Just because scammers are thinking up new ways to swindle you, with Coronavirus hooks, doesn’t mean they’ve stopped doing their good-old – I mean, bad-old Standbys. Duke Energy is warning of Disconnection Scams again – that’s where you get a phone call or email from somebody claiming to be from Duke (maybe with the correct Caller-ID), threatening to cut off …

Let’s begin with what prompted me to contact today’s guest – the opening paragraph from an article from April 30th in The Nation magazine. In 1807, Heinrich von Kleist published a short story called “The Earthquake in Chile.” Its heroes are a man sitting in prison and a woman in a convent, each confined for the crime of conceiving their …

Welcome to the 200th episode of Kite Line. This week, we revisit the important intersection of incarceration and higher education. Barriers to higher education are a key way the incarcerated and the formerly incarcerated are trapped by the system in a cycle of unemployment, low-wage work, and recidivism. We are proud to again host an interview conducted by Anastazia Schmid, …

In this podcast Don, Bill and Rich use ‘Zoom’ to record their program from the safety of their homes. Buddy Bill, Rich Reardin, and Don Jordan are the hosts. ‘Inside Outdoors’ engineer, host and producer is Rich Reardin ‘Inside Outdoors’ executive producer is Kade Young

In this podcast Don, Bill and Rich use ‘Zoom’ to record their program from the safety of their homes. Buddy Bill, Rich Reardin, and Don Jordan are the hosts. ‘Inside Outdoors’ engineer, host and producer is Rich Reardin ‘Inside Outdoors’ executive producer is Kade Young

As Indiana businesses and public areas reopen amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for safety precautions is more important than ever. Common forms of Personal Protective Equipment, or PPE, like face masks and gloves help protect individuals, especially those who are high-risk. Sanitation and proper hand washing techniques help prevent the spread of COVID-19 on a smaller scale. Things like …

A feature from Indiana Environmental Reporter’s Enrique Saenz reports that two Indiana cities recently passed the EPA’s standards for air quality.

Two southwestern Indiana environmental health advocacy groups have received a significant grant to undertake regional monitoring of toxic and fine particle air pollution as well as some water pollution. Over forty-three billion dollars in low-interest loans earmarked for clean energy projects sit undistributed by the Trump administration, according to The New York Times. The U.S. solar sector has lost sixty-five …

Are we witnessing the death of the daily newspaper? Most informed observers seem to think so. The man who has brought daily newspapers from all over the state and the nation into Bloomington for the last five decades is calling it quits at the end of this month. Jack Dopp started out as a nine-year-old paperboy in East Gary (now …

Well, we’re back again. Catch up with some discussion and spicy discourse brought to you by the bloomingOUT gang. Today we have Justin and Ireland back on the show to talk about what has been happening the last few weeks. Asking the big questions, no music break or anything. Tune in to hear our thoughts about coronavirus, terfs, the idea …