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IU Professor of Geological Sciences Michael Hamburger sits down with Andy Mahller to discuss earthquakes, seismic activity, and tectonic plates.

Amie Foretoll checks into the WFHB studio to discuss her recent play writes with our own Lisa Marie. She reads excerpts of Foretoll's most recent work in this WFHB exclusive.

Jennifer Bass comes in today to discuss with WFHB's Andy Mahler, The Kinsey Institution for Human Sexuality. Bass also talks about sexuality in the common world in this WFHB exclusive.

Jeff Brown swings by the WFHB studio to talk to our own Lisa Marie about non-violent comminication and cooperating with others in this WFHb exclusive

Dr. Rob Stone joins us in the WFHB studio to discuss happenings going on at Bloomington Hospital. He is a long time member of the emergency department and is on the board of directors for the Bloomington Health Care.

Andy Mahler sits down with Robin Tala and Julie Dunlap to discuss the Bloomington Circus and how it compares to other circuses. Then they discuss the Earth Day Birthday and their plans for an Earth Day parade in which the Mayor is very excited about. Is is to be held on the streets of Kirkwood and other places on the IU campus.

Andy Mahler sits down with Carol Saltzman to discuss different vantage points on the death penalty and its use in prison.

Host Lisa-Marie Napoli discusses "improvisational movement theatre" (IMT); what is it and how is it found in the local Bloomington community? Guests include Nell Weatherwax, Performance Artist and IMT Instructor, and Sarah Hahn, a Researcher with the Kinsey Institute who has a strong interest in IMT. Highlights include a lively discussion of the IMT experience as a performer or an observer and the intricacies of IMT as a movement form that differs from traditional dance or interactive theater work. Additionally, information about related literature, classes, and a current schedule of performances are available for listeners.

"Wild Animals in the City" - We humans share Bloomington with lots of wild animals. On this edition of Interchange, host Marti Crouch speaks with Kandy Schwandt and Jan Turner, volunteers at WildCare, a local organization devoted to helping rabbits, squirrels, groundhogs, possum, birds, and other critters in distress. Kandy and Jen tell some interesting tales about the "wild" side of Bloomington as we explore how humans and animals can more peacefully co-exist.

Host Andy Mahler gets up close and personal with award-winning essayist, novelist, and teacher Scott Russell Sanders, an author of more than twenty books and a long-time Bloomington resident. Sanders talks about his work, his love for the earth and the landscape of home, and his hopes for humankind. His most recent book "Wild & Scenic Indiana", a collaboration with nature photographer Rich Clark, was just released last month. Another, just completed and called "A Private History of Awe", is due out in February of next year.

Host Lisa-Marie welcomes Reiki practitioner and teacher Sierra Campbell, a medium who helps people connect with loved ones who have passed on.

Host Marti Crouch welcomes wildlife expert Zack Walker from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources for a colorful conversation about critters. 'Tis the season when turtles cross the road and skinks dart out from beneath our porches. Zack offers an inside perspective on the "less cuddly" wildlife trying to survive in Bloomington's city sprawl, with answers to interesting questions like: How should you react to a poisonous snake? Why do frogs sing? What is a hellbender? Find out all this and more on this edition of WFHB's conversation program, Interchange.

John Tilford, a staunch supporter of U.S. troops, discusses the role of the American military with Timothy Baer, a staunch peace activist. Surprisingly, they find some common ground on the lack of justification for a lot of the wars fought by the U.S. military, but they fail to come to any agreement on the appropriate role for members and potential members of the U.S. military in the face of inadequately-justified wars. This program is part of the Passionate Conversation Project, seeking to demonstrate effective conversation between two people with opposing views.

Host Andy Mahler interviews nationally-renowned old-time fiddle and banjo player, singer, author and instructor Brad Leftwich, who has recently returned to Bloomington after a sojourn in California. Known for the purity of his sound and his devotion to tradition, Brad Leftwich has been sharing his love of old-time music with audiences for some 30 years. His virtuoso fiddling has been acclaimed by critics in such journals as Billboard, The Old-Time Herald, Bluegrass Unlimited, and Fiddler Magazine. He is also an accomplished banjo player and singer. The discussion includes his work, his music, and his travels.

Host Lisa-Marie Napoli speaks with local jazz singer and teacher, Janiece Jaffe. Janiece integrates a spiritual perspective in her vocal work through attention to the resonance of universal oneness. As an artist, Janiece has the natural ability to create sounds that gracefully jump around the musical scale in an improvisational jazz way. Highlights of the conversation are glimpses of Janiece's personal life and her family, her development as a vocalist, and her commitment to her spiritual path. She has a cd release party planned for July 22, 2005, in Bloomington.

Host Andy Mahler speaks with internationally renowned Australian author, musician, film-maker, and longtime rainforest activist John Seed about the spiritual blight of separation that alienates humans from each other and the Earth. This fascinating conversation on the world's ecological crisis includes specific information on John Seed's current U.S. tour and ongoing projects such as the upcoming three day workshop, "Earth, Spirit, Action," July 22-24.

A conversation between Robert Walker and Ed Greenebaum explores the concept of punishment and its role in our society. Robert Walker takes the position that punishment can be a very effective means of reducing crime, that much of the punishment we give to criminals is ineffective because in is not painful enough. He also says that this nation's moral decline is responsible for the level of crime we experience, but does not make clear the relationship between more effective punishment and moral climate. Ed Greenebaum expresses doubt about the necessity of punishment to foster good behavior in children and the effectiveness of punishment as a deterrent to crime. They both illustrate their positions with stories about their personal experiences. John Crosby provides an analysis of the dynamics of the conversation at the close of the hour.

Host Andy Mahler speaks with Jim Capshew and Brian Kearney about one of Bloomington's most celebrate figures, Herman B Wells; his life and career, his service to Bloomington and Indiana University, and his role in getting WFHB off the ground. Capshew is a history professor at Indiana University who is writing a biography of Wells. Brian Kearney is a former assistant to Wells and was also WFHB's first station manager, and credits Wells with helping the community radio station become a reality.

Host Lisa-Marie Napoli speaks with Barbara Lantz, a longtime Bloomington singer/songwriter. Barbara recently wrote a new book entitled "The Return of Chief Joseph" which highlights the journey of the Nez Perce Tribe and the struggle to reclaim their sacred land in the Wallowa Valley. The interview discusses the new book and the new cd, "Something Else." Highlights of the discussion include living in harmony with the earth, maintaining environmentally sensitive lands, and inner peace.

Local "aviary fan" Marti Crouch hosts a lively conversation with Herald-Times columnist Dawn Hewitt, an avid birdwatcher. Highlights include Crouch and Hewitt profiling the local "birding" scene and a discussion of the re-discovery of the Ivory Billed Woodpecker in Arkansas, which birders refer to as "like seeing Elvis!"

Host Robert Shull has an engaging interview with David Williams, IU's John S. Hastings Professor of Law and the director of the newly established Center for Constitutional Democracy in Pluralistic Societies. Professor Williams talks about the Center's unique mission, how the center came into being and what some of the unique problems are that participants from Burma, Liberia, and Azerbaijan face in their struggles for democracy back home.

Remember the swarms of cicadas last summer? Do you wonder what effects those insects had on our forests, and what their offspring are doing now? Don't wait another 17 years to find out. In this edition of Interchange host Marti Crouch welcomes, Professor Keith Clay, an ecologist at Indiana University and director of the IU Griffy Lake Nature Preserve. Clay shares insights on the latest findings from his research on cicadas, as well as other interesting ecological stories.

Host Lisa-Marie Napoli interviews Dr. Marc Lame from Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs about his recently released book, "A Worm in the Teacher's Apple: Protecting America's School Children from Pests and Pesticides." Dr. Lame is an entomologist (and a parent) concerned about how traditional pesticide practices focus on the harmful "killing" of pests as opposed to a focus on the "prevention" of pests - followed, when necessary, by the least toxic approach to removing pests. Highlights of this provocative show include a discussion of the Integrated Pest Managment (IPM) approach, the importance of "shared responsibility" for managing pests in a healthy manner, and various "alternative" pest management approaches.

Host Andy Mahler facilitates a panel discussion on sustainability and "peak oil" issues with organizers and presenters from this year's Simply Living Fair. Guests are: Dave Rollo, a biology professor and Bloomington City Council member who has helped initiate the City's Sustainability Commission; Dr. Christine Glaser, co-founder of the Center for Sustainable Living, which has taken the lead in organizing the Fair since its inception; Ben Brabson, a professor of physics at Indiana University with expertise on energy issues; and Danise Alano, Assistant Economic Development Director for the City of Bloomington, who discusses the relationship between economic development and sustainability.

Host Robert Shull interviews the Monroe County Red Cross Director of Emergency Services, Maria Carrasquillo. Maria accepted the responsibility of D.E.S. after more than ten years as a Red Cross volunteer. She has served people in need following catastrophic events ranging from floods to tornados to fires, and more recently, even terrorist attacks. She was well-prepared to provide emergency services to victims of Hurricane Katrina, both in the disaster area and here in Monroe County. She oversees the disaster relief efforts of more than 300 trained volunteers and encourages anyone who wants to become a volunteer relief worker to visit the local Red Cross web site (www.monroe-redcross.org) and take the Introductory Volunteer Training course.

Host Marti Crouch interviews a group of people involved with cooperative ventures that are creating community in the city: Libby Yarnelle and Matthew Turissini represent BUGS, the Bloomingtion Urban Greenhouse and Shop; Lance Thurner and Steven Grimes represent the Community Bike Project; and Ali Haimson represents Boxcar Books. These panelists discuss the nuts and bolts of creating cooperative, non-profit groups, their goals, and the successes and challenges of working together.

A special two-part edition of Interchange on the topic of energy and sustainability. In part one host Andy Mahler interviews author, lecturer and "peak oil" expert Richard Heinberg, keynote speaker at this year's Simply Living Fair. In part two, Mahler speaks with Bloomington City Council representative and Simply Living Fair organizer Dave Rollo. Both segments feature the topic of Peak Oil and its impacts at both the global and local levels. Local responses include the new Sustainability Commission for the City of Bloomington, for which Dave Rollo introduced the enabling legislation, and Bloomingpeak, a local discussion and action organization founded by Rollo.

The image of the United States presented in news coverage here is much different than what people see in other countries. Host Mike Conway talks with three broadcast reporters from Germany about their impressions of U.S. media, especially in the area of international news coverage. Natalie Akbari, Sandra Matl, and Cordelia Strauss have extensive experience covering both German news as well as stories from other countries. They are visiting the Indiana University School of Journalism as part of a exchange program to learn about broadcast news education in the United States. Topics include the recent historic election in Germany which has resulted in the first woman Chancellor in history, Angela Merkel. The three German journalists also talk about their impressions of their first visit to the Midwest, including the IU Bloomington campus.

Lisa-Marie Napoli interviews spiritual counselor and teacher Christine Marie Evangelista for a provocative discussion exploring Christine's development from a young child with intuitive gifts to her work in the community as a guide and healer. Christine shares perspectives and insights in regards to what she calls a "great shift" of energy occurring at a global level. She distinguishes psychics from spiritualists, activists from activators, and reminds listeners to slow down and pay attention to the everyday, mundane moments as opportunities for spiritual awareness so that people can connect more readily to the natural "flow" of spiritual energy.

Host Andy Mahler spends an hour with journalist, author, and University of Texas-Austin Journalism Professor Robert Jensen and Media Education Foundation Development Director Adi Bemak about the MEF's new film "Hijacking Democracy", a follow-up to the acclaimed political documentary "Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear and the Selling of American Empire". Jensen appeared in Bloomington to bolster local efforts to raise funds for production and distribution of the new film at a sneak preview party at the John Waldron Arts Center. Both films feature interviews with Jensen, a prolific contributor to progressive online and print journals, where his media critiques articulate a fine sense of ethics and an appreciation for inclusive democratic processes.

News Director Chad Carrothers spends an hour with former Bloomingtonian Bart Everson, who now calls New Orleans home...or at least he did until Hurricane Katrina forced him and his wife Christy Paxson, an Ellettsville native, to flee the "Big Easy" just before its utter destruction. In the first segment, Everson recalls his evacuation from New Orleans and timely escape back to Bloomington, where he finds a warm welcome yet worries about friends and neighbors who weren't quite so lucky. In segment two, Everson comments on current ground relief efforts, including his own recent expedition back home to New Orleans to deliever material aid and survey the damage to his home and neighborhood. In our third segment, Everson ponders the fate of both his family and all families who bore the brunt of Katrina.

Host Barbara Lantz explores the non-profit Middleway House and their services in assisting women and children to break the cycle of domestic violence in their lives. Guests Colleen Yeagle and Lisa Morrison talk about identifying the cycle of violence and offering assistance in leaving this situation. The crisis hotline is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 812-336-0846 and it is OK to call collect. Also, Middleway House is doing a wonderful fundraising project called New Wings. Anyone interested in helping them raise funds please call Charlotte Zietlow at 812-333-7404 or Lisa Morrison at 812-325-6194.

Host Lisa-Marie Napoli discusses the campaign to establish a federal, Cabinet-level Department of Peace with local activists and campaign volunteers Christy Campoll and Gail Merrill. Their conversation touches on concerns about domestic violence, victim-offender mediation and reconciliation, and America's place on the global stage, as well as funding and support for this unprecedented project. Also featured are excerpts from a Q&A with Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich, the initiative's biggest supporter, at a recent Dept. of Peace conference in Washington, D.C.

Host Andy Mahler interviews author Scott Ritter about the current state of affairs in our nation, weapons of mass destruction, war and the U.S.'s relationship with Iraq, depleted uranium, ending the U.S. occupation, and citizen participation in political activism. Andy shares the studio with local peace activist and organizer Timothy Baer of the Bloomington Peace Action Coalition, who joins in on the telephone conversation with Ritter. Scott Ritter is a retired U.S. Marine and a noted critic of the Bush administration's foreign policy in regard to Iraq. Ritter served as a UN weapons inspector in Iraq and reported to the CIA that no Weapons of Mass Destruction could be found in Iraq. He acted as head of the Weapons Concealment Unit, leading 30 inspection missions (14 as team leader) before resigning from UNSCOM on August 26, 1998.

Host Lisa Morrison opens the firehouse door to Dr. Yang Bung Gyal, Indiana University/Tibetan Cultural Center and Kathleen Conners, Tibetan Cultural Center. Guests discuss the basic principles of the world's oldest option in the medical field - the holistic approach to the treatment of health concerns. Learn about natural treatments for your various health issues. Show guests field live calls from listeners. Ms. Conners also discusses the special class offerings being held at the Tibetan Cultural Center - cooking, yoga and more!

