In this edition of “Interchange,” Herald-Times editor Bob Zaltsberg tells why he’s stayed in the community for 33 years, despite initially being a little leery of the place. In a conversation with WFHB’s Will Murphy, Zaltsberg also talks about his youth in Winchester, Indiana, what brought him to print journalism (he initially was a radio guy), and how several recent …

Host Dave Stewart welcomes Nazif Shahrani, Professor of Anthropology, Professor of Central Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, and currently the chairperson of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at Indiana University, as well as a longtime Bloomington resident and native of Afghanistan. Professor Shahrani’s areas of research include cultural ecology of nomadic pastoralism, state and society, Islamic movements, …

Andy Mahler, a former host of Interchange, is the recipient of WFHB’s 2009 Legacy Award, a lifetime achievement honor recognizing his many years covering the stories you don’t hear about in mainstream media. In a special on-location edition of Interchange, host Dave Stewart travels south to Orleans and Paoli, Indiana, to talk to this long-time community organizer and activist in …

Host Colin Allen interviews Lida Anestidou, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences, who is a program officer at the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Anestidou discusses her background in veterinary medicine, including initial training in Greece and the Netherlands, and then her move into a research position in the United …

Host Deb Kent talks with documentary filmmakers James and Valerie Gray of MissionFoto, a non-profit photography and documentary company that chronicles mission work in countries around the world, including Guatamala, Honduras, Haiti and the Ukraine. James Gray once found himself in Haiti helping to build a clinic and, unexpectedly, assembling eyeglasses too. When he witnessed the reaction of an old …

Lisa Morrison interviews Charlie Sitzes of the Indiana Atheist Bus Campaign.  The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana is representing the bus campaign in a lawsuit against Bloomington Transit for its refusal to run ads saying “You Can Be Good Without God” on the sides of Bloomington buses.  Sitzes shares his view on “God vs. Science”, as well as the status of the campaign which …

A fascinating discussion of economics and politics with Ivy Tech Economics Professor Rob Larson.  From the initial question of “should the United States have bailed out AIG” the discussion is on the ramifications of economic policy on our lives. Microeconomics is discussed, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that basically allows “price-fixing’, to globalization and its effects both here in the …

Host Dave Stewart interviews Mike Ferner, president of Veterans for Peace. Mike Ferner discusses his experience as a Navy Corpsman in a hospital during Vietnam, and how that experience of seeing the human cost of war caused him to become a conscientious objector upon his discharge from the Navy. Mike Ferner has a website, www.mikeferner.org, and posts regular stories and political …

Host Tom Healy welcomes author and educator Scott Russell Sanders to the studio to discuss his newest book, A Conservationist Manifesto. Sanders is renowned for his evocative style and his love of his adopted home, Indiana. After 38 years in Bloomington, he says he feels native to South Central Indiana and has spent the better part of three decades learning …

President and CEO of the Indiana Youth Institute Bill Stanczykiewicz explains how a sports announcer ended up tackling the problems facing Indiana’s young people. In a conversation with WFHB’s Will Murphy, Stanczykiewicz outlines the major threats to the well-being of Indiana’s children and what we can do to help them succeed.