Tag Archives: science

Grow with Glo: Staying Grounded with Mecca McDonald – Turning Potatoes into Plastic

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 15:00 — 20.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MorePursuing an unconventional idea takes more than creativity; it takes resilience. In industries built on tradition and extraction, choosing a different path can feel isolating. In this episode of Grow with Glo, we sit down with Mecca McDonald, founder of Mo.Na. Gems, to talk about the mindset …

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Civic Conversations Talks About the Loss of Science Funding with Professor Thomas Kaufman

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (18.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn January, Civic Conversations welcomed Thomas Kaufman, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biology at Indiana University, to discuss the impact of the loss of science funding in the United States.  In 2025, over 3,800 grants from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation were terminated or frozen by …

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HOLA BLOOMINGTON – Abby Garcia, IU O’Neil graduate student and Parks & Rec intern

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:08 — 79.9MB)Subscribe: RSSEn este episodio nos acompaña Abby García, estudiante de Maestría de Ciencias Ambientales en la escuela de IU Paul O’Neill y becaria en el Departamento de Parks and Recreation de la Ciudad de Bloomington para hablarnos de su carrera y proyectos en medio ambiento y sustentabilidad. También fue la …

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WFHB Local News – February 15th, 2024

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, February 15th, 2024. This month, the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County welcomes Karen Jepson-Innes, WonderLab executive director, and Kelly Debikey, their education director, to share with our audience the many exciting opportunities that WonderLab Museum of Science …

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LWV-BMC Civic Conversations Welcomes WonderLab’s Karen Jepson-Innes and Kelly Debikey

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 15:03 — 5.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis month, the League of Women Voters of Bloomington Monroe County welcomes Karen Jepson-Innes, WonderLab executive director, and Kelly Debikey, their education director, to share with our audience the many exciting opportunities that WonderLab Museum of Science Health and Technology offers to Bloomington residents. The WonderLab was …

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WFHB Local News – September 12th, 2022

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:16 — 41.6MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Monday, September 12, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Zyro Roze speaks with Dr. Ziva Cooper about the perils and promise of Cannabis use in recreational and medical settings. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half …

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The Future of the Lake Monroe Watershed

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:28 — 13.1MB)Subscribe: RSSRecently, there have been complaints from Monroe County residents regarding the foul taste of tap water within their homes. The main reservoir for Bloomington, IN and Monroe County is Lake Monroe, which is a common source for recreational activities for members of the Bloomington community.  To learn more about …

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Interchange – Concentrating Caliban: A Fund Drive Anthology

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:58 — 81.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe deeply racist Nobel Prize-winning novelist William Faulkner once wrote in his 1951 novel, Requiem for a Nun, that the past isn’t dead, it’s not even past. In that same book Faulkner has the “nun,” which carries the meaning of prostitute in Shakespeare’s time, a Black drug …

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IU Medicine Accused of Lab Animal Abuse, Deaths

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:19 — 2.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe IU School of Medicine is being implicated in the death of at least 116 animals and the injury of dozens more. The animal-rights group Stop Animal Exploitation Now, or SAEN, obtained 17 non-compliance reports sent from School of Medicine officials to the National Institute of Health’s …

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From the Vault: Louis Agassiz with Christoph Irmscher

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 42:25 — 33.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreInterchange took a break this week. As a substitute, here’s a conversation with Christoph Irmscher about Louis Agassiz for your edification and your listening pleasure. This first aired on June 8, 2013 as part of the summer series The Custom House. Louis Agassiz, born in 1807 in …

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