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BloomingOUT – August 3rd, 2023 – Judi Epp, Lucie Mathieu

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 Need Health Insurance. Come  by …

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Pt. 2: Reese, Oliphant & Loftman

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 judicial system. Part 1 aired …

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ACCESSIBLE AUTOMOBILES: A RETURN TO THE CASE OF LYFT V. WESTCHESTER DISABLED ON THE MOVE

SHAPIRO:Good evening, I’m Abe Shapiro and this is Disabulletin, where we cover the top stories impacting the disability community across the country and around the world. Over the last five years on the banks of West Plains, New York, the transportation company Lyft has been embroiled in a lawsuit with Westchester Disabled On The Move, or WDOMI, a disability rights …

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Voices in The Streets: Granfalloon 2023

  This year, Youth Radio took to the streets to ask attendees of the 2023 Granfalloon Festival about Kurt Vonnegut, the performing artists and Bloomington’s atmosphere during the festivities. Along the way, they interviewed both people on the street, local artists and musicians and some participants in the festival itself. What is presented here is the extended edit of the …

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Youth Radio Podcasts – ShowRats 1

Episode 1 – The Granfalloon (ft. Michelle and The Flaming Lips) Welcome to ShowRats! A podcast where DJ Ollie goes to concerts and reviews them. Along the way they will talk to their friends about these shows and even document their journey to learning how to play drums  For the first episode Ollie is joined by Youth Radio Director Aja …

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Community Members and Activists Gather to Mourn the Loss of Reproductive Rights in Indiana

Last night, nearly 80 Bloomington residents stood on the front lawn of the Monroe County Courthouse to express their frustration with Indiana’s abortion ban. With signs held in the air saying, “Keep abortion legal”, residents mourned the loss of reproductive healthcare in Indiana. The event, sponsored by Hoosier Jews for Choice, Indiana NOW Chapters, and MADVoters brought together Hoosiers, abortion …

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Bring It On! – July 31, 2023: “Living in the Skin I’m In!” for Black Men (Rebroadcast)

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 It On!’s Executive Producer is …

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Activate! Patty Moon, Lotus Festival

Patty Moon has been a fan of Bloomington’s annual Lotus Festival her whole life. Now she gets to help others experience the magic of Lotus as the volunteer coordinator for the festival. Patty needs hundreds of volunteers to sign up to make this year’s 30th Lotus World Music and Arts Festival a success. Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and …

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Youth Radio Podcasts – Title Talk 2

Episode 2 – The Wizard Strikes Back Welcome to Title Talk! A podcast where DJ Firebrand and DJ Bast each choose a song that the other hasn’t heard and discuss them. It is a dark time for DJ Bast and DJ Firebrand. Although successfully recording a first episode, they have been shoved in ̶ ̶a̶ ̶c̶l̶o̶s̶e̶t̶  the studio to record …

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Youth Radio Summer Camp – Week 1: Remote Playlists

This is the first week of partnership between WFHB’s Youth Radio, Kid City and The Boys and Girls Clubs of Bloomington called “Youth Radio Summer Camp”. The idea behind the program was to encourage campers to participate in some creative activities that gave them a crash course in all the things they could potentially do if they got involved in …

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