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202. Toward Resilient Critical Infrastructure with Hiba Baroud (40:45)

Date:
September 3, 2021
Main contributors:
Baroud, Hiba ; Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily
Summary:
Hurricane Ida knocked the main New Orleans transmission tower into the Mississippi River, spurring a long-term power outage. Since then, persistent heavy rains have flooded New York subway stations...

203. Air Check: Looking Forward (05:49)

Date:
January 13, 2021
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily
Summary:
Just checking in and looking forward to 2021. RSVP for our next live show: https://fb.me/e/1UuQB0dwk Learn more about Grist's cli-fi writing contest: https://grist.submittable.com/submit/

205. How to UnKoch a Campus (24:30)

Date:
September 9, 2021
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily
Summary:
Did you know that a Koch-funded university think tank actually justified inaction on climate change by arguing that smog serves as a skin-cancer-reducing sunblock? In this co-produced episode, the...

206. Spiritual Ecology: live with Mitch Hescox (44:37)

Date:
December 3, 2020
Main contributors:
Hescox, Mitch; Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this series, we ask, how can spiritual connection with our environment help us enter into right and restorative relationship with the earth, including human and nonhuman inhabitants? By talking...

207. 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...

208. As central banks address climate (22:31)

Date:
February 24, 2020
Main contributors:
Saphir, Ann; Miles, Emily; Shanahan, James
Summary:
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco hosted in late 2019 the Fed's first conference focused on climate change. There, researchers presented on topics ranging from the effects of climate change...

210. Lamenting for the Land with Ashlee Cunsolo (26:42)

Date:
March 10, 2022
Main contributors:
Cunsolo, Ashlee; Shanahan, James; Filippelli, Gabriel
Summary:
We talk with Ashlee Cunsolo, founding dean of the School of Arctic and Subarctic Studies at the Labrador Campus of Memorial University, about the connective capacity of grief, the role of land in I...

211. How to Community Garden: Carbondale Spring pt 2 (23:39)

Date:
June 6, 2022
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James; Filippelli, Gabriel; Miles, Emily
Summary:
The 2017 and 2024 solar eclipse paths cross over Carbondale, Illinois, a college town in a largely rural region with the highest poverty rate in the state. For some here, in the midst of intensifyi...

212. Air Check: Melting and Calving (16:12)

Date:
March 3, 2021
Main contributors:
Filippelli, Gabriel; Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this Air Check, professor and biogeochemist Gabriel Filippelli joins us again to talk about ice, ocean currents, and what makes the Arctic so different from the Antarctic. We also briefly discus...

213. Zen Teachings for the Earth with Stephanie Kaza (43:11)

Date:
February 25, 2022
Main contributors:
Kaza, Stephanie; Shanahan, James; Filippelli, Gabriel
Summary:
Stephanie Kaza—a long-time lover of trees, practicing Zen Buddhist, and environmentalist—walks us through some of the teachings and practices of Zen Buddhism that can help us get into right relatio...

214. Air Check: Keep An Eye On Electric Trucks (19:11)

Date:
May 27, 2021
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this Air Check, the team discusses excitement and concerns in relation to the Ford F-150 Lightning Electric Truck. They also check in on the status of Brood X cicadas.

215. Geoengineering: Ethics with Marion Hourdequin (27:35)

Date:
May 26, 2021
Main contributors:
Hourdequin, Marion; Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily
Summary:
This episode, we talk with Marion Hourdequin, professor of philosophy at Colorado College. We take our time how and if we can ethically pursue geoengineering research and implementation.

216. The EPA at 50 (56:30)

Date:
November 25, 2020
Main contributors:
McCabe, Janet; McCarthy, Gina; Barnes, Jim
Summary:
In this bonus episode, we share just a little bit of The EPA at 50, an online event sponsored by the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the Integrated Program in the Environment...

217. Testing Marine Energy with Andrea Copping (28:39)

Date:
April 7, 2022
Main contributors:
Copping, Andrea; Shanahan, James; Filippelli, Gabriel
Summary:
Here in Indiana, we talk often about wind and solar, but what could renewable marine energy development mean for people from the Hoosier State to small remote island? Andrea Copping, a scientist w...

