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Granfalloon brings the story of “Cat’s Cradle” to life

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:35 — 10.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreGranfalloon, Bloomington’s annual arts and culture festival celebrating the works of author Kurt Vonnegut, returned this year with a focus on the novel “Cat’s Cradle.” WFHB correspondent Harley Babbitt spoke with local artists and organizers participating in the festival, in order to learn more about how the …

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WFHB Local News – June 12th, 2025

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:08 — 41.4MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, June 12th, 2025. In today’s newscast, WFHB Correspondent Harley Babbitt reports on the annual Granfalloon Festival, attending events and speaking with organizers. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Wade Catt, an MD/PhD student at …

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WFHB Local News – Statehouse Roundup, Voices in the Street, Sports News Brief

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:10 — 41.5MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, June 15th, 2023. Later in the program, we have Voices in the Street – public opinion polls in the streets of Bloomington produced by WFHB’s Youth Radio. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in the next …

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Interchange – Tell It Slant: The Truth of the Bombs Bursting in Air

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:53 — 43.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreToday Bruce Franklin will be trying to connect lots of dots. He’lll argue, among other things, that we need to learn what three particular dead white guys are still trying to teach us. Two were bombardiers in WWII: Joseph Heller and Howard Zinn. One was bombed in …

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Daily Local News – November 19, 2018

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 25:35 — 25.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana Attorney General Curtis Hill has written an opinion piece, calling for civility and unity in politics, and in day to day life; Top Republican legislative leaders say they don’t expect lawmakers will take any action toward removing Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill from office; Indiana lawmakers …

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Daily Local News – December 27, 2017

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:23 — 26.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOn today’s Daily Local News Episode, we’ll take a retrospective on some of our best reporting from 2017: Cook Pharmica was sold to New Jersey-based Catalent Incorporated in September; a series of inappropriate social media messages from Kilroy’s bars draws community condemnation; Dan Wakefield, a longtime friend of Kurt …

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Daily Local News – September 11, 2017

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 24:57 — 22.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreMonroe County Commissioners distribute more than $55,000 in grants to ten local drug treatment, prevention and support organizations; Indiana officials tell Hoosiers how to protect themselves after the Equifax data breach; City of Bloomington Utilities will keep water account balances unclaimed for seven years. FEATURE Five previously …

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