WFHB Bloomington Community Radio
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 39:08 — 26.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBloomington United started as an anti-hate group after the murder of a Korean IU student by an avowed neo-nazi in 1998. Now, the group is reforming in response to what founder Rabbi Sue Laikin Silberberg calls a resurgence in hate groups and rhetoric. Rabbi Siberberg announced the …
Read More »Big Talk! w/ Michael Glab: Adrian Matejka pt. II
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:23 — 5.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreNewly-named Indiana state poet laureate Adrian Matejka says Bloomington is an almost magical, mystical fertile ground for poets and creative writers. Matejka was Michael Glab’s guest on Big Talk last week. Today’s feature includes some of their conversation after the show. Matejka also talks about his work …
Read More »Mayor Announces Deal for Bloomington Hospital Property
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:50 — 5.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOn Wednesday morning, Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton announced to a room of reporters, politicians and residents that the city will buy 24 acres of the current Bloomington Hospital at a discounted rate. Hamilton says the city will pay $6.5 million for the current site, discounted from an …
Read More »Prosecutors, Paramedics Training to Recognize Domestic Violence Strangulation
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 23:01 — 21.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreChidinma was waiting on a judge to sign her divorce papers when her estranged husband showed up at her house one night with a handgun and a machete. For nearly two hours, he screamed, pistol whipped, punched, and sexually assaulted her. He also strangled her. Chidinma shared …
Read More »Daily Local News – December 26, 2017
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:08 — 25.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis retrospective edition of the Daily Local News highlights some of our best reporting from 2017. We’ll hear from IU Foundation President Dan Smith about the Foundation’s offshoring of millions of dollars in the Cayman Islands; we’ll listen to IU students, as they protest the visitation of …
Read More »Study: Religion a ‘Red Herring’ in Denial of Services to Same-Sex Couples
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:09 — 7.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAmericans are evenly divided on whether a business should be able to deny service to same-sex couples, according to a study by Indiana University Bloomington sociologists. IU Professor Brian Powell found people who support denying service don’t necessarily see it as a matter of religious freedom. Instead, …
Read More »New Indiana Poet Laureate Adrian Matejka
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:39 — 7.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAdrian Matejka was named Indiana’s Poet Laureate last week. A professor of Creative Writing at Indiana University, Matejka has authored several poetry compilations. The Devil’s Garden (2003) won the New York/New England Award. Mixology (2009) was a National Poetry Series award winner. It also was a finalist for the NAACP Image …
Read More »Big Talk! w/ Michael Glab: Ross Gay and Kacie Swierk
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:17 — 5.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreRoss Gay is an award-winning poet, author of the bestselling, “Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude.” Kacie Swierk is a multi-talented musician who has released her first album, “This Is Water,” this past summer. The two met this year in one of Ross Gay’s Creative Writing courses at Indiana …
Read More »Indiana Recovery Alliance gets Monroe County Needle Program Re-approved
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:02 — 7.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Indiana Recovery Alliance engages in harm-reduction and syringe support services throughout southern Indiana. On Monday, Monroe County Commissioners re-approved the IRA’s efforts. WFHB News Director Wes Martin speaks with Indiana Recovery Alliance Founder and Director, Chris Abert, about the syringe support program on today’s Feature Report.
Read More »Indian Creek, Clear Creek Fire Townships to Consolidate
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:11 — 7.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Perry Clear Creek Fire Department will propose a merger with the Indian Creek Fire Department before the Monroe County Commissioners on December 20. In today’s Feature Report, WFHB News Director Wes Martin speaks with Indian Creek Township Trustee Vicky Sorenson. She says that, while this merger …
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