Big Talk

Bloomington is home to the most fascinating, creative, and successful people. Big Talk host Michael Glab goes one-on-one with different guests each week, learning about their lives, their hopes, and their accomplishments. Find out what makes this town so special on Big Talk. Tune in every Thursday at 5:30pm, immediately following the Daily Local News.

Musician, Teacher, Performer: Sarah Flint

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:00 — 22.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreShe fell in love with music as a kid, listening to the bands playing late into the night in her family’s first floor restaurant. She obtained her FCC broadcaster’s license at the tender age of 14. Sarah Flint went on to become a well-traveled singer and guitar …

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Funny Times: Gabriel Piser and Mia Beach

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:00 — 22.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreCo-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 …

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Sex Researcher and Educator Debby Herbenick

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:01 — 22.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreCuriosity drove Debby Herbenick into the field of sex research and education. Almost immediately upon entering the field, she learned much — if not most — of what she knew about sex was wrong. Since then, she’s devoted her life to helping the rest of us shake …

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Labor & Unions with Joe Varga, Part 2

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:00 — 21.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe labor historian and associate professor of labor studies at Indiana University picks up where last week’s Part 1 left off. High profile strikes in the United States may be symbolic of a rebirth in labor unions. Bloomington and IU both are affected by unionization at Starbucks. …

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Labor Historian Joe Varga

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:00 — 21.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWith the President of the United States at the UAW strikers’ picket line in Detroit as we record, Joe Varga joins us to talk about labor unions and the upswing in their influence. America’s labor history has been fraught with controversy, animosity between business owners and the …

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Lotus Fest’s Tamara Loewenthal

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:00 — 16.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | More[Please Note: This recording contains two three-plus minute long spans of silence so we could live pitch for this year’s Fall Fund Drive.]   With the 30th annual Lotus World Music & Arts Festival coming up at the end of this month, we’ve reached back into our …

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United Way’s Randy Rogers

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:00 — 19.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | More[PLEASE NOTE: This episode contains two three-minute spans of silence so we could live pitch for our Fall Fund Drive. The first starts at 0:42 and ends at 3:42; the second starts at 21:39 and ends at 24:39.]   The United Way of Monroe County will soon …

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Democratic Party Chair David Henry

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:00 — 23.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHe fell into the chair position almost by accident. Seemingly every other person in Monroe County capable of leading the party was running for office or working a campaign. David Henry promises he’ll only hold the reins for a short time but the truth is he loves …

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Deep Dive, Lake Monroe, Part 3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:00 — 22.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe last of three Big Talk conversations with people whose job it is — and whose passion it is — to keep our Bloomington and Monroe County waters clean. We visited with Maggie Sullivan of Friends of Lake Monroe on August 17, 2023 and Michelle Cohen of …

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Deep Dive and Big Talk: Michelle Cohen

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:00 — 22.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe second in our series of Big Talk interviews on the health and future of Lake Monroe, This week, Michelle Cohen, executive director of the Lake Monroe Water Fund, joins us. Deep Dive is a cooperative effort of WFHB News and Limestone Post magazine. Please read the …

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