He arrived in New York City earlier this century, not knowing how to speak English and hoping to study business at an American university. Love brought him to Bloomington, where his new wife was to work on her graduate degree. Wally Ouedraogo, born and raised in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, now is a fixture here and a successful businessperson as …
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Welcome to the 56th episode 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 Andrew Pace and Melanie Castillo-Cullather. Our sound engineer is Michael Sears. As we continue to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin …
Read More »Interchange – Architecture or Revolution: Part 3 of The State Made Visible
In his 1923 book, Towards a New Architecture, French architect Le Corbusier wrote, The machinery of Society, profoundly out of gear, oscillates between an amelioration, of historical importance, and a catastrophe. The primordial instinct of every human being is to assure himself of a shelter. The various classes of workers in society to-day no longer have dwellings adapted to their …
Read More »Bring It On! – January 24, 2022: A Discussion on the Killing of Black Lives & their Allies with Monroe County Prosecutor Ericka Oliphant, Chief Deputy Prosecutor Jeff Kehr, and State Police Captain Ruben Marté
On today’s Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea speak with Monroe County Prosecutor Ericka Oliphant, Chief Deputy Prosecutor Jeff Kehr, and State Police Captain Ruben Marté about the killing of black men and BLM allies. 2021 has been a year of high-profile court cases involving lethal crimes to people of color, or cases tangentially related to people …
Read More »Hola Bloomington – January 21, 2022
In ‘Un Cafecito con…’ Israel Fernando Herrera and Ricardo Martins interview Ruben Marté about their contributions to our local community in assisting with different topics. Marté, shares his interest in running for the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. En ‘Un Cafecito con…’ Israel Fernando Herrera y Ricardo Martins entrevistan a Rubén Marté sobre sus contribuciones a nuestra comunidad local al ayudar …
Read More »January 21, 2022: How Prison Hides
This week, we share two features dealing with the cunning ways that the carceral system conceals itself and the harm it causes. The first is an account from Adrien Espinoza, who has been on the show before, speaking about conditions in the Maricopa County Jail. As a child, Adrien survived the Adobe Mountain School in Arizona. As he demonstrates, this …
Read More »Republican Party Chair Taylor Bryant
A year ago she was a senior in high school. Today she sits at the head of the Republican Party in Monroe County. Taylor Bryant in December was named to replace outgoing longtime chair William Ellis. She became the youngest person to hold such a county position in Indiana state history. Active in politics since becoming inspired by the 2016 …
Read More »Interchange – Here There Be Dragons: Part 2 of The State Made Visible
Marie Louise Berneri’s Journey Through Utopia, written in 1950, opens with a dissection of the reactionary authoritarianism of Plato’s Republic in which the State must create a mythology of divinity and purity in its Guardian class to mystify the masses. Berneri writes: “Throughout history one sees that the existence of a State implies the division of society into classes, but …
Read More »Bring It On! – January 17, 2022: Keynote Speaker for Annual Citywide MLK Celebration – Dr. Eddie Cole
Today’s Bring It On! hosts, Clarence Boone and William Hosea speak with Dr. Eddie Cole. He is the keynote speaker for the City of Bloomington’s annual MLK celebration. He is speaking on “The Challenge of Action and the Challenges of Action.” Dr. Charlie Nelms also joins the conversation. Dr. Eric Cole is an associate professor of higher education and organizational …
Read More »Voices in the Street – Rainy Days
The weather in Southern Indiana is rarely predictable. Sometimes it snows in November and hits 60 degrees in December. Sometimes it’s 40 in April after being 60 in March. The only predictable aspect is in unpredictability, and that’s only increased as time has gone on. Suddenly, the weather we Hoosiers have become accustomed to has spread all over the country, …
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