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September 10: World Suicide Prevention Day

A simple conversation could save a life – that’s just one of the messages mental health organizations are hoping to drive home on World Suicide Prevention Day. Indiana’s suicide rate rose nearly 25 percent between 2008 and 2016, and Kelsey Steuer with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in Indiana says social stigma still prevents people from seeking help. That’s …

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Bring It On! – September 9, 2019

Hosts Clarence Boone and Roberta Radovich pay homage to the legacy of Toni Morrison with guests Drs. John and Audrey McCluskey, who are respected academicians, writers, researchers and former acquaintances with Ms. Morrison. Toni Morrison, was an American novelist, essayist, editor, teacher, and professor emeritus at Princeton University. She was noted for her examination of the black experience, especially from …

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Inside Outdoors – Saturday, September 7, 2019

Buddy Bill, Rich Reardin, and Don Jordan are the hosts. Our guest is John from Owen county, who is a regular caller, Don mentions the VA and medicare for all, drownings on White River, the state of crops in the midwest, Farmer round table organized in Indianapolis, the government and funding in terms of what should be happening around Lake …

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Hola Bloomington-September 6, 2019

Locutor, Minerva Sosa junto con Gabriela Coolidge (maestra en la escuela Childs), entrevista a Tim Ellis corredor de bienes raices sobre su experencia como participante en el programa niños adelante. Host, Minerva Sosa along with Gabriela Coolidge (Childs Elementary teacher) interview Tim Ellis realtor about his experience participating in the program niños adelante.

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Local Live – Aiden Sand

Aiden Sand and friends play an amazing set of classical, pop, rap…we don’t know what it is, but we like it! TRACKS 1) Coalescence 2) Serendipity 3) BMinor Improv 4) Two Dogs Running 5) Gap Year 6) My Boy 7) Untitled 8) Grand Canyon CREDITS Host: Spencer Heuring Engineers: Jim Lang, Kate Welch Producer: Jessie Grubb Music Director: Jim Manion …

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September 6, 2019: The Business of Incarceration- A Conversation with Craig Gilmore

This week, we speak on the phone with writer and prison abolitionist Craig Gilmore, who begins by discussing his recent piece in Commune Magazine. The article, “The Business of Incarceration” is a review of American Prison, a critically acclaimed 2018 book by Shane Bauer. In his conversation with us, Gilmore critiques the book’s thesis on private prisons, and then tells …

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Tracey Hutchings-Goetz & Kassandra Botts

The nonprofits Hoosier Action and the Indiana Recovery Alliance are working together to raise awareness about the state’s work requirement for Medicaid recipients. Bloomington organizer Hutchings-Goetz and the Alliance’s interim executive director Botts hope to send a message to the Indiana state legislature from people  all over the state that the requirement is a needless burden on health care aid …

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BloomingOUT – Farewell, Frankie

We are back from a two week break from the air with some very sad news. We lost Frankie Presslaf, our producer and co-host of the show for over 3 years. Justin and Melanie talk about his life and their memories of him and his involvement with BloomingOUT and the LGBTQ+ community in Bloomington. This is a very hard show …

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Bloomington Planning Commission Discusses New UDO

The Bloomington Planning Commission met for a public hearing on the new Bloomington Unified Development Ordinance, or UDO. The new UDO has new requirements for structures being built within the city limits, as well as what can be built and where. In regards to non-university housing aimed at students, the buildings are subject to lower height limits, and ways to …

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