Bring It On!

Bring It On! is Indiana’s only weekly radio program committed to exploring the people, issues and events impacting the African-American community.

Bring It On! – February 10, 2014

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:35 — 50.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBev Smith and William Hosea welcome guest Dr. John McCluskey, professor emeritus of Indiana University. PART ONE In the post-Civil War South, three men are tied to each other by history and faith, but are also bound by secrets. A badly wounded Jewish Confederate soldier returns home …

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Bring It On! – February 3, 2014

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:47 — 50.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWilliam Hosea welcomes guest Richard Coleman, director of the Center for Career and Employer Relations at Vincennes University. PART ONE From the pages of Diverse Issues in Higher Education we read that, “There is significant emphasis placed on the retention and success rate in community colleges among …

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Bring It On! – January 27, 2014

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:47 — 54.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBev Smith and William Hosea welcome guest Guy Loftman, along with BIO contributor Cornelius Wright. PART ONE Back on November 5, 2013, the public was invited to explore alternatives to the war on drugs. The event, co-sponsored by the Monroe County Branch of the NAACP, gave a …

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Bring it On! – MLK Day Special: January 20, 2014

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:48:07 — 74.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOn a special 2-hour BIO broadcast, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell are joined by “Freedom Rider” Hank Thomas. PART ONE Hank Thomas overcame an impoverished childhood in southern Georgia and St. Augustine, FL to attend Howard University in Washington, D.C., where he was active in the Student …

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Bring It On! – January 13, 2014

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 56:30 — 51.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOn the first show of 2014, Eric Love and Leila Randle welcome guests Nicole Griffin and Ignoisco Miles. PART ONE The Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., often called Martin Luther King Day, is a United States holiday marking the birth date of the Rev. Dr. Martin …

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Bring It On! – December 30, 2013

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 52:43 — 48.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBring It On! looks back at some of the best interview segments of 2013. PART ONE From the August 19th broadcast, we spoke with Jamestown, South Carolina resident, Terry James for joining us to talk about his town founded in 1870 by his descendant Ervin James (a …

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Bring It On! – December 23, 2013

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 57:00 — 52.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBev Smith and William Hosea joined Eric Love, Liz Mitchell, and Leila Randle PART ONE It’s Christmas time and while last week’s temperature climb and torrential rains melted away all vestiges of snow, we at Bring It On still wanted to gather around the ol’ Yule log …

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Bring It On! – December 16, 2013

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 57:02 — 52.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBev Smith and Cornelius Wright joined Dr. Roderick Paige. PART ONE On January 21, 2001, the United States Senate confirmed Dr. Roderick Paige as the 7th U.S. Secretary of Education. For Dr. Paige, the son of a principal and a librarian in public schools, that day was …

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Bring It On! – December 9, 2013

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:40 — 53.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreClarence Boone and Cornelius Wright joined Frank Motley of the IU Maurer School of Law and BIO contributor Liz Mitchell PART ONE Nelson Mandela passed away at the age of 95 on December 5, 2013. Though not a total surprise, the world was nevertheless saddened to learn …

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Bring It On! – November 25, 2013

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 56:28 — 51.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBev Smith, William Hosea, Eric Love, Beverly Calender-Anderson, and Clarence Boone discuss what they are thankful for in a special Thanksgiving Episode. PART ONE It’s Thanksgiving week, and before we get too captivated with all the Black Friday and Thanksgiving Day sales, football games, and before we …

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