Start Over Date 2020

601. On Air with IER: Episode 66 (18:06)

Date:
June 22, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: A coalition of groups from across the nation threaten to sue the EPA unless it reviews flare standards for the first time in three decades, and a Goshen man faces multiple charges for an...

602. On Air with IER: Episode 67 (21:07)

Date:
July 6, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: A legal battle between IDEM and the EPA over the air quality designation for a small part of Huntington County could get even more complicated after three groups threaten to sue over sup...

603. On Air with IER: Episode 68 (18:55)

Date:
July 13, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: A group of scientists say a family of thousands of persistent and potentially toxic chemicals known as PFAS should be treated as a single chemical class to improve the efficiency and eff...

604. On Air with IER: Episode 69 (25:54)

Date:
July 20, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: Once known for the healing power of its spring-fed spas, the city of Martinsville, Indiana now faces the specter of health threats caused by the contamination of its water supply.

605. On Air with IER: Episode 70 (17:51)

Date:
July 27, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: East Chicago residents are concerned the EPA will delist 671 properties from the Superfund National Priorities List before all health threats are removed, and a court has ordered the EPA...

606. On Air with IER: Episode 71 (16:07)

Date:
August 3, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: The EPA finalized a rule that could delay the closure of toxic coal ash ponds in Indiana and elsewhere, and new survey results find that race plays a role in how Hoosiers experience and ...

607. On Air with IER: Episode 72 (18:32)

Date:
August 10, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: The EPA wants to know what you think about a plan to clean up a toxic Superfund site in Martinsville, a coalition in northwestern Indiana gives out awards for clean air contributions, an...

608. On Air with IER: Episode 73 (21:09)

Date:
August 17, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: Youth activists from West Lafayette want Purdue University to commit to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, and the IDEM commissioner speaks about the agency's actions during the earl...

609. On Air with IER: Episode 74 (26:00)

Date:
August 25, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: IER's Beth takes a look at complicated legacy of large scale farming in Indiana. It helps farmers stay in business and gets food to stores, but at what cost?

610. On Air with IER: Episode 75 (19:38)

Date:
August 31, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: We take at the ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor, LLC steel mill. The facility recently had a big win in air quality, but is also under investigation for how it and its contracted laboratory te...

611. On Air with IER: Episode 76 (15:58)

Date:
September 7, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: EPA's Region 5 is refuting a new report by the EPA's Office of the Inspector General that may have found major record keeping issues, Indianapolis Power & Light has settled a lawsuit all...

612. On Air with IER: Episode 77 (15:57)

Date:
September 14, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: IDEM closes the door on ephemeral streams protection in Indiana, and COVID-19 slows the military's transition to a PFAS-free firefighting foam.

613. On Air with IER: Episode 78 (14:43)

Date:
October 5, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: The new owners of several steel mills in Indiana promise a "greener and more socially responsible" future for the facilities, Gov. Eric Holcomb awards six environmental excellence awards...

614. On Air with IER: Episode 79 (16:24)

Date:
October 12, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: The COVID-19 crisis is making more Hoosiers energy insecure, and Indiana lawmakers discuss a draft bill that could set the foundation for carbon offset trading in the state.

615. On Air with IER: Episode 80 (24:13)

Date:
October 26, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: The EPA has removed all or parts of 27 Superfund sites, including three Indiana sites, from the National Priorities List. Is the contamination threat at those sites really gone? Plus, an...

616. On Air with IER: Episode 81 (17:43)

Date:
November 9, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: The EPA approved the registration of three dicamba products, despite previous federal court decisions invalidating earlier registrations and a growing number of complaints about the prod...

617. On Air with IER: Episode 82 (15:29)

Date:
November 23, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: A new EPA proposal seeks to stop air pollution from upwind states like Indiana from crossing into downwind states and contributing to their pollution, and a federal judge ordered the FDA...

618. On Air with IER: Episode 83 (15:56)

Date:
December 7, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: The Office of the Indiana State Chemist is considering some state-specific restrictions on dicamba, and climate activists discuss what steps President-elect Biden should take to combat c...

619. On the Ballot: environmental health advocate Catherine Flowers (23:51)

Date:
October 29, 2020
Main contributors:
Flowers, Catherine Coleman ; McCabe, Janet; Miles, Emily
Summary:
Where strong Alabama activist roots meet inadequate wastewater infrastructure, you find the work of Catherine Coleman Flowers. What began as a fight for improved environmental health in Lowndes Cou...

620. On the Ballot: Live with Julian NoiseCat and Ben Geman (1:01:00)

Date:
October 1, 2020
Main contributors:
NoiseCat, Julian; Geman, Ben; Shanahan, James
Summary:
With early voting opening around the U.S. and Election Day just about a month away, we want to dive into the races and issues to watch this season. In the first episode of our pre-election series,...

