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Inside Outdoors – Saturday, September 14, 2019

Buddy Bill, Rich Reardin, and Don Jordan are the hosts. Guest John Ward is sitting in for Buddy Bill. Rich talks about the loss of our longtime underwriter, Morrison’s Appliances and Service, who closed their doors forever here in mid-September 2019. More about algae problems on Lake Monroe, epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) in deer, and John talks about leprosy starting …

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Local Live – Wade van Orman

Wade van Orman is a Bloomington based songwriter specializing in ambient music and pop songs. During this hour, he’s joined by Rory Derryberry, a classically trained guitarist. The duo delivers sweet songs developed by Wade’s unique songwriting style. Tracks 1. Kitty’s Treehouse 2. Save the Day 3. Pinball 4. Stop Start 5. Silent Voice 6. Doreen Credits Host: Charlotte Wager …

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September 13, 2019: Children in Immigrant Detention

First, we hear some prison news and reflect on the anniversary of the Attica prison rebellion. Then, we hear more from last month’s Bend the Bars conference, which was held in Lansing, Michigan. In a compelling panel called “Fighting Immigrant Detention Centers”, organizers with the Little Village Solidarity Network explain the processes that children go through when they are detained …

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Eco Report – September 12, 2019

Today we have a feature about Wildcare, Inc., brought to you by Norm Holy. We will learn about the history of the organization, their mission and details about their work caring for wild animals. We also have a short feature from the Indiana Environmental Reporter. This story is about Verifli, an app developed by Indiana University students to help commercial …

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Volunteers, Activists, Advocates

Previously un-aired conversation with six guests who’ve appeared on Big Talk during the last year. They’re passionate and committed. They give of their time and energy. They want to make their local community and the world better places. They are Tracey Hutchings-Goetz of Hoosier Action, Kassandra Botts of the Indiana Recovery Alliance, Dr. Rob Stone of Medicare for All: Indiana, …

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BloomingOUT w/ The Update – September 12th, 2019

This week on BloomingOUT we are back with a local news update and more! Music selections from Kate Tempest. Events: Fast Color, I. U. Cinema, 1213 E. Seventh Street, Bloomington, IN Sep 13 @ 7:00 pm – 8:45 pm In the dystopian near future of a drought-plagued American Midwest, a young woman, Ruth, with superhuman abilities is forced to go …

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Better Beware- Ditch Your Dongle

Do you use a wireless mouse or wireless keyboard with your computer – especially any portable device? The kind that sends a signal to a little dongle you plug in? You might want to unplug it, right now. If anybody has one of these doodads, once they synchronize with your wireless connections…they’re in your computer. And once they’re in, they …

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Evening of Solidarity, Part One

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Welcome to Part One of our Evening of Solidarity 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 speakers from Bloomington United‘s Evening of Solidarity. The Evening of Solidarity was organized by Bloomington United in order to affirm …

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Indiana Students Fail New Standardized Test

Indiana schools have a new standardized test called ILEARN, which has replaced the ISTEP. Based on student test results, Indiana officials award a letter grade to each school, and the grades are linked to teacher evaluations and teacher pay. But scores on the ILEARN were so low that Monroe County School Superintendent Judi DeMuth exempted educators from the negative impact …

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