beginning at 8:30 am. The race takes place on paved roads through the park. Register at https://friendsmccormickscreek.org/springrace.
Spring Mill State Park will have an Earth Day Celebration beginning at 10 am on Saturday, April 22nd, a day filled with fun activities, crafts, and hikes teaching you all about the importance of our natural resources.
Feature Report:
And now, we go to Zyro Roze discussing the Indiana Legislature with Tim Maloney of the Hoosier Environmental Council or HEC.
To hear Zyro’s full interview with Tim Maloney, Senior Policy Director of the HEC, you can find it online as an Eco Report EXTRA.
Volunteer Callout:
Are you looking for a way to make a difference on environmental issues?
Here at EcoReport we are currently looking for reporters, engineers, and segment producers. Our goal is to report facts on how we’re all affected by global climate disruption and the ongoing assaults on our air, land and water. We also celebrate ecologists, tree huggers, soil builders and an assortment of champions who actively protect and restore our natural world, particularly those who are active in south central Indiana.
All levels of experience and all ages are welcome, and we provide the training you’ll need. WFHB also offers internships. To volunteer for Eco-Report, give us a call at (812) 323-1200, or e-mail us at: Earth@wfhb.org
Credits:
This week’s headlines were written by Norm Holy, Zyro Roze and Julianna Dailey.
Today’s news feature was produced by Zyro Roze and edited by Kade Young and Noelle Herhusky-Schneider
Julianna Dailey assembled the script and was edited by Zyro Roze.
Julianna Dailey compiled our events calendar.
Kade Young and Noelle Herhusky-Schneider produced and engineered today’s show.
Anchors were Cynthia Roberts Hall and Julianna Dailey.
Welcome to Prescription for Healthcare, a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana, broadcasting the second Thursday of every month as part of the Local News at 5:20 PM.
This month Karen Green Stone interviews her co-host Dr. Rob Stone to bring us up to date on changes in Medicaid in Indiana, the threat to Medicare from privatization posed by Medicare Advantage plans, and the Indiana premier of the new movie American Hospitals. Healing a Broken System,to be shown at St Mark’s United Methodist Church at 100 SR-46 W, Bloomington, at 7 pm on Monday April 24th.
Follow Medicare for All Indiana on our Facebook page.
Medicare for All Indiana is the Indiana Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program
Toolkit for protecting your Medicaid coverage
American Hospitals. Healing a Broken System web page and trailer.
“If Not Now, Tell Me When” by Carrie Newcomer is used with permission.
Professor Marvin Dunn (Emeritus)On tonight’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, speak with Marvin Dunn, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Psychology at Florida International University, retiring as the department chairman in 2006.
He has published numerous articles in leading newspapers on race and ethnic relations including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Orlando Sentinel and the Miami Herald. He is the author of the following books: The History of Florida: Through Black Eyes (Create Space Independent Publishing Platform, 2016), and Black Miami in the Twentieth Century (University Press of Florida, 1997). He is one of the coauthors of This Land is Our Land, California (University of California Press, 2003) and The Miami Riot of 1980: Crossing the Bounds (Lexington, Massachusetts: D.C. Heath, 1984). However, these days, Dr. Dunn has turned his passion for history into a historical immersion experience called “Teach the Truth Tours”.
Several weeks ago, while guiding a group of tourists into Florida’s seamy past, Dr. Dunn was interviewed on MSNBC, by Podcast Producer Trymaine Lee. The Teach the Truth Tour, examines how Black people in Florida lived and died in the face of white supremacist violence. Here to tell us more about his research and these impactful and transformative truth tours is Dr. Marvin Dunn.
Credits:
Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell.
Bring It On’s Executive Producer is Clarence Boone.
Our Assistant Producer is Liz Mitchell.
The Show Consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
The Program Engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom, with additional background tracks by David Baker.
Andy Mahler on Protecting Our Woods
Burning Buffalo Springs and Beyond
In this week’s Eco Report EXTRA, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze has a conversation with veteran grassroots activist and former host of WFHB’s flagship public affairs program ‘Interchange’, Andy Mahler, much beloved songster and tree hugger renown in the region for his decades of doggedly defending the environment, building conscious community centered on social justice and seeking harmony with natural ecosystems.
They discuss the recent listening session bequeathed by Senator Mike Braun that was supposed to be a final chance to voice concerns about the Buffalo Springs Restoration Project log and burn plan for parts of the Hoosier National Forest, but turned out to be about the beginning of public input on revising the 2006 Forest Plan on which Buffalo Springs was predicated. They also address the injunction by a Federal Judge halting a prescribed burn in Houston South, a half hour from Bloomington Indiana, over potential effects on the water quality of Lake Monroe, the area’s primary source of drinking water and the possible impact of this injunction on Buffalo Springs and the new plan being drafted for the wider Hoosier National Forest.
They also touch on government policy and financial incentives regarding logging and fire suppression, the differences between the Temperate Hardwood forests of Indiana and the situation out West of massive forest fires which have prompted the outlay of federal funds for prescribed burns all across the country.
They further discuss the diverse communities of organisms that comprise our public forests, threats to endangered species, native flora and fauna, the effects of Climate Change, ways to mitigate the worst scenarios by retaining wildlife habitat, preventing Carbon from being released by disrupting natural sequestration “entfrastructure”, the healing and edifying qualities of being in Nature, the critical importance of protecting clean water sources and the ecosystems which maintain its purity and retain moisture, thereby preventing fire hazards.
They also explore the modern mechanistic paradigm, how to reclaim lost cultural heritage and history, remarking on the legacy of Buffalo Trace, colonial conquest of the biosphere, cultures like the Druids, lessons from ancient Mesopotamian myth and archaic law tablets that regulated deforestation in some of the earliest civilizations and the balance that must be struck to prevent degradation of the human spirit and the livability of the planet for all life and future generations.
Eco Report EXTRA is a co-production of WFHB News and Public Affairs and Eco Media Center of Monroe County as part of an ongoing community media collaboration.
This episode was hosted by Zyro Roze and edited by Noelle Herhusky-Schneider.
The music featured in this episode of Eco Report EXTRA:
‘The Song of Buffalo Springs’
by Robert Hoyt
Performed by Wyatt Blankenship (with Andy Mahler leading the crowd chorus)
Performed at a public meeting with Senator Mike Braun at the Orange County Community Center in Paoli, Indiana.
Hello and welcome to Eco-Report.
For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey
And I’m Frank Marshalek
Coming up later in the program, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze has an update on developments regarding regional forest protection efforts in a recent interview with Andy Mahler of Protect Our Woods, following a public meeting in Paoli earlier this week with Senator Mike Braun and the US Forest Service where some two hundred fifty people showed up, with the vast majority of those that rose to speak expressing opposition to the Buffalo Springs log and burn forest plan as it currently stands.
And now for your environmental reports:
- Last week we reported on pesticide use in common produce and listed the Dirty Dozen. This week we list the Clean Fifteen, as analyzed by the USDA and FDA. —Norm Holy
- The Indiana Environmental Reporter provides an update on a very old issue: coal ash. News that toxic waste from the recent Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio would be shipped to a landfill in Roachdale, Indiana has rung alarm bells with everyone from local residents to Gov. Eric Holcomb, who has ordered testing of the waste for possibly dangerous levels of dioxins. —Norm Holy
- The Indiana Capitol Chronicle reports environmental activists decried the legislative process for a bill introduced in the current session, saying it clearly benefited some of the state’s most powerful while harming the average Hoosier.
—Norm Holy - To our dismay, the Indiana House pushed forward a bill reducing the few remaining state wetlands protections. —Julianna Dailey
- Despite scientists’ warnings, House Republicans passed a bill to boost fossil fuels amidst climate crisis. –Norm Holy
- Indiana resembles Kentucky in many ways. Kentucky is dead last in solar or wind power. Indiana is not far behind. —Norm Holy
- And now, Zyro Roze speaks with Andy Mahler of Protect Our Woods, an initiative of the Indiana Forest Alliance.
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Here at EcoReport we are currently looking for reporters, engineers, and segment producers. Our goal is to report facts on how we’re all affected by global climate disruption and the ongoing assaults on our air, land and water. We also celebrate ecologists, tree huggers, soil builders and an assortment of champions who actively protect and restore our natural world, particularly those who are active in south central indiana.
All levels of experience and all ages are welcome, and we provide the training you’ll need. WFHB also offers internships.
To volunteer for Eco-Report, give us a call at (812) 323-1200, or e-mail us at: earth@wfhb.org
And now for some upcoming events:
- Wildflower Weekend is taking place at McCormick’s Creek State Park on Saturday, April 8th, and Sunday, April 9th. Workshops, hikes and fun activities are scheduled each day. To see the full schedule, go to the DNR Calendar website.
Join Anthony at the Donaldson Cave Parking Log in Spring Mill State Park on Saturday, April 8th, from 8 to 9:30 pm for a Full Pink Moon Hike. You will hike Trail 7 which is 2.25 miles long as you learn the history and folklore of the Full Pink Moon. - Join native plant and fungi guru David Mow for a guided tour of Porter West Preserve in Monroe County on Wednesday, April 12th, from 10 am to Noon. This is a Sycamore Land Turst event. To participate, go to sycamorelandtrust.org to register.