621. On the Ballot: wildlife ecologist Merav Ben-David (26:44)

Date:
October 19, 2020
Main contributors:
Ben-David, Merav; McCabe, Janet; Miles, Emily
Summary:
Merav Ben-David is a wildlife ecologist at the University of Wyoming. Her specialty? The effects of global environmental change on animals and their ecosystems. Her next move? A run for the U.S. Se...

622. On the Ballot: Zoya Teirstein and Sammy Roth (40:54)

Date:
October 16, 2020
Main contributors:
Teirstein, Zoya; Roth, Sammy; Shanahan, James
Summary:
Does this U.S. election season have your head spinning? In this episode, Grist reporter Zoya Teirstein and LA Times reporter Sammy Roth take us from the national to the local on what's important in...

623. On Topic with IU, with IUPUI Epidemiologist Shandy Dearth (12:29)

Date:
April 18, 2020
Main contributors:
Dearth, Shandy; Miles, Emily; Smith, Kenny
Summary:
Shandy Dearth is the director of undergraduate epidemiology education at the Fairbanks School of Public Health at IUPUI. She explains pandemic surveillance, key indicators health experts will be lo...

627. Oral History excerpt: "It's got a lot of minerals in it" (00:39)

Date:
January 14, 2020
Main contributors:
Ledbetter, Andrea (narrator)
Summary:
Andrea Ledbetter, historic conservationist and co-founder of the Decay Devils, discusses the mineral content of the Chase Street spring water. "If you're a person who likes to have their bright pea...

629. Oral History excerpt: Creative placemaking and urban farming (02:31)

Date:
January 14, 2020
Main contributors:
Ledbetter, Andrea (narrator)
Summary:
Andrea Ledbetter, co-founder of the Decay Devils, discusses the potential for urban farming around the Chase Street Spring. She says, "we're thinking about doing a lot of creative placemaking proje...

630. Oral History excerpt: Sledding on Chase Street (00:27)

Date:
January 14, 2020
Main contributors:
Ledbetter, Judy (narrator); Ledbetter, Andrea (narrator)
Summary:
Judy Ledbetter, who has lived north of the Chase St. spring for 54 years, describes the sandhills that used to exist in the area. "This was all like sand dunes. It looked just like the beach," her ...

631. Oral History excerpt: Watercress in January (00:56)

Date:
January 10, 2020
Main contributors:
Wilkes, Alma (narrator)
Summary:
Alma Wilkes, retired Gary School System teacher and nutritionist, discusses the vegetation around the Chase Street Spring. She notes that watercress grows around the well, and that it is still thri...

632. Oral History with Alma Wilkes (33:45)

Date:
January 10, 2020
Main contributors:
Wilkes, Alma (narrator)
Summary:
Kay Westhues interviews Alma Wilkes at her home in Gary, Indiana, on January 10, 2020. Wilkes is a retired high school teacher for the Gary School System. She taught Home Economics (Family and Cons...

633. Oral History with Judy and Andrea Ledbetter (57:58)

Date:
January 14, 2020
Main contributors:
Ledbetter, Judy (narrator); Ledbetter, Andrea (narrator)
Summary:
Kay Westhues interviews Judy and Andrea Ledbetter at their home on Chase St., Gary Indiana, on January 14, 2020. Judy Ledbetter is a community activist who has lived in her home on Chase St. for 54...

634. Oral History with Tyrell Anderson (Part 1) (09:28)

Date:
January 22, 2020
Main contributors:
Anderson, Tyrell (narrator)
Summary:
Kay Westhues interviews Tyrell Anderson at Anna’s Kombucha Café in Gary, Indiana, on January 22, 2020. Anderson is a photographer, videographer, and historic conservationist who co-founded the Deca...

635. Oral History with Tyrell Anderson (Part 2) (16:03)

Date:
January 22, 2020
Main contributors:
Anderson, Tyrell (narrator)
Summary:
Kay Westhues interviews Tyrell Anderson at Anna’s Kombucha Café in Gary, Indiana, on January 22, 2020. Anderson is a photographer, videographer, and historic conservationist who co-founded the Deca...

638. Paths to (and from) climate gentrification (42:50)

Date:
February 6, 2020 to February 7, 2020
Main contributors:
Harris, Alex; Keenan, Jesse; Curran, Winfred
Summary:
Part 1 Long-time residents of higher-elevation Miami neighborhoods have anticipated for decades an influx of wealthy people retreating from flood-prone areas. Then, as it finally began to happen, ...