Host Lisa-Marie Napoli interviews Gabriel Rivera, local community activist, and Rebecca Haines, student resident and host of the "Bloomingtown Variety Hour," a local community television show previously aired on Bloomington's CATS (Community Access Television Services) designed to facilitate dialogue in the local community. Rivera and Haines discuss activism, inspiration behind the activism, and local work in the community to elicit change through the use of community media. An interesting mix of ideas and stories are brought to the table for this informative and provocative discussion that includes quotes from Ralph Nader, stories about well-known Bloomington activists making a difference, and examples of local community group efforts.

Host Andy Mahler talks with author, journalist and editor of the Bloomington Alternative Steve Higgs about the year's top stories in their fourth annual year-end review. Higgs, who also edits the online Indiana Environmental Report, covers topics of politics, media and activism, including recent developments related to the I-69 highway proposal, the state and Hoosier National Forests, and issues of sustainability, diversity and social engagement.

Tonight's show is divided into two parts: first, host Lisa Morrison talks with Linda Kelly, the Executive Director of Backstreet Missions, a full service shelter and outreach program. Ms. Kelly shares the results of this year's food, shelter and holiday gift drives. The second half of the program features singer-songwriter Beth Lodge-Rigal. Ms. Lodge-Rigal is the local director of "Women Writing For A Change", a nationally recognized program for beginning writers. Local author Barbra Lantz (The Return Of Chief Joseph) joins the discussion and shares her views regarding the writing class and future plans for the project.

Host Lisa-Marie Napoli talks with local activist and songwriter Marc Haggerty about his legacy of work on community justice issues. The impetus for his work in the local jails stems from the James Borden incident, in which a Bedford man was Tasered to death in the Monroe County Jail. A local community group, Citizens for Effective Justice, is actively trying to prevent situations of this nature, improve the jail system, and assist inmates in re-entering society in a healthy manner. Haggerty discusses the local Criminal Justice Coordinating Council's role in responding to important community issues and the need for a democratic process in exploring solutions to the problems in the jails. The show features some call-ins and takes a hard look at important community justice issues.

Host Andy Mahler interviews Dwight Worker, long-time Bloomington resident, author, adventurer, activist and award-winning senior lecturer in the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. In this wide-ranging conversation, they talk about his early years as an anti-war and civil rights activist at IU in the 60s, his escape from a Mexican prison in the 70s, his career in information systems in the 80s, his adventures as a drift-net sinker in the 90s, and his most recent career as a professor of information security at IU. This is one lively Interchange you won't want to miss!

Host Lisa Morrison interviews honored guest Arjia Rinpoche, appointed directly by the Dalai Lama to lead the Tibetan Cultural Center in Bloomington, Indiana as the new President. Rinpoche shares his story of childhood in Tibet, how he transformed two centers in California into meccas of Buddhist activity, and future plans for the center in Bloomington. Lean about Tibetan culture and new educational programs, events and community outreach planned by Rinpoche and the local TCC board.

Last fall, graduate students in the Indiana University School of Journalism got out of the classroom and dived headfirst into the biggest story in the country. The students in Professor Carol Polsgrove's class had been talking about the coverage of Hurricane Katrina and Rita victims in the gulf coast. Instead of just studying other journalists' work, these students decided to cover the story themselves. They drove down to Mississippi and Louisiana and brought back some amazing, interesting, and heartbreaking stories of people trying to put their lives back together. Host Mike Conway talks with three of those students, Rich Powell, Sarah Core, and Amanda Robert, about their experiences covering the aftermath of the hurricanes as well as the stories they brought back.

Host Andy Mahler welcomes Bloomington resident Mick Harrison, one of the nation's foremost environmental and public interest attorneys, representing whistle-blowers, environmental advocates, and others who resist corporate and government malfeasance. From PCB superfund sites in Monroe County to public forests, chemical weapons, and hazardous waste incinerators, Mick has been a powerful advocate for ordinary people in communities all across the country. Mick talks about his life and his commitment to environmental justice, and answers calls from listeners. Currently Harrison represents the Indiana Forest Alliance in its lawsuit against the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the Division of Forestry for failure to comply with the Indiana Environmental Policy Act.

"Healthcare: East Meets West" - Host Lisa Morrison interviews American Dr. Jerry Jesseph, General Surgeon, Cancer Committee Chairman and representative to the College of Surgeons, and Tibetan Dr. Yangbum Gyal, who teaches at Indiana University and the Tibetan Cultural Center and has his own practice. Learn about how Eastern healthcare concepts compare to modern Western medical practices.

Our Valentine's Day special spotlights artist and longtime Bloomington resident Annemarie Mahler. Annemarie (Ettinger) Mahler was born in Vienna, Austria in April of 1926. She eventually wound up in Bloomington but spent time in a Dutch orphanage, New York City, Berkeley, Dallas, and Madison, Wisconsin (and many other places) along the way. At Berkeley, she met and married a young biochemist named Henry Mahler, also born in Vienna. Incredibly, they had gone to the same elementary school yet had never met. They had three children, one of whom asks her about her life, love, her art, and anything else you might ask your own mother about on a live call-in radio program.

Host Lisa Morrison explores local historic preservation issues with four guests from the "frontline". Steve Wyatt is Executive Director of Bloomington Restorations Inc., a non-profit saving our community's oldest and most unique buildings, with some rehabilitated into affordable housing. Matt Joiner and Josh Lyons represent the Campus Historic Preservation Society, actively working to prevent Indiana University's planned demolition of the Kappa Sigma fraternity house, a 1926 Chateauesque historic structure and a former hangout of Hoagy Carmichael. Joiner notes that IU is the only institution in the state exempt from historic preservation ordinances, in this case allowing the university to demolish Kappa Sigma without the approval of the Bloomington Historic Preservation Commission.

Host Andy Mahler talks with vegan artists, educators, and activists Will and Madeleine Tuttle. Will is an author who lectures widely throughout the U.S. and Europe on animal rights. His recent work "The World Peace Diet: Eating for Spiritual Health" has been called the ultimate "why go vegan" book. Will is also a Dharma Master in the Zen tradition and maintains a successful music career with six albums of original piano music, including the vegan favorite "Animal Songs", the first instrumental album to feature the voices of animals mainly thought of as food in our culture. Madeleine is a Swiss-born painter whose deep love for animals lights her work. Her creative blending of vibrant and delicate colors speaks to her vision that within the inherent tension of opposites and underlying a vast arrays of differences there is a mysteriously unifying life to be explored and celebrated.

Host Lisa-Marie Napoli interviews Leslie Green, Chief Executive Officer for Stone Belt, and Susan Rinne, Executive Director for Options for Better Living, Inc. With March being "Disabilities Awareness Month," this show focuses on the challenges and successes of young people with disabilities making a "community transition" from school to work. The discussion highlights the evolution and progress of the disabilities movement, the continual quest for funding to alleviate the Medicaid bottleneck, and resources available for learning more about advocacy and volunteer opportunities in disability services.

Host Andy Mahler interviews Bloomington activist John Smith, owner of Bikesmiths and organizer of Count US!, about bicycles, circuses, highways, and Major Moves. John Smith is an accomplished photographer, award-winning automobile mechanic, world traveller, and former candidate for US Congress. He became an activist when he discovered that his home was directly in the path of one of the proposed corridors for the new terrain I-69 highway. The connections he made with other residents along the various alternative routes led him to continue his organizing efforts even after the path affecting his home was rejected.

Host Lisa Morrison interviews local Holistic Nurse Practitioner, Susan Clearwater. Her 50-acre Green Turtle Botanical Sanctuary in Martinsville is blessed with some of the best soil in the county and an abundance of native medicinal plants. Clearwater combines her nursing education with holistic and traditional herbal medical perspectives to offer a comprehensive blend of healing therapies. She also offers nutritional counseling and traditional herbs in addition to the salves and tinctures she creates from her sanctuary. Green Turtle also does service learning/outreach projects through an apprenticeship program, training local residents to grow medicinal herbs from seeds, cuttings and transplants, and cultivate the plants through the growing season.

Host Lisa Morrison talks with local writer and musician Barbra Lantz about her newly published book, "The Return of Chief Joseph", and her workshop series at the Bloomington Womens' Writing Center. Joseph was chief of the Wallowa band of Nez Perce Indians during General Oliver O. Howard's attempt to forcibly remove his band and the other "non-treaty" Indians to a reservation in Idaho. For his principled resistance to the removal, he became renowned as a humanitarian and peacemaker. With 2000 U.S. soldiers in pursuit, Chief Joseph led 800 Nez Perce toward freedom at the Canadian border. For over three months the Nez Perce outmaneuvered and battled their pursuers, traveling 1,700 miles across Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana.

"The People of WFHB News" - In this special celebration of volunteer spirit news director Chad Carrothers spends and hour with nearly a dozen of the movers and shakers in local community newsradio to find out what makes them tick. In segment one you'll hear familiar voices like senior correspondent Cynthia Roberts-Hall and lead reporter Sarah Eckard talk about the launch of our local news, while feature producers Kelly Wherley of Voices in the Street and Richard Fish of Bloomington Beware wax poetic about WFHB as a reflecting glass for the community and rising stars Erin Farlow and David Nosko talk about what attracted them to community media. Segment two spotlights the people behind our diversity-based public affairs programming with Clarence Boone, producer of Bring It On, Helen Harrell of bloomingOUT, and Teresa Velez of Hola Bloomington.

Host Andy Mahler interviews Bloomington surgeon and IU professor Dr. Jerry Jesseph about patient care and the practice of peace of mind. Jesseph explores the divergent paths of western science and eastern mystical traditions, the nature of disease, the physiology of the mind, particle physics, the inspiration of Buckminster Fuller, and the joys of his newly-found grandparenthood. Dr. Jesseph is also the Medical and Research Director of the Bloomington Cancer Institute, an accomplished musician, and a personal friend of the Dalai Lama.

Host Lisa Morrison spends an hour with Bloomington resident Gretchen Clearwater, a candidate for Congress vying for the Democratic nomination in the upcoming primary for a chance to unseat ninth district Republican incumbent Mike Sodrel. Learn about Clearwater's positions on the war in Iraq, education, health care, and employment as she details her travels and conversations with area citizens. You'll also learn quite a bit about Gretchen as a person not just a candidate; for example, Clearwater spent her childhood years in Nigeria, where her parents served as missionaries for the Lutheran Church. She earned a degree in history from Indiana University in 1974 and has lived in southern Indiana ever since.

Host John Brunicon talks with Monroe County Commissioner Herb Kilmer, who is running for Judge Circuit Court 5. Topics include taxes, I-69, funding mandates, septic issues, the jail system and law enforcement, Herb's involvement with the Monroe County School Board, and the ways Bloomington has changed (and remained the same) over the last forty years.

Host Sarah Eckard gets up close and personal with Betty Cockrum, CEO Planned Parenthood of Indiana. Cockrum talks about her fight to stop Attorney General Steve Carter from seizing medical records in a battle over patient confidentiality and recalls the little-publicized story of how a state bill introduced last year sought to criminalize abortion in Indiana. She also expresses frustration that more people aren't aware of the variety of public health services provided by Planned Parenthood other than abortions and points out that many of the women served by PP struggle with poverty.

Host Andy Mahler speaks with long-time Orange County resident and Texas native Helen Monica Vasquez about her activism on behalf of immigrants. Helen, a retired civil servant, has been a volunteer with the Guadalupe Center in Dubois County which provides services to the area's Hispanic community which has more than doubled in the last decade. The conversation touches on the melting pot nature of Hispanic Americans, most of whom are direct descendants of the native peoples who once inhabited the North American continent prior to the arrival of the European settlers, as well as some of the myths related to immigration, and the recent wave of concern over immigration issues.

Host John Brunicon interviews Bill Williams, Director of Engineering for the Monroe County Highway Department. Topics include the local impact of the I-69 project and other funded and unfunded projects, pollution caused by ice melting ingredients, costs of asphalt verses concrete, Curry Pike then and now, and increasing the gas tax as an alternative source of funding to leasing public roads as planned in Governor Mitch Daniels' Major Moves project.

Host Lisa-Marie Napoli interviews Karta Kaur about her work as a Yogini, Co-founder of the Midland Yoga Center, and Music Engineer. The interview explores Karta's personal journey on her spiritual path and the role that the Bloomington community has had on her development. Two beautiful songs, played on the harmonium instrument and sung by Karta, are shared for listeners to enjoy. Karta discusses intriguing aspects of her journey, including her recent tour with Satnam Kaur and important philosophies that guide her life path.

Host Andy Mahler explores cultural divides with Indiana University doctoral students Munir Gibrill and Abdulai Salifu, both natives of Ghana. They discuss Ghana's history and cultural traditions, its role in the slave trade, and post-colonial independence under charismatic pan-African leader Kwame Nkrumah. They reflect on their lives and studies, the paths that brought them to Bloomington, and their perceptions of this country and culture, as compared to their own. They also talk about their experiences as Muslims in post 9-11 America.

Host Lisa Morrison interviews Danielle Bachant-Bell from Bloomington Restorations Incorporated, a private not-for-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of Bloomington and Monroe County's historic architecture and old neighborhoods. Our discussion focuses on the organization's unique headquarters, the historical Hinkle-Garton farmstead. Plans for the Hinkle-Garton farmstead focus on making the property an educational resource for the local community and the region, using workshops, activities, displays, tours, and events that highlight the sorts of traditional practices that took place on family farms. The property will also serve as a location for learning practical techniques on related topics such as small scale farming and preservation of houses, farm structures, and landscapes. Learn about the history of Bloomington's favorite flower garden and the music teacher who cared for it!

Host Andy Mahler interviews legendary forest activist and Earth First! co-founder Mike Roselle. A Louisville, Kentucky native, Roselle has travelled to the farthest reaches of the planet to defend wild places and the indigenous communities that depend on the forests for their survival. He is also the founder of the Ruckus Society (www.ruckus.org), co-founder of the Rainforest Action Network (www.ran.org), and the publisher of the popular website www.lowbagger.org. Roselle was in southern Indiana for an activist training camp focusing on breaking the stranglehold of the oil industry on the global economy.