- A Salt Creek Wildflower Hike is scheduled at Monroe Lake at the U.S. Army Corps Overlook on Thursday, April 13th, from Noon to 2 pm. It is one of the best locations to see spring wildflowers in bloom at Monroe Lake. It is especially known for its white-blooming Virginia Bluebells. Sign up at bit.ly/saltcreekflowers-2023.
- Join the Bedford Hiking Club for a 5 or 10 K Volksmarch at Morgan-Monroe State Forest on Saturday, April 15th, from 9 am to 1 pm. Contact Teena Ligman at 812-278-0139 to register.
And that wraps up our show for this week.
This week’s headlines were written by Norm Holy, and Julianna Dailey.
Today’s news feature was produced by Zyro Roze and edited by Noelle Herhusky-Schneider
Julianna Dailey assembled the script and was edited by Zyro Roze.
Julianna Dailey compiled our events calendar.
Kade Young and Noelle Herhusky-Schneider produced and engineered today’s show.
For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey.
And I am Frank Marshalek
And this is EcoReport.
She and her husband, Jared Thompson, already own a Bloomington landmark, The Comedy Attic. So when it looked as though another town landmark, the used and rare book shop Caveat Emptor, was about to close, Dayna Thompson stepped in and bought the place. The Thompsons, she jokes, are out to corner the Bloomington market in break-even businesses. Now more than 50 years old, Caveat will remain open for the foreseeable future with a revitalized inventory and a spruced up shop space.
Dayna Thompson and her husband Jared.Hosts Michael Glab and Alex Ashkin chat with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
Welcome to the 75th episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio. Hearabouts is produced by Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center in collaboration with WFHB. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community, and shared assumptions. This episode is produced by Ming Wang and Joanna Kung.
In this episode, we interviewed Toyia Moss, the Safe and City Director for Bloomington, to get a fresh perspective on the role of city government within IU, its students, and the community as a whole. Still reeling from the January hate crime on an Asian student, we discuss how to bridge the gaps between students and the community.
Credits:
Hearabouts is produced by ACC Director Melanie Castillo-Cullather, Ming Wang, Belle Chatpunnarangsee, and Joanna Kung
Our guest is Toyia Moss
Our sound engineer is Joanna Kung
Our theme music is “Eternal Youth” by Rude
Today’s hosts of Bring It On!, William Hosea and Dana Black, spend the hour discussing and analyzing the impacts and implications of the first indictment of a former U.S. President, Donald J. Trump with two recurring Bring It On! guests:
Robin WinstonRobin Winston is a political strategist and former State Democratic Party Chair. In 1999, he made history when he became the first African-American to chair a major political party in Indiana. A native of Pennsylvania, Mr. Winston moved to Kentucky to pursue his education and start a career in business, government, and politics. He is a graduate of the University of Louisville, where he was elected president of the student body.
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Joseph HoffmannIU Emeritus Law Professor Joseph Hoffman is an award-winning scholar and previous holder of the Harry Pratter Professorship, and past recipient of the Law School Gavel Award. He is a nationally recognized authority on the death penalty, he has also written extensively about criminal procedure and habeas corpus law. Hoffmann is co-author of a groundbreaking book on habeas corpus, Habeas for the 21st Century: Uses, Abuses and the Future of the Great Writ (University of Chicago Press, 2011) (with Nancy J. King). He is also a co-author of one of the leading casebooks in criminal procedure law, Comprehensive Criminal Procedure (Aspen 2nd ed. 2005) (with Allen, Livingston, and Stuntz).
Credits:
Today’s hosts are William Hosea and Dana Black.
Bring It On’s executive producer is Clarence Boone.
The assistant producer is Liz Mitchell.
The show consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
The program engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom with additional background tracks by David Baker.
This is Eco Report for Friday, March 31st, 2023.
Later in the program, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze hosted a conversation with Thomas Linzey, Senior Legal Counsel for the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights. Roze and Linzey discuss the environmental attorney’s background, early career, legal triumphs and current court battles to secure civil rights for Ecosystems by conferring personhood to aspects of Nature under the law.
And now for your environmental reports:
Clean Fifteen and The Dirty Dozen: Pesticides in Produce
Photo courtesy of Blue Book Services.U.S. grocery shoppers take note, EcoWatch is reporting on pesticides in produce. The Environmental Working Group released its 2023 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce, with its annual Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen lists of the conventional fruits and vegetables most and least likely to be contaminated with pesticides, and this year’s lists have important new additions.
In particular, blueberries and green beans were both added to the Dirty Dozen, with green beans even testing positive for a neurotoxic insecticide called acephate that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has already banned.
The Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen lists are based on tests of 47,000 samples of 46 fruits and vegetables conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration.
This year’s round of tests uncovered 251 different pesticides on almost 75 percent of non-organic, fresh produce sold in the U.S. The worst offenders — rated by the percent of samples with two or more pesticides, the average number of pesticides per sample, //the average parts per million of pesticides found per sample//, the most pesticides found in one sample of the product or the total number of pesticides across all samples — make up the Dirty Dozen.
In 2023, the Dirty Dozen were: Strawberries, Spinach, Kale, collard and mustard greens, Peaches, Pears, Nectarines, Apples, Grapes, Bell and hot peppers, Cherries, Blueberries, and Green beans.
As a group, the Dirty Dozen tested positive for 210 different pesticides, and at least one sample of each item tested positive for at least 13 pesticides, with some contaminated with up to 23. Strawberries, spinach and the trio of greens have hovered in the top spots for three years in a row. But blueberries and green beans broke with the past when they edged into the last two spots.
The shuffling on the lists partly reflects the fact that the USDA does not test every fruit and vegetable every year. The last time blueberries were tested, in 2014, 81 percent of samples tested positive for pesticides. During 2020’s and 2021’s testing, more than 90 percent of the samples were dusted in detectible pesticide residues.
The two pesticides of greatest concern found on blueberries were phosmet and malathion. These are both a type of insecticide known as an organophosphate. The recently banned chlorpyrifos is another example.
Organophosphates like chlorpyrifos are such a concern because they can be toxic for the brain, harming especially children’s cognitive development. Phosmet, which was found on more than 10 percent of blueberry samples, is currently banned in the European Union. Malathion, which was found on nine percent of samples, is permitted there only in greenhouses.
An organophosphate was also the most alarming pesticide found on green beans, with nearly seven percent of samples testing positive for either acephate or methamidophos, which acephate breaks down into. This despite the fact that the EPA banned acephate for use on green beans in 2011.
Next week we’ll provide the list of the clean 15.
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House Bill 1007 Passes Indiana House of Representatives
A bill that aims to create a statewide energy plan passed the state Senate unanimously on March 21, 2023.
HB1007 requires the state agency that oversees utilities to consider five things in most of its decisions: reliability, affordability, resiliency, stability and environmental sustainability.
The bill also cuts in half the amount of power utilities can buy from the grid during peak demand. That means they’d have to show they can generate about 85 percent of their energy themselves or from contracts with other companies.
It will be interesting to see what happens next. The legislature is promoting small nuclear and carbon capture. They are both very expensive and if adopted, would require a big rate hike. The legislature has been against wind and solar, even though they are both proven and the least expensive options going forward.
Federal Judge Bars U.S. Forest Service from Planned Burns in Hoosier National Forest
Photo courtesy of Visit Bloomington.An injunction Wednesday barring the U.S. Forest Service from beginning planned burns in the Hoosier National Forest this weekend was issued by a Federal Judge.
The US Forest Service was sued by Monroe County Commissioners and the Hoosier Environmental Council and the Indiana Forest Alliance, who stated that the prescribed burns would be occurring near steep slopes that drain into Lake Monroe, one half-hour south of Bloomington. Lake Monroe is the source of drinking water for nearly 150,000 Hoosiers.
Documents submitted to the court contend that these planned burns will “significantly exacerbate the degradation of these waters and threaten public health safety and reactional interests in the Lake Monroe watershed.”
Judge Tanya Walton Pratt, who issued the order, stated that the Forest Serviced failed to take a “hard look” at the consequences of the planned burn.
The Forest Service plans to hold three burns covering 3,500 acres of the Hoosier National Forest this year, with up to 13,000 acres over a 10-to-15-year period as part of the Buffalo Springs Restoration Project that we reported on last week.
This may have some effect on what might be the final Public Input meeting happening on Monday April 3rd, from 1 to 2:30 pm at the Orange County Community Center in Paoli Indiana, where activists and citizens will have access to public officials including Senator Mike Braun who has set up the event in response to grassroots pressure to reconsider the present Forest Plan, to open up the process and consider preferred alternatives submitted by regional environmental groups.
Feature Report:
And now, let’s listen into today’s feature report as Zyro Roze discusses environmental issues with Thomas Linzey, Senior Legal Counsel for the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights.
Photo courtesy of the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights.Upcoming Events:
- Learn about Bloomington’s local frogs during the Frog Songs class at Griffy Lake Nature Preserve on Saturday, April 1st, from 6:30 to 8 pm. Did you know that there are frogs that chirp? Others whistle, croak, ribbit, peep, cluck, bark and grunt. Springtime is a great ime to appreciate the chorus of frog sounds. Sign up at bloomington.IN.gov/parks.
- Learn more about the proposed Buffalo Springs Restoration Project and access Forest Service officials and Senator Mike Braun during a special public input meeting this Monday, April First at the Orange County Community Center, located at 1057 Sandy Hook Rd Ste 2, in Paoli, Indiana 47454. This may be the last opportunity to put forth alternatives and voice opposition to the logging and burning planned for some 13,000 acres of the Hoosier National Forest.
- A “Sky Dance” and Twilight Hike will take place at Beanblossom Bottoms Nature Preserve on Friday, April 7th, from 7 to 8:30 pm. Join guest hike leader and naturalist, Cathy Meyer for an evening of exploration along the boardwalk trails. A chorus of amphibians will be the backdrop as you search for the woodcock’s famous mating ritual, the “sky dance.”
- Take the Full Pink Moon Hike at Brown County State Park on Friday, April 7th, from 8:30 to 10 pm. Join the naturalist for a guided night hike around Lake Ogle to learn the history and folklore of the Full Pink Moon. Trail 7 is considered rugged in the dark and will be muddy in spots.
- Wildflower Weekend will take place at McCormick’s Creek State Park on Friday, April 7th through Sunday, April 9th. Workshops, hikes and fun activities are scheduled each day. To see the full schedule, go to the DNR Calendar website.
Credits:
This week’s headlines were written by Norm Holy and Zyro Roze.
Our feature was prepared and presented by Zyro Roze.
Our script today was assembled by Julianna Dailey and edited by Kade Young and Noelle Herhusky-Schneider.
Julianna Dailey and Zyro Roze compiled our events calendar.
Kade Young produced today’s show and edited the audio.
Tomorrow’s April Fool’s Day, so keep your wits about you!
On today’s Bring It On! broadcast, hosts Clarence Boone and Leila Randle spend the hour with Solange Marcum. Solange provides a very impressive list of cosmetic services while operating under a unique business model as also an instructor & owner of Lash Envy Academy. She joins us this evening to share her remarkable story – a journey to being a successful black businesswoman.
Solange MarcumSolange Marcum is the owner/operator of Lé Esthetics – providing her customers with luxurious spa treatments specializing in customizable eyelash extensions, keratin lash lifts, cosmetic tattooing, Spa Facials, and HydraFacial. As a licensed makeup artist, she offers airbrush and free-hand makeup applications, lash and brow tint, brow lamination, spray tans, waxing, dermaplaning, facials, teeth whitening, teeth jewels, medical peels, body treatments, and more! Lé Esthetics is located at 619 North Morton Street.
Credits:
Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Leila Randle.
Bring It On!’s executive producer is Clarence Boone.
The assistant producer is Liz Mitchell.
The show consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
The program engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom with additional background tracks by David Baker.
In this week’s Eco Report EXTRA, correspondent Zyro Roze gets an in depth update from Steven Stewart, Hoosier National Forest Program Director for the Indiana Forest Alliance (IFA), on the latest developments regarding grassroots activists’ pressure on state officials to rethink the Buffalo Springs Restoration Project to allow more public input, greater agency transparency and fuller assessment of economic and environmental impacts of proposed increases in logging and prescribed burning over hundreds of thousands of acres of Indiana forest lands.
Steven puts forth a call for considering a compromise between the all or nothing options thus far put forth, as IFA seeks to secure bipartisan support for broadening the topics included when planning how to manage public forests in light of climate change, with thought toward endangered species, water quality challenges and local economies built on nature tourism and outdoor recreation. Topics touched on are upcoming events, organizations with campaigns to change the current forest plan, the ecosystem services provided by our state’s remaining forests, preserving wildlife habitat, protecting some of the cleanest water sources left from erosion and chemical treatments, other examples of similar forest management in the region, differences from other areas of the country, and ways for citizens to voice their opposition and get involved in shaping a better framework going forward.
Eco Report Correspondent Zyro Roze talks with Kelly Conaway of Drift Botanicals, a green business specializing in a new model; reusable, refillable glass bottles of natural cleaners with an emphasis on safe, organic ingredients and local production. They explore the reasons for avoiding conventional cleaners, including plastic pollution, health hazards and water contamination.
Conaway shares her experience growing up on a lake in Northern Indiana and explains why she started a green cleaning company, detailing the development and practices of Drift Botanicals, the outgrowth of her home cleaning and compassionate decluttering service.
Her tips on Green Spring Cleaning include looking up one’s products on the Environmental Working Group’s ranking information on household chemicals.
This is a rebroadcast from May 30, 2021:
In today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, talk about the history of black women in the military. From the Revolutionary War to present-day conflicts, women have proudly served in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard as nurses, pilots, engineers, soldiers and other specialties. During World War I, about 35,000 women officially served as nurses and support staff. Nonetheless, many black women also broke barriers while serving in the U.S. Military. These women worked on the front lines or supported U.S. soldiers and civilian employees.
Dr. Alfreda R. CarmichaelCarrying on with this fine tradition of service are two remarkable women of color with whom we have the pleasure of speaking this evening. They are Dr. Alfreda R. Carmichael, who enlisted in the United States Air Force and was a Contract Specialist. While in the military, she deployed to multiple locations, including Iraq’s combat deployment. Dr. Carmichael served as the First Female President of Montford Point Marine Association Chapter 10. She is currently the National Treasurer and National Scholarship Director for National Montford Point Marine Association.
Joining her is Takishia Smiley, who joined the United States Marine Corps, and served 21 years and 5 months as a CWO-3 Supply Operations Professional in automated supply systems and logistic initiatives. She has over 26 years of experience in Supply Chain Management and Distribution Information Management. She is currently the Director at the National Museum of the Montford Point Marine.
Credits:
Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell.
Bring It On’s Executive Producer is Clarence Boone.
Tonight’s Assistant Producer is Liz Mitchell.
The show consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
Program Engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom, with additional background tracks by David Baker.
As the Vernal Equinox approaches and folks begin to clear clutter and refresh their homes, Eco Report correspondent Zyro Roze asks Kelly Conaway, proprietor of Drift Botanicals about her reasons for starting a green cleaning company and what tips she might give for nontoxic, environmentally responsible options for Green Spring Cleaning…
That’s coming up later in the program.
And now for your environmental reports:
A new invasion is beginning to happen in Indiana.
Purdue University is warning Indiana residents to be on the lookout for an invasive species of worm in their yards this spring.
—Julianna Dailey
The power of the fossil fuel industry is confirmed by the plans in the infrastructure funding. There are billions available for carbon sequestration.
—Norm Holy
Are you thinking about purchasing an electric vehicle, but not sure which gives you enough battery to meet your needs? While the EV charging network in the U.S. is quickly expanding, many drivers have been hesitant to make the switch to fully electric vehicles, for fear of becoming stranded with a car that has run out of juice. But a new study hopes to ease those concerns by showing consumers which EVs could work best for their needs.
—Norm Holy
EcoWatch reports the EPA proposes the ‘strongest ever’ standards for keeping coal plant pollution out of U.S. waterways.—Norm Holy
An area the size of Indiana on the north shore of Alaska is possibly the next big petroleum drilling boon. Environmentalists are against the project.
—Norm Holy
And now, we join Zyro Roze discussing green cleaning methods, how to avoid toxic products, and plastic packaging with Kelly Conaway, owner of Drift Botanicals.
-Zyro Rose
Here at EcoReport we are currently looking for reporters, engineers, and segment producers. Our goal is to report facts on how we’re all affected by global climate disruption and the ongoing assaults on our air, land and water. We also celebrate ecologists, tree huggers, soil builders and an assortment of champions who actively protect and restore our natural world, particularly those who are active in south central indiana.
All levels of experience and all ages are welcome, and we provide the training you’ll need. W-F-H-B also offers internships.
To volunteer for Eco-Report, give us a call at (812) 323-1200, or
e-mail us at: Earth at W-F-H-B dot O-R-G.
And now for some upcoming events:
- Come to Spring Mill State Park on Saturday, March 18th, between 10 and 10:30 am for Snake Talk. With the warmer weather, snakes will be coming out. Meet at the Lakeview Activity Center to learn about Indiana snakes while visiting with 2 of the parks resident snakes.
- The popular Cave River Valley Hike will take place at Spring Mill State Park on Saturday, March 18th, from 1 to 3 pm. You will be able to explore this beautiful, primitive property managed by Spring Mill. This is a very rugged hike and you will need waterproof shoes and a hiking stick. You will meet at the Donaldson Cave parking lot then travel by car to the site. Please sign up a day in advance to 812-849-3534 or go to sbelt@dnr.in.gov.
- Learn about Backyard Birds at McCormick’s Creek State Park on Saturday, March 25th at 10 am in the Nature Center. Watch the birds at the feeders as you learn about Indiana’s birds and how to feed them and not the racoons.
- Learn all about the Woodpeckers of Indiana at Brown County State Park on Saturday, March 25th, from 11 to 11:45 am. Join radio personality, Don Glass, who is a park expert, bird enthusiast, and NPR’s “Moment of Science” show host, for a presentation and discussion about Indiana’s seven species of native woodpeckers.
- Join a park naturalist at Brown County State Park on Saturday, March 25th from 2 to 3 pm to learn about Creek Critters. Borrow a net and a jar for creek exploration and find small, water-dwelling wildlife. Learn how these creatures affect the health of Indiana’s waterways.
This week’s headlines were written by Norm Holy, and Julianna Dailey
Our feature was prepared and presented by Zyro Roze.
Our script today was assembled by Julianna Dailey and edited by Kade Young and Noelle Herhusky-Schneider.
Julianna Dailey compiled our events calendar.
Noelle Herhusky-Schneider produced today’s show and edited the audio.
For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey and we wish you a Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
And I’m Frank Marshalek
And this is EcoReport.
He turned his successful real estate business into something akin to a service ministry back in 2004. Since then, Don Griffin Jr. has become a key player in the community, serving on numerous boards and even being named deputy mayor in 2021. He encountered a townful of problems, including a flood, the ongoing pandemic, and the usual array of ills and emergencies every city, small or large, must confront. Our discussion with Griffin is the third in our series with the 2023 mayoral candidates.
Hosts Michael Glab and Alex Ashkin chat with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
Gloria Howell and Maqubé Reese are the hosts of today’s show. Throughout March, to commemorate Women’s History Month, each new show will be hosted by women. Gloria Howell is the director of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center. Maqubé Reese is an academic advisor with the Groups Scholars Program and consults with incoming Groups Scholars on topics like the courses they should take their first semester, helping guide the first steps of their college experience.
Last Tuesday, the Monroe County Community School Board approved an anti-racism policy, after deciding not to vote on it during last month’s meeting. A student equity ambassador group created last fall helped draft the policy with school administrators. The district also received support from The Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center. Four of the student equity ambassadors were also S.W.A.G.G.E.R. (Students Who Act Generously, Grow, and Earn Respect) award recipients in the 9th-12th grade category. They are Sydney Crossley, Sabrah Wagner, Jael Davis, and Saphyne Franklin. They displayed exceptional leadership in social justice activism by advocating for an anti-racism policy to be included in the MCCSC student handbook.
Jael Davis, Equity AmbassadorRuth Aydt, Monroe Cty NAACP MemberDistrict leaders made several changes to the policy since its first reading in December because of feedback from the community, including changing the policy’s name from a Racial Equity Policy to an Anti-Racism Policy. The revised policy includes a commitment that the district will introduce plans to track and enforce the policy’s objectives as soon as possible. Joining us this evening to unpack the new anti-racism policy are student equity ambassadors Sydney Crossley and Jael Davis. Also, joining us is Ruth Aydt, a concerned citizen who joined the Monroe County Branch of the NAACP in 2018, initially working on a report on Race and Criminal Justice in Monroe County.
Maqubé ReeseGloria HowellCredit:
The hosts of today’s show are Gloria Howell and Maqubé Reese.
Bring It On’s executive producer is Clarence Boone.
Our assistant producer is Liz Mitchell.
The Show consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
The program engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom with additional background tracks by David Baker.
Coming up later in today’s feature report, Eco Report correspondent ZYRO ROZE sat down with Woodie BESSLER and Anne HEDIN, both members of the Center for Sustainable Living or C-S-L, to talk about their efforts to promote renewable energy alternatives and ways to make solar power more affordable and accessible for local low-income households.
SIREN and Solar For All are projects under C.S.L’s umbrella nonprofit.
And now for your environmental reports:
- Only Louisiana and Nevada have worse air quality than Indiana. One of the issues that has evolved in Louisiana is whether there is a greater risk of cancer downwind of the refineries. —Norm Holy
There is a comparable story about air pollution along the Ohio River. Of the many contributions to this issue, a publication by The Sierra Club in 2016 stands out. —Norm Holy
Indiana has the 10th highest rate of brain and central nervous system tumors among children in the country, according to the American Childhood Cancer Organization. Considering all ages, according to the CDC, Indiana ranks number 7 in cancer death rates. —Norm Holy - To help increase mussel populations, The Nature Conservancy is partnering with the Muncie Bureau of Water Quality and the Indianapolis Zoo to construct the first mussel-rearing facility in Indiana. —Julianna Dailey
- Landowners, homeowners and farmers in Monroe, Brown, and Jackson counties may be eligible for up to $10,000 to help pay for actions they take to reduce the erosion and pollution that could possibly end up in Lake Monroe. —Carol Kugler, Bloomington Herald-Times
- Reuters reports a federal appeals court on Friday rejected a challenge to a Biden administration regulation requiring reductions in pollution that blows across state lines by power companies that allege the new rule will cost them hundreds of millions of dollars. –Norm Holy
And now, we now join Zyro Roze and his conversation with Woodie Bessler and Anne Hedin on the inception and facets of the Center for Sustainable Living solar initiatives
Here at EcoReport we are currently looking for reporters, engineers, and segment producers. Our goal is to report facts on how we’re all affected by global climate disruption and the ongoing assaults on our air, land and water. We also celebrate ecologists, tree huggers, soil builders and an assortment of champions who actively protect and restore our natural world, particularly those who are active in south central indiana.
All levels of experience and all ages are welcome, and we provide the training you’ll need. W-F-H-B also offers internships.
To volunteer for Eco-Report, give us a call at (812) 323-1200, or
e-mail us at: Earth at W-F-H-B dot O-R-G.
And now for some upcoming events:
- Take a Morning Lake Hike at Spring Mill State Park on Saturday, March 11th, from 9 to 10 am. Meet Anthony at the Lakeview Activity Center for a hike around the lake on Trail 5 which is partially rugged. On the hike you will learn the history of the lake and park.
- Learn all about the Woodpeckers of Indiana at Brown County State Park on Saturday, March 11th, from 3 to 3:45 pm. Join radio personality, Don Glass, who is a park expert, bird enthusiast, and NPR’s “Moment of Science” show host, for a presentation and discussion about Indiana’s seven species of native woodpeckers.
- The “Going Green” Spring Hike at the Fairfax State Recreation Area at Monroe Lake is scheduled for Friday, March 17th, from 1:30 to 3:30 pm. Honor St. Patrick’s Day and the upcoming Spring Equinox on a 2.5 mile hike along the Homestead Loop Trail. You will be looking for signs of spring while enjoying the air and beauty of early spring. Sign up at bit.ly/goinggreenhike2023.
- Come to Spring Mill State Park on Saturday, March 18th, between 10 and 10:30 am for Snake Talk. With the warmer weather, snakes will be coming out. Meet at the Lakeview Activity Center to learn about Indiana snakes while visiting with 2 of the parks resident snakes.
- The popular Cave River Valley Hike will take place at Spring Mill State Park on Saturday, March 18th, from 1 to 3 pm. You will be able to explore this beautiful, primitive property managed by Spring Mill. This is a very rugged hike and you will need waterproof shoes and a hiking stick. You will meet at the Donaldson Cave parking lot then travel by car to the site. Please sign up a day in advance to 812-849-3534 or go to sbelt@dnr.in.gov.EcoReport is brought to you in part by M-P-I Solar, a Bloomington business specializing in solar hot water, solar electricity and solar hot air systems. M-P-I Solar designs and installs solar power generation systems that encourage independence and individual responsibility. Found locally at 812-334-4003 and on the Web at
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This week’s headlines were written by Norm Holy, Carol Kugler with the Bloomington Herald-Times, and Julianna Dailey
Our feature was prepared and presented by Zyro Roze.
Our script today was assembled by Julianna Dailey and edited by Kade Young and Noelle Herhusky-Schneider.
Julianna Dailey compiled our events calendar.
Kade Young produced today’s show and edited the audio.
Welcome to the 74th episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio. Hearabouts is produced by Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center in collaboration with WFHB. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community, and shared assumptions. This episode is produced by Belle Chatpunnarangsee, Joanna Kung, and Ming Wang.
In this episode, we interviewed Mind Pao-in to gain her perspective on her experiences as a leader on-campus. We also tackled how intersectionality between being an Asian female affects how people think and live out their lives, both in the US and in Thailand.
Credits:
Hearabouts is produced by ACC Director Melanie Castillo-Cullather, Ming Wang, Belle Chatpunnarangsee, and Joanna Kung
Our guest is Mind Pao-in
Our sound engineer is Joanna Kung
Our theme music is “Eternal Youth” by Rude
Gloria Howell and Maqubé Reese are the hosts of today’s show. Throughout March, to commemorate Women’s History Month, each new show will be hosted by women. Gloria Howell is the director of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center. Maqubé Reese is an academic advisor with the Groups Scholars Program and consults with incoming Groups Scholars on topics like the courses they should take their first semester, helping guide the first steps of their college experience.
Last Tuesday, the Monroe County Community School Board approved an anti-racism policy, after deciding not to vote on it during last month’s meeting. A student equity ambassador group created last fall helped draft the policy with school administrators. The district also received support from The Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center. Four of the student equity ambassadors were also S.W.A.G.G.E.R. (Students Who Act Generously, Grow, and Earn Respect) award recipients in the 9th-12th grade category. They are Sydney Crossley, Sabrah Wagner, Jael Davis, and Saphyne Franklin. They displayed exceptional leadership in social justice activism by advocating for an anti-racism policy to be included in the MCCSC student handbook.
