Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:18 — 9.6MB)Subscribe: RSSA new report is claiming that young people are now the most regular churchgoers. New research from Barna Group shows Millennials and Gen Z are driving a resurgence in church attendance. What does this look like in Bloomington and on the Indiana University campus? Hear from leaders of two …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.6MB)Subscribe: RSSThe Indiana Canine Assistant Network trains service dogs for people with disabilities. ICAN was one of the first organizations to begin training service dogs in prisons, providing a means of rehabilitation and purpose to its incarcerated dog handlers. On the Bloomington campus of Indiana University you might see a …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:09 — 8.3MB)Subscribe: RSSResidents of Tulip Tree Apartments were not happy when their Bloomington Transit bus stop was removed this past fall. Now their only option is a campus bus, on a route that takes way longer. You might call this change the price of progress: the new electric buses have their …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:27 — 9.4MB)Subscribe: RSSBack in 1968, a group of Bloomington women who all went to the same church came up with a brilliant idea. They were trying to solve two challenges associated with poverty: the cost of goods, and the cost of childcare. They opened Opportunity House, a secondhand store providing a …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.1MB)Subscribe: RSSThe Indiana University Black Student Union is helping IU students of color better themselves and their community. The mission of BSU is to improve the quality of life for Black students in Bloomington, but members also learn to advocate for themselves. Chapter President Maurquis Willingham says this has helped …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:00 — 12.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBloomington High School South has a revered football program, but far fewer people know about the student media program bringing those games to the world. In October the Bloomington South Broadcast Club set a viewership record when they live-streamed the Panthers’ sectional game against Terre Haute South. …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:05 — 10.6MB)Subscribe: RSSIndiana University recently launched a free course on how to talk to AI to better use AI. Since launching in August, GenAI 101 has reached more than 100,000 IU students, staff, faculty across nine IU departments and campuses. It is now available to more than 800,000 alumni worldwide, making …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:52 — 7.9MB)Subscribe: RSSLast year and this year there are major construction projects happening on the Indiana University Bloomington campus. The $52 million Wright Quad renovation finished before classes started, just in time for major updates happening now to IU’s School of Public Health and the Bill Garrett Fieldhouse. This is part …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:01 — 9.9MB)Subscribe: RSSAn owl. A raccoon. An eagle. A collie. A bulldog named “Ox.” All had short-lived stints as the mascot of Indiana University. In 2025, IU re-adopted a bison as its athletics mascot. The bison served as IU Bloomington’s longest-running official mascot, from 1965 to 1969, and has now returned …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:13 — 8.1MB)Subscribe: RSSRemember when we used to fix stuff instead of just throwing it away? Discardia is a project of Bloomington’s Center for Sustainable Living. The mission is to give new life to reclaimed materials that would otherwise be discarded. Reuse, recycle, refashion. On the second Saturday of every month, Discardia …
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