Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 22:47 — 20.9MB)Subscribe: RSS This month, we welcome Anne Kibbler to discuss the importance of Indiana’s wetlands. Kibbler wrote about environmental issues for the Down to Earth page for The Herald-Times. She later worked for five years as the editor of Indiana Environmental Reporter at Indiana University’s Media School until the publication lost …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 15:28 — 15.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis month, on LWVBMC’s Civic Conversations, we welcomed Erika Oliphant of the Monroe County Prosecutor’s Office. During the podcast, Prosecutor Oliphant shared how her office determines what cases to prosecute, the role of the prosecutor, and how plea bargains impact what cases are brought to court. She also …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (7.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreCivic Conversations welcomed Dr. Marjorie Hershey, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Indiana University, this month. In the podcast, she discusses the impact of disinformation on elections and how it influences election politics. Hershey shares that the definition of disinformation, purposeful misinformation designed to influence elections, has grown in recent …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 15:07 — 5.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis month, Civic Conversations welcomes Professor Charles Geyh, a Distinguished Professor of Law at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law. A widely recognized expert on judicial conduct, Proerfoess Geyh has served as a witness in a U.S. Senate impeachment trial, leading to dozens of media appearances on the subject. …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 16:58 — 23.4MB)Subscribe: RSSWelcome to the June edition of Civic Conversations – a podcast collaboration between WFHB and the League of Women Voters in Bloomington-Monroe County. Today’s episode of Civic Conversations focuses on climate change. Host Jim Allison speaks with Melissa Widhalm, Operations Manager of the Purdue University Climate Change Research Center. …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:12 — 41.5MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, May 19th, 2021. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Benedict Jones spoke with Pat East, Executive Director for the Dimension Mill, here in Bloomington. East discussed the work he does for the Mill, and he also touched on an award the …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 13:19 — 18.3MB)Subscribe: RSSWelcome to the latest edition of Civic Conversations – a monthly podcast collaboration between The League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County and WFHB. In today’s show, host Jim Allison speaks with James Madison, author of The Ku Klux Klan in the Heartland and history professor at …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 18:51 — 8.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWelcome to the latest installment of Civic Conversations, a podcast brought to you in collaboration with the League of Women Voters Bloomington-Monroe County and WFHB. In today’s program, host Jim Allison speaks with Sheila Kennedy, Professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI and …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 14:49 — 8.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreLast month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal courts do not have a role in regulating partisan gerrymandering. In a five-four decision, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that partisan gerrymandering is “beyond the reach of federal courts,” and that federal judges do not have the authority …
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