Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:21 — 34.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we have a conversation between Toussaint Losier and Micol Seigel. This is part one of a series in which we hear Losier, author of Rethinking the American Prison Movement, speak to Seigel about his research while writing his book, in which he builds a cohesive …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:26 — 42.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | More This week, Kite Line welcomes the contributions of Mark Cook for a second time. Mark is a former prison rebel, dating back to ambitious organizing on the inside in the 1960s. Following his release from prison, he co-founded the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:39 — 65.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAdministrators in Indianapolis said the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, or WIC program, have not announced any change in their assistance distribution, and do not expect a funding shortage until into February; A bipartisan bill in Congress would make the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:25 — 67.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana Gov. Eric Holcomb gave his State of the State Address, last night; MCCSC Board member Cathy Fuentes Rohrer resigned as Board Secretary; The Monroe County Health Department is expected to receive $170,000 in federal grant funding for disease intervention. FEATURE Jennifer Crossley was sworn in on Sunday …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:34 — 3.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreRecord numbers of women were elected to office in 2018. In Monroe County, Lee Jones, Julie Thomas, and Amanda Barge comprise the first all-women county government in Indiana. The Monroe County Board of Commissioners met for the first time in 2019, this morning. Thomas, who serves on …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn part two of this two-part episode of The Bicentennial Journal, Glenda Murray continues her brief history of Monroe County. Support for The Bicentennial Journal and WFHB comes from Monroe County and Visit Bloomington. More information about Monroe County’s Bicentennial is available on their website.
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this episode of the Bicentennial Journal, Susie Graham tells the history of Ivy Tech Community College. Support for The Bicentennial Journal and WFHB comes from Monroe County and Visit Bloomington. More information about Monroe County’s Bicentennial is available on their website.
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 52.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MorePART ONE Hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell speak with La Vella Hyter, Roberts Settlement Descendant, Board Member and Media Chair; and Dr. Catherine Hughes, Director of Museum Theatre and Research for Conner Prairie, about Indiana’s Roberts Settlement. PART TWO In part two we hear from Indiana University’s …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 3.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this episode of the Bicentennial Journal, Bob Hammel tells the story of Preston Eagleson. who was born in Bloomington. Eagleson graduated from Bloomington High School, and went on to be the first African-American to earn a letter in IU athletics. He was also the first African …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this episode of the Bicentennial Journal, Scott Emery, a volunteer with the Monroe County History Center Cemetery Committee, tells a story about the Blair Cemetery in Van Buren Township. The cemetery consist of one headstone, that of one year-old Carlyle Blair, son of Marion and Hester …
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