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In today’s edition of BloomingOUT, hosts Melanie, Kal and Justin discuss current news and events in the LGBTIQ+ sphere. BloomingOUT is one of the nation’s longest-running LGBTIQ-focused radio shows. We feature people, news, events, entertainment, and businesses relevant to the queer experience in central Indiana and the Midwest. Interested in being on the show or want to recommend a person, …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, February 7th, 2024. Later in the program, we take a look at the most recent episode of Bring It On – WFHB’s Black affairs program. Hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell put the spotlight on Black History Month in Bloomington. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, February 6th, 2024. Later in the program, WFHB Environmental Correspondent Robert Shull speaks with Dan Vest, Monroe County Animal Management Officer. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, we have Lil Bub’s Lil Show – a co-production between WFHB and Lil Bub’s Big Fund. But first, …

This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, February 1st, 2024. Later in the program, we have Part Two of the latest edition of Prescription for Healthcare, where we welcomed Dr. Michael Hicks, Distinguished Professor of Economics and Business Research and Director of the Center for Business & Economic Research at Ball State University. More in the bottom half of …

This month, we welcomed Dr. Michael Hicks, Distinguished Professor of Economics and Business Research and Director of Center Business Economic Research at Ball State University. His work has appeared not only in scholarly sources but also in such publications and media as Rolling Stone, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, MSNBC, NPR, and Fox Business News. Dr. Hicks joined us …

Today we have Mitch Teplitsky, Marketing / PR Director & Author Talk host from Morgenstern’s Books, which is Hola Bloomington Sponsor, to talk about how the bookstore promotes diversity and hosts Spanish storytelling. He also shares with our host, Carlos Bakota, his passion for producing documentaries.

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, October 18th, 2023. Later in the program, Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate where we look into issues regarding Health, Housing, and the Environment that directly impact residents of Monroe County. Today, we continue looking into Indiana’s legislation that pertains to education. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in …

In this episode of Partisan Gardens, we explore the competing utopias at stake in the struggle to stop Cop City in Atlanta. Cop City is itself a grim utopia, a vision concocted by cops and politicians of a depopulated, fake city that will actually bend to their will.  On the other side are the diverse utopian dreams of the movement …

For this episode, we share a candid and generative conversation between Kay and Sarah, shortly after World’s End, Sarah’s farm, hosted a week long group retreat. They share reflections on that experience, and the role of farms in hosting urban visitors. They touch on the strange idea of owning the land, reflecting on the concept of ownership, and how that …

This month, we begin sharing an ambitious two-part interview with Doug, a life-long deserter, commune-dweller, and bioregionalist organizer currently living in western Canada.  Doug is interviewed by his nephew, a contributor to a militant network of communes in the region. Doug shares invaluable recollections on the experience of living underground and in exile in Canada and Sweden, while refusing US …