218. Air Check: Polar Vortices and Power Grids (14:07)

Date:
February 17, 2021
Main contributors:
Filippelli, Gabriel; Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily
Summary:
What does climate change have to do with freezing temperatures, heavy snows, and overwhelmed utilities? Professor and biogeochemist Gabriel Filippelli joins us to explain. An Arctic Blast from the...

219. How to Community Garden: Project Grow (49:53)

Date:
May 16, 2022
Main contributors:
Jones, Kirk; Shanahan, James; Filippelli, Gabriel
Summary:
This series of episodes grew out of our January series on year-round local food, in which Stewart from Cedar Valley Permaculture suggested we can meaningfully shift our food system by growing more ...

220. Air Check: The Federal Infrastructure Plan (20:35)

Date:
April 8, 2021
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily
Summary:
This week, Jim and Gabe discuss their reaction to the American Jobs Plan, which claims to aim to "unify and mobilize the country to meet the great challenges of our time: the climate crisis and the...

221. Concerned Scientists at Indiana University Call for Climate Planning (33:50)

Date:
February 28, 2022
Main contributors:
Hamburger, Michael; Shanahan, James; Filippelli, Gabriel
Summary:
In this episode, Jim talks with Michael Hamburger, a professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, about the letter that Concerned Scientists at Indiana University-Bloomington recently sent to Unive...

222. Spiritual Ecology: Rabbi Sandy Sasso (31:54)

Date:
December 18, 2020
Main contributors:
Sasso, Rabbi Sandy ; Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily
Summary:
"You're not all that is." In this episode of our spiritual ecology series, Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso shares stories and wisdom connecting our spiritual existence with our physical environment. M...

223. Air Check: Wolves, Apple, and derechos (21:33)

Date:
October 21, 2020
Main contributors:
Miles, Emily; Shanahan, James
Summary:
In this week's Air Check, we talk about a couple of ballot propositions (Nevada energy and Colorado wolves), why Apple isn't packaging charging adapters with the iPhone 12, and the derecho that swe...

224. Air Check: Mystery Bird Disease and Extreme Heat (28:48)

Date:
June 29, 2021
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this Air Check, the team dives into the mysterious disease affecting birds in the Eastern U.S. and discusses media rhetoric around extreme weather events in the context of climate change. They f...

225. Sanctuary and Change with Willis Jenkins (32:15)

Date:
February 18, 2022
Main contributors:
Jenkins, Willis; Shanahan, James; Filippelli, Gabriel
Summary:
In this series, we ask, how can spiritual connection with our environment help us enter into right and restorative relationship with the earth, including human and nonhuman inhabitants? In this epi...

227. Reimagining Transportation: How We Got Here (55:21)

Date:
November 5, 2021
Main contributors:
Fairfield, John; Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this episode of our series on reimagining transportation, urban history expert John Fairfield helps us understand how our transportation infrastructure developed and what we can do to modify it ...

228. Air Check: Lead and Improving Water Quality (21:22)

Date:
May 4, 2021
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily
Summary:
This week, we zero in on U.S. water infrastructure and the legislation and community-engaging projects aiming to eliminate lead pipes from the system. Biden’s infrastructure plan targets lead pipe...

229. Playing to our strengths (06:08)

Date:
December 12, 2019
Main contributors:
Einstein, Jacob; Campbell, Chelsea; Shanahan, James
Summary:
When so many of us feel responsible for and powerless against climate change, it can be difficult to assess which actions are effective. In this episode, associate producer Jacob Einstein speaks wi...

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

Date:
September 19, 2018
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 'Babyf...

231. Introducing Nature's Gossip: Loons (19:21)

Date:
May 4, 2022
Main contributors:
Mackenzie, Bowlen; Shanahan, James; Filippelli, Gabriel
Summary:
Chances are, you've heard the famous call of the loon. In this special release, we introduce the work of Indiana University student Mackenzie Bowlen, who has spent the past semester researching th...

234. Ghosts and thunderstorms (16:36)

Date:
May 12, 2020
Main contributors:
Mwareya, Ray; Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily
Summary:
A year after Intense Tropical Cyclone Idai made landfall in southern Africa, communities in Zimbabwe continue to feel the storm's effects. For many, the trauma is physical, emotional, and spiritual...