Explore our local independent youth symphony with its director and key staff. Host Lisa Morrison welcomes Thomas Loewenheim, conductor of the Bloomington-based Musical Arts Youth Orchestra along with board members Catherine Marchese and Richard Jenness, both of whom are also parents of participants. Topics include the history of the organization, the challenges and triumphs of youth symphony performance, and the orchestra's upcoming annual auditions. This program also includes music breaks featuring live recordings of the youth symphony performing at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater in November 2005.

What will Bloomington look like in ten, twenty, or fifty years? How does smart planning keep Bloomington a beautiful place to live? Host John Brunicon talks with city planning director Tom Micuda about building a collective vision to maintain and enhance our quality of life. Topics include the new unified zoning ordinance for the city, specific challenges to local planning like sinkholes and flood zones, "green" buildings and environmentally friendly signage and lighting, embracing "new urbanism" mixed-use areas, and alternative transportation projects like the ongoing "rails to trails" conversion of railway beds to walking and biking paths.

Host Mylo Roze speaks with Brandon Pitcher, an Indiana native & representative of Zero Emissions Research & Initiatives (ZERI) about ecologically oriented systems design which strive to improve efficiency & eliminate waste in manufacturing & societal activities. Ethically & scientifically instructive fables are read aloud by Mylo & Brandon. Calls are taken from local residents & upcoming events are highlighted. Innovative projects are also covered.

Host Robert Shull interviews IU Professor Mike Gasser about his Machine Language Translation project, about the Progressive Faculty Coalition (PFC), and about the World Social Forum. Mike explains that the language project is about a lot more than just translation. It involves, among other things, machines learning to evaluate texts for bias or point of view and involves many languages that are spoken by millions of people but are less often used in mechanized language projects. Mike explains that the PFC is a coalition of professors who have a wide range of opinions on major issues but who find some common ground a such issues as pro-civil rights, anti-war, etc. The World Social Forum (WSF), he tells us, has grown up as a "balance" to the WTC and World Economic Forum. The most recent WSF held in Brazil was attended by close to 200,000 people.

Host Andy Mahler explores "permaculture" with guests Peter Bane and Rhonda Baird. Permaculture is about designing ecological human habitats and food production systems. It is a land use and community building movement which strives for the harmonious integration of human dwellings, microclimate, annual and perennial plants, animals, soils, and water into stable, productive communities. The focus is not on these elements themselves, but rather on the relationships created among them by the way we place them in the landscape. This synergy is further enhanced by mimicking patterns found in nature. Now a Bloomington resident, Peter Bane is the publisher of Permaculture Activist, the world's oldest permaculture publication, the co-founder of Earthaven eco-village in North Carolina, and an internationally known permaculture instructor and designer. Rhonda Baird is an apprentice permaculture teacher and design consultant. She is also the founder of the Bloomington Permaculture Guild.

Host John Brunicon spends an hour with locally-based State Senator Vi Simpson. Two of Vi's favorite topics, health care and education, are discussed in detail. The conversation also includes a frank discussion of I-69 and the lease of the Northern Indiana Toll Road along with sweeping coverage of recent resolutions that Senator Simpson helped to become law.

Host Mylo Roze speaks with Reverend Hal Taylor, PhD, President of Citizens for Effective Justice (CEJ) and Vid Beldavs, Executive Director of New Leaf, New Life, Inc. Both organizations advocate for citizens affected by or involved in the criminal justice system. CEJ, as a community forum, began as Citizens Investigating the Death of James Borden, the Bedford man who died after being shocked with a taser while in custody in the Monroe County Jail some three years ago. CEJ soon thereafter began addressing the needs and many varied problems of people who've been incarcerated or otherwise impacted by our local penal system. New Leaf, New Life is a non-profit organization facilitating and implementing new programs devised to improve the mental health of the incarcerated, address their personal development, and help them cope, change, learn and acquire basic life needs.

Host Lisa Morrison interviews Jim Butler, author of "Indiana Wine" and owner of Butler Winery in Bloomington, Indiana. Learn about the grape harvest this year, John James Dufour, the founder of Indiana wine and the Swiss Colony in Vevay, Indiana. Also, learn about the new state legislation for wine distribution in Indiana and how local growers are responding to the red tape.

Host Andy Mahler is joined by Hoosiers Against Divine Strake organizer and local peace activist David Keppel. We discuss what happened on September 11, 2001, and all the changes that have occurred since that fateful day, including ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the tense situation in the Middle East, and the drumbeat for war with Iran. We also discuss the upcoming elections, the state of individual liberty and security in this country, and the proposed nuclear bunker buster simulation test explosion called "Divine Strake," including how and why Indiana became a focus for the test.

Host Mike Conway spends an hour with Malcolm Abrams, editor and publisher of the new Bloom magazine, celebrating life in Bloomington with smartly-written articles and amazing art direction. Abrams talks about how he came to Bloomington and why he decided to start a magazine here. Abrams has more than 30 years of magazine experience and worked out of New York City for much of that time. A chance visit to Bloomington caused him to move here and start the magazine. Bloom magazine is a celebration of what makes Bloomington unique and a great place to live.

Host Mylo Roze speaks with two volunteer activists, Abbey Friedman of Boxcar Books & Community Center and Joanne Stebbins of the Midwest Pages to Prisoners Project. Issues adressed include incarceration, rehabilitation, recidivism, education, prisoner advocacy, class, race and mental illness. Also covered are good statistics about the criminal justice system for different types of offenders and the percentages of our population incarcerated. Midwest P2P regularly receives correspondence from appreciative clients of the service of being sent free reading materials by the organization housed and facilitated by Boxcar Books, a volunteer-run, non-profit community center. Also discussed are the types of books & literature requested by inmates and the restrictions placed upon Pages to Prisoners donations by various criminal justice institutions.

A special two-part edition with host John Brunicon profiles two events endemic to culture in Bloomington: the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival and the "Hilly Hundred" bicycle race. In the first half-hour Brunicon is joined by Joe Anderson of Hilly Hundred, to talk about this weekend's event. Joe discusses what it takes to put on a two-day, hundred-mile race through the hills of south central Indiana and some of the organizations benifit from the revenues generated by this event. In the second half-hour that we hear from George Huntington and John Byers of Lotus to talk about this year's event (October 5 -8), the variety of musical offerings and the volunteers who make it all work. This year there will be six locations to enjoy music, food, visual arts and culture.

Host Andy Mahler is joined by two of the principal organizers of this year's Simply Bioneers Conference - Steve Akers, Associate Director for Environmental Operations within Indiana University's Residential Programs and Services, and Lucille Bertuccio, president of the Center for Sustainable Living. The Simply Bioneers Conference will run from October 20-22 and features three days of presentations, offered via satellite, from the Bioneers conference in San Rafael, California, as well as live panels on local food, energy and sustainability issues. Lucille and Steve share information about this year's program and how previous Bioneers speakers have inspired them. They also offer examples of positive and profound social change that the Bioneers are undertaking in communities across the country, share information about related programs underway in the Bloomington area, and speak about how people can get involved.

Host Mylo Roze talks with organizers and participants from the Indiana Holistic Health Network's upcoming Wellness Expo. The program starts off with Patricia C. Coleman, President of the Green Dove Network, the parent organization of the IHHN speaking about the beginnings of that organization and its relationship with the Center for Sustainable Living as a project incorporated under CSL's umbrella non-profit status. In the second segment, Mylo speaks with Dr. Chris Arick about integrative medicine, alternative therapies, nutrition, family practice, functional microbiology, finding the root cause of ailments, the failings of traditional western medicine and the effects of environmental toxins and emotional stress upon physical health. In the final segment, Janiece Jaffe speaks about the powerful effects of certain types of sound, music and vibration have upon one's physical, mental & spiritual state. Finally, Patricia C.

Host Lisa Morrison interviews Elliot Sperling, chair of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University. His current research interest is Tibetan history and Sino-Tibetan relations. His current projects include articles on Tangut-Tibetan relations and Ming-Tibetan relations. A scholar and world traveler, Mr. Sperling shares stories about his early ventures in New York City circa 1970. Sperling takes us from the "Woodstock" festival to his first trip to Tibet and explains what his passion for Tibetan culture means to him.

Spend an hour talking politics with the local heads of the primary political parties. In the first segment News Director Chad Carrothers finds out more about Monroe County Republican Party Chairman Franklin Andrew, how he assumed party leadership, what the party does, and Republican candidates in key local races like county council, commissioner and judge. In segment two meet Lee Jones, Chairwoman of the Monroe County Democratic Party. Jones talks about how she got into politics, and again we look at hotly-contested local races with a particular focus on candidates for judge and representation of women and people of color in elected positions. Our third segment brings both party heads together for a mutual discussion of dirty campaigns, the competitive yet civil relationship between local party operations; "527" political advocacy groups, and media coverage of candidates.

Host Andy Mahler welcomes Cook Group chairman Steve Ferguson for a conversation about the Cook Group's $380 million casino and historic hotel renovation project in French Lick and West Baden. We also discuss his forty year friendship with Cook Group founder Bill Cook, his life in the Hoosier State, his historic homestead farm in Lawrence County and his involvement in efforts to improve community well-being in Bloomington, Orange County, and south central Indiana.

Host Mylo Roze conducts a year-in-review of the first year of existence for the Bloomington Commission on Sustainability with commission chair John Hamilton and the city's Assistant Director of Economic Development Danise Alano. We focus on the commission's progress so far and their primary goals for the future. Topics include economic empowerment, environmental ethics, social equity, economic development, ecological design, climate change, chickens in the city, affordable housing, local food, green business and educational programs.

Host Andy Mahler interviews Bloomington native Anthony Arnove, co-editor of "Voices of a People's History of the United States." Learn about the Bloomington staging of a dramatic reading of excerpts from that project, Arnove's new book, "Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal", prospects for peace in the Middle East, progressive social change here at home, his path from Bloomington through Boston to his present home in New York, and his longtime collaboration with historian Howard Zinn.

Does the government's "no-fly" list make air travel any safer? Do other supposed "security measures" really protect us from terrorists? Host Chad Carrothers spends an hour with Chris Soghoian, the Bloomington grad student who drew national attention when he set up a website that allowed visitors to print fake Northwest Airlines boarding passes in an effort to expose flaws in national security policy. The federal Transportation Security Administration forced him to take down the page and the FBI raided his Bloomington home and "borrowed" his computers and passport. Find out why Chris did what he did, his views on the role that researchers, academics, and common citizens take in studying, criticizing and pointing out the flaws in our security systems, and why he thinks the federal government hasn't learned the intended lesson in this WFHB local radio exclusive.

Host Andy Mahler is joined in the studio by journalist, author, and IU journalism instructor Steve Higgs for our annual year-end review. Steve Higgs is the publisher of both the Bloomington Alternative and the electronic Indiana Environmental Report. We discuss the stories and events that have affected life in Bloomington and south-central Indiana over the past year, including the major thrust towards privatization of public assets under the Daniels administration, the militarization of the state forests, recent election results and the relentless pace of development in Bloomington. We also talk about grassroots media and its role in creating a just and democratic society.

Host Lisa-Marie Napoli interviews Jeffrey Miller, Director of the new Caldwell Center for Culture and Ecology. We discuss the life and inspiration of former Professor Emeritus Lynton Caldwell of Indiana University. His vision was about "relationships with the natural environment" and the essence of this idea is being carried through the Center via a curriculum, in collaboration with Bloomington's Harmony School. The Caldwell Center also is emerging as an important component of the local Eco-Center in Bloomington where the organizations are finding innovative ways to work together. We discuss the importance of the timeliness of the Caldwell Center's initiatives and the importance of sustaining "systems thinking" for addressing challenging global issues.

Host Mylo Roze speaks with members of Bloomington Transportation Options for People (BTOP) and Oregon-based transportation consultant Greg Raisman from the Portland Department of Transportation. BTOP founder Buff Brown & BTOP member Bill Hayden start off the program and Greg jumps in a litttle later with national statistics and insights into the paradigm shift and infrastructural changes implemented in Portland with great success. Topics discussed include parking, the Finelight/Fernandez parking garage subsidy request to the City of Bloomington, parking garage usage studies, greenspace, traffic safety, bicycling and pedestrian safety, public transit, traffic-calming strategies, safe routes to schools, facilitation of alternative modes of travel and the overarching environmental considerations driving conscientious urban planning.

Host Andy Mahler is joined in the studio by home-schooled and Bloomington-raised athlete and musician Kallim Jamal Stewart. Known to friends and family as "KJ", nineteen-year-old Stewart is making a name for himself as a tennis player, having been ranked number one in the nation for his age group prior to enrolling at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a proponent of natural foods and holistic living who has never been sick or been to a doctor. He is also an accomplished musician, songwriter and composer, who shares some of his music. Please join us for a very special new year's show with one of the best and brightest of Bloomington's own.

Host Marti Crouch talks with Jim Hart, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies and Hal Taylor, retired Priest and Psychologist about their work with Citizens for Effective Justice. Although the Monroe County Jail is often in the news because of negative issues, such as overcrowding or health care problems, there are some encouraging recent developments at the jail. Citizens for Effective Justice was formed in response to the taser-caused death of inmate James Borden in 2004. The group ended up evaluating many aspects of the justice system, and has also formed a non-profit organization, New Leaf-New Life, Inc. In their own words: "New Leaf - New Life, Inc. was founded in April 2006 by a group headed by Rev. Harold (Hal) Taylor to address the unmet needs of people caught up in our criminal justice system. Our primary goal is helping individuals to become 'contributing members' of the community.

Host Mylo Roze interviews two organizers of the Bloomington Peace Action Coalition (BPAC). Timothy Baer starts off with some background of the inception of the organization & details the types of activities, campaigns & action events BPAC has engaged in up to the present. Christine Glaser expresses her own motivations for becoming involved with the peace movement & then both members outline the policies & current activities of the Coalition.Addressed in this episode are matters of morality & public policy, as well as strategies of affecting change. Topics discussed include activism which both educates & involves the general public, engaging government officials & institutions, civil disobedience, the best way to address terrorism, political diplomacy, economic & social policy (both foreign & domestic) & the backlash created by American & western militarism & imperialism.

Host Lisa-Marie Napoli interviews Jeff Mease, longtime Bloomington resident, and founder and co-owner of One World Enterprises (including Pizza Express, Lennie's and Bloomington Brewing Company). Jeff discusses the inspiration and start-up of his restaurant operations, his approach to healthy organizational values, the history of the craft brewing industry, local beer and its impact on the community and environment, and the future of the Bloomington Brewing Company. Additionally, Jeff discusses his passion for drug law reform.

