Tag Archives: midwest

WFHB Local News – January 18th, 2024

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:00 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, January 18th, 2023. Later in the program, Diljeet Singh MD, vice president of Physicians for a National Health Program, joins us on a new edition of Prescription for Healthcare. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in …

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WFHB Local News – August 28th, 2023

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:29 — 41.9MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Monday, August 28th, 2023. Later in the program, local journalist Dave Askins of the B-Square Bulletin provides a report on musician Molly Tuttle’s performance last week at Switchyard Park. More in today’s feature report. Kelley Scholfield, Urban Greenspace Specialist with the City …

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August 26, 2022: Habeas Corpus as a Tool for Freedom

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, Zolo Azania returns to Kite Line. He recently visited Indiana University’s campus, and gave a talk that we began airing last week. On that episode, he reflects on that visit and talks about his history, focusing on how learning to use the law improved his …

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August 12, 2022: The Phone as a Weapon – Keith LaMar on His Hunger Strike

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreKeith LaMar, also known as Bomani Shakur, is a prisoner on Ohio’s Death Row.  He is facing execution in autumn 2023 after being framed in prison due to his advocacy for other prisoners and his refusal to snitch on others in the aftermath of the 1993 Lucasville …

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May 2022: The Neighborhood Planting Project

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 81.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreEarlier this spring, people across the eastern half of the US organized neighborhood planting projects in order to widely distribute and plant food-bearing trees. Their motivations are diverse, and we’ll hear from a range of them in this episode, but these tree-planters are often hoping to build …

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April 9, 2021: Even When You’re Right, You’re Wrong

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 24.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this episode, we share information about the recent disturbances in St. Louis. Afterwards, we have the second part of a conversation with Balagoon, an Indiana political prisoner who has been locked up for almost 43 years, 31 of those in isolation. In this episode, he first …

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December 2020: Carbondale Spring

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 57:59 — 81.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFor our second episode, we visited the small city of Carbondale, Illinois. Carbondale is a shrinking college town at the southern edge of the state, with a long history of racist segregation.  Since winter 2019, though, a broad range of residents has made a wager on a …

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October 18, 2019: Updates From the Inside

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 29.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFor this episode, we share calls from folks on the inside. First, we have the statement from the striking prisoners at the Clallum Bay Correctional Facility in Washington State. After their statement, Abu Faheem Shabazz calls in to talk about conditions at Westville Correctional Facility, followed by …

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Interview with Caylee So

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 66.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWelcome to Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio! Hearabouts is produced by WFHB and Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community and shared assumptions. On today’s episode, we have an interview with Cambodian filmmaker Caylee So. So speaks on her latest work, …

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Proposed Budget Fully Funds DCS

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana Governor Eric Holcomb announced his proposed state budget, today. The embattled Department of Child Services would get, in the Governor’s proposed budget, $286 million each year. This is the full amount DCS had requested. DCS has been struggling with increasing case loads and limited resources for …

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