Hosts Minerva Sosa and Luz López talk about the pandemic and different ways that it has impacted our community. Locutoras Minerva Sosa y Luz López hablan sobre la pandemia y las maneras diferentes en las cuales ha afectado a la comunidad.

Piedmont-Smith, "I think overall we need more housing of all types. In that respect, I am in favor of increased density close to our downtown and close to campus. I think we also need to look into some of the issues which have been raised by people living in those neighborhoods, like parking and current infrastructure which might be insufficient. But the petition really just assumes that everything is going to go to hell if the zoning is passed, and I think that is not reasonable.

On this episode of Partisan Gardens, we are sharing a vital summary of the ongoing mass farmer protests in India. For almost six weeks, Indian farmers have blocked the major highways leading into the capitol, New Delhi.  More than 100,000 people are maintaining tent cities on the highways themselves, in conjunction with a broader movement that mobilized 250 million farmers …

Through the years many musicians have appeared on Big Talk. Back in December, we began to celebrate those musical guests by presenting their songs and work in a show dedicated to them. Now, a month later, we wrap up our celebration with music created and/or performed by the Indianapolis Children’s Choir, Travis Puntarelli, Jason Fickel, Jason & Ginger, Krista Detor, …

Indiana Senator J.D. Ford is back in the studio this week to discuss some of the legislation that he has been working on since his historic win in 2018 as the first openly gay senator in Indiana. One of the bills Ford has been working on would ban conversion therapy. http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/32 The House version of Ford’s Bill http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1213     …

Indiana has made no plans to vaccinate teachers yet. Senator Shelli Yoder is calling for teachers to be included in the next round of the state’s Covid-19 vaccinations.

Three current scams are flourishing while everyone is distracted by current events. Here’s a heads-up on what’s going around right now, and some good reasons to stay home and stay safe.

Born in 1866 Art Young was the exact contemporary of W. E. B Du Bois though Du Bois would outlive him by 20 years, and he was about a decade younger than the great Indiana Socialist Eugene V. Debs. Young was the most widely recognized and beloved cartoonist of the golden age of American radicalism. Spanning the Age of Monopoly …

1. Songhoy Blues – Optimisme 2. The Mountain Goats – Getting Into Knives 3. The Nude Party – Midnight Manor 4. Gillian Welch – Boots No.2, Vol.3 5. Dirty Projectors – 5 EPs 6. Sugar Ray & The Bluetones – Too Far From The Bar 7. Ella Fitzgerald – Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes 8. The Parson Red Heads – …

On today’s edition of Bring It On! hosts William Hosea and Liz Mitchell welcome Dr. Amrita Myers, who is the Ruth Halls Associate Professor of History and Gender Studies at Indiana University. Together they examine what the insurgency and siege of the Capitol Building in Washington by Trump supporters, in an attempt to overturn the 2020 Presidential Election results, says …