Bästa Steve Volan / Plateia Media podcaster (2024)

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126 [S2E29]: Joani Stalcup — The Coroner's Tale 36:28

14h ago36:28

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Our guest today is the Monroe County Coroner, Joani Stalcup. She tells us all about the job: how it works, what the difference is between a coroner and a medical examiner, and why coroners were ever elected in the first place. She also introduces us to the term "medical legal death investigator", talks about the surprising requirements of the job, …

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125 [S2E28]: Julio Alonso and Jake Bruner of the Hoosier Hills Food Bank 38:24

3d ago38:24

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On today's show, we're talk to the biggest distributor of usable food in South Central Indiana, the Hoosier Hills Food Bank. They move more than 5 million pounds of food, half from places that can no longer use or sell it, to people in need. Julio Alonso, the Food Bank's executive director, and Jake Bruner, the associate director, talk about how th…

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124 [S2E27] Lesley Davis, Chair of the Council for Community Accessibility 39:32

8d ago39:32

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NOTE: There will be no episode Mon., Oct. 7. The next episode is Wed., Oct. 9. Our guest today is Lesley Davis. Until recently the assistant dean of international programs at the IU Maurer School of Law, she now is the VP for North American Partnerships at Access Able, a British company that creates detailed accessibility guides to buildings so tha…

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123 [S2E26]: David Hittle on Planning the City's Built Environment 39:04

10d ago39:04

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David Hittle, the city's new director of the Planning and Transportation Department, talks with Steve Volan about the documents that rule the planning process in this city: the Comprehensive Plan and the Unified Development Ordinance. We discuss how the department he runs works in practice, and the boards and commissions that collectively oversee t…

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122 [S2E25]: Arts and the City -- Holly Warren, the City's Assistant Director for the Arts 36:34

12d ago36:34

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Holly Warren is the assistant director for the arts in Bloomington's department of Economic and Sustainable Development. She's enthusiastic at boosting the visual and performing arts, helping artists get grants, coordinating artwork on major projects through the city's 1% for the Arts program, and promoting the city's Public Arts Master Plan. She a…

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121 [S2E24] What Part of Forever Don't You Get? John Lawrence of Sycamore Land Trust 35:26

15d ago35:26

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We've talked a lot on The 812 about the development of land. Today we talk about land that's undeveloped, undevelopable, or will never be developed. Our guest is the executive director of the Sycamore Land Trust, John Lawrence. He oversees the preservation of thousands of acres of land throughout southern Indiana, from Sycamore's headquarters in th…

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120 [S2E23]: The Present and Future of City Housing with Anna Killion-Hansen 34:34

17d ago34:34

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Today we talk housing with the new director of the city's Housing and Neighborhood Development department, Anna Killion-Hansen. The breadth of what her department does is kind of mind-boggling: it's not just inspecting rentals or working with neighborhood associations; it's also handling federal dollars, historic preservation, housing quality appea…

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119 [S2E22]: Sara Laughlin of Teachers' Warehouse: Meeting the Unmet Needs of K-12 Students and Educators 35:30

19d ago35:30

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The812 looks into a type of local government separate from city and county that it has yet to talk about: local schools as a separate branch of government. We get our first look through a nonprofit that tries to help the schools -- Teachers' Warehouse, the local nonprofit which raises money and donations to provide school supplies to teachers in pu…

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118 [S2E21]: Joe Van Deventer, Candidate for County Commissioner (D3) 35:52

22d ago35:52

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One of the three seats on the Monroe County Board of Commissioners is contested this fall. Today, our guest is the Republican candidate, Joe Van Deventer. He's the director of street operations for the city of Bloomington's Public Works Department. We get his perspective on all the local issues, including housing, the jail, zoning, the unhoused. He…

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117 [S2E20]: Trees and the City: Haskell Smith and George Hegeman 38:55

24d ago38:55

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It's 40 years since Bloomington became a so-called Tree City. We talk about what that means with our guests: Haskell Smith, the city's Urban Forester, and George Hegeman, an inaugural member of the Bloomington Tree Commission, which has been in existence since 1992. We talk about the importance of trees and shade, invasive species and how they're d…

