Tag Archives: censorship

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:51 — 9.5MB)Subscribe: RSSCensorship of the Indiana University student newspaper was one of the biggest local stories of 2025, but that story is still being written. After firing the student media adviser and cancelling print production of the paper on October 14, IU allowed the Indiana Daily Student to resume normal operations …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:49 — 13.5MB)Subscribe: RSSLast week, Indiana University fired Student Media Director Jim Rodenbush and ordered the Indiana Daily Student to cease print operations. The decision drew backlash from students and faculty, among other groups for perceived censorship and free speech implications. One freedom of speech organization in particular, the Foundation for Individual …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025. In today’s newscast, WFHB Correspondent Catherine Terwilliger speaks with Dominic Coletti, student press program officer for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, or FIRE, about IU’s recent cancellation of the Indiana Daily Student print edition. More in today’s …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:00 — 38.5MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, October 16th, 2025. In today’s newscast, IU fired Student Media Director Jim Rodenbush after he refused to censor the IDS. Also, the university ordered the IDS to cease its printing operations. More from IDS Co-editor-in-chief Mia Hilkowitz in today’s feature report. …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 15:08 — 20.8MB)Subscribe: RSSOn Tuesday, Indiana University terminated Student Media Director Jim Rodenbush after he refused to censor the Indiana Daily Student. Hours later, the university ordered the IDS to cease printing of the paper indefinitely. In today’s feature report, WFHB News speaks with Mia Hilkowitz, co-editor-in-chief for the IDS, about what …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 36:20 — 49.9MB)Subscribe: RSSFreedoms Under Assault is a documentary that chronicles the systematic destruction of a world-class university and the politically motivated culture war against its faculty over a two-year period. WFHB News Correspondent Katrine Bruner interviewed Directors and Producers Robert Arnove and Jack Comforty about their process in making the film …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:16 — 4.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOver three years ago, Spencer Pride began it’s Banned Book Club, which was founded by member, Julie Parmenter. The group meets the fourth Thursday of every month to discuss books that have been banned or discussed of getting banned in red states. These books entail of historic …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 26:36 — 24.4MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate where we look into issues regarding Health, Housing, and the Environment that directly impact residents of Monroe County. We are looking into Indiana’s legislation that pertains to education. This week, we look into library censorship, how the legislation came about, …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:06 — 21.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWelcome to the Sexuality Episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio! Hearabouts is produced by WFHB and Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community and shared assumptions. On today’s episode, Liana Hong Zhou discusses the reality of censorship in regards to …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:13 — 39.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | More“Censorship and Sensibility” features local author and film scholar Joan Hawkins in conversation with writer Laurie Stone. Stone was in town to read from her latest book as part of the Player’s Pub Spoken Word series organized by the Writers Guild at Bloomington. A longtime writer for …