This is a rebroadcast from August 17, 2020. Hosts Cornelius Wright and Amnita Myers discuss the 1921 Tulsa/Greenwood Race Massacre with Liz Mitchel, a regular Bring It On! anchor and producer of award-winning WFHB segment “Dark Past, Bring Future”, and Professor Jewell Parker-Rhodes, bestselling novelist and award-winning academic. The Tulsa Race Massacre occurred over the span of two days in …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, October 23rd, 2023. In today’s feature report, local journalist Dave Askins with the B Square Bulletin reports on a Zoom audio glitch during the public comment portion of the Bloomington Board of Public Works meeting last Thursday. We turn to Dave Askins for more. More in the bottom half of tonight’s program. …
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It’s that time of year where everybody in Bloomington is wearing sweaters – even the trees. The “Wrapped in Love” tree sweater project is more than just public art – it also raises money for Middle Way House, a local nonprofit working to end domestic violence and sexual assault in our community. This year for the first time ever the …
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El día de hoy recibimos a nuestra amiga Lucero Guillén, estudiante internacional de México, quien nos cuenta sobre su historia en Bloomington, su paso por la oficina internacional de IU en México, y lo importante de la multiculturalidad.
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Hello and welcome to Eco-Report. For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey, and I’m Frank Marshalek. On today’s edition of Eco Report, eco-architect and place maker Mark Lakeman invites us to apply urban permaculture to rehumanize public spaces by tapping into the natural economy of the Universe as they have been doing in Portland’s City Repair Project for almost thirty years. That’s …
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Co-publisher Piser and editor Beach crew the Bloomington editorial office of the humor magazine, Funny Times, along with co-publisher (and heiress to the empire), Renae Lesser. Founded by Renae’s parents Sue Wolpert and Ray Lesser in the Cleveland area in 1985, Funny Times continues to print a monthly magazine chock full of cartoons — many of them political — as well …
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In September’s Civic Conversation podcast, Canopy Bloomington’s Forestry Director Ava Hartman joins the podcast to talk about Bloomington’s tree canopy and its benefits to the Bloomington community. Among the many benefits, according to Hartman, are their ability to mitigate climate change by sequestering carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in tree tissue. Hartman also discussed the City of Bloomington’s …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, October 18th, 2023. Later in the program, Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate where we look into issues regarding Health, Housing, and the Environment that directly impact residents of Monroe County. Today, we continue looking into Indiana’s legislation that pertains to education. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in …
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This is Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate where we look into issues regarding Health, Housing, and the Environment that directly impact residents of Monroe County. We are looking into Indiana’s legislation that pertains to education. This week, we look into House Enrolled Act 1608. During the 2023 legislative session, the Indiana Statehouse passed a swath of bills that …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, October 17th, 2023. In today’s feature report, WFHB Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze speaks with eco architect Mark Lakeman on the human ecology of place making and building tiny home ecovillages for the unhoused community. More in the bottom half of tonight’s show. Also coming up in the next half hour, Lil Bub’s …
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