Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 52.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBloomington Mayor John Hamilton joins hosts Willam Hosea and Amrita Myers, Ph.D. PART ONE Hosts Amrita Myers and William Hosea speak with Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton about affordable housing, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, voting rights, and November’s upcoming midterm elections. PART TWO Myers and Hosea speak about the …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:44 — 46.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we hear from Curtis Ray Davis II, who talks about the racist history of Angola Prison- the Louisiana State Penitentiary. After we read a statement from hunger striking prisoners in Orange County, we then hear a moving account from Davis. He talks about Louisiana’s non-unanimous …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:25 — 43.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we hear the stories of three men who share their experiences from years being on the inside. Khalid Raheem discusses his experiences with the Black Panther Party, solitary confinement, and educational options in prison. Carrington Keys talks with us about the Dallas Six case, and …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:00:09 — 42.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOver three million students graduate from U.S. high schools, every year. For the 65,000 students whose immigration status is under debate in Washington D.C., graduating from high school garners new adversity. Hosts Roberta Radovich and Producer Clarence Boone speak with Christine Popp, of Popp & Bullman Attorneys-At-Law, …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:49 — 4.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreNike’s decision to feature former NFL Quarterback Colin Kaepernick on an advertisement has reinvigorated the debate over NFL player protests of the slayings of unarmed Black men by police officers. Voices in the Street asks listeners their opinions on Nike’s decision. Voices in the Street is produced …
Read More »Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this episode of The Bicentennial Journal, Suzanne Faulk tells us about her African-American family and their historical relationship to Monroe County. Support for The Bicentennial Journal and WFHB comes from Monroe County and Visit Bloomington. More information about Monroe County’s Bicentennial is available on their website. The …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:56 — 28.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn last week’s episode, we introduced Johdy Polk, who spoke to us about her time behind the prison walls, and urged audiences to see the other ways that people are confined by society. Now, we continue to hear more of Johdy’s story- about the relationships she built …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:28:36 — 61.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis is the special 90-minute finale for our series A Targeted Divide. It’s called “What Bullets do to Bodies and Lives: Structural Violence, Firearms, and Surviving Gunshot Wounds.” We know a lot about gun homicide, much less about what life is like for the wounded living: What …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:33 — 34.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFirst, we hear part of a panel from the recent Fight Toxic Prisons conference, which was held last week in Pittsburgh. Saleem Holbrook shares his experiences after doing nearly three decades inside, with a focus on what it’s like to organize behind the walls. Coming into the …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:04 — 42.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreToday we pledge allegiance to what Ralph Ellison called a sorrowful laughter for all, and we open with “Waitin’ for Benny” a jam session from 1941 featuring jazz and swing guitarist Charlie Christian, an artist who, like Ellison, discovered the New World of Jazz in Oklahoma City. …
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