Tag Archives: midwest

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:50 — 41.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week’s episode covers the situation in the Midwest. We hear from Ben and Aaron, who work on supporting prisoners in Ohio and Indiana, respectively. Ben informs about Ohio prisoners who are still facing repercussions from the 1993 Lucasville uprising. We’ve introduced Lucasville in previous episodes of …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:47 — 6.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreUnemployment across Indiana is below the national average, but according to a new report by the Indiana Institute for Working Families, more Hoosiers are taking jobs that pay less than the rest of their Midwestern peers. WFHB Correspondent Gabe Donnelly speaks with the report’s author, IIWF Senior Policy …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:10 — 4.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana leads the Midwest in growing economic inequality. According to a new study from the Economic Policy Institute, the top 1% in Indiana owns 17.3 times the wealth of the rest of the state. Indiana Institute for Working Families Senior Policy Analyst Andrew Bradley said economic inequality …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 18.2MB)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, Hibah Butt interviews National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum Policy Director, Vimala Phongsavanh. A daughter …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:10 — 55.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week we share news and stories from two people who have been caught up in very different ways in the web of prison. Both Bresha Meadows and Patrick Pursely have recently made steps forward in escaping this web, and we are excited to share news from …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:04 — 66.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWe return to the topic of education within the prison system. After some prison news, we hear a statement written by someone who taught in prisons in the Midwest. Then we return to Micol Seigel’s discussion with Jarrod Wall, who tells us about getting a degree while …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:39 — 27.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week’s episode is the second installment of our Families and Prison series. We speak with April, a formerly-incarcerated mother who works with House of Hope in Martinsville, Indiana. She shares her experiences and thoughts about the issues facing women in prison, as well as the work …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:45 — 26.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWe begin our show with updates on the National Prison Strike, and then devote the entire episode to Marius Mason, a friend and former Bloomington resident currently serving a 22 year sentence for acts of ecological defense. We hear messages from people to and about Marius, listen …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:02 — 53.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we hear some prison related news, and then return to the theme of Prison Ecology. There is more from the panel at the Fight Toxic Prisons convergence in Washington, DC., Jasmine Heiss from Amnesty International, and former eco-prisoner Eric McDavid.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 26.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis first episode of Kite Line is an introduction to some of the issues we want to cover here on the show. We give updates on prison news, Professor Micol Seigel describes the basic functions of prison, and Professor Jakobi Williams reflects on the history of racist …