Jael Davis, Equity AmbassadorRuth Aydt, Monroe Cty NAACP MemberDistrict leaders made several changes to the policy since its first reading in December because of feedback from the community, including changing the policy’s name from a Racial Equity Policy to an Anti-Racism Policy. The revised policy includes a commitment that the district will introduce plans to track and enforce the policy’s objectives as soon as possible. Joining us this evening to unpack the new anti-racism policy are student equity ambassadors Sydney Crossley and Jael Davis. Also, joining us is Ruth Aydt, a concerned citizen who joined the Monroe County Branch of the NAACP in 2018, initially working on a report on Race and Criminal Justice in Monroe County.
Maqubé ReeseGloria HowellCredit:
The hosts of today’s show are Gloria Howell and Maqubé Reese.
Bring It On’s executive producer is Clarence Boone.
Our assistant producer is Liz Mitchell.
The Show consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
The program engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom with additional background tracks by David Baker.
Welcome to Prescription for Healthcare, a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana, broadcasting the second Thursday of every month as part of the Local News at 5:20 PM.
This month is part 2 of our interview with Rep. Matt Pierce D-Bloomington explaining what our state legislature is considering in terms of regulating hospitals and decreasing healthcare costs for Hoosiers.
State Rep. Matt Pierce web site Rep. Pierce’s bill HB 1472
Follow Medicare for All Indiana on our Facebook page.
Medicare for All Indiana is the Indiana Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program
“If Not Now, Tell Me When” by Carrie Newcomer is used with permission.
Coming up later in today’s feature report, Enrique Saenz with the Indiana Environmental Reporter, will discuss the Indiana legal effort to reduce the types of waterways that fall under federal protection.
And now for your environmental reports:
- Every year there’s a great opportunity to see thousands of snow geese and sandhill cranes at Goose Pond, located on the south side of Linton. This year’s event was held February 24th and 25th.
- The state of Indiana is now part of a legal effort to reduce the types of waterways that fall under federal protection instead of often-more-lenient state regulations.
- The Indiana Environmental Reporter has some good news regarding coal ash pits. Since the state has done almost nothing to force cleanup, the feds may step in. The Environmental Protection Agency’s ‘plans to‘ possibly close a loophole in pollution regulations could have huge benefits for the state in the fight against toxic coal ash.
- WTIU reports that Indiana could lose the authority to control its air pollution if the state doesn’t increase fees for companies that pollute. Senate Bill 155 aims to keep that authority in the hands of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
- The good news is, air pollution in Indiana — and around the country — has gone down in the past few decades. The bad news is, the fees that companies pay to pollute are what keeps the state’s air permitting program running. With less pollution, it’s struggling to stay afloat.
- Indiana lawmakers heard testimony in support of a bi-partisan bill to establish a statewide climate solutions task force, but the legislation stalled after the chairman of the Senate’s Environmental Affairs Committee declined to call it for a vote.
- Fox 59 reports some of the contaminated material from the East Palestine train wreck is making its way to Indiana. The Environmental Protection Agency announced that two new hazardous waste sites will receive some of the shipments — an incinerator in Grafton, Ohio, and a landfill in Roachdale, Indiana.
- While parts of the West and Northern US have faced winter storms with blizzard conditions and significant snowfall, much of the rest of the country is experiencing a summer-like heat that has never been felt before during the month of February.
- How much has Indiana warmed over the past several years? One measure of change is to refer to plant hardiness zones over time. The zones have been moving north at the rate of 13 miles per decade since 1990. Thus, Bloomington now has a climate like that of northern Kentucky in 1990. The global temperatures are increasing faster than ever and there is every reason to predict that Monroe County will be in a 7a hardiness zone by 2050.
- The New York Times reports Living Carbon, a biotechnology company, hopes its seedlings can help manage climate change. But wider use of its trees may be elusive.
Feature Report:
And now, Enrique Saenz with the Indiana Environmental Reporter, will report on the Indiana legal effort to reduce the types of waterways that fall under federal protection.
And now for some upcoming events:
“Goose Pond Reads Leopold” will take place on Saturday, March 4th, from 9 to 11 am at the Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area. Meet in the Visitors Center for a free reading of A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold by the Linton Public Library staff. Coffee and tea will be served while you listen and enjoy the panoramic view of Goose Pond.
Enjoy a Bluebird Nesting Box Workshop at Spring Mill State Park on Saturday, March 4th, from 10 am to Noon. While building your box you will learn all about our native Eastern Bluebirds. Advanced registration is required. Contact Sheree Belt at sbelt@dnr.IN.gov.
Take a Full Moon Hike at Brown County State Park on Saturday, March 4th, from 7 to 8:30 pm. The park naturalist will guide you on a night hike around Ogle Lake while you learn all the history and folklore of the Full Worm Moon. Trail 7 is moderate but may be rugged at night. Bring red flashlights for night vision.
Nature is the ultimate zero-waste guide, and you will get to learn as much as possible at the Recycle That! Information session on Sunday, March 5th, from 2 to 3:30 pm at the Winslow Woods Park. You will explore how nature recycles its resources and how we can better recycle our own waste. Register at bloomington.IN.gov/parks.
Take a Morning Lake Hike at Spring Mill State Park on Saturday, March 11th, from 9 to 10 am. Meet Anthony at the Lakeview Activity Center for a hike around the lake on Trail 5 which is partially rugged. On the hike you will learn the history of the lake and park.
Credits:
This week’s headlines were written by Norm Holy.
Our feature was prepared and presented by Enrique Saenz with the Indiana Environmental Reporter.
Our script today was assembled by Julianna Dailey and edited by Kade Young.
Julianna Dailey compiled our events calendar.
Kade Young produced today’s show and edited the audio.
Om tonight’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and William Hosea, spend the hour with Professor Joseph Hoffman (emeritus) to assess the current state of U.S. politics.
Our current national politics can best be described as a 3-ring circus. Here on Bring It On! we are not at a loss for topics to discuss. There are Trump’s latest legal woes; a proposed “National Divorce” by GOP poster-child Marjorie Taylor Green; the release of over 44,000 hours of surveillance footage of the January 6th insurrection to FOX news by Speaker Kevin McCarthy and a couple of U.S. Supreme Court cases addressing social media, and North Carolina election laws. And let’s not forget a multi-billion-dollar defamation lawsuit against FOX news network. Here to help us decipher the legal implications in the political- sphere is Indiana University Law Professor Joseph Hoffman, an award-winning scholar and Harry Pratter Professor of Law Emeritus, and past recipient of the Law School Gavel Award.
Credits:
Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and William Hosea.
Bring It On!’s executive producer is Clarence Boone.
Our assistant producer is William Hosea.
The show consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
The program engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom with additional background tracks by David Baker.
This is a rebroadcast from July 18, 2023:
In today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour with Leon Bates, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Pan African Studies, at the University of Louisville, KY. He focuses on Urban History (i.e. Education, Housing, Labor, Medicine, Policing, Violence), and the Intersection of Race. Today he explores the life and times of Lt. Col. Joseph H. Ward (1872-1956).
Ward was an African American surgeon, hospital administrator, and World War I veteran. Ward established and operated a hospital for black patients when they were barred from treatment elsewhere. He was a medical trailblazer and early American Legion member whose achievements – decades before the civil-rights movement – have been largely forgotten.
Credits:
Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell.
Bring It On’s Executive Producer is Clarence Boone.
Tonight’s Assistant Producer is Liz Mitchell.
The Show Consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
The Program Engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom, with additional background tracks by David Baker.
HEADLINESAll Stories by Norm Holy
Toppled trees can tell the story of a windswept landscape, if only people know how to tune in. Now, researchers are reading the roughness of hillsides to learn about winds blasting in the past.
Unlike Indiana, some states have plans on how to become carbon-free by 2050. According to Inside Climate Change, this is happening with remarkable speed. Most recently, Minnesota lawmakers have passed a bill requiring 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2040.
Environmental Action reports the plastics industry and the American Chemistry Council are pushing legislation in Congress that would reclassify incineration as “advanced recycling.” Classifying plastic incinerators as “advanced recycling” would allow them to avoid Clean Air Act requirements, taking an insidious part of our waste disposal and sweeping it under the rug.”
The Audubon Society reports on a recent assessment of bird populations by the North American Bird Conservation Initiative. They have tracked the health of breeding birds in habitats across the nation over the past five decades.
The New York Times reports many American consumers are now eligible to save thousands of dollars when they buy an electric car, heat pump, solar panels or energy-efficient appliances. Those savings kicked in this year as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, major legislation that aims to cut planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.
Locutora, Minerva Sosa, entrevista a Anna Mueller, Investigadora Principal, Mundos Sociales y Estudios de Bienestar Juvenil. Ella dice algunos consejos para escuchar cuando alguien comparte información sobre las dificultades que están pasando y nos hablan sobre sus emociones. Ella nos dice las maneras de responder cuando alguien que está compartiendo sus emociones, y comparte sobre las maneras como deberíamos responder.