235. Understanding corporate climate denial (24:37)

Date:
May 22, 2020
Main contributors:
Freese, Barbara; Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily
Summary:
In the finale of our first season, we talk with environmental attorney Barbara Freese about her new book Industrial Strength Denial and learn about the mechanisms behind corporate climate change de...

236. 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...

237. Air Check: Janet McCabe, weather variability, and Brood X (27:03)

Date:
April 27, 2021
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this episode, we run all over the place, from EPA administration votes in Washington, D.C. to spring in Bloomington to scientific collaboration in the Arctic. But as with our ecosystem, it all t...

240. Hoosier National Forest: Buffalo Springs Update (30:58)

Date:
January 24, 2023
Main contributors:
Thornton, Chris; Mason, Marion; Ontl, Todd
Summary:
An update about the Buffalo Springs Forest Restoration project in Southern Indiana, with US Forest Service reps Chris Thornton, Marion Mason, and Todd Ontl.

241. Natural Gas: Oral History of a Fracking Boom Town (25:52)

Date:
January 25, 2021
Main contributors:
Anselmi, J.J,; Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily
Summary:
What does a fossil fuel boom town feel like for those living in it? And what's possible once the coal's burned and the wells are dry? In this episode, Rock Springs-raised J.J. Anselmi shares what h...

242. 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...

243. Air Check: Senate races of the Southeast (18:48)

Date:
October 14, 2020
Main contributors:
Bruggers, James; Miles, Emily; Shanahan, James
Summary:
In this week's Air Check, special guest James Bruggers talks with us about U.S. Senate races in Kentucky, South Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia.

244. Air Check: Quiet Climate Policy (16:10)

Date:
March 23, 2021
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily
Summary:
What does it mean for policy to be quiet, for policy to successfully tip-toe its way through the U.S. legislative system and contribute to greater sustainability and resilience? Which parts can or ...

245.  Gabe and Jim Review "Don't Look Up" (25:23)

Date:
January 12, 2022
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James; Filippelli, Gabriel; Miles, Emily
Summary:
Gabe and Jim review the movie "Don't Look Up" from a scientist perspective. Also a discussion of Midwest tornadoes.

246. Hot Farm with Eve Abrams and Sam Fromartz (25:20)

Date:
May 3, 2022
Main contributors:
Abrams, Eve; Fromartz, Sam; Shanahan, James
Summary:
With agriculture accounting for 10 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, it's easy to argue that farmers need to be involved in our work to mitigate and adapt to intensifying climate change. H...

247. The fate of barley and future of beer brewing (35:14)

Date:
November 8, 2019
Main contributors:
Davis, Steven; Carley, Sanya; Robionson, Clay
Summary:
As climate changes, so do pieces of culture. Pieces like car ownership, outdoor sports, and the drinks we share. This is the first episode in our beverage series, and it's all about beer. From fiel...

248. Previewing "Just Energy" With Sanya Carley (14:28)

Date:
February 9, 2022
Main contributors:
Carley, Sanya; Shanahan, James; Filippelli, Gabriel
Summary:
There's a new podcast we think you'll want to hear! “Just Energy” is a collaboration between Sanya Carley, an energy justice professor at Indiana University’s O’Neill School, and her master of publ...

249. Air Check: local and wasted food (14:10)

Date:
October 30, 2020
Main contributors:
Miles, Emily; Shanahan, James
Summary:
Access to fresh, affordable produce varies widely across the U.S., with some of us enjoying yards with soil safe for gardening and others miles from a grocery store. But one thing remains consisten...

250. Major League Travel and Energy Use, With Seth Wynes (25:17)

Date:
December 8, 2021
Main contributors:
Wynes, Seth; Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily
Summary:
We talk with researcher Seth Wynes about how major league sport travel, affected by COVID, affects energy use. Also, does academic travel affect academic success?

251. Air Check: Supreme Court and Midwestern Drought (12:31)

Date:
September 22, 2020
Main contributors:
Miles, Emily; Shanahan, James
Summary:
In our first Air Check (a short, weekly conversation on current events), we talk through the environmental implications of a changing supreme court, how long Bloomington has been without significan...

