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WFHB AND LWV-BMC CIVIC CONVERSATIONS ON REFUGEE SUPPORT IN BLOOMINGTON

Founder of the Bloomington Refugee Support Network, Diane Legomsky joins Civic Conversations to discuss the issue of refugee support in Bloomington and nationally.  In the podcast, we talk to Diane about the mission of Bloomington Refugee Support Network and how it interacts with other refugee resettlement organizations like Exodus Refugee Immigration. Diana breaks down for our audience the differences between being …

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July 15, 2022: Echoes of the 2018 Prison Strike

We recently marked our 300th consecutive episode, and in honor of that we have been airing our favorite selections from previous shows. As we approach the upcoming 4 year anniversary of the most recent National Prison Strike, we wanted to air these calls from two prisoners inside South Carolina, who risked their own safety to send us messages about the …

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Hola Bloomington- July 15, 2022

El Consulado de México tiene una serie de talleres en este programa escuchará a su invitada Directora de Asuntos Latinos de la IUPUI. Compartirán información sobre los programas de becas y las diferentes formas en que puede financiar sus estudios. The Mexican Consulate has series of workshops in this program you will hear their guest IUPUI Director of Latino Affairs.  …

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Eco Report – July 14, 2022

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HEADLINES The Indiana Department of Health has adopted an emergency rule increasing what it considers elevated levels of the neurotoxin lead in children’s blood and has initiated family education and case management for children with lead in their blood. —Linda Greene WTIU reports that Indiana households have more energy insecurity than all but seven states in the country. That’s according …

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Saturday’s Child July 9, 2022 with Oso Blues

Tune in on Saturday, July 9, at 11:00am,  when WFHB welcomes Oso Blues as Saturday’s Child presents a soulful, solo, subtlety-southern blues performance. Oso grew his blues roots in Austin, Texas and has regaled audiences with his songwriting and performing talents throughout the South. His contribution to the music community also includes producing the record of a Chicago Blues Hall …

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July 8, 2022: The Old Atlanta Prison Farm

This week on Kite Line, we return to Atlanta’s proposed “Cop City”- a police training facility set to be built over a vast urban forest. People from across the city and the country have been organizing against its construction, which would make it the largest police training facility in the United States.  People have been organizing protests in the streets, …

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Hola Bloomington – July 8, 2022

Escucharemos un programa de profesionales para informarnos sobre el golpe de calor. Osteoarthritis Foundation International comparte información sobre cómo reconocer un golpe de calor y formas de detenerlo. Si estás al aire libre ya sea por trabajo o por motivos de ocio, los médicos te orientan sobre qué hacer si reconoces alguna de las señales. We will listen to a …

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Eco Report – July 7, 2022

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HEADLINES Indiana’s state insect is a lightning bug.  In 2018, after years of campaigning by Hoosier elementary students, the Indiana legislature and Gov. Eric Holcomb proclaimed the Say’s firefly as the state’s bug. Not only is this species of firefly native to Indiana, it also is named after a Hoosier who discovered it: Thomas Say. —Norm Holy The Republic in …

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Prescription for Healthcare – Dr. Earle Robinson Jr Part 2, July 2022

Welcome to Prescription for Healthcare a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana. In the June show, hosts Karen Green Stone and Dr. Rob Stone speak with Dr. Earle Robinson, Jr. and Rebecca Robinson who tell us about making the documentary The Color of Medicine, the Story of Homer G Phillips Hospital in St. Louis, …

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Bring It On! – June 27, 2022: Lynchings in Indiana

In today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour with Leon Bates, who is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Pan African Studies, at the University of Louisville, KY. He focuses on Urban History (i.e. Education, Housing, Labor, Medicine, Policing, Violence), and the Intersection of Race. Mr. Bates has conducted extensive research …

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