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November 6, 2020: The Value of a Degree

After news, we share a conversation between Christina and Leslie about their experiences obtaining an education while in prison. Both women reflect on the barriers to getting a degree on the inside, and how effective the degree was in helping them once they got out. They also talk about some of the differences in educational options between male and female …

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Hola Bloomington – September 18, 2020

El inicio del Mes Nacional de la Herencia Latinx consiste en un foro de Mesa de Colaboración Latin@. A pesar de la pandemia de COVID19, el objetivo es celebrarnos y difundir información valiosa a nuestra comunidad. Este foro reúne a expertos que discuten diferentes temas, pero no se limitan a actualizaciones de salud, seguridad pública, educación e inmigración. ¡Escucharemos al …

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August 7, 2020: The Same Amount of Work for an 8th of the Credit- Academic Bias Against Prisoners

This week marks our 4-year anniversary, and we would like to thank all those who have contributed their stories, labor, and expertise to Kite Line, making it possible to air news and experiences of incarceration for 211 consecutive episodes. Thank you! — In this episode, we share news from a major prison riot in Georgia, before airing the final part …

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July 24, 2020: For the Sake of Knowledge Alone

We return this week to the second part of the conversation between Kristina Byers and Anastazia Schmid. Schmid is an award-winning, formerly incarcerated scholar who went to extraordinary lengths to complete her education on the inside. We last heard Schmid describe the impact of Ball State University, which she attended while in the Indiana Women’s Prison, choosing not renew its …

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Interchange – Of Her Kind: Radcliffe’s Messy Experiment in Women’s Liberation

In the United States of the 1950s there was a struggle over the very idea of what it would mean to be an American. After World War II, an American could ride high on military power and new technologies. But the Cold War and Nuclear Anxiety undermined the very real economic prosperity being experienced by the growing numbers of the …

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May 15, 2020: Barriers to Higher Education

This core of this week’s Kite Line is a conversation between Anastazia Schmid and Jennifer Fleming about trying to get an education before, during, and after incarceration. You’ve likely heard Anastazia before on Kite Line, both while she was inside at the Indiana Women’s Prison, and since she was released last year. We will be sharing more of these conversations …

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Bring It On! – October 21, 2019

Hosts William Hosea and Roberta Radovich are honored to welcome Nordia McNish, whose story was recently featured in The Herald Times.  She is a young single mother who has managed to overcome the odds. She was an undocumented immigrant from Jamaica who has managed to pursue her bachelor’s degree at Indiana University (Bloomington) while also enduring homelessness. She now holds …

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Bring It On! – July 8, 2019

PART ONE: Hosts Clarence Boone and Jacinda Townsend speak with Tanya Bell, the General Counsel and President of the Indiana Black Expo (IBE), who provides an enticing overview of what people can experience when they attend this year’s Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration. For nearly 50 years the IBE has been a pillar of the Indiana black community, by empowering …

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Interchange – Class Rules: How the Middle Class Rules School

Recently a criminal investigation into fraud in the testing regimes for college entry revealed that wealthy people buy advantages; many of us surely simply shrugged. What’s new? Folks with money look to buy the path they and their children tread. We seem to accept this even if we are, on occasion, outraged. And it can’t surprise you if I say …

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Bring It On! – April 8, 2019

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Part One: Hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell speak with Dr. Charlie Nelms about the launch of his new book, “From Cotton Fields to University Leadership: All Eyes on Charlie, A Memoir – A Story of How Education was His Weapon of Choice for Fighting Racism and Inequality.” Dr. Nelms will launching his book as part of the IU Bicentennial …

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