252. Bonus: Touring Brambleberry Permaculture Farm (42:56)

Date:
January 14, 2022
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James; Filippelli, Gabriel; Bender-Beauregard, Darren
Summary:
If you haven't yet listened to our discussion with Darren Bender-Beauregard, we recommend you do that here! It provides context for Darren’s relationship with the land, how he grows Andean crops in...

253. More Wonder with James Keys (30:43)

Date:
February 23, 2022
Main contributors:
Keys, James; Shanahan, James; Filippelli, Gabriel
Summary:
In this series, we ask, how can spiritual connection with our environment help us enter into right and restorative relationship with the earth, including human and nonhuman inhabitants? In this epi...

254. SAILCARGO and the Potential of Sustainable Shipping (18:32)

Date:
February 2, 2021
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily; Doggett, Danielle
Summary:
Danielle Doggett, founder & CEO of SAILCARGO INC., tells us about the zero-emission ocean cargo ship Ceiba. From mitigating underwater noise pollution to sourcing food for shipbuilders, their susta...

255. Multidimensional Community Forestry with Kyle Lemle (32:31)

Date:
April 18, 2022
Main contributors:
Lemle, Kyle; Shanahan, James; Filippelli, Gabriel
Summary:
Bridging spiritual ecology with urban forestry, we find themes of emergence and the voice of Kyle Lemle. In this episode, he tells us about fasting in the desert as a teenager, turning guns into s...

256. Addressing Intensifying Storms With Marshall Shepherd (37:57)

Date:
September 17, 2021
Main contributors:
Shepherd, Marshall; Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this conversation with researcher, meteorologist, and science communicator Dr. Marshall Shepherd, we cover a lot of ground, connecting inequities in academia to environmental injustices associat...

257. The Way of Imagination with Scott Russell Sanders (36:58)

Date:
August 14, 2020
Main contributors:
McCabe, Janet; Sanders, Scott Russell; Shanahan, James
Summary:
In this bonus episode, Janet McCabe talks with Scott Russell Sanders, who Kathleen Dean Moore described as "an honest man in a time of lies, a wise man in a time of foolishness, a healer in a time ...

258. Racek, Jon, and Design Thinking (19:37)

Date:
December 12, 2018
Main contributors:
Racek, Jon; Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 107, Dean Shanahan and Jon Racek, senior lecturer in the IU School of Art, Architecture + Design's comprehensive design program, talk about Racek's start as a firm-owning designer, his f...

259. IU President, McRobbie, on the Future of Voting (23:52)

Date:
October 17, 2018
Main contributors:
McRobbie, Michael; Shanahan, James
Summary:
In Ep. 100, Dean Jim Shanahan is joined by Michael McRobbie, President of Indiana University. Tune in to hear about President McRobbie's work on the national Committee on the Future of Voting, the ...

260. Meat the Future with David Kay (21:06)

Date:
June 19, 2017
Main contributors:
Kay, David; Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 55, we talk to David Kay of Memphis Meats, a California-based company working to change the way meat gets to your plate by producing real meat from lab-grown animal cells.

261. Writing Tutorial Services (05:23)

Date:
September 26, 2019
Summary:
The Sample: It's that time in the semester where papers start piling up. In this week's episode, we had the chance to sit down with the tutors from The Writing Tutorial Services. They shared advice...

262. Ode to Fall (04:44)

Date:
October 11, 2019
Summary:
The Sample: At long last it's starting to feel like fall in Bloomington, and we couldn't be happier. This week we pay homage to the sights, sounds, and smells of the season. Listen with headphones ...

266. Striking the political match (37:48)

Date:
September 20, 2019
Main contributors:
Melendez, Alice; McCabe, Janet; Geiger, Nathan
Summary:
September 20 is the first day of the Global Climate Strike. It's an event that follows the rise of youth organizations like the Sunrise Movement and Zero Hour, a full year of Fridays for Future sch...

