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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:51 — 5.4MB)Subscribe: RSSLast week, WFHB News interviewed local residents in the streets of Bloomington about their reactions to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Residents expressed a range of perspectives from frustration over disproportionate media coverage to calls for civility, unity and stronger gun control. WFHB News Correspondent Catherine Terwilliger brings us …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:25 — 11.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreGovernment.exe, a show that explains what’s happening in state government. Each episode focuses on a bill from the Indiana General Assembly. We interview experts in the fields these bills impact, asking for their insights on how the legislation could affect their work, what might have been the …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 16:18 — 22.4MB)Subscribe: RSSWelcome to the July edition of Civic Conversations – a monthly podcast collaboration between WFHB and the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County. Our guest for this month is Jennifer Haan, lead volunteer for the Indiana Chapter of Moms Demand Action. In the podcast, we cover …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:34 — 28.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreGun control advocates will protest outside of the Statehouse in Indianapolis this weekend; Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb said Wednesday he will try to build public support for a hate crimes bill; Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb admitted yesterday that he used marijuana in college, despite currently opposing its …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:09 — 2.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Indiana House of Represenatives passed a bill last week which would provide state funded firearms training for teachers in Indiana schools.  House Bill 12-53 would only pertain to schools that allow teachers to carry firearms. Indiana law leaves it up to school boards to decide whether or …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:11 — 5.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn our modern-day society, the theme of gun control is often debated by citizens and politicians due to the growing rate of mass shootings in our country. Public outcry regarding gun control has greatly increased in the recent years. Voices in The Street went out to ask …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 44.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHere on BloomingOUT we have a lot of insanity to report on tonight. Much is happening in Washington D.C that is directly affecting our LGBTQ community. It is important to stay informed and continue to be united as a community. I always go back to what my …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:01 — 43.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFor our second show in our three-part series, A Targeted Divide, we bring you “Crime, Decline, and the Rise of the Citizen-Protector: How the Meaning of Citizenship Is Changing in a Nation Awash in Firearms.” In response to economic decline and reductions in services provided by the …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:08 — 5.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBloomington High School students will walk out of class this Friday, as part of a nation-wide protest aimed at gun reform. The walkouts take place on April 20, the 18th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting. Bloomington High School North student Caleb Poer, an organizer for …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 40.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreSeveral students from Bloomington High School North attended the nation-wide March For Our Lives rally in Washington D.C. Hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea are joined by Caleb Poer, Ruth Nall, and Justin DeMatas. CREDITS Our show’s producer is Clarence Boone, with help from WFHB News Department …