WFHB Bloomington Community Radio
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After serving in Vietnam with the United States Marines and earning a Purple Heart, teenaged Marc Haggerty came back to Indiana and immediately got involved with antiwar protests. Since then he has taken up a variety of causes including voting rights, housing, the environment, prisoners’ rights, and many others. In recent years he has been particularly outspoken about conditions at the Monroe County Correctional Center. He helped found the nonprofit New Life New Leaf organization that has helped inmates in their efforts to overcome addictions as well as prepare themselves for reentry into the outside world.
[This episode originally aired Thursday, September 27, 2018.]
Host Michael Glab goes one-on-one with Bloomington’s most fascinating people every Thursday at 5:30pm. Tune in for a bonus feature, Big Talk Extra, every Monday on the Daily Local News at 5:00pm for added chat from the previous week’s show.
