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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 57:14 — 42.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis month, we spoke to Susanne Wengle, a professor at Notre Dame who researches post-Soviet political and economic transformation in Russia.  Her second book is Black Earth, White Bread; a Technopolitical History of Russian Agriculture and Food. We were eager to hear her perspective on the history of agriculture …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:59 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, March 9th, 2022. Later in the program, we revisit a report from WFHB Correspondent Sade Ajishegiri on local protests over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, “Increasing Gas Mileage” on …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:43 — 8.0MB)Subscribe: RSSLast week, dozens of people again showed solidarity with the nation of Ukraine in their ongoing battle against Russia.  IU students, professors, and Bloomington residents alike came together for the second time in the past two weeks to spread awareness of the Russian-instigated war in Ukraine, marching from the …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:55 — 41.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020. Later in the program, you will hear from Scott Shackleford, Cyber Security Program Chair at IU-Bloomington, about a recent study on election security. That’s coming up in today’s feature report. Local News Brief Monroe County reported …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 88.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOn this episode we got to chat with Jeanne Smith, president of the Steering committee of the Stonewall Democrats of South Central Indiana. Last night, the Stonewall Democrats published their endorsements for the upcoming primary elections. Here’s the statement, taken from their facebook group (which you should …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:00:00 — 45.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreYour weekly update and discussion for LGBTQ+ news with your favorite hosts! With special guest Prince. This week in the news: Yelena Grigoryeva, Russian LGBT Activist, Is Found Dead; Friends Say She Was Threatened Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosello resigns after protest Taiga Isikawa, first openly gay …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:54 — 11.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreSouth Bend Mayor and Democrat Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg spoke at the Indiana University Auditorium, this afternoon. The two-term mayor used today’s campaign stop to broadly outline his foreign policy stance. Buttigieg was introduced by former 9th District Congressman (D-IN) Lee Hamilton. At today’s address, Buttigieg praised …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 22:31 — 20.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreCongress is considering a recommendation by the Trump administration that would allow for the deployment of ‘strategic’ nuclear weapons. Secretary of Defense James Mattis argued the smaller warheads could be deployed on submarine-launched ballistic missiles, allowing for the U.S. to deploy a ‘proportional response’ to the use …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:00 — 123.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreElena Volochine is the Moscow Bureau Chief for France24. A reporter and documentarian, Volochine spoke at the Indiana University Media School on Tuesday, November 27th, 2018. Volochine spoke about propaganda and journalism in Russia. Volochine begins her presentation with an interview from a supposed Ukrainian sailor about …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:08 — 21.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana residents have been receiving unsolicited text messages urging them to call Senator Joe Donnelly’s office.  Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill has joined the attorneys general of 25 other states in sending a letter to the U.S. Senate in support of President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett …