21. Casa, La (05:29)

Date:
2018-10-12
Main contributors:
Navarro, Angelica
Summary:
The Sample: In this episode of The Sample, senior Angelica Navarro tells us what it's like to step into and be a part of IU's Latino Cultural Center.

22. Bell, Jeannine, Talks Hate Crimes in the Midwest (23:07)

Date:
2018-10-10
Main contributors:
Melvin, Richard S., Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 99, Dean Shanahan and Richard S. Melvin Professor of Law Jeannine Bell talk about hate crimes and their persistence in the United States, especially in the highly segregated Midwest.

23. Puzzles (05:19)

Date:
2018-10-05
Main contributors:
Rhoda, Andrew
Summary:
The Sample: In this episode of The Sample, we take a jog through the IU Lilly Library's Slocum Puzzle Collection. We work from Rubik's Cubes to Hot Miso Soup on a tour of the interdisciplinary fun of puzzles.

24. Helmke, Paul & Lisa-Marie Napoli Talk Student Voters and the Midterm Elections (27:58)

Date:
2018-10-03
Main contributors:
Helmke, Paul, Napoli, Lisa-Marie, Shanahan, James
Summary:
"The thing that people forget, is that most elections are actually decided by the people that don't vote." Professor Paul Helmke, Associate Director of P.A.C.E. Lisa-Marie Napoli, and Dean Shanahan talk about the importance of midterm elections, beating Purdue in the Big Ten Voting Challenge, and the power of student voters.

25. Lotus (05:19)

Date:
2018-09-28
Main contributors:
Loewenthal, Tamara , Herber, Norbert
Summary:
The Sample: In the inaugural episode of The Sample, our weekly student-driven short, we talk with Tamara Loewenthal of the Lotus Education and Arts Foundation and Norbert Herber of the Media School. They cover everything from the 25th annual Lotus World Music and Arts Festival volunteer cohesion to the collaboration necessary for this year's Big Tent multimedia experience.

26. Lotus World Music & Arts Festival with Sunni Fass & Rob Simonds (20:29)

Date:
2018-09-26
Main contributors:
Fass, Sunni, Simonds, Rob, Shanahan, James
Summary:
This week, Dean Shanahan discusses the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival with Executive Director Sunni Fass and Interim Artistic Director Rob Simonds. Listen to learn about the history of the festival, how Lotus cultivates the acts, and what artists that will be performing this year.

27. Strong, James, Talks Soul Music (24:09)

Date:
2018-09-19
Main contributors:
Strong, James, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 96, Dean Shanahan and IU Soul Revue Director James Strong talk about soul music, the Soul Revue and Strong's time in the industry, working with artists from New Edition to Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds, to Stephanie Mills.

28. Sustaining Hoosier Communities Director Jane Rogan (24:41)

Date:
2018-09-12
Main contributors:
Rogan, Jane, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 95, Dean Shanahan and Sustaining Hoosier Communities Director Jane Rogan talk about how her team addresses community-identified needs and opportunities by connecting Indiana towns with IU courses, students, and faculty.

29. Francis, Terri, Director of IU's Black Film Center/Archive (25:45)

Date:
2018-09-05
Main contributors:
Francis, Terri, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 94, Associate professor Terri Francis and Dean Shanahan discuss the Black Film Center/Archive’s Michael Shultz film series (including To Be Young, Gifted, and Black, Cooley High, Krush Groove and Car Wash), Francis’s upcoming book about the cinematic career of Josephine Baker, and the realities of Afrosurrealism.

30. Samuel, Ian, and Steve Sanders on the Modern Supreme Court (26:57)

Date:
2018-08-29
Main contributors:
Samuel, Ian, Sanders, Steve, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 93, Dean Shanahan interviews Maurer School of Law professors Ian Samuel and Steve Sanders. They talk about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Samuel's time as Antonin Scalia's counter-clerk, judicial politics, and Samuel's podcast First Mondays.

31. Documentarian Ruth O'Reilly (27:53)

Date:
2018-05-20
Main contributors:
O'Reilly, Ruth, Monaghan, Elaine, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 92, Dean Shanahan and IU Media School Professor of Practice Elaine Monaghan speak to award-winning documentary maker Ruth O’Reilly. O'Reilly worked as a journalist in Ireland, particularly Northern Ireland between 1989 and 2014, and participated in Indiana University’s first “Representing Religion” symposium.

32. Discussing Honest Journalism with Raju Narisetti (26:07)

Date:
2018-05-07
Main contributors:
Narisetti, Raju, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 91, Dean Shanahan speaks to Raju Narisetti founder of Mint, India's second-largest business newspaper. Narisetti visited the IU Bloomington campus as part of the India Remixed festival, where he spoke on "Why Honest Journalism Is in Peril in the World's Largest Democracy." At the time of this recording, Narisetti was CEO of Gizmodo Media Group.

34. Getting to Know Chicano Batman (27:38)

Date:
2018-04-18
Main contributors:
Miles, Emily
Summary:
In episode 89, Through the Gates producer Emily Miles speaks to the SoCal genre-blurring act Chicano Batman. The group visited Bloomington to headline the annual Culture Shock festival, which took place at Rhino's Youth Center on April 14, 2018.

35. Wax, Amy (27:54)

Date:
2018-04-11
Main contributors:
Wax, Amy, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 88, Dean James Shanahan interviews Amy Wax, who recently visited IU Bloomington as a guest of the Tocqueville Lecture Series.

36. DeCurtis, Anthony, Author, Journalist, Music Critic & IU Alum (29:13)

Date:
2018-04-04
Main contributors:
DeCurtis, Anthony, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 87, we feature an early-release episode of a mini-series from the College of Arts and Sciences featuring three alumni who received awards from the College this year. This episode is about award-winning author, journalist, and music critic Anthony DeCurtis.

37. Life of Adventure: A profile of Barbara Restleh, A (17:07)

Date:
2018-03-28
Main contributors:
Restle, Barbara, Keller, Greta, Bartok, Bela, Miles, EMily
Summary:
In episode 86, Emily Miles speaks with Barbara Restle, environmental activist and press freedom advocate. A childhood in 1930s Austria, where Nazi occupation came to suppress independent reporting, led Restle to eventually study journalism at Indiana University. In 2017, Restle contributed funding to the Media School for the study of the Freedom of Information Act and confidential source protections. The music in this episode comes from Greta Keller, Bela Bartok, Jahzzar and Doctor Turtle.

38. Bendix-Balgley, Noah, First Concertmaster with the Berliner Philharmoniker (24:38)

Date:
2018-03-21
Main contributors:
Bendix-Balgley, Noah, Cummings, Janae
Summary:
In episode 85, Janae Cummings speaks to Noah Bendix-Balgley, first concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic and a graduate of IU's Jacobs School of Music. As the Wells Scholars Program professor, Bendix-Balgley recently visited Bloomington to lead an honors interdisciplinary colloquium for undergraduate students on "Art Music in the Contemporary World: An Exploration of Emerging Models."

39. Kalven, Jamie, the First Amendment, and the Laquan McDonald Case (27:04)

Date:
2018-03-14
Main contributors:
Kalven, Jamie, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 84, journalist Jamie Kalven spoke to Media School Dean James Shanahan about using first amendment freedoms to fight censorship. Kalven successfully fought a subpoena to name sources for his story about the police-involved shooting death of Chicago teenager Laquan McDonald.