267. Speaking of hurricanes (39:44)

Date:
September 27, 2019
Main contributors:
Marizán, Paola; Shanahan, Jim; Eosco, Gina
Summary:
With rising and warming ocean waters, hurricanes are on track to intensify. This change means greater risk for people in the path and greater need for effective long- and short-term risk communicat...

268. ICAN at IU (05:56)

Date:
November 8, 2019
Main contributors:
Melchi, Mallory
Summary:
The Sample: In this episode of The Sample, Mallory Melchi and Hudson sit down with us to talk about the work that they do with the Indiana Canine Assistance Network. Mallory does important work as ...

269. Costume Design (04:44)

Date:
October 25, 2019
Summary:
The Sample: Costume design is an important element to bringing a story to life. It brings out the personality of characters and lets the audience immerse themselves into a whole new world. This wee...

270. Haunted History of Indiana University with Kat Klockow, The (22:51)

Date:
October 17, 2017
Main contributors:
Klockow, Kat; Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 65, we chat with IU alum, writer, and paranormal enthusiast Kat Klockow about Indiana University's spooky stories and urban legends. Klockow is author of "Haunted Hoosier Halls: Indiana ...

271. Bass, Jennifer, and Stephanie Sanders from Just Married Podcast (29:51)

Date:
March 6, 2019
Main contributors:
Bass, Jennifer; Sanders, Stephanie; Shanahan, James
Summary:
Hundreds of same-sex couples throughout the state share one of two anniversaries: June 25 and 26, 2014. In this episode, makers of IU's "Just Married" podcast, Jennifer Bass and Stephanie Sanders, ...

272. Powwow (05:20)

Date:
April 12, 2019
Main contributors:
Landin, Scout
Summary:
The Sample: Under sunny early-April skies, IU's First Nations Educational & Cultural Center hosted its Eighth Annual Traditional Powwow. For years, this has been an event where native students can ...

274. Women in IT at IU (44:00)

Date:
February 21, 2016
Main contributors:
Biggers, Maurenn; McRobbie, Laurie Burns; Shanahan, James
Summary:
Media School Dean James Shanahan talks with Maureen Biggers (pictured), director of the Center of Excellence for Women in Technology at IU, and Laurie Burns McRobbie, IU's first lady who helped est...

275. Pride (05:18)

Date:
August 30, 2019
Main contributors:
Spence, Kate
Summary:
The Sample: While most of the country celebrates LGBTQ+ Pride in June, Bloomington celebrates in the month of August. In this episode of The Sample, Kat Spence heads to the LGBTQ+ Culture Center to...

276. IU Ballet & The Nutcracker: A Holiday Tradition (23:28)

Date:
November 29, 2017
Main contributors:
Dalton, Georgia; Wroth, Sarah; Cummings, Janae
Summary:
In episode 72, Janae Cummings speaks to Sarah Wroth, associate chair of the ballet department at the Jacobs School of Music, and Georgia Dalton, graduating junior and the Sugar Plum Fairy in IU’s u...

277. Folklore Professor, Robert Dobler, Discusses the Dead (23:39)

Date:
October 31, 2018
Main contributors:
Dobler, Robert; Shanahan, James
Summary:
Episode 102 is our second annual student Halloween edition of the show. Last year, we told you IU’s best legends in Episode 67. This year, we are a little more serious, talking with professor Rober...

278. Moscow-Based Journalist and Filmmaker, Elena Volochine (34:03)

Date:
January 9, 2019
Main contributors:
Volochine, Elena; Shanahan, James
Summary:
Dean Shanahan sits down with journalist and documentarian Elena Volochine to discuss Russian politics, her experiences reporting in Moscow, and her film Oleg's Choice, which follows Russian fighter...

279. Singer, Peter, On Animal Rights (24:28)

Date:
October 24, 2018
Main contributors:
Singer, Peter; Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 101, Dean Shanahan and bioethicist/moral philosopher Peter Singer talk about animal rights, global poverty and the climate.

280. Educating on Climate Change with PBS' Nova Producers (24:33)

Date:
February 21, 2018
Main contributors:
Apsell, Paula; Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 81, Dean Shanahan speaks to Paula Apsell and Doug Hamilton—producers of PBS’s critically acclaimed science series Nova—about the show's climate change programming and learning how to edu...