639. Patricia (Pat) Keefer Documentary Interview (1:26:00)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Keefer, Patricia
Summary:
Pat outlines her motivations for getting involved with the youth vote, her activism at the time, the youth vote's path from Congress to Supreme Court to constitutional amendment, and the Nixon sign...

640. Paul Mendenhall's Hall of Fame Video Bio (02:33)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Mendenhall, Paul
Summary:
Video bio of Paul Mendenhall, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2020; Paul Mendenhall began his life-long radio broadcasting career in 1970 at Carmel High School where he work...

641. Paul Myer (Minarchenko) Interview, Part 1 (2:24:00)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Myer, Paul (Minarchenko, Paul)
Summary:
The first part of Paul Myer's (formerly Minarchenko) accounts of his personal history and his relation to the formation of the Youth Franchise Coalition and the Youth Citizenship Fund.

642. Paul Myer (Minarchenko) Interview, Part 2 (1:55:00)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Myer, Paul (Minarchenko, Paul)
Summary:
The second part of Paul Myer's (formerly Minarchenko) accounts of his personal history and his relation to the formation of the Youth Franchise Coalition and the Youth Citizenship Fund.

644. Pedagogy Workshop - Mapping (07:57)

Date:
November 1, 2020
Main contributors:
Vanessa Elias
Summary:
An on-demand workshop overview of why and how you might want to incorporate digital methods into your classroom.

646. Pedagogy Workshop - Network Analysis (06:05)

Date:
November 1, 2020
Main contributors:
Vanessa Elias
Summary:
An on-demand workshop overview of why and how you might want to incorporate digital methods into your classroom.

648. Pedagogy Workshop - Text Analysis (08:10)

Date:
November 1, 2020
Main contributors:
Vanessa Elias
Summary:
An on-demand workshop overview of why and how you might want to incorporate digital methods into your classroom.

649. Pedagogy Workshop Introduction (13:23)

Date:
November 1, 2020
Main contributors:
Vanessa Elias
Summary:
An on-demand workshop overview of why and how you might want to incorporate digital methods into your classroom.

651. Phage Display Screening (41:30)

Date:
November 24, 2020
Main contributors:
Waffo, Alain Bopda
Summary:
The Chemical Genomics Core Facility (CGCF) is adding phage display capability to assist research projects requiring peptide domain screening. They will employ both the traditional DNA M13 phage as ...

653. Placing Environmental Lead Exposure on Notice (46:19)

Date:
November 16, 2020
Main contributors:
Erik Nelson
Summary:
Lead is a ubiquitous environmental contaminant that causes numerous adverse health effects in children, particularly neurological and neurobehavioral deficits, lower IQ, slowed growth, and anemia. ...

655. Polyvagal Theory on Feeling Safe (04:24)

Date:
April 6, 2020
Main contributors:
Porges, Stephen W.
Summary:
Dr. Stephen Porges, creator of the Polyvagal Theory, discusses how we need to learn skills to "trigger" feelings of safety in the body. This is an excerpt from an interview with Dr. Stephen Porges...

658. POW Tap Code (01:57)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Ron Osgood
Summary:
U.S. Air Force veteran and Vietnam War POW David Gray talks about the system that American prisoners used communicate in the "Hanoi Hilton" prison.

660. Predicting the Future of the Economy, with Dr. Kyle Anderson (22:10)

Date:
November 16, 2020
Main contributors:
Anderson, Kyle; Miles, Emily; Smith, Kenny
Summary:
Our economic recovery will likely be gradual, and spikes in coronavirus cases could directly impact those improvements going forward. That's part of the new economic forecast from Indiana Universit...

661. Prison Ecology: Live with David Pellow (1:00:00)

Date:
September 3, 2020
Main contributors:
Pellow, David; Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily
Summary:
This summer, people in United States and beyond took to the streets to demand racial justice. One of the loudest calls was to defund and abolish the police, but not just the police. Abolitionists h...

662. Prison Ecology: the law and beyond (44:23)

Date:
September 18, 2020
Main contributors:
Bradshaw, Elizabeth; Bernd, Candice; Carpenter, Taylor
Summary:
This episode, we're taking a deeper look at environmental injustices in an around prisons. How are they sited, what do they emit, and what does all of this mean for people locked inside? We start ...

664. PTSD It Has Taken Time (01:39)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Ron Osgood
Summary:
Pete Walker shares that he has been treated for PTSD for many years.

665. PTSD Returning Home (01:17)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Ron Osgood
Summary:
U.S. Marine Corps veteran Suel Jones shares how his PTSD manifest hmself when he returned home from Vietnam.

666. Quaker Volunteer (01:55)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Ron Osgood
Summary:
Quaker Volunteer Lady Borton talks about her experience working in villages as a volunteer during the Vietnam War.

