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June 17, 2022: A Great Moment to Push Further

Interview with Maru Moro Villalpando of La Resistencia, a project that organizes against the Northwest Detention Center. In this conversation, Maru passes a kite along on behalf of immigrants housed in the facility. As they point out, facilities like this are “black boxes” where extra effort must be taken to shed light on conditions inside. Maru discusses some of the …

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Organic Farmers Juan Carlos Arango & Robert Frew

They didn’t become farmers until they were in their fifties. Now, Juan Carlos Arango and Robert Frew are all in. Their Sobremesa Farm just outside New Unionville, northeast of Bloomington, provides them and their customers with nutritious food grown using sustainable permaculture practices and it is a destination for vacationers, campers, and visitors from around the world who want to …

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Saturday’s Child June 11 with Kazooey on Keys

Tune in on Saturday, June 11, at 11:00 am, when WFHB welcomes Kazooey on Keys as Saturday’s Child presents a rollicking yet intimate, solo performance. He’s been performing on many instruments for many audiences in many forms for more than 25 years and he’s made many appearances on Saturday’s Child through the entirety of that time. This month for the …

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Bring It On! – June 13, 2022: Discussing ‘Sundown Towns’ with Dr. Gina Forrest

In today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour with Dr. Gina Forrest. She has conducted extensive research on Sundown towns in Indiana. Dr. Forrest graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with a Master of Public Health and a Ph.D. in Health Behavior, focusing on Health Inequities. She was a former Chief Diversity Officer …

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Hola Bloomington- June 10, 2022

Escucha a la productora de la WFHB Hola Bloomington, Josefa Madrigal,  mientras abre el programa.  Y a nuetra locutora Maria Auxi Viloria entrevista a Maritza Alvares y a la nueva directora de El Centro Comunal Latino, Ana Ximena Cordero.  Ellas hablan sobre los diferentes evento que se aproximan este mes de junio.  En la segunda parte, escuchamos a Josefa Madrigal por …

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June 10, 2022: Holding on to Your Humanity

This week we return to our conversation between Baye Sylvester and Focus Initiatives’ Jok Huerta. Both formerly incarcerated in Indiana, they described the circumstances that brought them to prison in a previous episode. In this segment, they talk about the way the prison system strips people of their humanity- and the struggle to retain one’s sense of self. You can …

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Documentary Filmmaker Mitch Teplitsky

His advice to aspiring filmmakers: “Choose subjects that you can’t stop thinking about and that you’re really passionate about.” Mitch Teplitsky arrived in South Central Indiana five years ago and when he discovered the town of Spencer and Owen County, he couldn’t stop thinking about them. Now he’s working on a documentary about the area. He’s passionate about the people …

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Bring It On! – June 6, 2022: Monroe County Community School Corporation (MCCSC)

In today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell are delighted to speak with members of the MCCSC administration about a number of topics. Namely, a wrap-up and closure on the 21-22 academic year; upcoming graduations; and a discussion on a November 8th referendum ballot question that will request an 18.5 cent operating levy aimed at …

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June 3rd, 2022: Immigration and E-carceration

For this week’s episode,Bella Bravo spoke with Johana Bhuiyan, a journalist and author of a powerful series of articles about immigrant surveillance. She covers the vast program called “intensive supervision appearance program” which purports to be “humane alternative” to immigration detention. Managing the program on behalf of ICE is BI Inc, a subsidiary of the Geo Group, one of the …

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Hola Bloomington – June 3, 2022

A program previously heard by host Maria Auxi interviewing intern staff for All Options.  A Pregnancy Resource Center in Bloomington IN. Un programa que escuchó previamente la presentadora María Auxi entrevistando al personal interno de Todas las Opciones. Un centro de recursos para el embarazo en Bloomington IN.

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