282. Conversation with Adrian Matejka (16:36)

Date:
2018
Main contributors:
Matejka, Adrian
Summary:
We asked five questions (and a little more) to Indiana University professor and poet-in-residence Adrian Matejka. The award-winning poet is author of The Devil’s Garden, Mixology, and The Big Smoke...

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

Date:
September 12, 2018
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 I...

285. Wax, Amy (27:54)

Date:
April 11, 2018
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.

286. Holiday Extravaganza (32:51)

Date:
December 19, 2018
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James
Summary:
In Ep. 108, join the entire Through the Gates team has Dean Shanahan hosts our third annual holiday quiz show. Listen along and see if you can beat our high score!

289. Sampling Food Critiques with Laura Reiley (30:09)

Date:
January 30, 2019
Main contributors:
Reiley, Laura; Shanahan, James
Summary:
Dean Shanahan speaks with Tampa Bay Times food critic, Laura Reiley, a Pulitzer and Beard finalist, about changes to our food systems and whether food in restaurants is always what it claims to be.

290. One Note at a Time with Pianist and Professor, Norman Krieger (29:40)

Date:
March 27, 2019
Main contributors:
Groupé, Larry; Shanahan, James
Summary:
With two Musical Composition/Arrangement Emmy wins behind him, professor Larry Groupé talks with Dean Shanahan about Hollywood scoring for movies, video games, and shows. Groupé leads IU's new film...

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

Date:
March 28, 2018
Main contributors:
Restle, Barbara; Keller, Greta; Bartok, Bela
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,...

292. Wilson, T. Kelly, IU Center for Art and Design (31:55)

Date:
July 31, 2016
Main contributors:
Wilson, T. Kelly; Shanahan, James; Cummings, Janae
Summary:
“I have yet to meet the person I can’t teach to draw,” T. Kelly Wilson tells Through the Gates host Jim Shanahan in this week’s episode. Wilson is an architect and director of the Indiana Universit...

293. Ballantonian, The (06:27)

Date:
November 9, 2018
Main contributors:
Kellams, Dina
Summary:
The Sample: In this episode of The Sample, the team flips back fifty years to 1968. Through The Ballantonian, a weekly liberal arts review run from September 1967 to January 1969 by Indiana Univers...

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

Date:
September 5, 2018
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 G...

295. Late-Life Love with Susan Gubar (29:38)

Date:
February 13, 2019
Main contributors:
Gubar, Susan; Shanahan, James
Summary:
Through the Gates celebrates Valentine's Day with one of IU's beloved professors emeriti, Susan Gubar. Author of the new book Late-Life Love, Gubar talks with Dean Shanahan about the way love chang...

296. Breaking Down Indiana University's Campus Ghost Stories (18:49)

Date:
October 25, 2017
Main contributors:
Gipson, Abbie; Miles, EMily; Klockow, Kat
Summary:
In episode 67, Through the Gates producers Abbie Gipson and Emily Miles look into Indiana University campus ghost stories and discuss their findings. Be sure to listen to this in conjunction with e...

297. Rhodes Scholar Jenny Huang (20:37)

Date:
April 3, 2019
Main contributors:
Huang, Jenny; Shanahan, James
Summary:
This week Dean Shanahan sits down with IU alumna and Rhodes Scholar Jenny Huang. Tune in to hear Jenny's story: from her avid reading as a child, to field research in Iceland, to her new adventure ...

298. Puzzles (05:19)

Date:
October 5, 2018
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 ...

299. Wounded Galaxies 1968: Paris, Prague, Chicago (25:20)

Date:
February 7, 2018
Main contributors:
Hawkins, Joan; Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 79, Dean Shanahan speaks to Joan Hawkins, associate professor at the IU Media School, about the Wounded Galaxies festival and symposium. Wounded Galaxies: 1968 – Beneath the Paving Ston...

300. The brief history of air quality (46:51)

Date:
September 13, 2019
Main contributors:
Hess, Mary; Emmert, Rock; Blair, John
Summary:
The billowing black factory smoke may be gone, but there remains much work to be done in U.S. and global air quality. As the earth warms, ozone worsens and wildfire particulate matter threatens com...