Tag Archives: civics

Activate! Steve Volan, The 812

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.5MB)Subscribe: RSSSteve Volan knows firsthand how complicated government can be. Volan spent decades serving on the Bloomington City Council trying to figure out how things work – and how they can work better. He’s still asking those questions as host and producer of The 812, a podcast about local government. …

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WFHB Local News – May 19, 2022

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:54 — 42.5MB)Subscribe: RSS This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, May 19th, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB’s Youth Radio took to the streets to ask Bloomington residents about the U.S. Supreme Court’s draft leak over Roe v. Wade. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in …

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Civic Conversations – Indiana Civic Health Index

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 13:33 — 18.7MB)Subscribe: RSSWelcome to the March edition of Civic Conversations – a monthly podcast collaboration with the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County . In today’s segment, host Jim Allison speaks with Lisa Marie Napoli, director of the Political and Civic Engagement or PACE, at Indiana University. Napoli …

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WFHB Local News – February 17th, 2022

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 26:00 — 35.8MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, February 17th, 2022. Later in the program, we have Civic Conversations – a monthly podcast collaboration with WFHB and the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County. Today, our hosts welcome several community voices on our health system. That’s …

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A Minute of Civics – Representative Districts: Combating Gerrymandering

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:47 — 2.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this week’s episode, Betty Greenwell and Jim Allison of the League of Women Voters of Bloomington-Monroe County, talk about the (lack of) restrictions on gerrymandering voting districts. Greenwell and Allison map out and how voters can change the political landscape. A Minute of Civics is produced …

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