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Inside Outdoors – Saturday September 5, 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! Don Jordan, Buddy Bill Moser, and Rich Reardin  are the hosts. ‘Inside Outdoors’ engineer, host and producer is Rich Reardin ‘Inside Outdoors’ executive producer is Kade Young

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Hola Bloomington – September 4, 2020

Conosca al comité del Mes Nacional de la Herencia Latinx. Lillian-Casillas directora de LaCasa en IU, Solimar Otero-Profesora de Folklore y Directora de Latino Programs Studies, Sandy Britton- presidente de la Junta Directiva del Centro Comunal Latino, y Josefa Madrigal Luce con el Departamento de Recursos Comunitarios de la Ciudad de Bloomington. ¡Visite el calendario para que se entere de …

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September 4, 2020: “If They Kill Me in the Hole, I’ll Go Out Satisfied” – ICE Detainees Protest Conditions at Winn

This week, we share important news from around the Midwest and more updates from the struggles in Louisiana’s immigrant detention centers.  Kevin ‘Rashid’ Johnson is facing threats on his life inside the Indiana Department of Corrections.  An abolitionist in Madison, Wisconsin has chosen to enter solitary confinement rather than violate his ethics and testify against other activists in a secret …

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Eco Report – September 3, 2020

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According to Inside Indiana Business, the parent company of Indianapolis Power and Light company has gotten into the electric vehicle industry, including the launch of an EV subscription service in Marion county. —Norm Holy A proposed solar project in Pulaski County has just been approved. The clean energy project, to be known as Mammoth Solar, will be designed to produce …

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Interchange: Marking Revolution: Malcolm X and Black-Mindedness

Our opening song is “Brother Malcolm” by Archie Shepp, from his 1999 release Conversations. Archie Shepp, surely one of the great political philosophers of so-called Jazz, accompanies us throughout. While preparing for this conversation another Black man, Jacob Blake, was shot in the back by police, this time in Kenosha, Wisconsin, but it could have been, likely has been, in …

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News Brief – September 1, 2020

720 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Indiana on Monday, according to the Indiana State Department of Health. There were 5 reported deaths. Locally, Monroe County saw 29 new confirmed cases yesterday, while Lawrence County saw 9. Brown County reported 1 new case. The Bloomington Walk to End Alzheimers will be hosted on Sunday, September 13th. However, participants are …

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Bring It On! – August 31, 2020

Today’s broadcast is from our archives and was originally aired on February 25, 2020: PART ONE: Hosts Clarence Boone and Roberta Radovich speak with Wes Martin, News Director for WFHB, about State Senate Bill 12. This is a hate crimes bill, in which Republicans removed all references to race, ethnicity, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, and other protected classes, on …

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Inside Outdoors – Saturday August 29, 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! Our guest today is Jeff Stant of the Indiana Forest Alliance If you’d like to join the Indiana Forest Alliance it’s a tax deductible $25 minimum membership …

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Eco Report – August 27, 2020

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The massive redwood trees that dot the landscape of Northern California have survived through countless earthquakes and natural disasters. Yet the climate crisis may threaten their livelihood as the latest California wildfires have encroached upon the ancient trees, as NPR reported. —Norm Holy The Earth has lost thirty-one trillion tons of ice in just twenty-three years, and the climate crisis …

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August 28, 2020: Eye of the Storm- Hunger Strikers in Louisiana’s ICE Detention

ICE detainees are a week into a hunger strike at Pine Prairie, Louisiana.  This week, we broadcast audio of a call between an anonymous Pine Prairie ICE detainee, and a member of Perilous Chronicle. More information on the struggle there can be found at perilouschronicle.com. The strike at Pine Prairie is not an isolated incident, but the continuation of a …

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