WFIU

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WFIU Public Media has been broadcasting from the Bloomington campus of Indiana University since October, 1950. The station is a charter member of the National Public Radio network, and along with 90 other stations, it carried the premiere broadcast of NPR's in-depth news program, All Things Considered, on May 3, 1971. WFIU now broadcasts classical music, jazz, and news and information 24 hours a day. WFIU can be heard throughout Southern and Central Indiana: * 103.7 FM | Bloomington * 100.7 FM | Columbus * 101.7 FM | French Lick/West Baden * 98.9 FM | Greensburg * 106.1 FM | Kokomo * 95.1 FM | Terre Haute and on WFIU2 * 101.9 FM | Bloomington * and online at wfiu.org. Our mission: We inspire, inform, and involve. Our values and activities are born of the purposes and hopes of Indiana University and of our listeners. For us, this work is a public trust.

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The Soul Kitchen is a two-hour, weekly program that blends sweet soul, funky jazz, old school rock, Americana, and world music into a flavorful gumbo for the ears and spirit. Mixing these genres of sound with a dash of message gives listeners a menu of music that comes from the soul. Join host Brother William Morris for "tunes with a groove and music with a message."

  • From: WFIU
  • Updated: Oct 21, 2022
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Two time Grammy Award winner Sylvia McNair presents a fun program of classical music and stories about the multitudes of conductors, singers, instrumentalists, and composers she has worked with over her storied career.

  • From: WFIU
  • Updated: Sep 03, 2020
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"Produced in the style of a modern cinematic full-cast audio play, The Ernie Pyle Experiment! is a thirteen-episode radio program/podcast chronicling Ernie Pyle’s pre-war work as a travelling columnist for the Scripps-Howard Newspaper syndicate from 1935-1942."

  • From: WFIU
  • Updated: Oct 27, 2020

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Caption: NPR TV Critic and Media Analyst Eric Deggans (Courtesy of Eric Deggans)
Critic Eric Deggans says TV offers him a wide canvas for engaging with culture, and comedian Sara Schaefer decides Twitter isn’t the best place to ...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2023
  • Length: 51:59
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We celebrate the life and music of William Byrd 400 years after his death. Byrd was Catholic in a time and place where it was easier to be Protesta...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
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Humans first started making wine about 8,000 years ago in the Southern Caucasus region of what is now the country of Georgia and we’ve been writing...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
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A survey of the singer's 1960s recordings with Cannonball Adderley, George Shearing, Gerald Wilson, and others.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
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Bernstein’s music performed by Billie Holiday, Oscar Peterson, Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman, Dave Brubeck, Louis Armstrong and others, as well as som...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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“Our bodies aren’t the problem,” rethinking the stories we tell about weight and health with dietician Jessica Wilson.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
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It was a summer day when Nancy and Kim found out they could get married. They both had other plans for lunch, so they waited till 3. Stories of lov...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2023
  • Length: 52:32
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A lot of people who’ve quit jobs lately thought they were sticking it to the man. But their employers - and coworkers - apparently didn’t realize. ...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2023
  • Length: 52:31
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Dance Party, Two!

  • Added: Sep 18, 2023
  • Length: 01:56:00
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Rock at the Fillmore East

  • Added: Sep 18, 2023
  • Length: 01:56:01