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Interchange – Needing A Space For Us: On Social Rights with Kimberley Brownlee (Part II)

Once again we’re joined by Kimberley Brownlee to talk about the necessity of Social Rights being a rock-bottom human right. We need each other and we need to be needed so that we might become fully human. Last week we discussed how Social Rights should have priority as human rights in the same way that food and water do, and …

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News Brief – December 1, 2020

  5,518 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Indiana on Monday, according to the Indiana State Department of Health. Daily positive cases dipped under five thousand briefly during the Thursday and Friday of Thanksgiving before jumping back over Five Thousand starting Sunday. There were 142 newly reported deaths. Locally, Monroe County saw 101 new confirmed cases yesterday while Lawrence …

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Bring It On! – November 30, 2020: IU Professors Talk about Black Theater and Post-Trump Civil Rights

Today’s edition of Bring It On! is divided into two parts. In Part 1, hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea share their hosting duties with Vernon William, who is a playwright and organizer of the Onyx Fest, a festival for Black playwrights. They welcome Professor Ansley Valentine, Associate Professor of Theater, Drama, and Contemporary Dance at Indiana University, to discuss …

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November 27, 2020: Careless With People’s Lives- Violence & Neglect in Florida

For our episode this week, we share more from Florida Prisoner Solidarity. Recently, they told us about the drastic retaliatory measures prisoners were being subjected to in the Florida Department of Corrections. These punishments were often given as a response for prisoners advocating for themselves in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. This week, they continue to shine a light …

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Publisher, Photographer, Curator: Michael Redman

One of this town’s long line of alternative newsweekly publishers, Michael Redman has also been a teacher, a film reviewer, a comic book shop proprietor, and he remains to this day a co-curator of the Bloomington Day of the Dead Community Altar, on virtual display during the COVID lockdown. He never became a rich man, mainly because he had no …

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WFHB TOP ALBUMS 11.24.20

1. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In) 2. Makaya McCraven – Universal Beings E & F 3. Jyoti – Mama You Can Bet! 4. Sugar Ray & The Bluetones – Too Far From The Bar 5. Ella Fitzgerald – Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes 6. Various Artists – Blue …

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Interchange – On Being Against “Freedom”: Recognizing Social Needs

This is the first of two conversations I had with Kimberley Brownlee about her recent book Being Sure of Each Other: An Essay on Social Rights and Freedoms. Brownlee writes that our social needs are so fundamental, basic, and universal, that they lead us necessarily into the territory of human rights. Meeting our social needs – for decent human contact, …

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Inside Outdoors – Saturday November 21, 2020

We invite anyone who would like to be included in the program to PM us at ‘Inside Outdoors’ on Facebook, and if you know how to ‘Zoom’ we’ll invite you on the show! Today’s guest host is D Alan Bronnenberg ‘Inside Outdoors’ engineer, host and producer is Rich Reardin ‘Inside Outdoors’ executive producer is Kade Young

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November 20, 2020: Punished for Self-Preservation

This week, share an update sent to us from Michelle Freeman about her husband, Vernell. Michelle’s impassioned plea on behalf of her partner is both urgent and inspiring, and we will continue to air messages from her in the future, as Vernell’s situation evolves. You can hear our episode about Vernell here. Afterwards, we speak to two people from Florida …

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BloomingOUT – November 19th, 2020

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We’re back with Covid updates, talks of Trans Day of Remembrance, as it is transgender awareness week. We also talk a bit about Dolly Parton and rant about Donald Trump, as per usual. We also talk about Barack Obama opening up about his use of profanity in his youth, particular the “f” word.   This episode hosted by Melanie Davis, …

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