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August 14, 2020: The Crisis Behind a Hot American Summer

This week, Bella Bravo speaks to Zhandarka Kurti and Jarrod Shanahan. Kurti is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Tennesee in Knoxville, and also works with Face to Face Knox, a campaign to restore in-person visitation to Knox County detention centers.  Shanahan is an assistant professor of criminal justice at Governors State University. They have collaborated on …

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Bring It On! – August 10, 2020: Bloomington’s Mitigation Efficacy with COVID-19

Hosts William Hosea and Beverly Calender-Anderson spend the hour with guests, Rev. Forrest Gilmore, Executive Director of Shalom Community Center, Ms. Amber Skoby, Executive Director of the Bloomington Housing Authority, and Nicole Johnson, a community activist living the Crestmont area of Bloomington, IN. They talk about Bloomington’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and how the city’s agencies and community leaders …

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BloomingOUT w/ Another Week of Hostility – August 13th, 2020

In this exclusive episode: We share our thoughts about Kamala Harris, Biden’s VP pick An event that people are referring to as Poland’s Stonewall The Blue Lives Matter go-cart protest that happened in Bloomington Star Trek man William Shatner being old and confused on twitter about what ‘Cis’ means Ireland and Lucas mansplain what ‘cis’ means to Justin Each week …

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Eco Report – August 13, 2020

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Did hurricane Isaias impact turtle nesting? Sea turtles nest on beaches from Florida to North Carolina. The nesting season starts in April in Florida and in May farther north and ends in October. — Norm Holy Greenland is known for its glaciers, but in the past month, the island has shed ice. Scientists didn’t expect to see Greenland melt at …

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Better Beware – Contact Tracing Scams

The scammers are working faster than the health authorities — fake messages and phone calls from phony “contact tracers” are trying to steal your identity…and maybe your money, too. Here’s how to recognized the crooks.

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News Brief – August 11, 2020

884 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Indiana on Monday, according to the Indiana State Department of Health. There were 7 reported deaths, including one in Monroe County. Locally, Monroe County saw 7 new confirmed cases yesterday, while Lawrence County saw 2. Brown County reported no new cases. Pantry 279 will be closed today, August 11th, due to issues …

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Interchange – The Plantation On Fire: Yannick Marshall on Liberalism and Anti-Colonialism

Our guest today is Yannick Marshall and as I find all his recent essays crystallizations of important truths about the US of A, I’ll let his words serve as an introduction to our conversation. This is from “The Racist’s Peace“: In the times when videos of Black people being killed fall out of the news cycle, Black people are killed …

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Inside Outdoors – Saturday August 8, 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! New DNR Director is Dan Bortner Buddy Bill Moser, Rich Reardin, and Don Jordan are the hosts. ‘Inside Outdoors’ engineer, host and producer is Rich Reardin ‘Inside …

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Indiana American Federation of Teachers discusses safety of reopening schools

The press conference included around 4,500 educators and education staff from Indiana with the purpose of calling schools to only begin in-person schooling if it is safe to do so, with the right protocols and safety measures for keeping covid cases under control. Indiana governor Eric Holcomb made masks mandatory in any public area, including outside with other people present, …

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August 7, 2020: The Same Amount of Work for an 8th of the Credit- Academic Bias Against Prisoners

This week marks our 4-year anniversary, and we would like to thank all those who have contributed their stories, labor, and expertise to Kite Line, making it possible to air news and experiences of incarceration for 211 consecutive episodes. Thank you! — In this episode, we share news from a major prison riot in Georgia, before airing the final part …

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