Civic Conversations

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 20:16 — 7.0MB)Subscribe: RSS  In the September 2022 Civic Conversation podcast, we welcomed Professor Shruti Rana, a professor at Indiana University’s Department of International Studies specializing in international law. She holds a degree from Columbia Law School, the London School of Economics and Politics, and UC Berkley. In the podcast, Professor Rana discusses …

In this Civic Conversation podcast, LWV Brown County 2022 essay winner talks about voting and its importance.

Founder of the Bloomington Refugee Support Network, Diane Legomsky joins Civic Conversations to discuss the issue of refugee support in Bloomington and nationally.  In the podcast, we talk to Diane about the mission of Bloomington Refugee Support Network and how it interacts with other refugee resettlement organizations like Exodus Refugee Immigration. Diana breaks down for our audience the differences between being …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 16:58 — 23.4MB)Subscribe: RSSWelcome to the April edition of Civic Conversations – your monthly podcast collaboration between the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County and WFHB. In today’s episode, host Jim Allison speaks with Professor Ranjan Rohatgi who was a member of All IN for Democracy’s Citizens Redistricting Commission. …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 13:33 — 18.7MB)Subscribe: RSSWelcome to the March edition of Civic Conversations – a monthly podcast collaboration with the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County . In today’s segment, host Jim Allison speaks with Lisa Marie Napoli, director of the Political and Civic Engagement or PACE, at Indiana University. Napoli …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 20:59 — 28.9MB)Subscribe: RSSWelcome to the November edition of Civic Conversations – a podcast collaboration between WFHB and the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County. Our guest today is former U.S. Congressman Lee Hamilton, who represented Indiana’s 9th district from 1965-1999. Hamilton speaks with host Jim Allison on the …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:50 — 15.0MB)Subscribe: RSSWelcome to the October edition of Civic Conversations – a podcast collaboration between WFHB and the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County. In today’s podcast, host Jim Allison speaks with Simone Smith, the winning contestant in the League of Women Voters Brown County’s essay contest on …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 16:33 — 22.8MB)Subscribe: RSSWelcome to the August edition of Civic Conversations – a monthly podcast collaboration between the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County and the WFHB Local News. Today’s topic is redistricting with guests Julia Vaughn of Common Cause and Sonia Leerkamp of Indiana Citizens Redistricting Commission. Sonia …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 16:18 — 22.4MB)Subscribe: RSSWelcome to the July edition of Civic Conversations – a monthly podcast collaboration between WFHB and the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County. Our guest for this month is Jennifer Haan, lead volunteer for the Indiana Chapter of Moms Demand Action. In the podcast, we cover …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 16:58 — 23.4MB)Subscribe: RSSWelcome to the June edition of Civic Conversations – a podcast collaboration between WFHB and the League of Women Voters in Bloomington-Monroe County. Today’s episode of Civic Conversations focuses on climate change. Host Jim Allison speaks with Melissa Widhalm, Operations Manager of the Purdue University Climate Change Research Center. …