Host, Minerva Sosa, interviews Anna Mueller, Principal Investigator, Social Worlds & Youth Well-Being Study. Anna shares tips to listen when someone shares information about the difficulties that they are going through and tells us about their emotions. She tells us the ways to respond when someone is sharing their emotions, and shares the ways we should respond.
She moved to Bloomington in 1997 and quickly established herself as a player in the city. As CEO of the local Habitat for Humanity operation, Thomson gained firsthand experience in housing, capital development, and the interplay between government offices and constituents. She’s been the executive director of Indiana University’s Center for Rural Engagement since 2018 and now hopes to win the Democratic nomination for mayor in this spring’s primary.
Hosts Michael Glab and Alex Ashkin chat with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
Welcome to the 73rd episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio. Hearabouts is produced by Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center in collaboration with WFHB. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community, and shared assumptions. This episode is produced by Joanna Kung and Ming Wang.
In this episode, we asked Katelyn Wu, Audrey Lee, and Parnashi Banyopadhyay to share their experiences about helping organize the February 4th rally in support of Asians and Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders. Specifically, we touched on topics of inclusivity, equity, connections, and activism.
Credits:
Hearabouts is produced by ACC Director Melanie Castillo-Cullather, Ming Wang, Belle Chatpunnarangsee, and Joanna Kung
Our guests are Katelyn Wu, Audrey Lee, and Parnashi Banyopadhyay
Our sound engineer is Joanna Kung
Our theme music is “Eternal Youth” by Rude
Josefa Madrigal, entrevista a coach de salud, Diana Rojas. Coach Diana Rojas nos dice sobre los principios básicos para una buena nutrición. Escuche sobre las recomendaciones cuando se trata de tener una vida saludable. Escuche de los tipos de alimentos que debería alejarse y entérese del porciento de comida que deberíamos consumir. Por cuestión a nuestra vida ocupada, coach Diana también nos da ‘tips’ para aquellas personas que no tienen tiempo de cocinar pero que si puedan consumir una buena alimentación. Los alimentos que podemos comprar para hacer más fácil, preparar nuestra comida en antipocado en baches, y cambiar los acompañamientos para que sea algo diferente.
Josefa Madrigal, interviews health coach, Diana Rojas. Coach Diana Rojas tells us about the basic principles for good nutrition. Hear about the types of foods you should stay away from and find out the percentage of food we should be consuming. As a matter of our busy life, Coach Diana also gives us ‘tips’ for those who do not have time to cook but who can still consume a good diet. The foods we can buy to make it easier, prepare our food in anticipation of bumps, and change the accompaniments to make it something different.
On today’s edition of Bring It On!, guest hosts Liz Mitchell and Gloria Howell spend the hour with Monroe County Sheriff Ruben Martè and Monroe County Councilor and co-member of the Community Justice Reform Committee Jennifer Crossly.
Ruben Martè,Although being sworn in as Sheriff for just a little over a month, two incidents have already occurred within the Monroe County Jail. The most recent altercation resulted in the firing of a correctional officer. In an unrelated matter, Sheriff Martè recently made a graphic and riveting presentation on the deplorable conditions of the Monroe County Jail to the Community Justice Reform Committee.
Jennifer CrossleyCiting the jail conditions, Sheriff Martè stated that his department is not moving too fast in its approach, citing the urgent need to improve the current facility while also investing in a new one. Quoting him now, “When I see something like that, that is throughout the jail, I cannot go slow,” Marté further said. “We have a recipe that can really take off in that jail, if we give them time.” Monroe County Sheriff Ruben Martè, and Monroe County Councilor and co-member of the Community Justice Reform Committee Jennifer Crossley joins the program today to shed more light upon the situation.
Gloria HowellCredits:
Today’s hosts are Liz Mitchell and Gloria Howell.
Bring It On’s executive producer is Clarence Boone.
Our assistant producer is Liz Mitchell.
The show consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
The program engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom with additional background tracks by David Baker.
Liz Mitchell
HEADLINESIndyStar reports that every year when the list of new bills for the Indiana legislative session posts, Hoosiers may feel dizzy with deja vu.
—Norm Holy
The House Environmental Affairs Committee: 200 W. Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204. You are encouraged to write to them expressing your desire to see changes in Indiana regarding the environment and climate change.
—Julianna Dailey
When coal is burned, it produces a by-product called coal ash. Coal ash needs to be stored somewhere, and Indiana has more coal ash ponds than any other state in the country.
—Julianna Dailey
More than 100 coal ash waste sites, many unregulated, sit just feet from the Great Lakes, raising concerns for nearby communities and the 30 million people who rely on the lakes for drinking water.
—Norm Holy
Inside Climate Change reports that a coal-fired plant near Gillette, Wyoming stands alone in the nation on one measure of economic viability—a positive distinction for that plant, but a damning one for coal-fired electricity in general.
—Norm Holy
Exxon’s annual profit for 2022 reached $55.7 billion, the company reported, with Chevron posting a net profit of $36.5 billion for the year.
—Norm Holy
CNN reported that the nationwide sales of electric vehicles (EV) for 2022 was 5.6 percent of the total market. This represents substantial growth in EV sales.
—Norm Holy
CALENDAR
| The next Winter Hike Series at Brown County State Park will be about Wildfire Ecology on Saturday, February 11th, from 11 am to 1:30 pm. Brown County State Park has its own wildfire burn every year. You will learn about the burn area, wildfire ecology, wildland firefighting strategies and the effect the fire has on the park. The hike is about 3 miles long and very rugged. Dress for the weather and meet at the Nature Center. | | Learn how to build your own radio telescope at the Do-It-Yourself Hydrogen Line Radio Astronomy class at the Switchyard Park, picnic shelter from 7:45 to 8:45 pm on Saturday, February 11th. You will be using easily obtainable materials. And, maybe you will get to see the rare “green comet” with your very own telescope. Dress for the weather. Sign up at bloomington.IN.gov/parks. | | The 22nd Annual Great Backyard Bird Count will be held Friday, February 15 through Monday, February, 18. All you have to do is count birds for as little as 15 minutes or as long as you want during the 4-day event. Go to the official website at birdcount.org for more information. | | The Community Gardening Organization will have their next gardening class on Planting for a Rainy Day: How to Build Gardens with Stormwater in Mind on Wednesday, February 15th, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the Allison-Jukebox Community Center. Learn how to beautify your home and provide wildlife habitat while reducing the flow of stormwater into storm drains. Sign up at bloomington.IN.gov/parks. | | Enjoy a Winter Tree ID Workshop at Spring Mill State Park on Thursday, February 16th, from 6 to 8 pm. The White River Forestry Committee will discuss trees in southern Indiana. Learn how to identify trees in winter without the benefit of leaves using form, twigs, bark and branching character. Reservations are required at tdligman@att.net or call Teena at 812-278-0139. |
We’ve invited all the declared candidates for Bloomington mayor in the 2023 municipal election to appear on Big Talk. First up, long-time Bloomington city council member Susan Sandberg. A self-described FDR Democrat, Sandberg has served during the mayoral administrations of both Mark Kruzan and John Hamilton. Now, she hopes to leave her own mark on the city. Stayed tuned to WFHB and Big Talk for more editions featuring mayoral candidates before the 2023 municipal primary, May 2nd.
Hosts Michael Glab and Alex Ashkin chat with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
Welcome to the 72nd episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio. Hearabouts is produced by Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center in collaboration with WFHB. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community and shared assumptions. This episode is produced by Joanna Kung and Ming Wang.
In this episode we interview Jasmine Fan, a sophomore at IU, to share her experience about celebrating Lunar New Year in Taiwan and America. In our conversation, we focus on the various traditions and origins that may differ among families and cultures.
Credits:
Hearabouts is produced by ACC Director Melanie Castillo-Cullather, Ming Wang, Belle Chatpunnarangsee, and Joanna Kung
Our guest is Jasmine Fan
Our sound engineer is Joanna Kung
Our theme music is “Eternal Youth” by Rude
Malcolm Abrams, Editor and Publisher of Bloom MagazineOn today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour with Malcolm Abrams, the editor and publisher of Bloom Magazine. He discusses his passion for publishing Bloom and why he is driven to showcase the diversity and richness that is Bloomington.
Bloom Magazine is a bimonthly culture and lifestyle magazine published in Bloomington. Founded in 2005 by editor and publisher Malcolm Abrams, Bloom is an independent and free magazine, which highlights and promotes inclusion and diversity in every issue. Within its pages, peppered with high-quality photography, readers learn about Bloomington’s, local community, the arts, entertainment, food and wine, fashion and shopping, health and fitness, and business and finance.
This month marks their 100th publication, which is an achievement for an individual with a lengthy career in news and print. Abrams worked for Rupert Murdoch as vice president/editorial director of Murdoch Business Magazines, where he was responsible for twenty publications including Travel Weekly, Meetings & Conventions, and Business and Commercial Aviation. Abrams is also the co-author of “Future Stuff,” and its sequel, “More Future Stuff,” both published by Viking Penguin.
Credits:
Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell.
Bring It On!’s Executive Producer is Clarence Boone.
Tonight’s Assistant Producer is Liz Mitchell.
Show Consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
Program Engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom, with additional background tracks by David Baker.
Welcome to Prescription for Healthcare, a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana, broadcasting the second Thursday of every month as part of the Local News at 5:20 PM.
