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We start off this episode with our monthly round up of prison disturbances, as compiled by Perilous Chronicle. As we have covered, Alabama prisoners have been striking since September 26th. Prisoners at all 13 prisons in the Alabama department of corrections system went on labor strike, demanding improvement to conditions. We spoke with an inside organizer, Swift Justice, last week. …

On September 8th, 2022, local artist David Dávila González (of Matixando) joined us for an in-studio interview and performance during our Fall Fund Drive. We discussed the participatory nature of community radio, the history of Matixando’s relationship with the station, and Matixando’s current happenings in the Bloomington area.

Antonia Matthew lived through air raids, blackouts, rationing, and the absence of her father when she was a small child during World War II. Her father, a major in the British army stationed in Burma, regularly wrote her letters until he was killed in action. She has written an audio play, “Antonia’s Home Front,” based on those letters and her …

Welcome to the 65th episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio. In this episode we have a conversation with Mind Pao-In and Rowena Deguzman. Our guests will be talking about their experiences with their names in an attempt to explore the individualized history, culture, and significance behind a name. This episode is produced by Belle Chatpunnarangsee and Ming Wang. Our …

Thee Sacred Souls – Thee Sacred Souls Built To Spill – When the Wind Forgets Your Name Vieux Farka Touré – Les Racines Charley Crockett – The Man From Waco Jonathan Personne – Jonathan Personne Freedy Johnston – Back on the Road to You Mike Adams at His Honest Weight – Graphic Blandishment Julia Jacklin – Pre Pleasure Lil Silva …

This past week, we spoke to Swift Justice, who is an incarcerated organizer in Alabama. Thousands of Alabama prisoners began a strike last week to protest poor prison conditions across the state, where prisons are overcrowded, understaffed and notoriously dangerous. Today, Swift Justice speaks about the recent retaliation the strikers have faced. He updates us on the strike’s progress, some …

On September 25th, the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition voted ‘no’ on strike authorization with a 91 percent majority. The union voted ‘yes’ on setting a future strike date if negotiations with the university fail.  To provide insight into the graduate workers union, WFHB News spoke with Anne Kavalerchik, member of the Coordinating Committee for the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition.  She …

Vieux Farka Touré – Les Racines Henry Franklin, Adrian Younge, and Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Jazz is Dead Vol. 14 She & Him – Melt Away: A Tribute to Brian Wilson Panda Bear & Sonic Boom – Reset Thee Sacred Souls – Thee Sacred Souls Julia Jacklin – Pre Pleasure Hot Chip – Freakout / Release Bret McKenzie – Songs …

This week, we share the second part of a recorded discussion hosted by the Civil Liberties Defense Center.  CLDC has been at the forefront of anti-repression legal work for decades now, working on many of the Green Scare cases, in which the FBI infamously hounded and smashed radical environmental organizing between 2000 and 2008.  In this discussion, Chava and Lauren …

Bloomington native Jennifer Raff hit the New York Times bestseller list earlier this year with her first book, Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas. In it, Raff traces the human development of the two continents using DNA science and relying on her own innate curiosity. Reviewers called the book accessible while still scholarly. One reviewer wrote it was “heavy …