Host Andy Mahler is joined in the studio by author and attorney W. William Weeks, director of the new Indiana University Conservation Law Clinic. This clinic located in the new building at the corner of 4th and Indiana in Bloomington will give Indiana University law students hands on experience in research, administration, litigation, drafting of legislation and other advocacy tools for the protection of the natural world. Prior to returning to Indiana, Weeks served as the Executive Vice President of The Nature Conservancy. He is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Law (1979) and the author of Beyond the Ark (Island Press, 1996).

Host Lisa Morrison talks with Breshaun Joyner, Education Director for the Bloomington Playwrights Project. Ms. Joyner, a BPP member since 1991, is an award-winning drama teacher whose work with youth-oriented theatre programs has gained national attention. In this interview, she recounts some of her experiences working with the theatre, gives us a brief history of the BPP, and looks forward to some upcoming productions. Celebrating their 25th year, the BPP is a not-for-profit arts organization, producing original works for the stage and offering educational programs and classes for people of all ages.

Host Lisa-Marie Napoli welcomes Craig Brenner, Special Projects Coordinator for the City of Bloomington's Community and Family Resources Department. He is a key figure in city projects celebrating and advocating diversity in our community, including the annual Martin Luther King Junior birthday celebration and MLK service project program. Brenner is also an accomplished jazz pianist and composer with several albums to his credit. Topics include Craig's history of work and music since his arrival in Bloomington; his affiliations with other musicians; his support of and past involvement with WFHB; some of his upcoming musical performances; his involvement with the City of Bloomington's plans for "Be Accessible" month in March; and, finally, how Craig integrates both the "art" of his music with the "science" of his work for the City. Also featured on the program are three of Mr. Brenner's compositions: "Brenner's Boogie", "Aimlessly He Floats", and "Backstage Boogie".

Dwight Worker returns for another lively conversation with host Andy Mahler. Dwight Worker is the award winning Lecturer in the Information Systems Department of the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University (he received the Kelley Trustee Excellence in Teaching Award for 2002 and 2003 and been recognized as the Teacher of the Year for the past three years by the students in the information systems department), who is also an environmental activist, master gardener and world traveller -- he has ridden his bike across England, Ireland, Mexico, Central America, and Cuba among other countries. He is also the only person since Pancho Villa to have escaped from Mexico's notorious Lecumberri Prison. We discussed that adventure the last time Dwight visited Interchange. This time we will be talking about 'Hitting the wall': where the world is going, and where the 21st century could take us; and 'Answering the call': a whale of a tale of adventure and intrigue with the Sea Shepherd.

Host Lisa Morrison facilitates a discussion of the "One Book One Bloomington and Beyond" community literary project with guests Michael Simmons and Heather Lynn. This year One Book One Bloomington and Beyond is partnering with The Big Read, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, to encourage communities to come together to read and discuss "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury, the classic novel that takes the materials of pulp fiction and transforms them into a visionary parable of a society gone awry, in which firemen burn books and the state suppresses learning. The Monroe County Public Library is stocking extra copies of the book for community discussions. Simmons shares a reading from the book and Lynn describes the many public events encouraging participation in the "One Book One Bloomington" campaign.

Host Mylo Roze speaks with John Howard, founder of Bloomington Media Arts Group (BMAG), an Indiana University student organization devoted to facilitating civic engagement, independent alternative media and grassroots learning experiences for students and Bloomington citizens alike. Topics include media consolidation of ownership, the shortcomings of corporate mainstream media, the exciting and empowering potential of new technological innovations, and threats to local and independent media production, net neutrality and community-access outlets. Upcoming activities for BMAG include plans for a media conference, town hall forums, and a new community-access TV show.

Host Steve Chaplin spends an hour with Steve Higgs, creator, publisher and editor of the Bloomington Alternative, which is celebrating its second anniversary as a twice-monthly free print publication that was originally founded in 2002 as an online news journal. Steve Higgs expounds upon the rich heritage of independent journalism in Bloomington, about his concerns about the state of local leadership in the community and about a host of issues facing the community. Higgs also announces an anniversary celebration for the Bloomington Alternative that will be held Thursday, March 29, at Player's Pub, along with the public release of "Real News For A Change," a 56-page special publication highlighting the best of the Bloomington Alternative over the past two years.

Host Andy Mahler is joined in the studio by award-winning poet and author Maurice Manning, a teacher in the graduate creative writing program at Indiana University. Maurice Manning is a native of Danville, Kentucky. He received an MFA in Poetry from the University of Alabama, and also holds degrees from Earlham College and the University of Kentucky. Manning's work has appeared in The Green Mountains Review, The Spoon River Poetry Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, The Sonora Review, and The New Yorker. His collection entitled "Lawrence Booth's Book of Visions" is the 2001 winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets competition. In the book's forward, competition judge W. S. Merwin characterizes the visions as "the kind [that] alter as the kaleidoscope turns.

Host John Brunicon interviews Dr. Timothy Alward, a Brown County family practitioner for over 30 years. Their discussion covers a wide range of topics, including the necessity of continuing education for doctors, the dangers of overprescription, and lessons to be learned from the Canadian national healthcare system. Excerpts from the audio medical review journal "Primary Care" are featured as well.

Host Mylo Roze explores a new volunteer-powered health clinic serving our community's neediest people. Our guests, Volunteers in Medicine board chairman Raj Haddawi and executive director Elizabeth Sturgeon, talk about this community-based effort to provide healthcare access to uninsured low-income residents of Monroe and Owen counties. Discussed are the range of services provided, differences from the existing C.H.A.P. clinic services, how to get into the client base or to volunteer time or donate funding as well as the entities and mechanisms involved in launching the new free clinic opening in Bloomington this month.

Host Lisa-Marie Napoli interviews Dr. David W. Campt, dialogue specialist, race relations expert, and co-author of "Little Book of Dialogue on Difficult Subjects." The interview begins with a discussion of Dr. Campt's role in Bloomington as a research evaluator for a "Mystery of Love" project that is part of a national campaign being launched on the topic of "love and forgiveness." Next, we shift to an exploration of Dr. Campt's work as a dialogue specialist and the importance of people learning collaborative decision-making skills to bridge gaps of differences to lead toward common understanding. Finally, the interview concludes with a discussion about Dr. Campt's work on diversity issues and, specifically, his work with former President Bill Clinton's "Initiatives on Race".

Host Andy Mahler spends an hour with longtime Bloomington resident, restauranteur, actor, organizer, activist, and community leader, Spyridon Stratigos, better known to the Bloomington community as Strats. Strats talks about his family, basketball, the islands of Greece, and his 40-year involvement in the Bloomington community, from his arrival in 1967 through his involvement with the Tao restaurant, the Gables, and his current role as board chairman of Bloomington Cooperative Services, which operates two Bloomingfoods groceries. BCS is currently remodeling the former Encore Cafe to open in the near future as a westside Bloomingfoods grocery and deli on W. 6th Street.

Host Lisa Morrison presents a relaxing hour of Interchange, exploring sound healing and energy with Janiece Jaffe and Drew Stocksdale. We begin with local jazz singer and Reiki master Jaffe and a live toning featuring her collection of singing bowls and her own versatile voice, the perfect lead-in for a conversion about the healing power of specific sound vibrations. Later in the program, Stocksdale, a certified CMT, discusses the science and benefits of Cranio Sacral Therapy and the Somato-emotional release, both methods of alternative healing. We close the program with another toning from Jaffe. Tune in and chill out.

Host Mylo Roze interviews the "Singing Scientist" Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, president of the Bloomington chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, an author, brain researcher, and stroke survivor. Hear about Dr. Taylor's many roles in the Bloomington community and abroad as educator, spokesperson and advocate. Topics include altered perception; neuroanatomy; stroke and the process of recovery; schizophrenia and other forms of mental illness; addiction and the effects of drugs on the brain; policy questions regarding incarceration and institutionalization of those experiencing mental illness and addiction; the training of police officers locally in the CIT program (devised to help officers recognize mental illness and de-escalate conflict); how one can donate their brain tissue to research; and Dr. Taylor's epiphanies and shift of consciousness during and since her own stroke some ten years ago.

Host Lisa-Marie spends an hour with Bloomington resident Elizabeth Lyon, who has competed in more than fourteen marathons despite her ongoing challenges with multiple sclerosis. Elizabeth also travels the country talking about her life story as an ambassador for MS LifeLines. Learn about the intricacies of multiple sclerosis and Elizabeth's story of her personal journey with the affliction as she is able to sustain her marathons and share her inspiring story with others. Elizabeth is starting a "running and walking club" for people in the south-central Indiana area with multiple sclerosis and their family and friends. Another part of the discussion focuses on the importance of a healthy, positive attitude for dealing with MS. The motto that Elizabeth and the MS LifeLines group emphasizes is "live your life, not your MS" and "celebrate your abilities" rather than focusing on the disabilities associated with MS.

Host Tom Healy talks with legendary Hoosier environmentalist, John Blair about “Indiana’s Inconvenient Truth: world-class pollution”. Blair is co-founder and president of Valley Watch, an Evansville-based organization devoted to the health and environmental integrity of the Ohio Valley in southwestern Indiana. He recently took training with Al Gore’s Climate Project to prepare him for public talks about global warming. Blair specifically focuses on Indiana’s contribution to greenhouse gases via coal-fired power plants. In addition, Blair, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his news photography in 1978, also speaks about media and the importance of a strong First Amendment. Blair was arrested for protesting vice-president Cheney’s visit to Evansville in early 2002. He eventually sued the city of Evansville and prevailed at trial in a case that has far-reaching implications for free speech and civil liberties.

Host Andy Mahler is joined in the studio by longtime Bloomington resident, hammer dulcimer player, composer, choral director, and all-around entertainer Malcolm Dalglish. We talk about his long association with Bloomington, his life in music, including his long partnership with Grey Larsen, his singing camps in Indiana and the Eastern Sierra of California for young singers and his ongoing projects. Among these is his brand new CD "Into the Sky" performed with the musical ensemble Ooodoo from which we hear several cuts. Malcolm provides a beautiful word ramble through the hills of Southern Indiana and a short hambone session. We also discuss his adventures with the Ooolites. Don't know what an Ooolite is? Listen and find out.

Host Lisa Morrison interviews accomplished photographer Tyagan Miller. In this conversation, Mr. Miller covers some of the high points of his impressive body of work, including the photo essays "Twilight In Arcadia", which chronicles a year of tobacco growing in southern Indiana from the perspective of undocumented migrant workers; "Covenant", a view of the life of an inner-city African American church congregation and part of a recent exhibit at the Indianapolis Museum of Art; and "The One Hundred Percent Club," a new project profiling combat veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, and Panama.

Host Mylo Roze speaks with some of the newest tenants of the Caldwell Eco-Center, young activists from GreenPeace and the RoadBlock EarthFirst!/I-69 Listening Project. Edyta Sitko is a Field Officer for the Washington, DC office of GreenPeace and Matiga is a member of RoadBlock EarthFirst!. Edyta and Matiga talk about their involvement with the EcoCenter, their upcoming activities and issues relating to climate change, transportation, corporatism, people and places affected by new terrain I-69 and the "eco-terrorist" label.

Host Lisa-Marie heads out of the studio and onto the front porch for a lively and informal conversation with Carla Tara, tantra teacher, healer, relationship counselor, and author of "Lessons from a Tantric Tango Dancer." Lisa, Carla, and a small audience of friends talk about some of the many aspects of tantra beyond, but not excluding, sexuality: as a tool for personal transformation, as a healing art, and as a means of altering consciousness. Ms. Tara was in Bloomington this month for a workshop on tantric practice. She is based in NYC and Maui.

Host Andy Mahler is joined in the studio by trapeze artist, electrician, musician, activist, and long-time Bloomington resident Marc Haggerty. We talk about his music, his military service in Vietnam, his activism on a variety of issues, his travels and travails, and his founding roles with both the Bloomington Circus and the Bloomington Songwriters Showcase.

Host Lisa Morrison interviews Beth Mathers, winner of the 2007 Brown County Arts Award. Ms. Mathers developed a Creative Mentoring Program in Brown County which enlists artists and craftspeople to volunteer and spend time with students, teaching and sharing with each student his or her own special artistic talent. Learn about Mathers' new book, "Speaking of Me: Stepping Stones to a Better Life." She is also part of Artworks, an Indiana University-based program in which handicapped adult artists are encouraged to pursue art as a career.

Host Mylo Roze spends an hour with Kerwin Olson, Outreach Coordinator for the Citizens Action Coalition. Primary topics are the CAC's efforts to stop Duke Energy from building a new coal-fired power plant in Edwardsport and a public hearing in Bloomington to be held in August. Hear about CAC's inspiring legacy of victories in citizen advocacy, particularly in fighting utility rate hikes, and their key role in stopping the Marble Hill Nuclear Plant from being built in Indiana. Mylo and Kerwin also touch upon the climate changing emissions, health problems and economic drain caused by power plant pollution and taxpayer-subsidized corporate manipulations of the market. We also discuss ongoing lobbying efforts and current campaigns conducted by the Citizens Action Coalition and the level of responsiveness from local politicians and state legislators.

Host Tom Healy enjoys a convivial conversation about neighborliness with Georgia Schaich and Ann Kreilkamp from the Green Acres Neighborhood Association. Georgia was recently honored as Neighbor of the Year and Ann was also given recognition by the City of Bloomington's Housing and Neighborhood Development office for their efforts to make Green Acres the sustainable place to be in Bloomington. The old saw says good fences make good neighbors but Georgia and Ann prove that it's really good people who make the best neighbors.

Host Robert Shull talks to James Yang, professor of English and American literature who began with his Bachelor's and Master's degrees earned in Taiwan, culminating with a Ph.D. at Indiana University and a career of teaching in Taiwan. James talks about his love of Bloomington, of Chinese culture, and of disciplines which include playing the Erhu, calligraphy, and various martial arts such as Tai Chi and Kung Fu Fan. James plays a short piece on his Erhu and describes the instrument's structure and origin. Also, James details his passion for the ancient art of calligraphy, characterizing it as a performance that leaves a visible record.

Host Andy Mahler interviews Steve Stroup, Co-Op and Community Development director for Bloomington Cooperative Services (BCS) better known by the name of the member-owned grocery stores they operate: Bloomingfoods. Steve talks about his life on the farm in Northern Indiana and the path that led him to Bloomington and Bloomingfoods. He discusses the responsibilities of his position doing membership and community outreach, and his major role in the opening of the new near west side Bloomingfoods Market and Deli at the site of the former Encore Cafe. Steve shares his thoughts on Bloomingfoods' larger role in the Bloomington community, what the future might hold, and the importance of the larger co-op community in a sustainable future.

