A local chapter of the environmental protest group, Extinction Rebellion, has three demands for lawmakers to ensure carbon emissions drop to net zero within the next six years. WFHB Correspondent Katrine Bruner discusses the Extinction Rebellion organization with the founding XR Bloomington members. The Bloomington chapter of the Extinction Rebellion Organization began in the early summer of 2019. The group …

This week’s Eco Report features a story about the dangers that changes in flooding levels and frequency pose for Indiana SuperFund sites. The programs also has an IN Nature segment about the Copper Bellied Water Snake.

Today’s feature report includes a segment from Enrique Sanez from the Indiana Enviornmental Reporter speaking about superfund site flooding.

The holidays are here! Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday have all come and gone, and the gift buying season is well underway. It’s the biggest money maker of the year for businesses, and for the swarms of scammers out there.

Welcome to our interview with Meredith Oda conducted by Professor Wu on Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio! Hearabouts is produced by WFHB and Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community and shared assumptions. Professor Ellen Wu, is an associate professor of history and director of the Asian Studies program at Indiana University. Her interview …

Since the 1970’s, environmentalists have framed our epoch as the “Anthropocene,” a period defined by man’s — and often specifically men’s — unidirectional impact on a quickly heating planet Earth. The so-called Anthropocene continues to be caused by only a small portion of the people on the planet, following hierarchies of race, gender, class, and the artificial division of Man …

Join WFHB and the Firehouse Follies for another live radio theater broadcast: ‘Anything Goes’- featuring special musical guest Carrie Newcomer with Martinie’s Boogie Three, Gozpel Gurlz, and Cathi Norton, with acting troupe The Unusual Suspects. Broadcasting live from the Ivy Tech John Waldron auditorium Sunday December 1st from 4 to 6 P.M. Doors open at 3:30 P.M. Be a part …

Today host William Hosea and guest host Nordia McNish speak with Dr. Tennisha N. Riley on how to maintain good mental health throughout the holiday season. Dr. Riley is a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society and a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University. Dr. …

This week, we visit the women of the Breakaway Recovery House. Located in New Albany, Indiana, this halfway house is the residence for 14 formerly incarcerated women. In last week’s discussion of e-carceration, Breakaway was mentioned as a resource enabling women to transition to life on the outside. Recently, Micol Seigel visited Breakaway, and talked to a few of the …

Locutras, Lizbeth Martinez y Diana Reyes, entrevistan a su invitada Alison Ortis – Cortes.  Ellas hablaron de los deportes que juegan, las tradiciones de las quiniceañeras y su cultura, y sus experencias en su escuela. Host, Lizbeth Martinez and Diana Reyes, interview their guest Alison Ortis-Cortez.  They talked about sports, quinceañera’s tradition and culture, and their experiences with school.