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116 [S2E19]: Jody Madeira, Candidate for County Commissioner (D3) 38:48

26d ago38:48

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Today, we talk with the first of the two candidates vying for the marquee local race this cycle: Jody Madeira, the Democratic nominee. She's an IU law professor in her first political run, up against Joe Van Deventer, the director of the city of Bloomington's street division. (We've invited him and he's agreed to appear on the show; we look forward…

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115 [S2E18]: NPR's Eric Deggans on the Media, Journalism, and Bloomington (2 of 2) 33:59

29d ago33:59

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This is the second of two episodes released today (note: we strongly recommend listening to the previous episode first), part of our conversation with NPR's Eric Deggans, an alum of the IU School of Journalism, back in Bloomington to speak at its successor, the Media School. Among other topics, Eric Deggans talks about the reasons he went from musi…

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114 [S2E17]: NPR's Eric Deggans on the Media, Journalism, and Bloomington (1 of 2) 34:44

29d ago34:44

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Eric Deggans is the TV critic for National Public Radio, as well as a media analyst, and guest host. Before NPR, he was by turns a TV/media critic, music critic and reporter for the Tampa Bay Times, the Asbury Park Press, the Pittsburgh Press and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He's the author of the book, "Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous …

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113 [S2E16]: The Rev. Bill Breeden on War, the Death Penalty, and Protesting in Indiana 39:59

1M ago39:59

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The Reverend Bill Breeden is perhaps most famous for a protest in 1987, when he stole a street sign in his nearby hometown of Odon, Indiana. It was named for John Poindexter, the admiral convicted of multiple felonies in the Iran-Contra affair during the Reagan administration. But that affair was the tip of the iceberg for this minister emeritus of…

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112 [S2E15]: Measuring Monroe with County Surveyor Trohn Enright-Randolph 37:26

1M ago37:26

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Our guest today is Trohn Enright-Randolph, Monroe County Surveyor. He explains how his work is crucial to everything regarding the use and ownership of land in Monroe County -- if you don't know where the property lines are, well, it's pretty much chaos. Besides measuring those, though, he's involved in drainage and stormwater management, and is an…

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111 [S2E14]: The Pipsqueakery: A Rescue and Sanctuary for Domestic and Wild Animals 33:46

1M ago33:46

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Originally started in 2013 to rescue hamsters, The Pipsqueakery has expanded to become an animal rescue (which adopts out domesticated creatures) and sanctuary (which cares for wild creatures). Along and in consultation with Wildcare, which focuses on wildlife, and the city of Bloomington's Animal Control division, which focuses primarily on dogs a…

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110 [S2E13] Megan Betz of Mother Hubbard's Cupboard 38:41

1M ago38:41

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Our guest is Megan Betz, the CEO and President of Mother Hubbard's Cupboard, the Bloomington community resource center that's one element of the local emergency food sector. She lays out how, acting from the belief that food pantries won't end hunger, the Hub strives to be more than a food pantry; they try to tackle the root causes of hunger by bui…

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109 [S2E12]: Duncan Campbell, the Eminence Grise of Historic Preservation in Bloomington 37:47

1M ago37:47

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Duncan Campbell is an advisory member of the city's Historic Preservation Commission, and before that was a voting member for its first 16 years. He's also a former professor of architecture, planning and preservation at Ball State University, where he directed the graduate program in historic preservation. We talk with him about the background and…

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108 [S2E11]: Monroe County Clerk Nicole Browne, on Managing the Documentation of Courts and Ballots 36:12

1M ago36:12

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Clerk Browne's duties include providing the clerical services needed for the county court system to function, as well as administering elections in the county, whether local, state or federal. We talk about the logistics of voting in Indiana, clear up confusion about similarly titled offices like that of the Bloomington City Clerk, and talk about t…

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107 [S2E10]: How the 4th Street Festival of the Arts Dominates Labor Day Weekend 39:30