Host Tom Healy talks with Orange County Homegrown board members Jim Wooten and Bob Turner about South Central Indiana’s latest co-operative venture – the Lost River Communty Co-op, a store that will offer locally grown foods and handmade products slated to open in September in downtown Paoli. Wooten and Turner provide a brief history of the group and talk about the challenges Orange County Homegrown has overcome in order to create a vibrant Farmer’s Market. After a couple years of struggle, the Homegrown Farmers Market in Orleans now features up to 63 vendors every week. Wooten and Turner describe how the market enhanced the quality of life in Orange County by focusing on local growers, wildcrafters, woodworkers and musicians. The group’s efforts established a local economic development model that has enhanced the quality of life in the county and generated a sense of community and pride of place.

Host Mylo Roze talks with three major facilitators of local food availability about the scope and importance of local food security. Michael Simmons, Adult Programs Specialist for the City of Bloomington Parks & Recreation Department speaks about his involvement with the Community Gardening program, which rents out seasonal plots within the parks to members of the public. Simmons also represents the Local Food Policy Group, an organization working to assess and facilitate local food security and production. Mylo is also joined in the studio by Stephanie Solomon, Volunteer Coordinator for the Hoosier Hills Food Bank, a regional food warehousing and distribution center. The third guest for this local food episode is Brooke Gentile, Executive Director of Mother Hubbard's Cupboard, the largest free food pantry in Bloomington.

Host Lisa-Marie Napoli interviews Ann Schepper, an active member of Pastors for Peace, a special ministry of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization created to deliver humanitarian aid to Latin America and the Caribbean; and CubAmistad, a locally-based sister-city project linking Bloomington, Indiana and Santa Clara, Cuba.. Ann shares stories about her involvement with these organizations. Additionally, she talks about her recent adventure to Santa Clara, where a caravan of vans, buses, and people from different countries traveled to deliver humanitarian assistance to Cubans in need. Finally, Ann discusses the work of and opportunities available at the Latin American School of Medicine, as well as a mention of the campaign to "Free the Five", five Cuban men who are in U.S. prison, serving four life sentences after being convicted in 2001 of committing espionage conspiracy against the United States.

Host Andy Mahler is joined in the studio by Tom Sparks, instrument maker, Director of the IU String Instrument Technology program, master musician, recording artist, and former United States Irish Fiddle Champion (three years in a row 1980-82).  They talk about Tom's long history in music and in Bloomington, from the early years of Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Festival in Beanblossom, Indiana, to his current role as the prinicpal instructor in the oldest and most widely respected instrument making program in the United States.  Tom also plays a tune on the guitar and later accompanies himself on the shruti-box as he plays a couple of Irish fiddle tunes on a violin he made.

What really happened on 9/11?  Host Mike Conway probes the "official" conspiracy theory with Kevin Ryan, a Bloomington chemist and former site manager at Underwriters Laboratories in South Bend. During the post 9/11 investigation Kevin questioned discrepancies between UL's test results on steel components from the World Trade Center and the official account of the buildings' collapse. Days later, he was fired. Now he works tirelessly to debunk the government's conclusion on what happened on 9/11. Ryan is a member of the Bloomington 9/11 Working Group, convinced that research proves the current administration has been dishonest about what happened in New York and Washington, D.C. Ryan discusses the problems with the official explanation that the jetliners crashing into the World Trade Center caused their eventual collapse.

Lisa Morrison interviews Barney Quick, musician, arts journalist, opinion columnist, talk-show host, educator, blogger, and the author of the novel "High C at the Sunset Terrace", set in 1948 in the thriving Indianapolis jazz scene. Barney talks about performing in the local scene and supporting Jazz From Bloomington.

Host Mylo Roze probes Bloomington's PCB problem with key figures in the fight for public health. Mylo is joined in the studio by Environmental Attorney Mick Harrison, Esq., and Citizen Activist Greg Moore. Addressed are the history, scope, sites and current status of PCB contamination in the Bloomington area due to dumping by the Westinghouse corporation. The state of current litigation against the EPA and the initiation of a new Action Group to get the remaining PCB contaminated materials and soil into sealed bunkers are explained. Possible liability of the City of Bloomington, cover-ups by local government officials and dump sites being ignored by the EPA are also mentioned. Toxic health effects, the ailments of former Westinghouse workers and our legacy of poisoning future gemerations are also dealt with in this 'PCB episode'. The apathy and anxiety of the average Bloomingtonian regarding the issue are also spoken to by Moore & Harrison.

Host Lisa-Marie Napoli interviews local residents, Kristina Seastrom and Pamela Ladd, who both live as "sacred activists" and students of Wisdom University. The interview discusses each woman's spiritual interests and life paths as sacred activists. Their synchronicities in life brought them to the teachings of Wisdom University where they are exposed to travel, knowledge, and wisdom. Finally, Kristina and Pamela discuss practices and resources that people can access for growing on their own unique paths and spiritual adventures.

Host Mike Conway has a conversation with Katrina vanden Heuvel, the editor and publisher of The Nation magazine.  The Nation, founded in 1865, is the longest continuously-published magazine in U.S. history.  Ms. vanden Heuvel visited Bloomington in September and stopped by WFHB to talk about the state of the media.  She discusses problems with the corporate control of the news and the importance of independent voices in the media.

In the first of three installments of WFHB's local candidates' forum in the run-up to the November elections, News Director Chad Carrothers hosts a special 90-minute edition of Interchange. At the table this evening are candidates in the race for Bloomington City Council: for District 2, Jillian Kinzie(D) and Brad Wisler(R); for District 5, Isabel Piedmont(D) and Alicia Graves(R); and for District 6, Stephen Volan(D) and Marjorie Hudgins(R).

In the second of three installments of WFHB's local candidates' forum in the run-up to the November elections, News Director Chad Carrothers hosts a special edition of Interchange. At the table this evening are candidates in the race for Bloomington City Council-at-Large: Cliff Meadows(R), Susan Sandberg,(D) Andy Ruff,(D) and Tim Mayer(D).

In the third and final installment of WFHB's local candidates' forum in the run-up to the November elections, News Director Chad Carrothers hosts a special edition of Interchange. At the table this evening are candidates in the race for Mayor of the City of Bloomington: David Sabbagh(R) and his opponent, Mayor Mark Kruzan(D)

Host Chad Carrothers kicks off this evening's marathon election coverage with a one-hour special based around our exclusive live radio feed from the county clerk's office. Correspondent Rich Fish provides regular updates on the numbers as they come in live at Election Central, and our team of reporters canvass the four busiest Bloomington voting precincts for interviews with poll workers and voters like you. We also have three in-studio guests: local Democrat party chair Lee Jones, local township trustee and perennial WFHB election commentator Dan Combs, and Kruzan campaign manager Susan Dabkowski. (NOTE: Local Republicans were invited to stop by but none did so, but tune into Standing Room Only on 11/7/07 to hear GOP affiliates discuss the election.)

Host Tom Healy talks with Brown County resident Henry Swain, who was born on Armistice Day in 1918. A lifelong pacifist, Swain was a conscientious objector in World War II and has written about his experiences in his new book, "Why Now? The Evolution of a Conscientious Objector". He talks about the origins of his pacifism in his Quaker upbringing and the courage required to stand up for one's convictions. Swain speaks to the need for accepting the consequences of one's actions. In his case, it involved serving three years in labor camps here in his own country. He maintains a noble attitude of tolerance to those who say they must serve in the military but he is unyielding in expecting reciprocity and respect for his standpoint. Swain reminds us that it is the role of the minority to remind the majority that they can never rest unchallenged. He also reads "Hidden Presence", a poem he wrote on the effects and after-effects of war, specifically landmines.

Host Mylo Roze has a conversation about renewable energy with Terry Usrey, co-founder of the Southern Indiana Renewable Energy Network (or SIREN). Usrey is also a SPEA lecturer & regional director of the Hoosier Environmental Council. A primary topic of the discussion is the matching grant awarded by the Indiana Office of Energy & Defense for the placement of a modest solar array on the rooftop of the Caldwell Eco Center in dowtown Bloomington. Innovative models for fostering the availability & proliferation of clean energy are also addressed. The three solar panels will have their monitoring equipment placed visibly at the Eco Center so as to foster public education regarding the technology. When power is not being drawn from the array it will feed into the grid, reducing, however slightly, the amount of non-renewables used to generate electricity for Indiana citizens.

Host Lisa Morrison interviews "Green Builder" David Lantz. Learn about new techniques for making your home energy efficient, the criteria for building your green home, and how you can achieve incredible savings on your home energy bills.

Andy Mahler hosts his final edition of Interchange in an annual WFHB tradition - a "year in review" looking at the top stories of the year with Bloomington Alternative editor Steve Higgs and Branches Magazine publisher Tom Healy. Among the topics covered are CAFOS and coal. CAFOS are confined animal feeding operations which continue to proliferate across the rural Indiana landscape, while coal continues to be the primary energy source (providing over 95% of the state's electricity) as Indiana ranks 49th out of 50 in Forbes Magazine's ranking of the 'greenest' states. Duke Energy's permit to build a new coal fired power plant near Edwardsport is one of the few new power plant proposals in the country to receive the green light. Also covered are developments with the proposed I-69 highway, new logging in the state forests and other environmental issues. On the positive side are new developments in local food supply and sustainability.

Host Lisa-Marie Napoli interviews Shodo Spring, local resident who is a "priest in training" at the SanShin Zen Community. Additionally, Shodo is involved in the community as an artist, counselor, and activist. The beginning of the interview highlights Shodo's life in Bloomington and the philosophies behind her Zen practices. Next, Shodo discusses her nature-based (time and place) art photography and various aspects of her activist work. Shodo shares powerful stories about her journey on a Zen Pilgrimage along the Mexican border - the stories are both daunting and inspiring. Her greatest insight from the experience was to witness an abundance of "giving and receiving" throughout her pilgrimage adventures. Finally, Shodo discusses her important work as a counselor and provides resources and contact information for people interested in zen practices, photography or counseling.

Host Mylo Roze hosts a roundtable discussion about energy in relation to societal and ecological sustainability for Indiana and the World. The guests on this episode are Andy Bacher, Bob Bent and Ben Brabson, three Physics Professors from Indiana University . Matters addressed include local sustainability initiatives, environmental education, the Bloomington Commission on Sustainability and the recent formation of the IU Task Force on Campus Sustainability. Also discussed are population growth, human-induced climate-change due to greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy generation and feasibility, the Duke Energy coal-gasification plant proposed for southwestern Indiana, trends in public awareness, personal lifestyle changes, municipal and university operations, energy efficient housing, building and transportation design as well as the ethical and cultural considerations critical to shaping responsible policy.

Join Host Tom Healy for a special Winter Holiday edition of Interchange. Using poetry, music and song he explores the many facets of the winter holiday season: Winter Solstice, St. Stephen's Day, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Yule and, of course, Christmas. Healy is joined briefly by Robin, a whistle-blower from the North Pole who claims Santa's Sweatshop engages in unfair labor practices. Robin reads a list of elfin grievances that are being presented to Claus as part of union-organized efforts by the ELF-CIO. In addition to poetry by May Sarton, Wendell Berry and Patrick O'Hara, Healy plays music by the Chieftans, Fishbone, and Tom Lehrer.

Make any New Years resolutions? Host Mylo Roze speaks with three environmentalists about implementing resolutions to "be greener" in '08. Former host Andy Mahler appears on the other side of the table (with his dog Otis) as a guest eco-activist and community builder. Andy's friend and colleague, "PermaCulture" designer Keith Johnson also joins the discussion. The program is rounded out by Prof. Matt Auer of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs in his role as a member of the IU Task Force on Campus Sustainability, a new entity which has resolved to improve the University's policies, procedures and practices with an eye toward the environmental impacts of institutional decisions. Topics include ways to change personal habits in accordance with notions of Earth stewardship.

This week, a program all about the prehistoric material that literally serves as the bedrock of our community - LIMESTONE! Host Lisa Morrison welcomes Jim Owens from the Indiana Limestone Institute in Bedford in the first of a two-part series. Learn about the history and future of the local limestone industry, the process and technological evolution of stonecutting, and some of the landmark limestone structures that have stood for generations.

The conclusion of our exploration of the prehistoric material that literally serves as the bedrock of our community - LIMESTONE! Host Lisa Morrison welcomes Will Bybee, President and CEO of the Bybee Stone Company in the second of a two-part series. Discover more about the history of local limestone; Bybee Stone's key role in restoration projects at the Smithsonian, the Capitol building, the National Cathedral, and the Pentagon; and the company's ongoing involvement in the Bloomington Area Arts Council's annual Indiana Limestone Sculpture Symposium.

Host Mylo Roze has a conversation with Michael Hamburger and Matt Auer of the IU Task Force on Campus Sustainability about the fledgling organization's inception, structure, online assessment report, ongoing developments and their recommendations for University administrators. Issues of efficiency, economics and environmental ethics are applied to IU's modes of energy production, distribution and consumption, their built environment, land use, transportation and food systems. Aside from the Task Force's call for an Office of Sustainability at IU, Auer and Hamburger discuss what other universities and institutions have already done toward the aim of "greening" their entities, as well as the interesting possibilities of innovative ideas for improving the IU community and the inevitable challenges involved with changing institutional practices. Also touched upon are the relationship of the University with the local community and regional governing bodies.

Host Tom Healy welcomes Bill Newman, chairman of Indiana University's Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Newman has gained international acclaim for his research and writings about the history of alchemy and how it influenced the founders of modern science, including Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton. Alchemy has been maligned and misunderstood for centuries. Is it an art? A primitive precursor of chemistry? A religious practice? A template for psychological development? Or a scam promulgated on the rich and gullible by rogues, mountebanks and charlatans? Bill Newman is uniquely qualified to guide us through the muddle. He's written several books about the role of alchemy in the history of science. Newman heads a team based at IU who are transcribing the thousands of pages of Sir Isaac Newton's alchemical writings and posting them to the Web.

Host Dave Stewart interviews author and IU professor Alyce Miller. She is the author of the novel "Stopping for Green Lights" and two collections of short stories, "Water: Nine Stories", winner of the Mary McCarthy Prize in Fiction, and "The Nature of Longing", which won the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Ms. Miller discusses the aspects of working in academia and in the "real world" while retaining the career of being a published author. She also talks about her upbringing in Switzerland, life without a television set, and how these environmental factors have affected her writing and her perception of the world.

