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Trashion Refashion: Nicki Stewart Ingersoll

She thought it might be fun but terribly scary to model in the 2017 Trashion ReFashion Rundway Show. She did it anyway and had the time of her life. Now, Nicki Stewart Ingersoll is a key member of the group of volunteers who put on the annual show featuring fashion designs made of recycled and retrieved materials or clothing that …

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Bring It On! – December 5, 2022: Trump & Current U.S. Democracy

This is a rebroadcast from October 3, 2022: Today’s host of Bring It On!, William Hosea speaks with IU Law School Constitutional Professor Joseph Hoffman about the state of U.S. democracy after the Trump presidency. In summary, today’s show is about a number of legal topics and issues related to former President Donald Trump and his supporters. Several of these …

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Prescription for Healthcare – Tracey Hutchings-Goetz and Hoosier Action, December 2022

Welcome to Prescription for Healthcare, a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana, broadcasting the second Thursday of every month as part of the Local News at 5:20 PM. This month we interview Tracey Hutchings-Goetz, Communications Director for Hoosier Action, the grassroots activist organization. Hoosier Action is working to draw attention to the risk for …

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Hola Bloomington- December 2, 2022

Josefa Madrigal entrevista a interprete y espcialista de registro de Bloomnigton Health, Marcela Sepúlveda, y a la trabajadora social, Lisa Robinson. Ellas mencionan el proceso del enrolamiento para obtener seguro medico. Nos dicen de la imiportancia de obtener un medico de cabezera. Marcela y Lisa nos dicen todos los servicios que se ofrece en la clinica HelathNet.   Josefa Madrigal …

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Author, Art Historian, Entrepreneur: Michelle Facos

She expected to stay in Paris for a short time, enjoying the sights, the culture, the arts. Then the world changed. It was March, 2020 and Michelle Facos found herself unable to leave the city of lights. The COVID-19 pandemic may have shut the world down but Facos, an art history professor at Indiana University, opened her eyes and ears …

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Hearabouts: Stories from Studying in Asia

Welcome to the 69th episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio. Hearabouts is produced by Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center in collaboration with WFHB. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community and shared assumptions. This episode is produced by Ming Wang and Melanie Castillo-Cullather. In this special episode we interview Matt Walsh, a current senior at the Kelley School …

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Bring It On! – November 28, 2022: Rashad Nelms, a United Nations Officer

This is a rebroadcast from October 10, 2022: On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell speak with Rashad Nelms, who has have served in leadership and management positions for the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) for 18 years and in more than 21 countries. As an International Executive, Rashad helps clients lead and …

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Hola Bloomington- November 25, 2022

Escuchamos una charla mundialista 2022, entrevista con, Andres Cantor, mientras hace sus comentarios y análisis del mundial en Qatar.  La segunda parte, esuchamos a una charla callejera desde Qatar 2022.   We listen to a World Cup 2022 chat, an interview with Andres Cantor, while he makes his comments and analysis of the World Cup in Qatar. The second part, …

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Bring It On! – November 21, 2022: Bill Breeden, Minister Emeritus from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington, Indiana

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, the hosts are Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell. They spend the hour with Bill Breeden, Minister Emeritus from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington, Indiana. He was a minister to Corey Johnson and attended his execution. On January 14, 2021, the federal government executed Corey Johnson, a death-row prisoner who likely was intellectually …

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LWV-BMC Civic Conversations Podcast: Loss of Local News Sources

This month, LWV-BMC Civic Conversation Podcast host, Jim Allision, talked to Steve Hinnefeld about the impact on a community when local news sources die out. Mr. Hinnefeld has worked for over thirty years as a reporter and is a former reporter for the Herald Times.  Approximately 2500 local, state, and national news sources have been lost. According to Mr. Hinnefeld, …

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