Start Over Date 2020

651. Ware (01:59)

Date:
January 17, 2020
Main contributors:
Eric Ware; Institute for Digital Arts & Humanities

652. 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...

653. 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...

654. 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 ...

655. 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...

657. 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...

658. 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...

659. On Air with IER: Episode 48 (18:05)

Date:
January 6, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Schwibs, Susanne
Summary:
This week: A group of researchers is reaching out to towns and cities across Indiana to create the first state-wide urban forest database, and we take a look at some bills introduced during the 202...

660. The political power of winter sports (28:24)

Date:
January 6, 2020
Main contributors:
Schendler, Auden; Hershkowitz, Allen; Miles, Emily
Summary:
As cities viable for hosting the Winter Olympics dwindle, ski resorts face shorter seasons, and climbers work with less predictable terrain, the winter sports industry acts as a key site influencin...

663. The change has not been delicate (25:49)

Date:
January 1, 2020
Main contributors:
Alexander, Edward; Miles, Emily; Shanahan, James
Summary:
In the new year, we're returning to our first episode, "How the Arctic caught fire." But this time, we focus in on the Gwich'in perspective. Edward Alexander, co-chair of the Gwich'in Council Inter...

665. Agent Orange Exposure (02:58)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Ron Osgood
Summary:
People's Army of Viet Nam (PAVN) veteran Le Kim Tho talks about the challenges he and his fellow soldiers faced during and after Agent Orange spraying.

668. Ambush and Guilt (02:11)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Ron Osgood
Summary:
Tim O'Brien tells the story of an ambush and his reflective question of guilt.

671. Arrested in Saigon (01:53)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Ron Osgood
Summary:
Thai Dinh tells the story of being arrested in 1980 for publishing an underground magazine in Saigon.

673. B-52 Strike (00:41)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Ron Osgood
Summary:
U.S. Marine Suel Jones describes the power and terror of a B-52 Strike.

675. Bob Forbes' Hall of Fame Video Bio (02:41)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Forbes, Bob
Summary:
Video bio of Bob Forbes, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2020; Bob Forbes started broadcasting WBOW-AM in in 1947 in Terre Haute, Indiana, while still in college at Indiana ...

676. Bob Ross' Hall of Fame Video Bio (02:39)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Ross, Bob
Summary:
Video bio of Bob Ross, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2020; Although a native of Florida, Bob Ross lived and worked in Muncie, Indiana. His “Joy of Painting” program is sti...

680. Cambodia Incursion (01:03)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Ron Osgood
Summary:
Phil Zook talks about the decision to enter Cambodia in 1970.

681. Capture of Last American POW (01:53)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Ron Osgood
Summary:
National Liberation Front (NLF) veteran Nguyen Duc Toan shares the story on how he saved the life of Navy pilot Phillip Kientzler, who became the last American POW.

683. Charles Gonzales Zoom Interview (58:15)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Gonzales, Charles
Summary:
Charles Gonzales, former president of the Student National Education Association, describes his role, his decision to move to Washington to work with the youth franchise movement. Included are anec...

684. Child During The War (00:13)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Ron Osgood
Summary:
Haley Nguyen talks about being a child during the war, before her family escaped by boat and eventually came to the United States.

691. Daily Patrol (01:20)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Ron Osgood
Summary:
Suel Jones talks about the routine while being on patrol.

692. David Fulton Interview (34:54)

Date:
2020
Summary:
An interview about David Fulton (IU East Chancellor Emeritus). Interview done by Linda Rittenhouse in 2005.

694. Donut Dollies (01:06)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Ron Osgood
Summary:
Donut Dolly Jeanne Christie introduces this Red Cross program.

695. Drafted (02:37)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Ron Osgood
Summary:
Tim O'Brien tells his story of being drafted and the decision he had to make.

699. Escape By Boat Part 1 (02:25)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Ron Osgood
Summary:
Refugee Thai Dinh tells the story of acquiring a boat and leaving Saigon after 1975.

700. Escape By Boat Part 2 (03:10)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Ron Osgood
Summary:
Refugee Thai Dinh continues his story of escape from Vietnam to Indonesia.