On October 4th, 2021, local musician Hopedaddy joined us for an interview at the station during our Fall Fund Drive. We discussed his new album Here I Come, his history with WFHB, and why community radio is important to him. We spun a few tracks from Here I Come: 1) “Here I Come” 2) “Mad Town” 3) “Ashes to Asheville” …
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A friend told Jessica Marchbank about All Options soon after she arrived in Bloomington. The pregnancy resource center was looking to hire someone to help with office operations. Marchbank leapt at the opening, was hired, and within a short time became manager of the facility on South Walnut Street. Now, Marchbank and her staff help pregnant women in need find …
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Youth Radio has returned to the WFHB roster! Anyone aged 13-20 is welcome to join the fold and have their voice heard from 6-10PM every Saturday night! Any ideas are welcome, regardless of how crazy they might sound. The pathway to enter in is just like any other volunteer, starting with orientations. Orientations are held via Zoom, every Tuesday at …
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Welcome to the 50th episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio. Hearabouts is produced by Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center in collaboration with WFHB. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community and shared assumptions. This episode is produced by Andrew Pace and Melanie Castillo-Cullather. Our sound engineer is Michael Sears. In this episode we have a conversation with Lillian …
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Strand of Oaks – In Heaven Adia Victoria – A Southern Gothic Shakka – Road Trip To Venus Brandi Carlile – In These Silent Days Sierra Ferrell – Long Time Coming Hopedaddy – Here I Come Little Simz – Sometimes I Might Be Introvert Susana Baca – Palabras Urgentes Cimafunk – El Alimento Sue Foley – Pinky’s Blues Antonio Adolfo …
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Host Clarence Boone speaks with the the director McKenya Dillworth and assistant director Kelly Scaggs about the play The Price of Progress: The Indiana Avenue/IUPUI Story, which first premiered March 19, 2019 and was inspired by the book of the same name. It was conceived by IUPUI Multicultural Center Director Khalilah Shabazz and written by Vernon A. Williams, Communication and …
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On October 1st, 2021, local musician Austin Lucas caught up with us at the station with an interview and performance in preview of his show at The Blockhouse and in support of WFHB’s Fall Fund Drive. Songs: 1) Already Dead 2) Pints of Guinness Make You Strong (Against Me! cover) 3) Monroe County Nights Credits: host / executive producer: Christine …
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This week, we hear from Kelly Grace Price, a co-creator of the Close Rosie’s campaign. Rosie’s refers to the Rose M. Singer Facility, an all-women’s jail on Rikers Island. On average, Rosie’s detains around 630 women, girls, transgender, gender non-conforming, and intersex females while they await trial. Price deconstructs the reformist arguments made NYC Board of Corrections and shows how …
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On October 8th, 2021, local musician John Dehner joined us at the station for an in-studio interview and performance during our Fall Fund Drive. We hear stripped-down tracks his new album with the Enthusiasts (No Secrets), one from One Year, and discuss No Secrets and why community radio matters to him. Credits: host / executive producer: Christine Brackenhoff engineers: Dan …
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This month on Partisan Gardens, we are sharing a presentation by Kristin Ross, author of the landmark book “Communal Luxury: the Political Imaginary of the Paris Commune.” She delivered the lecture to the 2019 Antipode American Association of Geographers Lecture in Washington DC and gave another version of the talk here in Bloomington that same year. Titled the 7th Wonder …
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