Tag Archives: public affairs

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 25:34 — 23.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana governor Eric Holcomb vetoed a bill that would have increased costs for members of the public seeking to access government records. The Monroe County Community School Corporation has approved an increase in meal prices for the 2017-2018 school year. The Indiana State Police are once again …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 22:49 — 52.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis episode is a conversation with Steve Garrett, who during his time in Ohio’s prison system, used the legal loopholes and statutes he learned to challenge the State on its own terms. He shares stories with us about how he used the law to his advantage.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:50 — 41.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this episode, we speak to people with experience with both homelessness and incarceration. Often, there is a cyclical relationship between these two situations. We speak with Forest Gilmore, the director of the Shalom Center here in Bloomington. Forest talks about various barriers that both people who …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 23:34 — 21.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe city of Bloomington has discovered contaminants on land that is slated for an affordable housing development. The Bloomington Animal Shelter will be getting a million dollar facelift this year. The owners of Hopscotch Coffee have reportedly purchased Rainbow Bakery and plan to open a new location …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:03 — 64.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we hear some prison-related news and then return to the topic of pregnancy in prison. We continue our discussion with Dr. Alicia Suarez, a sociologist who researches pregnancy and childbirth as it relates to incarcerated women. She continues the discussion from our Pregnancy in Prison …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:58 — 68.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we explore various spaces of exception. We spoke with Matt Peterson, a documentary filmmaker and contributor to a multimedia project called the Native and the Refugee. Along with Malek Rasamny, he has worked in both native reservations and Palestinian refugee camps, drawing links between each …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:45 — 65.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we are sharing a conversation we had with Kristian Williams, author of Our Enemies in Blue and American Methods: Torture and the Logic of Domination. Kristian spoke at IU earlier this month on the history of policing in America, but we were eager to pick …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:43 — 65.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | More 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 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:22 — 64.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week is our first installment of a series covering the impact of prison on families. This episode focuses on Wendi Middleton, who works in the Indiana Women’s Prison with her organization Angel’s Wings, which provides a variety of services to incarcerated women, from newly pregnant mothers …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:57 — 68.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis 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 …