Host Robert Shull explores avenues for local actors and writers to express themselves through the local non-profit Bloomington Playwrights Project. Guest Gabe Gloden serves as public relations director for the BPP. Gabe describes the BPP mission and some of the ways they promote the writing and production of original plays. He talks about the relevance of his Indiana University SPEA degree to his BPP role and where he might like to go from here. Gabe describes a number of past and future BPP productions and the annual special theatrical events such as the Blizzard (27 mini-plays performed in under two hours), the Playoffs (ten plays written and performed in a 24 hour period), and the lascivious R-rated Sex/Death series. He describes the two primary annual events which give would-be playwrights an opportunity to submit plays. The Reva Shiner Contest solicits plays from writer around the world and awards the winner with a cash prize and the fully supported production of the play.

Homeless in Bloomington - Host Mylo Roze talks with three locals about their experiences with poverty and homelessness. Jeff, John and Kent offer insights into what it's like to live on the streets, barriers to employment, cost and availability of health care, and threats to social service funding. They might be homeless but they have real and relevant opinions on everything from local food banks and assistance programs for people experiencing extreme poverty and lack of basic necessities to presidential politics and property tax reform.

Host Lisa-Marie Napoli explores some of the ways Indiana University students are making a difference in our community. For the first half of the show we welcome Karen Krogman and Alex Luboff, both IU students who are active members of the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity, a greek organization centered on community service as part of its mission. In the second half of the program, Lisa-Marie talks to Nicole Schonemann, the director of IU's Office of Service Learning, and Colleen Rose, the Coordinator of Civic Engagement in that office. Nicole and Colleen help facilitate the many creative learning situations that students engage in that provide academic learning through a "text of real-life experience."

Who would have thought accounting could be so interesting? Professor Les Heitgter of the Kelley School of Business discusses why accounting matters. All decisions are based on Knowledge, and decisions must be made because of the fact that there is not an unlimited amount of resources for any organization's usage.
Encompasing 36 years, and 12,000+ students here at Indiana University as well as teaching visits to former Eastern Bloc nations, in this Interchange show Professor Heitger discusses his career and Standard Accounting Pratices. Host Dave Stewart and Professor Heitger discussed Forensic Accounting (which consists of fraud and litigation, etc.) and aspects of the "Dark Side" of Accounting, as well as family life off campus.

Joining Tom Healy is author, activist, people's historian and Bloomington native Anthony Arnove. Arnove recently stopped by the WFHB studios to discuss various new and exciting developments in the Voices of a People's History dramatic reading project that Arnove created with acclaimed historian Howard Zinn; including a forthcoming documentary. Arnove talks about his book, Iraq: the Logic of Withdrawal which was recently released in paperback. Arnove describes not only the costs and difficulties of the U.S. military occupation of Iraq, but also the effects of the on-going economic occupation of the country and how it has devastated the lives of millions of Iraqis. While many politicians frame withdrawal with the terms "cut and run" Arnove outlines a principled, reasonable alternative. He and Healy also survey the mainstream media distortions that undermine the country's widespread peace movement and propose strategies for increasing the movement's effectiveness.

Celebrate Women's History Month with Glenda Murray and Jillian Kinzie. Glenda is president of the Monroe County Historical Society. Jillian is the president of the Bloomington Commission on the Status of Women. They discuss the significance of upcoming Women's History Month events, women as political candidates, equality in the workplace, domestic violence, and significant contributions and achievements of local women.

Lisa-Marie Napoli interviews Megan Hollingsworth, a participant in THE WHALE MEMORIAL DANCE, a program coming to Bloomington on April 7. The program will include an address from Lori Marino of Emory University on her research with dolphins. THE DANCE will join performance art with in-depth conversation about the intelligence and sentience of dolphins, human brutality toward whales and dolphins, and compassionate action on their behalf. Megan Hollingsworth is a 1997 IU alumna who recently received her MS in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana.

Host Mylo Roze interviews Emily Cheney, IU student and focalizer of Bloomington Cooperative Living, Inc., a fledgling non-profit organization devoted to establishing a network of intentional communities comprised of individuals and families that wish to live together and share resources with one another. This episode on "Simply Living Cooperatively" delves into Cheney's vision of model communities that help foster economic empowerment, social equity and ecological sustainability within the planned collectives as well as in society in general. Among the values elucidated by Cheney are governance by consensus and "kwunsensus", supporting local food providers, modes of conflict resolution for parties in tension or dispute and creating deeper connections between neighbors.

Dave Stewart interviews Kathy Schick and Nicholas Toth, co-directors of the Stone Age Institute, a non-profit anthropological organization devoted to the study of technology, adaptation and evolution in human prehistory. Institute researchers study human technological origins and development at field sites in Algeria, Ethiopia, South Africa and New Guinea and in lab work with modern apes and humans using innovative kinematic and brain imaging techniques. Nick and Kathy discuss how they got interested in anthropology; their ongoing experiments in tool production; the correlation between human development and technology; their travels around the world doing research and aspects of that research concluding with a project for Science Education, "From the Big Bang Theory to the Internet".

Dave Stewart interviews members of the recently formed Indiana Students Against War (ISAW). They point out that the majority of public opinion opposes the war, and they want to mobilize the American public to force an immediate military withdrawal from Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Middle East. The group intends to accomplish its goal through organization, direct action of demonstrations, and education, with the goal of encouraging other students to get involved. ISAW members Alex, Jessica, Ed, Sandrine, James, Kyle, and Hillary all speak and provide a mosaic of thought on this critical issue for our world today. ISAW meets every Tuesday in Ballantine Hall 018 at 7:00 P.M. ISAW can be contacted at isawbl(at)gmail.com

On this "Earth Day edition" of Interchange, host Mylo Roze speaks with three public servants about their ongoing struggles to improve government and our environment. Bloomington City Council members Dave Rollo and Isabel Piedmont are in the studio, joined later via phone by State Representative Matt Pierce, to discuss the problems and possibilities of greening city and state government. Of primary focus is finding the balance between "the three E's of environmentalism" as framed by the Commission on Sustainability, those being Economic Prosperity, Social Equity and Ecological Sustainability. Other issues explored include impending local challenges due to iminent resource depletion which are addressed by the Peak Oil Task Force, the measurement and pursuit of emissions goals in the Mayor's Climate Change Agreement and proposals from the Environmental Commission for mandating that municipal structures be built utilizing energy efficient green design.

Host Chad Carrothers spends an hour with departing chairman of the Monroe County Republican Party, Franklin Andrew. Our conversation is framed in three topical segments - the person, the party, and the politics. In the first segment Andrew talks about coming to Bloomington and how he got involved in local politics. In segment two we discuss the past, present, and future of the county GOP. In our final segment we look at local politics and races in the upcoming primary.

On the day of the primary election, host Chad Carrothers interviews longtime Bloomington resident and Monroe County Democratic Party Chairwoman Lee Jones. Lee discusses how her interest in politics began during the height of the civil liberty movement and how she came to the realization that she could make a difference and instigate change. She talks about the impact of Frank McCloskey and other local politicians had on her views of politics and the state of the Democratic Party from a young woman's perspective. Lee also shares her observations on the role and participation of women over the years, the current Democratic primary election, the history and function of the local Democratic Party and what it means to be a Democrat.

Lisa Morrison hosts Mongolians Tristra Newyear and Tserenchunt Legden and the manager of the Mongolian Society, Susie Drost. They talk about recent Mongolian history and what Mongolia means to them. Also, learn how Herman B. Wells planted the seed for future generations that would study the Mongolian culture at Indiana University. Newyear shares information about her Graduate study at I.U. and the "College For Kids" program that she will lead this July at Ivy Tech.

Host Mylo Roze is joined by Patrick Feaster, Ph.D., an expert in early sound recordings from the late 1800's through the early twentieth century. In this program you'll hear samples of these early recordings, dating back to 1857, with explanation and commentary by Feaster. Patrick has been an instructor at IU and IUPUI in the areas of Folklore, Interpersonal Communication, Public Speaking and European History. A member of the "First Sounds" team, Feaster was involved in the discovery and playback of phonautogram sheets found in archives in Paris. These earliest known sound recordings were only rediscovered this year. The early recordings you hear range from spoken word and song to ambient noise and early audio theater.

Tom Healy hosts journalist Amber Kerezman who has written extensively about Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations. Also on the program are Lawrence County residents, Alan Hamilton and Barbara Artinian, who are trying to keep a factory farm out of their neighborhood. Two recent national studies have found that the widespread growth of factory farms threatens public health, damages the environment and reduces property values in rural communities where such facilities are located. According to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM), facilities may be permitted without regard to decreased property values, wear and tear on county roads or bridges or problems associated with odor. Alan Hamilton and Barbara Artinian are working to prevent a neighbor from building a facility to house 30,000 turkeys in their neighborhood. They maintain the proposed site is too close to the Salt Creek watershed and could pollute drinking water.

Host Lisa Morrison welcomes Jennifer Maher, Senior Lecturer in Gender Studies at Indiana University. Ms. Maher holds a Ph.D. in English and Modern Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and has worked as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin in Popular Culture, American Women's Literature, Third Wave Feminism, and Gender and the Body. She is a published author and essayist and a frequent contributor to Bitch magazine. Gender issues, the representation of women in the media and popular culture, and the unexpected success of the Sex in the City movie, on this edition of Interchange.

Host Mylo Roze speaks with former Bloomington Mayor Tomi Allison and her husband, IU Professor Emeritus Jim Allison, about the looming water crisis around the world, the proposed new pipeline to Lake Monroe, alternatives to that multi-million dollar project and strategies for greater water conservation in Bloomington and throughout the region.

Producer Robert Shull initiates a new series of Values in Politics interviews on Interchange. In this first of the series, Robert asks self-described conservative Kent Owen what his political positions are and what moral foundation those positions rest on. They discuss the influence Calvin and the writings of Adam Smith have had on Kent's political behavior and attitudes. In the second segment of the program, the two try to identify positions on issues that are common to most conservatives and those on which conservative opinion is highly diverse. In the final segment, Robert peppers Kent with a variety of challenging questions such as, "Was Jesus a conservative or a liberal," and "What does marriage mean to you, and do you feel threatened by the same-sex marriage law recently passed in California?"

Host Lisa-Marie Napoli interviews the Venerable Jamyang Lama, translator and resident monk at the Dagom Gaden Tensung Ling (DGTL) Monastery, and Suzy Fulkerson, President of the Monastery's Board, on site at the DGTL monastery located in lower Cascades park. The interview begins with the guests "setting the scene" in the sacred space of the monastery where the interview occurred and a discussion about the intention of the monastery to serve the community in their spiritual growth. Next, they explore the activities of the past decade in the monastery and the exciting plans for growth in the future. The growth includes an auspicious new site extension of 128 acres, a new building, and more teachings offered to the community. Also, Jamyang and Suzy talk about the unique contributions that the DGTL monastery brings to Bloomington and how the group functions independently as a Tibetan Buddhist organization.

Jeff Miller interviews visionary educator and cultural engineer, Mark Morey. Mark designs regenerative holistic communities with timeless native principles. He founded three transformational organizations in the last 12 years: Deep Wilds, Vermont Wilderness School, and the Institute for Natural Learning, sparking a nature community awareness movement in the Northeast impacting 5,000 adults and children today. He has facilitated or co-facilitated wilderness survival and spiritual

Dave Stewart interviews Gareth Evans, a native of Wales who teaches Literature at Indiana University. They discuss the politics of sentimental fiction, late 18th, 19th, and early 20th American literature, Henry James, and British and American proletarian fiction of the 1930s. Gareth touched upon a topic introduced by IU Gender Studies/Pop Culture Professor Jen Maher, who stated in her interview on Interchange that one thing people could do is "read more". Gareth Evans discusses how he learned to read by reading The Sporting Life, a horse-racing magazine in South Wales at the age of 4. Growing up in a steel city and then moving to Bristol, England at the age of 9, Gareth discusses how reading was a part of his life. The Voice of Industry was an 1840's cotton mill newspaper which agitated for a 10 hour working day, among other activist goals, and Gareth Evans discusses the research he did on that. Dave Stewart and Gareth Evans then discuss the courses that Mr.

Dave Stewart interviews Dr. Roberto Garcia, a professor of International Business in the Kelley School of Business, specializing in Global Management. The interview begins with a discussion of the Global Supply Chain Academy, which Professor Garcia co-directs. Professor Garcia addresses such topics as the reasons for increasing Global Trade and specific questions such as: "What is international business", "What is a trade agreement" and "Will the rising price of oil influence international business". The subject of NAFTA is discussed, and whether or not it has been good for the economies of the United States and Mexico. The issue of immigration and how immigrants were portrayed in the presidential campaigns are covered. Dave and Professor Garcia share moment over their love of running and then, in the last segment, 8 year old Isabel Garcia takes the microphone with her perspective on her recent first-ever trip to Mexico City.

SEX! Have we got your attention now? Host Debra Kent facilitates a candid conversation about sex research with Michael Reece and Debby Herbenick of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion in the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation at Indiana University. They talk about the need to expand the definition of "sexual health" to include pleasure, how America's view of sexual health compares with other countries, the marketing of adult sex toys and other products, breast cancer survivors and dealing with sexual problems, and research on condoms - how fit and feel affect willingness to use them.

Robert Shull interviews Janis Starcs, best known as proprietor of the Caveat Emptor bookstore, about his political philosophy as a conservative and Libertarian. Starcs talks about his positions on a range of issues including gun control and abortion, and about the moral foundation those positions are based on. In the first segment, Janis tells about growing up in Indianapolis as a Latvian immigrant, falling in love with books, and becoming an American citizen at the age of thirteen. In the second segment of the program, Janis explains the difference between "traditional" conservatives and his brand of libertarian conservativism. In the final segment, Janis goes into more detail about his positions on the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, on gun control, church and state, and other issues. He winds up with a general prescription for the changes that would be necessary for this country to improve significantly.

