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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175 Pieces

Today’s performers bring to life the music of the past on Harmonia—a weekly, one-hour radio program that explores music of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, and beyond. Join host Angela Mariani each week for an hour of exciting recordings, interviews, live excerpts, and commentary as she invites us to fire up our historical imaginations and spend an hour in the contemporary world of early music.

  • From: WFIU
  • Updated: Jun 27, 2023
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26 Pieces

One-hour programs of early music, Harmonia casts new light on music of the distant past.

  • From: WFIU
  • Updated: Jan 30, 2017
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Celebrating the music of living composers.

  • From: WFIU
  • Updated: May 23, 2012
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31 Pieces

Inner States is a weekly podcast and public radio show about art, culture, and how it all feels, in the Midwest and beyond.

  • From: WFIU
  • Updated: Nov 14, 2022
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219 Pieces

Night Lights, is a weekly thematic one-hour jazz radio program hosted by jazz aficionado David Brent Johnson, focusing on jazz from the 1945-1990 era.

  • From: WFIU
  • Updated: Jul 25, 2022
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47 Pieces

Enjoy these special editions of Night Lights -- a weekly jazz program hosted by David Brent Johnson, focusing on classic jazz from 1945-1990. Visit our online archives and the producer's jazz blog at: http://nightights.blogs.wfiu.org

  • From: WFIU
  • Updated: Mar 21, 2017
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In the tradition of a classic children's program, PorchLight with Tom Roznowski is a story time for grown-ups, filled with explorations and discoveries offered by the everyday. Original stories, discussions, and recorded music from a wide variety of genres create a sweet hour-long escape from whatever ails you.

  • From: WFIU
  • Updated: Sep 03, 2020
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On Profiles, we talk to notable artists, scholars, and musicians and get to know the person behind the persona.

  • From: WFIU
  • Updated: Apr 19, 2012
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Security Matters – a series of public service audio segments addressing specific cybersecurity threats or vulnerabilities.

  • From: WFIU
  • Updated: Dec 02, 2010
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A one- or two-hour, weekly program, The Soul Kitchen 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: Jul 25, 2022

Latest Pieces

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If you care about food, pay attention to The Farm Bill. It’s about food security for households across the nation.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
Caption: The Wells Metz Carillon at night (Alex Chambers)
What it took to turn Anne Frank’s diary into a mainstage opera; a new album from Witness Protection; and mysterious music coming into the radio sta...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
Caption: The Lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abraham Smith (detail), August 7, 1930, Marion, Indiana (Lawrence Beitler)
Two stories about people using art to remember the past and, ideally, change something in the present.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 52:31
Caption: Hector Ortiz Sanchez at the Dillman Wastewater Treatment Plant (Alex Chambers)
Hector wants to run the best wastewater treatment plant in the country. He seems to be inspiring the people he works with in that direction, too. T...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 52:28
Caption: The Haunting of Night Vale stars (from left) Symphony Sanders and Cecil Baldwin, and features music by Jon Bernstein (Disparition). Welcome to Night Vale was created by Jeffrey Cranor (right) and Joseph Fink (not shown). (Courtesy of Welcome to Night Vale
This week, producer Avraham Forrest finds Welcome to Night Vale co-creator Jeffrey Cranor in a radio, and ascends to another plane of existence. Bu...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 52:31
Caption: Leah Johnson's latest book, Ellie Engle Saves Herself, came out on May 2 (Courtesy of Disney Publishing Worldwide)
Leah Johnson writes romance novels. But not THAT kind. She writes award-winning YA books for queer Black kids and others. We talked about drag show...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 52:30
Caption: Parapraxis, a new magazine that examines the psychic dimenions of our social lives (Alex Chambers)
Parapraxis is a new magazine that examines the psychic mechanisms of our social lives. This week, a conversation with its founding editor, Hannah Z...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 52:00

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  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
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Caption: A particular field in Letcher County, Kentucky (Jill Frank)
There's a meadow in eastern Kentucky where people sometimes hunt mushrooms, get married, attend a music festival. Something that's not happening? T...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 52:33