Welcome to the 85th 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 Awais Khalid, a master student studying Loss and …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, January 17th, 2024. Later in the program, you will hear remarks from keynote speaker Jesse Hagopian, an award-winning educator and activist, who spoke at the city’s MLK Day celebration at the Buskirk Chumley Theater on Monday. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, we have Better …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, January 16th, 2024. Later in the program, local journalist Dave Askins with the B Square Bulletin provides an update on Bloomington’s annexation efforts. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Lil Bub’s Lil Show – a co-production between WFHB and Lil Bub’s Big Fund. But first, …

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell speak with Dr. Gloria Howell. Gloria is the director of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center and has a mayoral appointment on the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration Commission. The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration Commission seeks to promote and celebrate Dr. Martin Luther …

WFHB welcomes The Bazargan Book Club to Saturday’s Child on Saturday, January 13, from 11am till noon. Join us as we enjoy this swinging suite of sweet musicians led by the savvy and talented Kid Kazooey. Listen on air or as part of audience, free of charge in the Monroe County History Center in downtown Bloomington. The Bazargan Book Club …

For our first episode of the new year, we wanted to begin sharing an interview with Leon Benson. In this conversation, he covers his release from prison, reflections on the treatment he received from the authorities, and his work on the outside.  This is a special privilege for Kite Line, since we have aired Benson’s work and thought many times …

Hello and welcome to Eco-Report. For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I’m Robert Shull. Later in the program, we will listen to Part 2 by Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze as he speaks with a homesteader and sustainability educator from Spencer, Indiana about her life journey in academia and as a nature lover from a young age. And now for your …

Misleny Moreno, estudiante latina de IU nos comparte su experiencia en la universidad y en Bloomington al proveenir de una familia Hondureña. Junto con sus compañeros, tambien nos informan sobre el grupo de baile latino en IU “Paso a Paso”.

Park Cannon For this year’s Bloomington MLK Day observance, the theme  is “Keep Knocking!” The January 16 evening keynote speaker, Park Cannon, is Georgia’s youngest State Representative and one of two openly queer lawmakers in the Georgia General Assembly. She represents House District 58, which encompasses a diverse cross-section of Atlanta. The Democratic lawmaker recently made national headlines when she …

Hello and welcome to Eco Report. For WFHB I’m Julianna Dailey. And I’m Cynthia Roberts. Later in the program, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze speaks with a homesteader and sustainability educator from Spencer, Indiana about her life journey in academia and as a nature lover from a young age. And now for your environmental reports: The New York Times reports that …