Welcome to the Mother’s Day Edition of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio! Hearabouts is produced by WFHB and Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community and shared assumptions. On today’s episode, Kimber Garland and Tara Kim share their experiences growing up as Asian Americans. Later in the program, Host Keiko McCullough speaks with her mother …

Polls closed at 6 p.m. last night for Indiana’s Primary Election, and most races were called by 8:20 p.m.; Every woman that ran in local elections in Monroe County won their race. Women were the big winners in yesterday’s Primary Election; Vice President Mike Pence’s older brother, Greg Pence also won last night;  Monroe County Elections Supervisor Karen Wheeler says yesterday’s …

Some “storm chasers” got caught; the Nigerian Prince Scam is doing better than ever; and here’s a look at what your stolen information is worth to fraudsters on the Dark Web.

The Bloomington Redevelopment Commission heard a proposal from Public Investment Corporation for a new roadway to replace Weimer Road, between W. 2nd Street and Tapp Road; The Bloomington Redevelopment Commission approved three Neighborhood Improvement Grants, totaling $17,000; New data shows that Indiana aired more commercials than any other state in the Nation this primary season; Feature: Today is Primary Election Day—we’ll …

In this week’s edition of The Bicentennial Journal, Glenda Murray talks about Maud Showers, a strong leader of Monroe County, and the Showers complex in Bloomington. Support for The Bicentennial Journal and WFHB comes from Monroe County and Visit Bloomington. More information about Monroe County’s Bicentennial is available on their website.

Our opening song, “Civilization’s Dying,” features our guest on vocals. Our show today is a brief course, though a long Interchange, on the History of Punk Rock. This is a special 90-minute program detailing some of the greatest rock bands of the last 50 years. We’ll travel from Indianapolis, Indiana to Lima, Peru, by way of Bloomington to track the …

Indiana spent more on political advertising this primary election than any other state in the nation. According to an analysis by the Wesleyan Media Project, Indiana candidates have spent $8.8 million on ads this primary season. That’s $2 million more than the second place spender, Ohio. Indiana also aired more political advertisements than any other state participating in the elections, …

William Hosea and Jim Sims welcome Nicole Browne, Mia Beach and Faheem PART ONE On Tonight’s show, William and Jim welcome Nicole Browne, incumbent Monroe County Clerk; Mia Beach, producer of the WFHB program Kite-Line; & Faheem, a recently released inmate of 18 years in the Indiana prison system. They join us tonight to share their views and perspectives on …

HEADLINES: Early voting for this year’s primary election ended today; The Bloomington Arts Commission is commissioning musician Jeff Cannon to compose a bicentennial song for the city; A study from Indiana University found that higher-energy costs associated with clean energy disproportionately affect low-income communities. FEATURE: Tristra Newyear fell in love with Russia — all six point six million square miles …

Mona Clay sets the standard for volunteers at Girls Inc. The reliability of volunteers mentoring these girls is incredibly important – for the functionality of the programming and for the strength of the mentoring relationship. Girls know that Mona will be there week after week, and they know that she cares for them. Volunteers who nourish their relationships with the …