2M ago39:30

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Our guests today are Dawn Adams and Juliet Roberts, who are part of the committee that puts on the Fourth Street Festival of the Arts, the community's biggest annual arts event, where tens of thousands of pedestrians view the wares of more than 100 painters, sculptors, jewelers and other visual artists, not to mention the performing arts stages the…

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106 [S2E09]: Deborah Myerson, on Planning Out Local Housing Policy 33:20

2M ago33:20

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Deborah Myerson is a professional urban planner who specializes in housing policy. She talks about working for cities all over the country, including Bloomington where she lives. She's currently helping the city's Housing and Neighborhood Development (HAND) Department develop the update of the city's Consolidated Plan, a document required of every …

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105 [S2E08]: Amy Swain, County Recorder, on Keeping Documents in Perpetuity 36:19

2M ago36:19

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Our guest is Amy Swain, the county Recorder. If you're lucky enough to own land in Monroe County, her office is the place that helps you prove it. It's a bigger, and older, and more complicated job than you might guess. Besides telling us about the lengths she has to go to preserve records in perpetuity, there's also other matters, like scammers an…

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104 [S2E07]: Peter Iversen, Monroe County Councilmember (D1) 35:24

2M ago35:24

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As we collect interviews with elected officials in the county, we occasionally come across the word "resiliency" -- is the community resilient enough? Our guest today is asking that question, among many others. Peter Iversen talks about the job of the council to manage the county budget, some of the boards he's on like the Justice Financial Advisor…

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103 [S2E06]: Nathan Ferreira, on How to Build Actually Affordable Housing 36:32

2M ago36:32

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The world of public housing has moved past the negative reputation it's had from decades of national neglect. Thanks to legal changes at the federal level, our guest today, Nathan Ferreira, is having success making more public housing available, as the Director of Real Estate Development at the Bloomington Housing Authority. He talks with us about …

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102 [S2E05]: The Stride Center Is Stabilizing the Crisis in Mental Health and Substance Abuse 37:22

2M ago37:22

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The Stride Center is a program started a few years ago in Bloomington that serves people who are experiencing mental health or substance abuse crises, both at their headquarters and where those people live, even if they're unhoused. Our guests today are Tia Magee, the Center's Program Manager, and Jennifer Scott, who leads its Mobile Crisis Respons…

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101 [S2E04]: Mayor Kerry Thomson, Part II: In Office, Year One 37:18

2M ago37:18

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The second of our 2-part interview with Mayor Kerry Thomson, in which she talks about her current initiatives. It should be no wonder that, as befitting her former role as the longtime director of the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity, her number one priorities are street homelessness, followed by housing construction. But she also discusses tr…

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100 [S2E03]: Bloomington Mayor Kerry Thomson, Part I: Before She Was Mayor 36:10

2M ago36:10

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The 812 marks its 100th episode with Bloomington Mayor Kerry Thomson, who graciously sat for a double interview earlier this week. In this first part, we ask about her Bloomington origin story -- it's not typical -- and her life before taking office, including about her long tenure running the local Habitat for Humanity chapter, and how she decided…

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099 [S2E02]: Sheriff Ruben Marté and Jail Commander Kyle Gibbons, on New Jail Capacity 37:26

2M ago37:26

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In their respective offices since the beginning of 2023, Monroe County Sheriff Ruben Marté and his deputy, Monroe County Jail Commander Kyle Gibbons, argue that no matter what else happens, any new jail needs to be larger than the old one. Meanwhile, in today's Last Pitch segment, host Steve Volan exhorts you to sign up for a Residents Academy cour…

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098 [S2E01] Neighborhood Services with Angela Van Rooy 36:46

2M ago36:46

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The 812 returns for its second season! We have new music, new segments, and a new program schedule to lead us off. Our first show back from break features a conversation with Angela Van Rooy, director of the city's neighborhood services program. She tells us about grants that people can apply for to improve their neighborhoods, and the city's Resid…

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097: Katarina Koch, Executive Director, Lotus Education & Arts Foundation, on Putting on a Festival Post-Pandemic 34:48

