Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 8.4MB)Subscribe: RSSHaving a form of transportation is essential to making your city a home, but affording a car or even a bicycle can be a challenge for under-resourced individuals. At the Bloomington Community Bike Project you can buy one with sweat equity – volunteering in the shop instead of paying …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 8.2MB)Subscribe: RSSThe Foster Closet of Monroe County is a non-profit collecting donations of clothing and toys and redistributing them to foster families. They also help families living in shelters and “kinship guardians” – those are people raising a child they are related to but not the parent of. Retired IU …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 35:24 — 48.7MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Monday, June 2nd, 2025. In today’s newscast, guest curator Annabelle Vosmeier speaks with WFHB’s LGBTQ+ public affairs program BloomingOUT about an exhibit at the Monroe County History Center looking at the passage of Bloomington’s first Gay Rights amendment. More in today’s feature …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 8.8MB)Subscribe: RSSWomen Writing for (a) Change Bloomington is a local non-profit hosting writing circles for people of all ages and genders. Their circles provide an opportunity for writers to share their work within a small group. Women Writing for (a) Change sees writing as a tool for personal growth and …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.0MB)Subscribe: RSSSometimes Mother Nature needs a good lawyer. Conservation Law Center here in Bloomington is a non-profit law firm protecting Indiana’s natural resources. CLC lawyers work on land conservation, water quality, and biodiversity. Right now Conservation Law Center is suing the state of Indiana for allowing AES to release untreated …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 5.7MB)Subscribe: RSSHaving a life-threatening medical condition is tough at any age, but it’s especially rough for children. A national organization called A Kid Again tries to lift some weight off the shoulders of these children and their families with adventures designed to just let them be kids. Yesterday in Indianapolis …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 8.4MB)Subscribe: RSSRadiant Ensembles is a local performance group of student musicians who give back to their community. They perform in schools, nursing homes and anyplace else that needs good vibes. Founder Jack Hammersley says the joy they take is equal to the joy they make. Jack worries that current threats …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 8.5MB)Subscribe: RSSIndiana University has a well-known theatre program, but it’s tough to get involved if you’re not a theatre major. Operating independently of that school is University Players, run entirely by undergraduate students from all career paths. Every year these students stage an entire season of productions, all free and …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 9.0MB)Subscribe: RSSEvery three minutes in the United States, someone is diagnosed with blood cancer. With over 50,000 blood cancer related deaths annually, such a diagnosis can feel like a death sentence. Gift of Life is a national registry for donors of stem cells and bone marrow. If you match with …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 8.2MB)Subscribe: RSSIt’s been a tough school year for some students at IU Hillel, the Jewish culture center on the Indiana University Bloomington campus. In September Hillel hosted a memorial service mourning the deaths of six Israeli hostages in Gaza. Then last month the U.S. Department of Education included IU in …
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