Our episode focuses on the experience of being pregnant while in prison. First, we hear prison-related news. Then, we speak with Dr. Alicia Suarez, PhD, who teaches at DePauw University. Suarez researches pregnant prisoners at the Indiana Women’s Prison, and speaks with us about the daily life and issues facing these women. In our next installment of this series, we …
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Our focus this week is on Red Fawn Fallis, currently detained in North Dakota after her arrest on October 27, at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. We speak to a member of the International Indigenous Youth Council- and longtime friend of hers, Mia Stevens, about Red Fawn’s situation. We hear updates on the ongoing repression against striking prisoners, and read …
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This episode is the second installment exploring women within prisons. First, we get updates on struggles in Bulgaria and Turkey, hear about proposed changes to solitary confinement, and learn about the case of Red Fawn, a Colorado woman arrested at the Standing Rock occupation against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Micol Seigel interviews two women, Michelle Jones and Anastazia Schmid, who …
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This week, we return to the experiences and stories of Sekou Kambui, who was incarcerated for 47 years in Alabama prisons. He was originally charged due to his commitment to Black liberation and organizing in the deep south. In this interview with James Kilgore, we get a picture of the New Afrikan practices of self-education and jailhouse legal work which …
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We learn about the Chicago Community Bond Fund, a group that bails people out of Chicago’s Cook County Jail and strives to end pretrial detention. James Kilgore speaks with Alfred Woodfox and Robert King of the Angola 3. Rounding out this week’s episode, we have part of Kilgore’s interview with Sekou Kambui, a longtime New Afrikan political prisoner, who reflects …
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The Bomani Episode This week, we focus on a topic that is close to many of us on the outside: the story and struggle of political prisoner and Ohio death row inmate Bomani Shakur (known to the state as Keith Lamar). We begin our episode with an update on Marius Mason, news from the Kinross Correctional Facility, Holman Prison, and …
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Slip Me 5 swings into the WFHB studios to perform another jazzy set. The quartet transports listeners back to the first half of the twentieth century in their renditions of jazz standards. The members include Lulu Claudele (Martha Burton), vocals; Lucky O’Beirne (Cliff Gammon), guitar and vocals; Lunchmeat Lindoo (Michael Lindeau), fiddle; Ron Midnight (Patrick Callanan), upright bass 1. Fat …
Read More »Join hosts Ryne and JP as they interview the Out frontman of alt-country group, Indiana Queen, as he talks about his choice to work in country music, his experiences as an Out musician in popular country music, and the inspirations and influences behind Indiana Queen’s sound. Plus, your weekly roundup of LGBTQ+ news headlines. This episode features music from Indiana …
Read More »Los locutores de HOLA Bloomington Carlos Bakota, Maria Auxiliadora Viloria, Minerva Sosa y Araceli Gómez-Aldana hablan del “Sueño Americano.” ¿Por qué la gente emigra a los Estados Unidos? Que es “El Sueño Americano”? y ¿Cómo ha sido la experiencia de los locutores aquí en los Estados Unidos? Hola Bloomington’s hosts Carlos Bakota, Maria Auxiliadora Viloria, Minerva Sosa and Araceli Gómez-Aldana talk …
Read More »Hola Bloomington’s hosts Israel Herrera, Carlos Bakota and Luis Hernandez host a special segment “Un Cafecito con” Lotus Edition. The hosts interview Aurelio Martínez and Las Cafeteras both artists will be performing at Lotus International Music festival. Los locutores de Hola Bloomington Israel Herrera , Carlos Bakota y Luis Hernández albergan un segmento especial “Un Cafecito con” Lotus Edition. Los …
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