This month we interview Rep. Matt Pierce representing District 61 Bloomington in the Indiana legislature where he has served since 2002. We talk about health legislation being considered this session that could change the way hospitals set their prices. We will continue the conversation in Part 2 aired next month.
State Rep. Matt Pierce web site Rep. Pierce’s bill HB 1472
Follow Medicare for All Indiana on our Facebook page.
Medicare for All Indiana is the Indiana Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program
“If Not Now, Tell Me When” by Carrie Newcomer is used with permission.
HEADLINESAll Stories by Norm Holy
A new study of more than 80 refineries raises serious concerns about the wastewater they are pumping into lakes and rivers across the U.S. One of those polluters is BP’s Whiting Refinery in northwest Indiana.
A study found that textbooks’ coverage of climate change expanded from 1970 to 2019, but that the increase was inconsistent and that the books had failed to keep pace with the volume of new scientific research on the topic, especially in the last 20 years.
Inside Climate News reports that scientists have known for years that the Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the world—nearly four times faster, according to a recent study.
After years of research on the Greenland ice sheet scientists reported in the journal Nature that temperatures there have been the warmest in at least the last 1,000 years – the longest amount of time their ice cores could be analyzed to.
The New York Times reports the Biden administration announced Wednesday that it has banned logging and road-building on about nine million acres of the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska, aiming to settle a two-decade battle over the fate of North America’s largest temperate rainforest.
A news release by the University of Minnesota shows the importance of wolves in maintaining moose populations. Twenty-three percent of collared moose that died in Northeastern Minnesota over the past 15 years were infected with a brain worm parasite transmitted by white-tailed deer.
CALENDAR
| The Brown County State Park Hike Series continues with a “The Lake That Never Was” Hike on Saturday, February 4th, from 11 am to 1:30 pm. You will learn about Taylor Hollow Lake, a lake that was started but never finished. The hike is about 2.5 miles long and is very rugged. Lots of steep climbs with ruts and several creek crossings. Dress for the weather and wear waterproof boots. Meet at the Nature Center. | | Take the Full Snow Moon Hike at Spring Mill State Park on Saturday, February 4th, from 8 to 9:30 pm. Join Anthony for a 1-mile hike on Trail 1 and 4 to learn all the history and folklore of the Full Snow Moon. Meet at the Lakeview Activity Center. | | Enjoy the next Winter Exploration Hike on Nebo Ridge at Monroe Lake on Wednesday, February 8th, beginning at 1 pm. These hikes include off-trail hiking into lesser-known areas. They are exploratory with no “set” path. The terrain can be rugged and there are no toilet facilities. Sign up at bit.ly/weh-feb8-2023. | | The next Winter Hike Series at Brown County State Park will be about Wildfire Ecology on Saturday, February 11th, from 11 am to 1:30 pm. Brown County State Park has its own wild fire burn every year. You will learn about the burn area, wildfire ecology, wildland firefighting strategies and the effect the fire has on the park. The hike is about 3 miles long and very rugged. Dress for the weather and meet at the Nature Center. |
Israel Herrera entrevista a el Sheriff (alguacil) Ruben Marté sobre sus experiencias dúrate la temporada de las elecciones. Comparte una de sus metas que es poder tener más empleados que sean diversos. Además, Sheriff marte nos dice que el planea pasar más tiempo con deputéis y con la comunidad para ganar confianza y seguridad.
Actualmente la cárcel local no está en buenas condiciones. Sheriff Marté dijo que el edificio está obsoleto y que hay planes en obras para una nueva cárcel en los próximos años. También, Sheriff Marté nos habla sobre la posible nueva ubicación de la cárcel. Tener una cárcel grande es tener la posibilidad de tener un lugar donde se pueden tener programas de consumo de drogas, programas sociales, certificado culinario, entrenamiento para buscar trabajo y prepararse para la sociedad entre otro más.
Israel Herrera interviews Sheriff Ruben Marté about his experiences during the election season. He shares one of his goals, which is to be able to have more diverse employees. In addition, Sheriff Marté tells us that he plans to spend more time with deputies and with the community to gain confidence and security.
Currently the local jail is not in good condition. Sheriff Marté said the building is outdated and plans are underway for a new jail in the next few years. Also, Sheriff Marté tells us about the possible new location of the jail. Having a large jail is having the possibility of having a place where you can have drug consumption programs, social programs, culinary certificate, and training to find a job and prepare for society, among other things.
Youth Radio has been around for almost as long as WFHB itself. The program began with a single young person interested in radio and grew to include, through the years, hundreds of teenagers. Saturday nights are kids’ nights on WFHB with Youth Radio broadcasting from 6 to 10 pm. The WFHB News Department is now in partnership with Youth Radio, helping teens learn how to produce interviews, on the street Q&As, and topical reports. Aja Essex was hired as the first full-time director for the program in December.
Hosts Michael Glab and Alex Ashkin chat with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and William Hosea welcome Robin Winston, an accomplished business leader and a skilled political strategist, to talk about Black Americans and the Republican Party.
Five Facts about Black Republicans include:
1) Black Republicans are younger than Black Democrats and White Republicans.
2) Black Republicans have a similar income profile to Black Democrats.
3) As is the case among Black Democrats, roughly half of Black Republicans live in the South.
4) Black Republicans are less likely than Black Democrats to attend Black churches.
5) Black Republicans are less likely than Black Democrats to say being Black is a significant part of their personal identity.
Today, only about one-in-ten Black adults identify with or lean toward the Republican Party. Moreover, in a Pew Research Center survey in October, only 4% of Black registered voters said they would vote for the Republican candidate for the U.S. House seat in their district, while 69% said they would back the Democratic candidate.
Robin Winston joins the program to provide his astute observations on the relationship between Black Americans and the Republican Party. Along with his views on the political horizon in Indiana, he will field some questions pertaining to the circus atmosphere in the US House of Representatives, Donald Trump’s last stand in Georgia and up and coming Democratic talent like Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.
Credits:
Clarence Boone and William Hosea are tonight’s hosts.
Bring It On!’s executive producer is Clarence Boone.
Tonight’s Assistant Producer is William Hosea.
The Show Consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
The Program Engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom, with additional background tracks by David Baker.
HEADLINESAll Stories by Norm Holy
With the legislature in session, there are many bills that will impact the quality of life in Indiana. Will the legislature address real problems, or will special interests dominate again this year?
A nationwide comparison of electric utility performance by an Illinois consumer advocacy group found that customers in states that are heavily reliant on fuel oil and natural gas, as in the Northeast and South, tend to pay more than those with larger amounts of carbon-free generation, among other findings.
Midwest Energy says the appeal of electric cars is straightforward: Owners get to save money by skipping trips to the gas station and feel good about doing their part to cut carbon emissions. That’s part of the reason why U.S. sales are currently soaring.
The world remained firmly in warming’s grip last year, with extreme summer temperatures in Europe, China and elsewhere contributing to 2022 being the fifth-hottest year on record, European climate researchers said this week.
America’s greenhouse gas emissions from energy and industry rose last year, moving the nation in the opposite direction from its climate goals, according to preliminary estimates published by the Rhodium Group, a nonpartisan research firm.
A new study published in Science calculated how different degrees of warming would impact the more than 215,000 glaciers that exist outside Antarctica and Greenland.
Inside Climate Change says forests managed by Indigenous peoples and other local communities in the Amazon region draw vast amounts of planet-warming carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, while the rest of the rainforest has become a net source of the greenhouse gas, a new report has found.
A New York Times story provides a fascinating insight into our climate long ago. Eva-Maria Sadowski, a postdoctoral researcher at the Natural History Museum in Berlin, didn’t have a particular agenda in mind when she decided to borrow the biggest fossil flower preserved in amber ever found.
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| The Eagles Over Monroe event returns with a full slate of programs and activities continuing now, and running through Tuesday, January 31st. Each day offers a special event or activity. To learn about all the activities and to sign up, go to the DNR website. | | Learn all about Backyard Birds at McCormick’s Creek State Park on Saturday, January 28th, beginning at 10 am. Meet in the bird viewing room at the Nature Center to learn about feeding the birds and not the racoons. | | Don’t forget about Whooper Wednesdays at Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area this coming Wednesday, February 1st, beginning at 8 am. Walk the property to spot resident winter birds, including the endangered Whooping Cranes. Meet at the Visitors Center and dress for the weather. | | The Brown County State Park Hike Series continues with a “The Lake That Never Was” Hike on Saturday, February 4th, from 11 am to 1:30 pm. You will learn about Taylor Hollow Lake, a lake that was started but never finished. The hike is about 2.5 miles long and is very rugged. Lots of steep climbs with ruts and several creek crossing. Dress for the weather and wear waterproof boots. Meet at the Nature Center. | | Take the Full Snow Moon Hike at Spring Mill State Park on Saturday, February 4th, from 8 to 9:30 pm. Join Anthony for a 1-mile hike on Trail 1 and 4 to learn all the history and folklore of the Full Snow Moon. Meet at the Lakeview Activity Center. |
En la primera parte Minerva Sosa y Jorge hablan sobre las metas de este año 2023. En la segunda parte hablan y entrevistan a emprendedora Sherly Perez. Ella habla sobre su experiencia viviendo en Bloomington, su familia y amigos.
