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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:01 — 81.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreToday’s hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell continue last week’s discussion about COVID-19 in the classroom. This week they focus the discussion on the medical and scientific level with guests, Tom Hrisomalos, MD, and Carol Weiss-Kennedy. Tom Hrisomalos, MD is an infectious disease specialist with IU Health …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:09 — 81.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreToday hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea welcome Rv. Forrest Gilmore, Executive Director of Shalom Community Center, Ms. Amber Skoby, Executive Director of the Bloomington Housing Authority, and Nicole Johnson, a Crestmont resident and community advocate. They discuss how Bloomington is trying to meet the challenge of …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 36.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFor this week’s episode, we continue airing messages about the coronavirus from prisoners around the country. You can call in on behalf of a loved one, or they can call in to record a message at (765) 343-6236. This week, we hear from prisoners in Wisconsin, Louisiana, …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 36.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreToday we look at the local effects of COVID-19 in and around the major cities of Italy and then we’ll widen our view to try to see the socio-political impacts of governmentality in the face of a crisis like a pandemic. Using both lenses we hope to …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:01 — 29.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAs the coronavirus pandemic continues to change life on the outside for people all over the world, the prison population stands to suffer immensely in these times. Last week, we spoke to someone in Italy, who described the riots and protests inside and outside the prisons in …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:40 — 12.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIt’s a felony to have a syringe in Indiana. Prosecuting attorneys can level a felony charge against a defendant, if they’re arrested in possession of a needle. In Monroe County, the number of arrests for needle possession doubled over the last year, despite the Monroe County Prosecutor’s …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:49 — 2.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Indiana Recovery Alliance and the Shalom Community Center handed out Hepatitis A vaccinations in Bloomington this afternoon. Indiana Recovery Alliance Founder and Director Chris Abert said the area organizations handed out around a dozen vaccinations for the disease. Abert said people experiencing homelessness and drug addiction …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:07 — 2.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe city of Bloomington is proposing a ban on new addictions treatment facilities. The drafted ordinance would place a moratorium on the further development of rehab facilities within city limits. According to a press release from the city, the ordinance was written after meeting with representatives from …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:10 — 6.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Indiana Recovery Alliance, based in Bloomington, is closing in on reversing 2,000 overdoses. The announcement comes as a new study puts into context the economic impact of the opioid crisis on Indiana. Founder and Director Chris Abert says while that’s a de-humanizing perspective to approach the …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:51 — 25.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA program that provided afternoon snacks to Fairview Elementary School students has hit a roadblock; A 17-year-old from Mooresville is being tried as an adult for an incident which included an attempt to shoot a Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputy; A local property management company was the target …