Host Michael Simmons interviews Mohja Kahf, the author of this year's selection for the One Book, One Bloomington program, "The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf." She is also an associate professor of comparative literature in the Middle East & Islamic Studies Program at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and author of "Western Representations of the Muslim Woman" and a book of poetry, "Emails from Scheherazad." The New York Times says of Mohja Kahf, "[She is] an Arab-American writer [who] draws sharp, funny, earthy portraits of the fault line separating Muslim women from their Western counterparts." On this edition of Interchange, Mohja Kahf talks about how "The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf" came to be; playing with, and against, Muslim stereotypes; the surprising commonality of experience among religious minorities in the Midwest; and driving a race car as an act of spiritual surrender.

Host Deb Kent welcomes Nell Weatherwax, a "movement theater performer" who improvises true stories that are deeply personal and often hilarious. Nell holds a BA in Movement Theater and a Masters degree in Counseling, both from Indiana University, and is a co-founder of the What If... InterAction Theater, an educational theater company that serves at-risk youth and adults in Indiana. On this edition of Interchange, Deb Kent talks with Nell Weatherwax about her approach to improvisational storytelling, the connection between movement and memory, the dreamlike state she reaches when she is truly in "the zone" and the transformative power of the creative process.

Robert Shull discusses reducing our dependency on automobiles with Jim Rosenbarger, a member of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Commission. Jim describes the function of the Commission and some of the solutions proposed for making walking and biking safer and more attractive alternatives to driving. He cites examples in Columbus, OH, and Boulder, CO, where, under the influence of the Congress for the New Urbanism, delightful, walkable communities have been built. The problems of bicycle safety are also addressed and what people can do to influence the trend toward more walkable, bikeable communities here in Bloomington.

Watching the Beatles movie "Yellow Submarine" on TV forever changed the life of Joel Washington. Inspired by the film's psychedelic animation, Washington has spent the last twenty-plus years paying homage to the musical and visual artists who have influenced him. His pop art portraits of Wes Montgomery, Jimi Hendrix, and Frank Zappa grace the walls of Bloomington restaurants, the Indiana State Museum, and even a U.S. State Department art exhibition (alongside the works of fellow Hoosiers Robert Indiana and Kurt Vonnegut). In this interview with WFHB's Will Murphy, Joel reveals a formative story that even his family didn't know until now.

Dave Stewart interviews Indiana University folklore professor Pravina Shukla, author of the recently published book "The Grace of Four Moons: Dress, Adornment, and the Art of the Body in Modern India". They talk about body art in general and about the decisions we make on a daily basis regarding the way we dress and adorn ourselves. Material is culture, and culture is material. The choices we make in our adornment, whether it be daily, or for special occasions, tells the world, and ourselve, who and what we are (or aspire to be). Professor Shukla focuses the study of Body Art in the religious city of Banaras, India. From the earth comes the raw materials, it is then fashioned by artisans into a product, sold by commerce to the consumer, who, in the process of using the product, create a unique manifestation of the good. Like an exhibit in a museum, each of us adorns ourselves for 'darshan', the visual interaction of seeing and being seen.

Colin Allen interviews Indiana University First Lady Laurie Burns McRobbie about science education and her support of the local non-profit Wonderlab children's museum. Laurie McRobbie was recently appointed an adjunct faculty member in the IU School of Informatics and focuses on promoting and advancing science and math literacy, particularly among historically underserved populations. Joining McRobbie in the studio is Karen Jepson-Innes, WonderLab's associate executive director responsible for overseeing the exhibits and programs in the museum and coordinating WonderLab's professional development opportunities for teachers.

Colin Allen interviews IU professor Sasha Barab on the role of Technology in Learning in general and on the Quest Atlantic project in particular. Sasha Barab, is a Professor in Learning Sciences, IST and Cognitive Science at Indiana University. He also holds the Barbara Jacobs Chair of Education and Technology, and is the Director of the Center for Research on Learning and Technology. His current work involves the research and development of rich learning environments, especially with the aid of technology. A major current project is "Quest Atlantis" (QA), a "learning and teaching" project that provides a 3D multi-user environment to immerse children, ages 9-12, in educational tasks.

Host Dave Stewart will interview Rhonda Baird, Director of the Indiana Forest Alliance. The Alliance is a non-violent defender of Indiana forests and the unofficial watchdog of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry. They will discuss the Alliance's mission and vision, and the logging of state forests. Commercial logging on public land is an issue that is relevant today, as commercial logging on public land (Indiana State Forests) is increasing at a 300% rate according to the Indiana Forestry. Rhonda Baird talks about how she got involved in the Indiana Forest Alliance and the question "what is really real" is explored.

Host Dave Stewart welcomes Charles Latshaw, Music Director of the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra. Latshaw, only 29, offers a unique look at the challenges faced by a young conductor in the classical world, from keeping the repertoire fresh and exciting to creating a synergy with his instrumentalists.

In the first of our four-part series featuring candidates for local office, host Chad Carrothers talks to the four candidates in the two contested races for local circuit court judge. First we chat with the candidates for judge of the 10th Circuit Court, Seat 6 - Democrat Valeri Haughton and Republican Joby Jerrells. In the second half of this program we meet candidates for judge of the Circuit Court, Seat 9 - Democrat Elizabeth Ann Cure and Republican Christine Talley Haseman. Find out who deserves YOUR vote on November 4th!

In the second of our four-part series featuring candidates for local office, host Chad Carrothers talks to the two candidates in the race for auditor of Monroe County. Amy Gerstman is running as a Democrat and Vivien Bridges is the Republican on the ballot. Listen and decide who deserves YOUR vote on November 4th!

In the third of our four-part series featuring candidates for local office, host Chad Carrothers talks to the candidates in the two open races for Monroe County Commissioner districts 2 and 3. We begin with district 3 incumbent Iris Kiesling, followed by Republican challenger Patt Jeffries. In the second half of the program we talk with commissioner district 2 candidates Jeff Schemmer and Mark Stoops. Listen and decide who deserves YOUR vote on November 4th!

In the final installment of our four-part series featuring candidates for local office, host Chad Carrothers talks to the candidates for county council at-large. Six candidates are vying for the three open at-large seats. Learn more about Democrats Warren Henegar, Geoff McKim, and Julie Thomas, and Republicans Don Francis, Jeff Huston, and Joyce Poling. Listen and decide who deserves YOUR vote on November 4th!

Today is Election Day in the United States. As we think about how our nation "evolves" with each election, it is also interesting to reflect on the fact that, biologically, we, as a species, also undergo change. Host Dave Stewart talks with Indiana University anthropology professor Kevin Hunt, who teaches courses on the evolution of primate social behavior and our evolutionary links to the chimpanzee. Is there any correlation to the acts of primate social behavior and our own? Can studying our "sister species" the chimpanzee give us insight to our own actions and choices? A fascinating discussion on the Study of Man.

Host Colin Allen interviews Andreas Hauskrecht, associate professor of Business Economics and Public Policy in Indiana University's Kelley School of Business. Hauskrecht is a specialist on international monetary systems and banking, and he directs a multi-partner project for the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation which advises the communist government of Vietnam in reforming its banking system. The show's discussion ranges over the origins and causes of the current financial crisis in the United States and worldwide, the rationale for and failures of the financial derivatives markets, the policy and oversight decisions facing the new U.S. government, and the challenges facing economies such as Vietnam that are making the transition from central planning to market economies, as well as those facing the incoming U.S. administration which faces a pressing need to do something about health care and social security.

Host Debra Kent talks with IU Sociology professor Brian Powell about his research on American definitions of family, the evolving acceptance of gay marriage, and the difference between interracial and monoracial couples in the way they invest in their children. Powell also speaks about feminism and how his research shows that it is the "F" word among two distinct groups of women. Powell's work is widely cited in the media and garnering the attention - and the ire - of such commentators as Rush Limbaugh.

Host Will Murphy talks with Joel Silver, the Associate Director and Curator of Books at Indiana University's Lilly Library, about the history of the book, about the Lilly's diverse collections ranging from "Star Trek" scripts to the Gutenberg Bible, and about the future of book culture in the age of digitalization.
(NOTE: The first twenty-five minutes of this program was not recorded due to technical difficulties and thus this recording is not a full rendering of the actual live broadcast.)

Host Colin Allen speaks with Nick Granny, chairman and chief technical office of MNB Technologies, Inc., a hi-tech startup company based in Bloomington, Indiana. They discuss the advances that MNB is making in designing and developing "wearable supercomputers" and the kinds of applications that these highly portable machines will enable, including military training with virtual reality, homeland security applications, medical triage at disaster sites, and civilian applications such as real-time route planning for delivery drivers, and even the download and use of satellite data for efficient farming. Colin and Nick also discuss how MNB Technologies came to be located in Bloomington, which involved a chance meeting with his future wife and business partner Martina Barnas at the Paris airport, and Nick describes how the State of Indiana supports small businesses, making it possible for MNB Technologies to have ambitious expansion plans over the next few years.

Everyone is talking about business these days, so Interchange Host Dave Stewart sits down with IU Kelley School of Business Professor Carolyn Wiethoff to make some sense of it all. They explore, among other things, the role of the manager; women in business and "the glass ceiling"; leadership, teamwork, and diversity; and the implications of the current financial crisis for the future of business. Join Professor Carolyn Wiethoff, Professor of Management in the IU Kelley School of Business, and host Dave Stewart, for a compelling and motivating discussion.

During this past summer's Indianapolis Fringe Festival, Bloomington's Diane Kondrat reigned supreme. Her two-woman show, created with Eric Pfeffinger, was the runaway theatrical hit. Diane talks with host Deb Kent about the process of creating a prize winning script, performing physically demanding social satire, and how plans for future performances at fringe festivals throughout the US and in Europe are going. Diane's play is scheduled for two New Year's Eve performances at the John Waldron Arts Center Rose Firebay in Bloomington. Among other topics covered in the show: the trouble many people have with women doing comedy, the evolving theatre scene in Bloomington, and her work bringing interactive theater to prisoners.

Join host Tom Healy for an audio celebration of the Winter Holidays in words, music and song. Healy also speaks with a reporter from the North Pole about the collapse of Kringle Enterprises and on-going labor dispute with the ELF-CIO. Words by Robert Green Ingersoll, Patrick O'Hara, Clement C. Lease, Gary Snyder, Henry Swain and the Firesign Theatre (Phil Austin, Peter Bergman, Philip Proctor & David Ossman.

Longtime host Andy Mahler returns to Interchange for our annual year-in-review program with Bloomington Alternative editor Steve Higgs and Branches Magazine publisher Tom Healy. These three newshounds talk about the newsworthy events of the past year and reflect on the profound changes that have occurred and those that await in the year ahead.

Host Robert Shull talks with Eddie Tabash about the relationship between morality, religion, and law. Mr. Tabash, a Los Angeles lawyer, took time out from his four university speaking tour to air his views and objectives on WFHB. He gave numerous reasons for believing that the foundation of morality is not religion, but human experience. He maintains that laws should not be founded on religious beliefs (scripture in particular), that imposing ones religious values on people who do not subscribe to that religion is unfair, cruel, and unconstitutional

Host Dave Stewart interviews Professor Bill Head of the Department of Criminal Justice at Indiana University, who teaches a course entitled "Crime in the Movies." From "Scarface"(both versions) to "Batman" to "The Shawshank Redemption", they discuss how crime is portrayed in the movies, and how the depiction of crime onscreen has changed over time. Each semester Professor Head takes his students to tour the maximum security prison in Terre Haute. He discusses what is seen and learned on those visits, and offers a brief look at IU's Criminal Justice program.

Host Dave Stewart interviews Indiana University Professor of Folklore Hasan El-Shamy. Dr. El-Shamy discusses how the Narrative is composed of motifs, and can be classified into Tale Types. Some tale types are long-lasting and universal. These tale types are indicative of a common thread of humanity, and are useful reminders to all that we share a common existence. We discuss Professor El-Shamy's work on the Arabian Nights, and Professor El-Shamy tells listeners how the Arabian Nights, initially a sort of search for an exotic story-type became immensely popular and caused other peoples to search back in their history for folk tales. Folklorists study and classify these folk tales into common motifs and tale types, and this research has lead to some surprising conclusions. If you enjoy stories, and enjoy thinking about the universality of stories, please listen to this intriguing interview.

Host Colin Allen discusses the Middle East with Abdulkader Sinno, a professor in the departments of Political Science and Near Eastern Languages and Culture at Indiana University. In the first part of the program, Sinno talks about the current situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the prospects for American and NATO success against the Taliban. In the second section, the discussion turns to the situation in Gaza and the prospects for peaceful coexistence between Palestinians and Israelis. The topic of the final segment of the show is the variety of roles that Muslims play on the political stage in Western countries, including the U.S.

Host Dave Stewart interviews Professor David Hakken, of the School of Informatics, in the group of Social Informatics, here at Indiana University. David Hakken carried out two anthropological studies of class, culture, and worker education in Sheffield, England; one, nine years before, and the second, one year after the miners' strike (1984-1985), arguably the watershed event in working class activism in late twentieth-century Britain. Currently there is activism in Europe (the Anomalous Wave) regarding Higher Education, and that movement and its implications are explored. A fascinating discussion of Information and how it is used, Unions and their importance in Labor, and Education and its role in the new economy.

Host Tom Healy spends an hour with local author James Alexander Thom, renowned for his works of historical fiction. Thom talks about his latest book, "The Saint Patrick's Brigade" and the revisions he made to the recent paperback edition. Thom describes his motivations for writing historical fiction and the rewards of inspiring his readers. He also comments on his writing process and talks about the changes he's experienced during the past 3 decades in the publishing. Thom's latest book was also counterfeited and he talks about the challenges of earning a living by writing. Healy explores Thom's background in journalism and asks him to comment on William Faulkner's observation, "the best fiction is far more true than any journalism."

Colin Allen interviews Dr. Dwain Illman, the Volinteers in Medicine (VIM) free health clinic medical director. Dr. Illman served for three years as medical director of a mission hospital in Zimbabwe and from 1976 to 2003 has worked in emergency medicine in Bloomington Hospital. His compassion for the medically underserved has led him to take short medical mission trips to Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, India, Haiti, Ecuador, and El Salvador since his retirement.

Will Murphy interviews Christian Freitag, executive director of the Sycamore Land Trust. Christian has done research on national parks management and National Fire Policy and on biodiversity. He is a an environmental columnist for WFIU and was at one time a senior law clerk for the Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court.

