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BloomingOUT w/ the Not-so Great Debate – October 1st, 2020

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On this episode of BloomingOUT, Melanie and Lucas analyze the debate from Tuesday night between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. We also have some featured music this week from a new local band in Bloomington called Negative Piece who just released a new EP today titled Moving With Violence. You can listen to it on their bandcamp. Produced by Melanie Davis …

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Eco Report – October 1, 2020

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According to the EPA and the U-S Government Accountability Office, two Bloomington Superfund sites, Bennett Stone Quarry and Neal’s Landfill, are vulnerable to flooding from climate change. —Linda Greene On a two-hundred-acre tract of farmland in northeast Saint Joseph County, Fort Wayne-based Indiana Michigan Power is installing a solar farm, which it says will be capable of producing 20,000 kilowatts …

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Bring It On! – September 30, 2020: The Power of the Black and Brown Vote

On this special edition of Bring It On!, host William Hosea speaks with The Honorable Valeri Haughton-Motley, a Monroe County Circuit Court Judge for Division II, and Natalia Galvin, Chair of the Indiana 9th District Latino Democratic Caucus, about the upcoming event, Power of the Black and Brown Vote – Can You Hear Us Now! With the November 3rd General Election …

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Better Beware – Are You Registered?

Monday October 5th is the deadline to register to vote in November’s Election — and to apply for an absentee ballot if you want to stay home this year and stay safe from COVID-19. Here’s timely information, and ways to avoid some surprising problems.

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Interchange – Draining the Heartland: Authoritarian Populism in Rural America

The 1980’s farm crisis defined an entire generation of farmers and the rural communities that surrounded and relied on them. Interest rates soared. Farm land value dropped. A decade of record-breaking production in farm commodities led to a glut, a surplus, that depressed prices. Exports declined as the U.S. imposed an embargo on the Soviet Union. Farmers went bankrupt, foreclosed …

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+ WFHB TOP ALBUMS 9.29.20

1. Bettye LaVette – Blackbirds 2. Nation Beat – The Royal Chase 3. Various – AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T Rex 4. The Mavericks – En Espanol 5. Afel Bocoum – Linde 6. Brennen Leigh – Prairie Love Letter 7. New Moon Jelly Roll Rockers – New Moon Jelly Roll Rockers 8. The Mommyheads – New …

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Bring It On! – September 28, 2020: Defending Democracy – Confronting Voter Suppression and White Supremacy

On Wednesday, September 30, and Thursday, October 1, IU’s Department of History will be presenting three events designed to bring together IU and the greater Bloomington community in a conversation focused on race, white supremacy, and voter suppression. This year’s speaker for the virtual town hall meeting on Thursday, October 1, from 6 to 8 PM, is Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, …

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Inside Outdoors – Saturday September 26, 2020

We invite anyone who would like to be included in the program to PM us at ‘Inside Outdoors’ on Facebook, and if you know how to ‘Zoom’ we’ll invite you on the show! Don Jordan, Buddy Bill Moser, and Rich Reardin  are the hosts. ‘Inside Outdoors’ engineer, host and producer is Rich Reardin ‘Inside Outdoors’ executive producer is Kade Young

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September 25, 2020: A Loved One’s Plea for Vernell Freeman

This week, we hear from Michelle Freeman, who describes the horrifying conditions in which her husband, Vernell Freeman, is being held in Miami Correctional Facility, here in Indiana. Speaking on behalf of her partner, Michelle tells Kite Line about the repeated incidents of medical neglect and retaliatory violence Vernell has been subjected to within the prison. We also have updates …

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Hola Bloomington- September 25, 2020

La pandemia COVID-19 y el 2020. ¿Cómo está pasando esta situación?  ¿Y sus hij@s en las escuelas?:  ¿Que tal el trabajo?  ¿Como le ha afectado?  ¿Negativo?  ¿Positivo? Escuche de nuestras locutoras Minerva Sosa, Luz López mientras nos hablan sobre sus experiencias negativas y cómo lidiar con esto.  Entérese de los recursos que nuestra comunidad ofrece.     The COVID-19 pandemic …

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