In the first part Host, Minerva Sosa and Jorge talks about their new year’s resolution. In the second part they interview entrepreneur Sherly Perez. She talks about her experience living in Bloomington, her family, and her friends.
HEADLINES All stories by Norm Holy Early Monday evening, the City of Bloomington Utilities issued a statement regarding hydrocarbon odors coming from the sewage flowing to the Dillman Road Wastewater Treatment Plant. A thorough search was conducted and determined the smell resulted from a release of gasoline fuel into the sanitary and storm sewer near …
They were the last Big Talk guests before the COVID 19 pandemic hit and our WFHB studios were closed for nearly two years. Now, they’re back in that same studio, helping us put a punctuation on the shutdown. The Rogers boys will appear Sunday, November 13th, at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater as the opening act for …
Welcome to the 67th episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio. Hearabouts is produced by Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center in collaboration with WFHB. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community and shared assumptions. This episode is produced by Ming Wang and Melanie Castillo-Cullather. Our sound engineer is Michael Sears. In this special episode …
On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell speak the playwrights and directors of the 2022 OnyxFest, who are: Celeste Williams is the writer of “Black Is My Color”. The directors are TaMara E’Lan G. and Manón Voice; Michael Florence is the writer of “Houseless Not Homeless”. The director is …
On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell speak with William Hosea, Alonzo Johnson, Jim Mitchell, and James Sanders about black men’s everyday contributions to the well-being of society and how they are shaping America’s future based upon the positive values that black men all share. Credits: Today’s hosts are …
On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell speak with William Hosea, Alonzo Johnson, Jim Mitchell, and James Sanders about how it is to live as a black men in the United States. Credits: Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell. Bring It On!’s Executive Producer is Clarence Boone. …
On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell speak with Rashad Nelms, who has have served in leadership and management positions for the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) for 18 years and in more than 21 countries. As an International Executive, Rashad helps clients lead and manage more confidently, …
Today’s host of Bring It On!, William Hosea speaks with IU Law School Constitutional Professor Joseph Hoffman about the state of U.S. democracy after the Trump presidency. In summary, today’s show is about a number of legal topics and issues related to former President Donald Trump and his supporters. Several of these involve his perceived …
Today’s program continues the discussion started last week about the Montford Point Marine Story. Today’s host, William Hosea speaks with Mallorie Berger, Reginald Moore, and Joe Geeter, public relations specialists for the National Montford Point Marine Association. Credits: Today’s host is William Hosea. Bring It On’s Executive Producer is Clarence Boone. Tonight’s Assistant Producer is …
HEADLINES All stories this week by Norm Holy Indiana is often where out-of-state corporations propose to put highly polluting processes. WFYI reports a company that wants to build a coal-to-diesel plant in southern Indiana has hit a roadblock. Flexsteel Industries Inc. has agreed to a consent decree that requires it to pay $9.8 million for …
En la primera parte de la WFHB Hola Bloomington, Josefa Madrigal entrevista a Sara Benham Ph.D., investigadora del desarrollo de lenguaje, con el programa de El Niño Científico. Hace una invitación a la comunidad para participar en la investigación y también hace una invitación para que participen en los eventos que se llevara a cabo …
While studying filmmaking at Columbia College in Chicago, John Duffy envisioned a career making fictional narrative movies, but events got in the way. Duffy watched as the War on Terror, institutionalized racism, and so many other 21st century American ills and missteps compelled him to turn his talents toward uncovering them. His work has focused …
HEADLINES All stories this week are by Norm Holy. The proposed “Houston South Vegetation Management and Restoration Project” risked increasing sediment runoff into the South Fork of Salt Creek. Ultimately, the court ruled in favor of the Forest Service plan. Inside Indiana Business presented the results of a new report from Advanced Energy Economy which …
En la primera parte, Josefa Madrigal, entrevita a Anna Aleman, un family advocate. Trabajadora en la agencia South Central Community Action Program (SCCAP)! En la segunda parte escuchamos de los/las organizadores al evento en Sobremesa Farm, un programa en español para cultivadores. Además, vamos a conocer más de la finca Sobremesa
Many of Bloomington’s trees have died off or suffered mightily from natural causes, aging, and climate change over the last few decades. While shut-in during the pandemic, Sarah Mincey and Sheryl Woodhouse decided to do something about it. Mincey, an urban forestry professor, and Woodhouse, a businessperson, founded CanopyBloomington in early 2021. The urban canopy …
Welcome to our new episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio with members of the Asian Pacific American Thematic Community! Hearabouts is produced by WFHB and Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community and shared assumptions. The purpose of this episode is to talk with the board members of …
HEADLINES All stories written by Norm Holy Indiana received federal approval to begin work on a statewide charging network as more and more electric vehicles hit the roads. The state will invest nearly $100 million over the next five years to build out its EV charging network. Enrique Saenz of the Indiana Environmental Reporter has …
Locutora, Luz Lopez, entrevista a coordinadora de Programas Latinos, Josefa Madrigal, por parte del Departamento de Recursos Comunitarios Para Familias de la ciudad de Bloomington. Josefa Madrigal compartió un resume de los eventos en la ciudad de Bloomington durante el Mes Nacional de la Herencia Hispana. También pudo nombrar los Lideres Latino de nuestra ciudad …
She found her way to Bloomington and a reporter’s job at the then-Herald Telephone (now the Herald Times) in 1984. Since then Laura Lane has covered every big news event in town. From her H-T bio: “She covers crime, courts, cars and more, following issues and the struggles and triumphs of people in rural southern …
Welcome to Prescription for Healthcare, a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana, broadcasted live the second Thursday of every month. This month we interview Paul Kaczocha, a long time Steel Worker and NorthWest Indiana activist. Paul is the chair of Northwest Indiana Medicare for All and past President of the …
Locutora entrevista a Imelda Rendaci prestamista licenciada en el estado de Indiana. Trabaja en una corporación y hacen préstamos bancarios. Ella nos informa lo que es un préstamo hipotecario, el proceso para comprar su casa y nos informa quienes califican para estos préstamos y los requisitos para que una persona sea aprobada para estos préstamos. …
Antonia Matthew lived through air raids, blackouts, rationing, and the absence of her father when she was a small child during World War II. Her father, a major in the British army stationed in Burma, regularly wrote her letters until he was killed in action. She has written an audio play, “Antonia’s Home Front,” based …
Welcome to the 65th episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio. In this episode we have a conversation with Mind Pao-In and Rowena Deguzman. Our guests will be talking about their experiences with their names in an attempt to explore the individualized history, culture, and significance behind a name. This episode is produced by Belle …
More than a decade ago, preservation developer Cindy Brubaker walked past the old I Fell building on 4th Street every day on her way to work. She dreamed of restoring it to its former glory and transforming it into an arts center. Now the I Fell Gallery anchors the burgeoning arts district just southwest of …
HEADLINES All stories this week are by Norm Holy A plan to construct in Northwest Indiana one of the largest commercial solar energy systems in the world is likely to remain at least partially unrealized for the near future. The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed the Aug. 24, 2021, Pulaski Superior Court ruling that halted …
Un programa repetido y previo al Covid-19 que celebra la comunidad. Escuchamos a las mujeres sobre su conversación y diferentes temas con opinión público. A repeated program prior to Covid-19 that celebrates the community. We listen to women about their conversation and different topics with public opinion.
Bloomington native Jennifer Raff hit the New York Times bestseller list earlier this year with her first book, Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas. In it, Raff traces the human development of the two continents using DNA science and relying on her own innate curiosity. Reviewers called the book accessible while still scholarly. One …
HEADLINES All stories this week were written by Norm Holy Getting rid of coal ash ponds continues to be a problem in Indiana. Residents and civil rights organizations in Michigan City are concerned they will face a water crisis if something isn’t done about a power generating station’s leftover coal ash. The oil company BP …
Welcome to the 64th episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio. In this episode we have a conversation with Jazzy Sagar, Yong Chen, and Tristan Kai Shore, residents of the 2022-2023 APA-TC cohort. Our guests will talk about their experiences in the APA-TC, what they hope to accomplish this year, and how they’re adapting to …
Today’s host of Bring It On!, William Hosea speaks with Mallorie Berger, Reginald Moore, and Joe Geeter, public relations specialists for the National Montford Point Marine Association. They are here to discuss the Montford Point Marine Story and the upcoming ABC documentary on the subject. History has largely overlooked the trailblazers who were the first …
On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell talk about the notable African Americans of Monroe County. This is a special fund-drive edition of the program. Please suppory community radio by making a donation here. Credits: Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell. Bring It On!’s Executive Producer is …
Today’s program is rebroadcast from March 21, 2022: On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour with Dr. Gladys DeVane. She is an author, thespian, playwright, narrator, and co-founder of Resilience Productions. Credits: Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell. Bring It On!’s executive producer is …
On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour with Cyrilla Helm, the Executive Director, and Nancy Goswami, the Board Director of the Foundation of Monroe County Community Schools (FMCCS), tohelp us better understand the Foundation’s mission and activities. The the Foundation of Monroe County Community Schools was …