4M ago34:48

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Our guest today is Katarina Koch. She's the fourth-ever director of the Lotus Education and Arts Foundation, the organization whose primary production is the annual Lotus World Music and Arts Festival. Since 1994 the Lotus Festival has presented musical artists from all over the world in multiple venues in downtown Bloomington, and on the streets b…

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096: Judy Sharp, Monroe County Assessor, on the Most Taxing Job in Town 34:23

4M ago34:23

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Many local homeowners have...thoughts, about the assessed value of their homes. Some of those thoughts are ...less than charitable, especially when assessments go up dramatically. Today, we talk to the person doing the assessing...she has thoughts, too. Welcome...to The 812. Our guest today is Judy Sharp. She's been the Monroe County Assessor since…

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095 (032 Encore Presentation): Dr. Gloria Howell, Chair, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration Commission 30:34

4M ago30:34

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(This is an encore presentation.) The city has dozens of boards and commissions, to contemplate big local issues and recommend or take action on them. What's it like to be on one...what's it like to chair one? Our guest is Dr. Gloria Howell. We learn about what the Dr. Martin Luthe King Jr. Birthday Celebration Commission does -- and it's more than…

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094: Ryne Shadday, Chair of the City/County Human Rights Commission 35:29

4M ago35:29

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If your human rights have been violated in Bloomington or Monroe County, you have recourse. Our guest today is Ryne Shadday, chair of the city/county Human Rights Commission. (He's also chair of the Traffic Commission, but we'll leave that for another day.) He’ll talk about one of the oldest commissions in Bloomington, one with a proud history of s…

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093: It's Elected Officials All the Way Down: The812 Digest for the Week of June 11 34:11

4M ago34:11

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Our first two excerpts are from interviews with members of the Monroe County Council. We get thoughts about the problems with the county jail and developing a new so-called justice system in the county from at-large member Cheryl Munson and District 4 member Jennifer Crossley. In the second half, we welcomed back at-large Bloomington city councilme…

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092: Jennifer Crossley, Monroe County Councilmember (D.4) 33:03

4M ago33:03

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Our guest today is Jennifer Crossley. She's been the 4th District representative to the Monroe County Council since December 2021, when she was elected in a Democratic Party caucus to replace Eric Spoonmore, who resigned to become president of the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce. When she took office, she resigned her position as chair of t…

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091: We Pass The Gavel...to Councilmember Isak Asare 35:13

4M ago35:13

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Steve Volan passes the gavel and his hosting duties to at large councilmember Isak Asare, who was not satisfied with his first appearance on this show, and insisted -- insisted! -- on grilling your humble interlocutor about his time on city council. If you heard that original interview, or you've met the man in person, the force of his charm and ir…

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090: Councilmember Matt Flaherty, on Bloomington's Climate Action Plan 34:12

4M ago34:12

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Matt Flaherty is an at-large member of the Bloomington City Council in his second term. One of his strongest concerns as a candidate and officeholder is climate change. He's been an avid participant in the discussions about local responses to climate change, and a close reader of the city's Climate Action Plan. We invited him back to discuss and re…

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089: Cheryl Munson, County Council At Large 32:21

4M ago32:21

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Today's show features county councilmember Cheryl Munson, who's running for her fourth term. She is also an archaeologist (emerita) from IU Bloomington, who has done research here in the state of Indiana. We dig up her opinions on salaries, public safety, the convention center, and more. The 812 is a production of Plateia Media ©2024. All rights re…

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088: The Ball Is in His Court, and Her Court, and Your Host's Court: The812 Digest for the Week of June 4 34:45

4M ago34:45

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On today’s digest, a current-events discussion, the county judicial system, and more about the campus in our city’s midst: Lucas Gonzalez, on the big issues he’s been covering for WFIU News; Judge Catherine Stafford on how the county’s circuit court works; Judge Stafford from another episode, on how the Eviction Protection Project has improved outc…

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087: Judge Catherine Stafford, Part II: On Evictions, and Their Impact on the Community 33:35