Host David Stewart interviews Bloomington author Elsa Marston, known locally also as Elsa Marston Harik. Elsa has written non-fiction, and fiction, about the Middle East, an area of the world in which she has lived and visited since the 1950s. Her most recent book, Santa Claus in Baghdad and Other Stories About Teens in the Middle East is published by Indiana University Press (2008). The film adaptation of the first short story in the book will be shown in the Whittenberger Auditorium in the Indiana Memorial Union Wednesday March 4 at 7:30 p.m. We discuss the method and reasons why Elsa Marston writes, and the Author reads two short selections from Santa Clause in Baghdad and Other Stories About Teens in the Middle East. Please listen to this interview for an experience that just might change your awareness of the Middle East, and give hope for the future.

Host Deb Kent welcomes Professor Lynn Jamieson, with HPER, the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation at Indiana University and former chair of HPER's department of  Recreation, Park and Tourism Studies talked about the problem of violence in sport, youth sport in particular. She discussed her professional and personal interest in the topic, as a professor but also as the mother whose sons were active in the local sports scene. Jamieson described the reasons why violence--among fans, athletes and parents--is so commonplace and offers solutions, some of which are already in place here in Bloomington. She also described her work with Unity in Sports, a collaborative effort among several universities to establish sport policies in other countries.

On this St. Patrick's Day special, host Will Murphy welcomes Matt O'Neill, world-class chef, co-proprietor of the Bloomington Cooking School, and owner of the Runcible Spoon.  Matt received his chef training in Dublin, Ireland, served as a head chef instructor for the Culinary Arts Academy of Cincinnati, and was Innkeeper and chef at Walden Inn in Greencastle for nearly 20 years.  Join us for a fascinating look at a life in the kitchen in a spirited conversation between two Irishmen on St. Patty's.

Host Jeffrey Miller interviews Phillip Wagner, storyteller and founder of Rhythm of Hope. Rhythm of Hope is a non-governmental organization that uses constructive social facilitation to create meaningful connections among non-profit agencies in Brazil and funders worldwide. Miller and Wagner discuss the evolution of Wagner’s life and work leading to the founding of the organization, its use of constructive social facilitation, and the pedagogical approaches of the innovative non-profits working with Rhythm of Hope. The principle is that of evolutionary street pedagogy, a three-stage process designed to engage the children living in the favelas (poor
neighborhoods) of Brazil. They conclude with a dialogue on how these approaches can be translated into Western educational approaches and provide opportunities for the listener to get involved.
For more information, visit www.rhythmofhope.org.

Host Dave Stewart welcomes Kadhim Shaaban, who has lived in Bloomington for many years after growing up and teaching in Iraq. Shaaban offers listeners a unique two-world perspective of what Iraq was like years ago, what Iraq was like during the UN Embargo, and what Iraq is like now. Shaaban is also the person who inspired the story, “Santa Claus in Baghdad” by Bloomington author Elsa Marston, recently printed by IU Press. Shaaban will be one of the featured speakers at a campus teach-in organized by the campus group Indiana Students Against War.

Host Michael Simmons interviews Vickie Provine, Program Manager in Bloomington's Housing and Neighborhood Development Department (HAND).  Vickie provides information on a number of programs facilitated by her department, including Citizen's Academy, the Blooming Neighborhood Awards, grant programs available for neighborhood improvement, and neighborhood organizational support.  Although Vickie wears many hats, she is able to change them effortlessly in order to provide expert assistance to individuals and neighborhoods interested in building a better Bloomington.

Host Debra Kent interviews Robert Arnove, Professor Emeritus in the IU School of Education, about his new book, "Master Teachers and Peak Performers". Bob shares many colorful stories about a wide range of stellar teachers and students in such diverse areas as swimming and diving, chess, dance, opera, jazz and classical music--even in the culinary world. He reveals their individual traits behind their pedagogic success, but also the things they have in common. Doc Counsilman, Dave Baker, Charlie Trotter and Daniel Biss are among those he discusses in this lively conversation.

Host Dave Stewart interviews Faiz Rahman, president of the Executive Council of the Bloomington Islamic Center and Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Indiana University.  Our conversation touches on the basic tenets of Islam and then presents some tough questions about how Islam is perceived in current events.  The Bloomington Mosque has undergone some recent renovations and has community outreach events planned and we talk about this, and also about the incredible diversity of the people who use the mosque; some 50 countries are represented.  In the final segment Professor Rahman discusses how he came to be interested in the study of water, or hydrology, and how he uses "remote sensing" to study the effects of global change occurring on our planet.

Host Lisa Morrison interviews Juana Orellan Watson, Senior Advisor for Latino Affairs to Governor Mitch Daniels. Born and raised in a small village in central Mexico, Juana relocated to Indiana in 1978 with limited education and limited English fluency. Determined to fully adapt into her new environment, she worked diligently to develop her English and eventually earned a doctorate degree in Education from Indiana University. Watson then dedicated herself to helping other Latinos adapt to their new lives in Indiana. She has founded a number of organizations and initiatives around the state, including the Indiana Diversity Women's Network and a Hispanic Center in Columbus, Indiana.

Host Deb Kent talks with Mark Deuze, Indiana University telecommunications Professor and author of "Media Work." Deuze explores the brave and sometimes bizarre new world of modern media where all the world's a stage and each of us an actor, autobiographer, and avatar. Deuze talks about the way media has transformed concepts of identity, community and privacy. He also explores the precariousness of labor in a media age, where workers often live project to project and how this model of labor is now being applied to other industries such as manufacturing. Deuze asserts that from Facebook to blogs to Twitter, media allows humans to do what we have been hardwired to do since the beginning of time: tell our stories, even if we are the only ones listening.

Host Robert Shull interviews Scott Miller, author of "Until It’s Gone: Ending Poverty in Our Nation, in Our Time" and the founder of the Circles National Campaign.  Miller describes the key elements of the Circles program and explains why it has been so successful in reducing poverty where so many welfare programs have failed.  He tells how the Circles campaign developed and who some of the key players have been, including Gary Stokes, Lois Smidt, and Phillip DeVol.  Executive director of the South Central Community Action Program Todd Lare also joins the conversation to talk about the successes of the local Circles program.

President and CEO of the Indiana Youth Institute Bill Stanczykiewicz explains how a sports announcer ended up tackling the problems facing Indiana's young people. In a conversation with WFHB's Will Murphy, Stanczykiewicz outlines the major threats to the well-being of Indiana's children and what we can do to help them succeed.

Host Tom Healy welcomes author and educator Scott Russell Sanders to the studio to discuss his newest book, A Conservationist Manifesto. Sanders is renowned for his evocative style and his love of his adopted home, Indiana. After 38 years in Bloomington, he says he feels native to South Central Indiana and has spent the better part of three decades learning about the culture, flora, fauna and history of the region. Sanders unites a scientist's appreciation of rigorous inquiry with a poetic sensibility. Sanders reads a short excerpt from his book on Donaldson Woods, now part of Spring Mill Park. He talks passionately about the need to preserve farms and forests as well as culture in the Hoosier State. He and Healy discuss the controversial I-69 new terrain route as well as recent efforts by a statewide coalition to place Morgon-Monroe & Yellowwood State Forests under permanent protection.

Host Dave Stewart interviews Mike Ferner, president of Veterans for Peace. Mike Ferner discusses his experience as a Navy Corpsman in a hospital during Vietnam, and how that experience of seeing the human cost of war caused him to become a conscientious objector upon his discharge from the Navy. Mike Ferner has a website, www.mikeferner.org, and posts regular stories and political commentary. Also, www.veteransforpeace.org provides excellent and informative materials for Veterans and Citizens. Mike Ferner was in Bloomington to give a speech entitled “Beyond Iraq and Afghanistan”, drawing heavily on Martin Luther King’s 1967 speech, “Beyond Vietnam”.

A fascinating discussion of economics and politics with Ivy Tech Economics Professor Rob Larson.  From the initial question of "should the United States have bailed out AIG" the discussion is on the ramifications of economic policy on our lives. Microeconomics is discussed, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that basically allows "price-fixing', to globalization and its effects both here in the United States and world-wide, (which includes environmental issues such as the massive mile-thick atmospheric brown cloud that covers most of Asia half the year) this is an informative and provacative economics discussion you will not want to miss.  Professor Larson concludes the interview with a call for 'public oversight' of economics issues such as off-shoring and neoliberal globalization.  Our livelihoods, and in fact, our very existence is at stake. 

Lisa Morrison interviews Charlie Sitzes of the Indiana Atheist Bus Campaign.  The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana is representing the bus campaign in a lawsuit against Bloomington Transit for its refusal to run ads saying "You Can Be Good Without God" on the sides of Bloomington buses.  Sitzes shares his view on "God vs. Science", as well as the status of the campaign which has extended to Chicago with new signs that read "In the beginning, man created God".

Host Deb Kent talks with documentary filmmakers James and Valerie Gray of MissionFoto, a non-profit photography and documentary company that chronicles mission work in countries around the world, including Guatamala, Honduras, Haiti and the Ukraine.  James Gray once found himself in Haiti helping to build a clinic and, unexpectedly, assembling eyeglasses too. When he witnessed the reaction of an old woman who could see clearly for the first time, James knew he had to return to the country and he did, three months later. Eventually he traded his hammer for a video camera, enlisted his wife Val's' assistance, and MissionFoto was born. For more information on the Grays' work in underdeveloped countries, visit www.missionfoto.com.

Host Colin Allen interviews Lida Anestidou, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences, who is a program officer at the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research of the National Academy of Sciences.  Dr. Anestidou discusses her background in veterinary medicine, including initial training in Greece and the Netherlands, and then her move into a research position in the United States, where she pursued an interest in research ethics, leading eventually to her current position at the National Academies, where she has guided the revision and update of two reports on the care of animals in research.

Andy Mahler, a former host of Interchange, is the recipient of WFHB's 2009 Legacy Award, a lifetime achievement honor recognizing his many years covering the stories you don't hear about in mainstream media.  In a special on-location edition of Interchange, host Dave Stewart travels south to Orleans and Paoli, Indiana, to talk to this long-time community organizer and activist in an interview which takes place in 3 separate locations: the Orange County HomeGrown Farmers Market in Orleans; the member-owned Lost River Market and Deli in Paoli; and the Lazy Black Bear, Andy's home south of Paoli which is nestled on 3 sides by the Hoosier National Forest.  

Host Dave Stewart welcomes Nazif Shahrani, Professor of Anthropology, Professor of Central Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, and currently the chairperson of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at Indiana University, as well as a longtime Bloomington resident and native of Afghanistan.  Professor Shahrani’s areas of research include cultural ecology of nomadic pastoralism, state and society, Islamic movements, identity politics, social change and modernization, and Muslim family and gender dynamics in Soviet and post-Soviet Central Asia.  We talk about these subjects and about current events in Afghanistan and the Middle East. 

In this edition of "Interchange," Herald-Times editor Bob
Zaltsberg tells why he's stayed in the community for 33 years, despite
initially being a little leery of the place. In a conversation with
WFHB's Will Murphy, Zaltsberg also talks about his youth in Winchester,
Indiana, what brought him to print journalism (he initially was a radio
guy), and how several recent serious illnesses helped him reassess his
priorities. And, just for the record, he likes dogs better than cats.

Host Dave Stewart welcomes Acupuncturist Judy Summerville, who also teaches the practice of “Chi-Gon” at Indiana University.  What is Acupuncture and why does it work?  Is there a chasm between “Eastern Medicine” and “Western Medicine” or can the two interact to benefit health?  These important questions, as well as the practical question of “do the needles hurt?” will be discussed. And then, assuming that the patient can be helped by Acupuncture, are there methods of preventative health that can be used to create health?  Join us for a fascinating discussion of healing and health.

Host Dave Stewart talks with guest Huda Fakhreddine about poetry, and Arabic poetry in particular. Huda Fakhreddine, who will be teaching at Middlebury College next fall, discusses and provides examples of poetry to prove her contention that poetry enables people to experience life on a level that enlightens, entertains, and is an aid to empathize with other people. Huda reads three poems, each in the original Arabic, and then in English, and showcases the art form. From traditional Arabic poetry, which provides heritage, to modern Arabic poetry, Huda Fakhreddine illustrates the importance of poetry in our lives, enhancing understanding of ourselves and others.

Host Deb Kent interviews Daniel Orr, chef and owner of Farm in downtown Bloomington. Chef Orr talks about --what else?--food, from the most common mistakes home cooks make in their own kitchens, to his recipe for running a successful restaurant. He gives his view of Bloomington from a foodie's perspective, explores his current book and offers a glimpse of his next one. The show is sprinkled with questions from listeners and Facebook friends who want to know where he shops for produce and why there are bedpans on the wall of his restaurant. Chef Orr also gamely offers off-the-cuff recipes when Deb tosses out random ingredients.

This past July marked the 20th anniversary of the state's release of the Southwest Indiana Highway Feasibility Study, which first proposed what has come to be called I-69 and the NAFTA Highway. It also marked the 20th anniversary of widespread citizen opposition. Join host Tom Healy for an informative discussion about two decades of resisting I-69 and the prospects for the future of the project which broke ground in 2008. Guests include journalist Steven Higgs, editor of the Bloomington Alternative; Tom and Sandra Tokarski, co-founders of Citizens for Appropriate Rural Roads (CARR) and Tim Maloney, senior policy director for the Hoosier Environmental Council.

Potter and local businessman Larry Pejeau explains how his work as an artist prepared him for a career helping people with disabilities find meaningful and rewarding work. Pejeau is the director of business development for Stone Belt, and co-owner of the home furnishings and design store Elements.

Host Dave Stewart talks with IU Tennis Center Head Professional, and U.S.T.P.A. Master Professional, Mike O’Connell.  In the first segment, the basics of the game of Tennis are discussed, including places to play here in Bloomington. In the 2nd segment, Mike O’Connell answers questions on what a ‘tennis lesson’ is like, and in the 3rd segment, Mike O’Connell discusses ways to control one’s anger, and correct mistakes.  Mike O’Connell, who has a Masters in Counseling and Guidance, discusses how ‘the game of Tennis’ is related to ‘the game of Life’.

Colin Allen spoke with Paul Newman, J.D., Ph.D., Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Adjunct Professor of Law at Indiana University. Professor Newman is regarded as the world's foremost authority on West African the Hausa language. He first went to Nigeria with the Peace Corps in 1961, and has lived, taught, and conducted field research there for almost 50 years.  In 2000, he singlehandedly fought IU to change its mandatory retirement policy on grounds of age discrimination and that same year, while still a full-time faculty member, he enrolled in the IU School of Law, being admitted to the bar in 2003. After retiring from the IU Department of Linguistics he worked for 2 years at the University of Michigan, where he was the Senior Copyright Specialist in the university libraries.