After hearing statements of solidarity with striking South Carolina prisoners, we share stories and reflections from Willis X, a former prisoner of 23 years, who became an advocate for others still inside.  He talks about his false conviction, and eventually winning his freedom after being sentenced as a teenager. He lives in Michigan, where he runs a newsletter called the …

Welcome back to another week of news updates and conversation! This episode we talk election results. We also have an update about Spencer Pride’s struggle to stay on the courthouse lawn, as groups have approached Owen County with complaints about Pride’s presence in Spencer. Music this week comes from M83’s new album. Credits: Hosted by Melanie Davis, Ireland Meacham, and …

On today’s progam, The Sycamore Land Trust is renaming the hillside the Bob Klawitter Lake Lemon Woods as a dedication to the memory of Robert “Bob” Klawitter, a well-known grassroots environmental leader who died in a traffic accident on September tenth, nineteen ninety-six. In Segment 1 of Jessica Fitzpatrick’s Crysophere, important statistics of climate change and rising sea levels are …

This feature includes an Indiana Environmental Reporter story about steel mill pollution in Northwest Indiana. Two midwestern advocacy groups have claimed the company that owns these mills have self-reported more than 100 clean water act violations, and yet state and federal agencies have not taken actions against the violations. Now, these advocacy groups are taking matters into their own hands.

In this feature, EcoReport touches on an Indiana Environmental Reporter news story about the rollback of pesticide spraying regulations. Beth Edwards speaks of the controversial proposed change of removing restrictions of farmers spraying pesticides on their crops.

Today’s feature report includes Segment 1 of Jessica Fitzpatrick’s series Crysosphere. This feature discusses the importance of the Crysosphere and the threat of global climate change. Important statistics of areas affected by rising sea water levels and less and less snowfall coverage are highlighted.

People who try to predict the future have been focusing on things like the climate and politics but one of the most influential things, on our foreseeable future, is what’s call “The Internet of Things”. All kinds of gadgets are being invented which use the internet to talk to you, but if you can talk to them so can anyone …

Welcome to the Cultural Appropriation Episode of 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. On today’s episode, we feature an interview with Llyod Suh, playwright and IU alum, who speaks about the theatre community and how his role as an Asian-American …

Today’s show is a discussion of how seven million ordinary people are standing against the most powerful surveillance state on planet earth. Episode producer Sean Milligan talks to two activists who spent time in Hong Kong during the height of the protests in the summer of 2019. Facing eventual reunification with mainland China, the citizens of Hong Kong took to …

Part one: Host Clarence Boone speaks with Stafford C. Berry Jr. (Baba Stafford), an esteemed artist, educator, activist, and scholar of African-rooted dance, theater, and aesthetics nationally and internationally. His extensive career includes 12 years with Chuck Davis’ African American Dance Ensemble. On this coming Saturday, November 9, 7:30 p.m., at the IU Auditorium, the African American Arts Institutes Potpourri …