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Two City Council Seats Determined Tuesday

Elections for Bloomington’s City Council are taking place tomorrow. Only eligible voters in Bloomington’s Districts 2 and 3 are voting . Candidates for other positions are running uncontested. Competing for District 2 are Sue Sgambelluri (Democrat) and Andrew Guenther (Republican). District 2 covers portions of northwest Bloomington. Running for District 3 are Ron Smith (Democrat), Nick Kappas (Independent) and Marty …

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Inside Outdoors – Saturday, November 2, 2019

Buddy Bill, Rich Reardin, and Don Jordan are the hosts. Don talks about the news story that a woman was killed by a python in Northern Indiana at a home that was dedicated to snakes (150) as pets, it was owned by the local sheriff, more discussion about the issue of wild pythons moving northward from Florida, caller mentions python …

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Hola Bloomington- November 1, 2019

Locutora, Minerva Sosa, entrevista a nuestro invitado Esteban Crespo.  El nos dice de sus experencias con los torneos jugando tennis, su disciplina y compromiso con el deporte. Host, Minerva Sosa, interviews our guest Esteban Crespo. He tells us of his experiences with playing tennis tournaments playing, his discipline and commitment to the sport.

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Local Live – Freddie Bourne

From Evansville, Indiana, Freddie Bourne has been writing songs since he was 9 years old. Using a keyboard, toy piano and vocoder, his music explores different genres such as electronic, pop, experimental and alternative. In this performance he plays songs off of his recent releases and promotes his upcoming release “The Troubled Boy at the Bonfire Disco” which will be …

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November 1, 2019: Families Speak Out Against the Gladiator Fights, Part Two

As we covered last week, prisoners in California have been subjected to a new and disturbing round of gladiator fights – conflicts between prisoners instigated by guards for their own amusement or to break down solidarity between different groups on the inside.  This week, we continue sharing a powerful conversation with three women whose husbands have suffered from this shocking …

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Va-Va-Va Vaudeville!: Paula Chambers & Tony Brewer

Flow arts mama Paula Chambers and poet-slash-foley artist Tony Brewer are co-producers of the third annual revue inspired by the storied song, dance, magic, and you-name-it traveling extravaganza that defined American entertainment from the late 19th through the mid 20th centuries. Vaudeville gave the nation the likes of the Marx Brothers, Bob Hope, W.C. Fields, and countless burlesque artists. Va-Va-Va …

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BloomingOUT w/ Byrne Bridges – October 31st, 2019

Unfortunately, due to technical errors, we are unable to air this episode. But we wanted to go ahead an post about Byrne Bridges. She is a singer/songwriter in Bloomington who has performed under many acts, such as Ghastly, Indiana, and Wintermute. We had an interview with her on the show but had some malfunctioning equipment. So we wanted to play …

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Cultural Appropriation

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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 IU Professor Dr. Yasuko Akiyama who will be speaking about her experiences with cultural appropriation. Later in the …

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Interchange – Pathways to Planetary Sovereignty – Joel Wainwright on Climate Leviathan

Let’s cut to the chase, in their book, Climate Leviathan, importantly subtitled A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future, Geoff Mann and Joel Wainwright posit that it’s very likely that we face a future organized by a planetary sovereign which asserts the right to decide what parties, and what peoples, will have to sacrifice (or perhaps be sacrificed) in the …

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John Armstrong – Pigasus Pictures

John Armstrong is the Chief Operating Officer of Pigasus Pictures, a locally owned and based production company. Pigasus Pictures works with a mind of community focused production, dabbling in many forms of outreach to the community. They recently had two films in the Heartland Film Festival. In today’s community report, corespondent Sydney Foreman talks with Armstrong about the Heartland film …

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