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Public-affairs interview podcast about local government and community in Bloomington/Monroe County, IN. Host Steve Volan is a 20-yr former Bloomington city councilor, 30-yr radio host, urbanist, and Shoupista. The812show.org https://linktr.ee/the812show
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Our Episode 183 includes an update on the draft plan for Monroe County, IN vote centers, and related meetings. Listen at the812show.org

Podcast episode 183 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. The 812 welcome representatives from the Bloomington, IN, Commission on Hispanic and Latino Affairs. Our guests are Marlo Libel and Ximena Martinez. #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

Podcast episode 181 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. The 16th annual Trashion Refashion Runway Show, presented by Plato’s Closet, happens at the BCT on April 13. We talk about how the event works with Devta Kidd and Stephen Hale! #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

Thanks to Chad Carrothers and his class at the IU Media School for the opportunity to talk about The 812 podcast for Activate! and WFHB! wfhb.org/news-public-... #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

Podcast episode 181 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. The Taste of Bloomington is back! It’s moving to East Kirkwood Avenue, and from June to August. And for the first time, admission will be free. We heard it all from Jordan Davis! #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

🎙 Podcast episode 180 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Andrea “De” de la Rosa is our guest today. We discuss Bloomington Indiana's Urban Enterprise Association. She's it Executive Director. Learn about current grant/tax opportunities! #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

Kelly Kuglitsch here to ask you to consider supporting The 812: the812show.org/shop/ or www.patreon.com/The812?utm_c... Steve would never say it, so I will: He selflessly produces the show, helping people better know their local govt. and community. Let's support civil, empathetic dialog!

🎙 Podcast episode 179 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Our guest is Tia Arthur, the executive director of Monroe County CASA. With the help of employees and volunteers, she advocates for more than 75 children in the justice system. #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

🎙 Podcast episode 178 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Since its founding, Bloomington lacked a ready water supply. Enter Lake Monroe, 60 years ago. Our guests today are from the Lake Monroe Water Fund. #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

🎙 Podcast episode 177 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. We speak with Jill Bond, News Director and Editor of the Bloomington Herald-Times newspaper. This is followed by a Last Pitch, a 1-minute editorial section, on annexation news. #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

Podcast episode 176 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. We talk with our guests today from Downtown Bloomington, Inc. Listen and learn more about how Bloomington, IN saved and revitalized its downtown, and how DBI continues that mission. #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

Podcast episode 175 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Geoff McKim returns to the show. We discuss, among other things, his 16-year career on the Monroe County Council and his new role on the joint city/county Capital Improvement Board. #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

Podcast episode 174 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Our topic today is the Center for Sustainable Living, a not-for-profit co-op. Our guest, Sura Gail Tala, talks about their work and about attending the first Earth Day in 1970. #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

Podcast episode 173 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Our guests today are from Tandem, the perinatal and reproductive resource center in Bloomington, IN. Listen to our talk with Julie Duhon (Exec. Dir.) and Erin Loughery (Office Mgr.) #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

Podcast episode 172 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. We're talking Bloomington, IN community radio today! Our guests are Jar Turner, the general manager of WFHB, and Brooke Turpin, its development director. #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

Podcast episode 171 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. It’s not just a new era nationally, it’s a new one locally. Our guest is newly sworn-in Monroe County Commissioner Jody Madeira. We discuss the big local issues of the day. #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

Podcast episode 170 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Today, we talk with Jane Kupersmith about the five blocks of East Kirkwood between the Courthouse Square and the Sample Gates, which many consider to be the heart of Bloomington, IN. #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

Podcast episode 169 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Cicada Cinema calls itself a “pop-up movie theatre”. Since 2016 they’ve been showing "underseen" films around Bloomington. We talk today with Josh Brewer and Derek Navardauskas. #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

Podcast episode 168 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Sycamore’s Stewardship Director, Chris Fox, talks about how he and his team deal with boundary issues, unauthorized tree harvesting, and maintain the condition of 30 miles of trails. #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

🎙 Podcast episode 167 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. We talk today with Wendi Goodlett, current President and CEO, and Lindsey Boswell, Development Director, of Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County. #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

🎙 Podcast episode 166 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Today's guest is Jeremy Hogan, the co-owner and editor of The Bloomingtonian (@bloomingtonian.bsky.social), the local independent visual journalism website. #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

Calling Bingo right now at Cardinal Spirits Celebrity Bingo Brunch in Bloomington!

🎙 Podcast episode 165 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. The nonprofit Canopy Bloomington works with homeowners to plant and care for trees. We talk with Executive Director Ava Hartman and Community Engagement Specialist Jon Vickers. #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

🎙 Podcast episode 164 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Guest Julie Ramey, of Bloomington’s award-winning Parks & Rec Department highlights coming programming, like classes, Kids Expos, Adult Recess. And also, of course, pickleball. #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

🎙 Podcast episode 163 is now available at the812show.org or any podcast platform. We kearn today about the Arts Alliance of Greater Bloomington, a sort of arts chamber of commerce. Hear more from executive director Charles Pearce and board president Henry Leck. #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

🎙 Podcast episode 162 [S3 E9] is now available at the812show.org and on any podcast platform. Hopi Stosberg returns to The 812, now as president of the city council. We talk about her priorities, including changes to the Unified Development Ordinance. #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

🎙 Podcast episode 161 [S3 E8] is now available at the812show.org or any podcast platform. Mix grade school math & financial literacy, with lemon… and you get Lemonade Day! Laura Blaker, Lemonade Day City Director for Monroe County, tells us all about how it works. #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

🎙 Podcast episode 160 [S3 E7] is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. The CJAM is a Bloomington, IN nonprofit devoted to restorative justice for disputing parties in the community. Hear from exec. directors Liz Grenat and Wyatt Lawson. #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

🎙 Podcast episode 159 is now available. We talk with Jennifer Crossley. **If you've ever thought about public service, listen to this episode and consider being on a local board or commission -- institution building is the antidote to the selfish chaos of national politics.** #HoosierSky #Indiana

🎙 Podcast episode 158 [S3 E5] is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Today, we ask Holly McLauchlin of City of Bloomington Utilities about the new wastewater rate, the health of Lake Monroe, and how digging sometimes affects water service. #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

Podcast episode 157 [S3 E4] is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Christopher Emge of the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce discusses convention center and public transit expansion, and dedicating streets for bus or pedestrian use. #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

Podcast episode 156 [S3 E3] is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Our guest today is Elisa Pokral of the Waste Reduction District of Monroe County, IN. The 812 is a production of Plateia Media ©2024. All rights reserved. #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

Podcast episode 155 [S3 E2] is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Our guest is James Sanders, Chair of the Bloomington, IN Commission on the Status of Black Males and 2024 winner of the Be More Phenomenal Award. Plateia Media ©2024. #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

Podcast episode 154 [S3 E1] is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Our first 3rd season guest Carrie Albright, chair of the Bloomington, IN Environmental Commission. The 812 is a production of Plateia Media ©2024. All rights reserved. #HoosierSky #Indiana #Bloomington

We return with Bloomington and Monroe County, Indiana public affairs and community interviews on January 20! Catch us at the812show.org or on any podcast platform!

🎙 Podcast episode 153 [S2 E56] is now available at the812show.org and on podcast platforms. Today, we speak with Shelli Yoder, senator from District 40, representing Bloomington, IN. She talks about the statehouse, then about what 2025 may have in store. Plateia Media ©2024. All rights reserved.

Look for new episodes in January 2025. In the meantime, check out our catalog of 153 episodes at the812show.org.