668. Questioning Our Motive (00:54)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Ron Osgood
Summary:
U.S.Army Nurse Phyllis Cogan tells a story about an experience she had in Vietnam and how it added to her questioning of the motive for the war.

670. Quick Hit -- Indiana's Mail-In Ballot Process (04:25)

Date:
October 5, 2020
Main contributors:
Baggetta, Matthew; Miles, Emily; Smith, Kenny
Summary:
Dr. Matthew Baggetta, from the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University -- Bloomington, talks about the mail-in ballot process, and Indiana's acceptable reasons for ...

671. Quick Hit -- Personal Finance Suggestions (04:28)

Date:
October 5, 2020
Main contributors:
Anderson, Kyle; Miles, Emily; Smith, Kenny
Summary:
Kyle Anderson, an economist at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business at Indianapolis, talks about the cycle that an economic downturn can create for those pushed out of the workforce. He t...

672. Quick Hit -- Requesting a Mail-In Ballot in Indiana (04:28)

Date:
September 14, 2020
Main contributors:
Baggetta, Matthew; Miles, Emily; Smith, Kenny
Summary:
Indiana has mail-in voting, but it comes with a specific set of requirements. Dr. Matthew Bagetta, a professor in the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs details the process in this ...

673. Quick Hit -- What You Can Expect at the Polls on Election Day (03:41)

Date:
October 5, 2020
Main contributors:
Baggetta, Matthew; Miles, Emily; Smith, Kenny
Summary:
Dr. Matthew Baggetta from the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs describes election day for us. Polls in Indiana close at 6 p.m. on November, 3rd, so get there before then, and stay...

677. Ray Lay - "I Found My Calling" (06:45)

Date:
September 22, 2020
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
"I train psychiatrists, psychologists, police officers, and correctional officers." Ray Lay is an Indiana Certified Recovery Specialist and Veterans Administration Peer Support Specialist. He descr...

679. Recon Patrol (01:51)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Ron Osgood
Summary:
Navy Corpsman David Snyder talks about being part of small recon teams on patrol.

681. Reflection (01:10)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Ron Osgood
Summary:
Ed Stiteler reflects on his tour in 1966.

682. Remembering Without Seeing with Maria Hamilton Abegunde (15:04)

Date:
February 21, 2020
Main contributors:
Abegunde, Maria Hamilton
Summary:
The Sample: In celebration of Black History Month, Through the Gates' shorts, The Sample, sat down with Maria Hamilton Abegunde to discuss how the intersections of past and present, trauma and heal...

683. Reopening Updates with IUPUI Epidemiologist Tom Duszynski (14:09)

Date:
May 7, 2020
Main contributors:
Duszynski, Tom; Smith, Kenny; Miles, Emily
Summary:
Tom Duszynski is an epidemiologist, and the epidemiology education director of the Fairbanks School of Public Health at IUPUI in Indianapolis. He tells us about what scientists have learned about C...

686. Researching Visual Social Media Platforms (1:39:17)

Date:
January 24, 2020
Main contributors:
Dhiraj Murthy
Summary:
With the meteoric rise of Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube, it is clear that image- and video- based platforms have become tremendously important to our social, political, and economic lives. Howeve...

687. Returning to School, with Sociologist Jessica Calarco (29:44)

Date:
June 3, 2020
Main contributors:
Calarco, Jessica; Smith, Kenny; Miles, Emily
Summary:
When stay-at-home orders were issued parents became teachers. And now that summer is here, parents are wondering what happens with their children's fall enrollment. We talked with Indiana Universit...

689. Saigon April 1975 (01:57)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Ron Osgood
Summary:
Saigon Police Chief Cong Tran talks about Tet 1968

690. SAR by NMR (36:15)

Date:
December 18, 2020
Main contributors:
Rai, Ratan K.
Summary:
Nuclear magnet resonance (NMR) is a powerful technique to detect and characterize the 3D structures, dynamics, and interactions of biomacromolecules. With respect to drug targets, this methodology ...

691. SecureMyResearch: Security for Research Productivity (39:47)

Date:
February 19, 2020
Main contributors:
Shankar, Anurag; Welch, Von
Summary:
Securing research data, especially meeting new and stricter regulatory and other cybersecurity requirements, is becoming a challenge for both researchers and campus units at IU that support researc...

692. Sending Children Back to School in the Fall (24:58)

Date:
July 17, 2020
Main contributors:
Shedd, Jill; Smith, Kenny; Miles, Emily
Summary:
Indiana's state Department of Education has begun announcing plans for what the start of the 2020-2021 school year will look like. And the state's many school corporations are making their individu...

694. Short-Timer (01:16)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Ron Osgood
Summary:
George Mittler tells his personal short-timer story.