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In the August 1897 Atlantic Monthly W. E. B. Du Bois published “Strivings of the Negro People” in which he introduced the term double-consciousness: …this sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others, of measuring one’s soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity. One feels his two-ness, — …

1. Drive-By Truckers – The Unraveling 2. John Moreland – LP5 3. Wolf Parade – Thin Mind 4. DJ Shadow – Our Pathetic Age 5. Amy O – Shell 6. Antibalas – FU Chronicles 7. The Wood Brothers – Kingdom In My Mind 8. Possessed by Paul James – Feed The Family 9. Son Little – Aloha 10. Letitia VanSant …

Host Clarence Boone presents an overview of  Bloomington’s 3rd Annual State of the Black Community Address, which took place on February 4th in the City Hall Council Chambers.  He welcomes three speakers who addressed different issues at the Annual State of the Bloomington Black Community. First, he speaks with Bring It On! assistant producer and Chair of the Board of …

In this week’s episode, we start off with a call for action from Jailhouse Lawyers Speak. JLS is calling for a new set of actions from August 21- September 9, 2020. After we hear from them, we share the story of Nick, a long-time Bloomingtonian who passed through both private prisons and those run by the Indiana Department of Corrections. …

Porunga is a 4-piece heavy metal band from Bloomington, Indiana. They have a self-released, self-titled cassette available and are actively playing shows. SONGS 1. Porunga 2. Dualist Kingdom 3. Invocation of Doom 4. Blood of Revenge CREDITS Host: Charlotte Wager Engineers: Jim Lang, Kate Welch, Lucas Fisher Co-Producers: Harrison Wagner, Spencer Heuring Music Director: Jim Manion Originally aired 2/12/2020

This episode originally aired on January 8, 2019. In November 2016 today’s guest, Bruce Laurie, published an essay called ‘”Chaotic Freedom” in Civil War Louisiana: The Origins of an Iconic Image.’ This image is of a badly abused enslaved man called variously “A Typical Negro,” “The Scourged Back,” “Gordon the Slave,” or “Poor Peter,” who is turned away showing his …

1. Antibalas – FU Chronicles 2. The Wood Brothers – Kingdom In My Mind 3. DJ Shadow – Our Pathetic Age 4. Torres – Silver Tongue 5. Amy O – Shell 6. G. Love – The Juice 7. Wolf Parade – Thin Mind 8. RP & The Wurlitzers – Teleprompter 9. Jon Batiste – Chronology of a Dream 10. Allen …

Hosts William Hosea and Liz Mitchell spend the show with Daniel Conkle, the Emeritus Robert H. McKinney Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University, discussing the recent impeachment and acquittal of Donald J. Trump for impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors. Professor Conkle has been a member of the faculty since 1983. He teaches constitutional …

This week focuses on call-ins from two prisoners: Khalfani Malik Khaldun in Indiana, and Muti Ajamu-Osagboro in Pennsylvania. First, we hear from Muti. Muti Ajamu-Osagboro is a prisoner currently incarcerated in Pennsylvania. Muti was sentenced to life without parole as a teenager. Despite the fact that the US Supreme Court has decided that it is unconstitutional to sentence teenagers to …

Welcome to our interview with IU alumnus, Joon Park, on 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. In this week’s episode we have an interview with Joon Park, a former student leader who was instrumental in founding the Asian Culture …