4M ago33:35

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Today we explore why evictions are the whole community’s problem (hint: guess how many people currently experiencing homelessness lost their rented apartments?). We talk about it with Judge Catherine Stafford, one of two judges who handle evictions cases locally, and who was on the show yesterday to talk about the county judicial system in general.…

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086: Judge Catherine Stafford, on how the Monroe County Circuit Court system works 33:32

4M ago33:32

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This show started by exploring Bloomington city government. But you're swimming in layers of local government. Recently we've expanded our scope to the other layers of government, like townships and the county council. This episode is our first crack at understanding the local judicial system. Our guest today is Catherine Stafford. She's one of Mon…

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085: The 812 Work Session with Lucas Gonzalez, City Government Reporter, WFIU News 33:15

4M ago33:15

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Interviews on this show are typically with decision and policy makers in Bloomington and Monroe County. But some people know a lot about the city and can explain the issues well, who may never have been elected or appointed officials. This is the latest entry in our occasional series that we call The 812 Work Session. Today's Work Session guest is …

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084: Doppelgänger City, Part 2: How Campuses Infantilize Students 36:15

4M ago36:15

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This episode is the second excerpt from a public talk Steve Volan gave last fall at the Collins Living-Learning Center in Bloomington, called "Doppelgänger Cities: A History of Campuses." The first excerpt was Episode 29 of The 812, posted February 23. As you may know, Steve was a member of the city council here for the last 20 years, in a district…

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083: How to Run Things: The812 Digest for the Week of May 28 31:17

4M ago31:17

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Excerpts from recent interviews include county council at-large member and president Trent Deckard talks about leadership; county councilmember (D-2) Kate Wiltz talks about budgeting and the depth of county services; and Drew Bratton and Steve Versaw, board president and executive director (respectively) of BCT Management, Inc., the non-profit that…

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081: Kate Wiltz, Monroe County Council (D. 2) 32:06

4M ago32:06

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We're plowing through a new landscape on the show: the wonderful world of county governance. Today we meet Kate Wiltz, the District 2 representative on the Monroe County Council. She talks about her district, explains the county budget process, some of her governing priorities, and how she decided to become a councilmember in the first place. The 8…

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082: Trent Deckard, Monroe County Council President, on the Study of Leadership 32:37

4M ago32:37

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Is a leader born or made? Is it nature... or nurture? This show won't answer that question definitively...but if anyone can answer that question, it's our guest today. Trent Deckard is the second of the three at-large members of the Monroe County Council to appear on the show, and this year is the council's president. He talks about running for off…

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080: How the Buskirk-Chumley Theatre Survives As the City's Premier Performing Arts Venue 35:19

5M ago35:19

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Shakespeare needed his Globe Theatre; Bloomington needs its Buskirk-Chumley. The former Indiana Theatre is more than a century old, has been a publicly-owned 600-seat venue since the 1990s, and is still an eye-catching downtown landmark. How it got to be that way -- and how it survives -- are our topics today. Our guests are Steve Versaw and Drew B…

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079: Lo[ca]l [Governments]-A-Palooza: The812 Digest for the Week of May 21 36:02

5M ago36:02

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New to town, maybe? You deserve a gentle intro to the breadth of local governments. Note that we use the plural: this show is beginning to dig deeper into offices other than just within the city of Bloomington. Today's episode is a good cross-section of what different local governments do. Along with a long-sought-after interview with city councilm…

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078: Dan Combs, Perry Township Trustee, on the Phenomenon of Townships 33:17

5M ago33:17

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Townships are subdivisions of counties. Townships aren't much of a deal in most of the rest of the country, but it turns out that, in Indiana, they're still kind of a big deal. Monroe County is divided into 11 townships. Except for a couple of thousand people in Van Buren Township, and a couple of dozen in Richland Township, the 80,000-plus residen…

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077: Dave Rollo, City Councilmember (D-4) 33:05

5M ago33:05

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The 812 has finally landed its interview with the elusive Dave Rollo, the senior member of the Bloomington city council. In this wide-ranging interview we discuss the carrying capacity of the city in light of the approval of the enormous new Summit District, as well as greenways, urban deer, and more. The 812 is a production of Plateia Media ©2024.…

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