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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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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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

Caption: Diana Hong practiced for 13 years to become a professional golfer. Which is how she ended up on this stage.
Diana Hong practiced for 13 years to become a professional golfer. But at the last minute, she became a stand-up comedian instead. This week, stori...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2023
  • Length: 52:30
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Ross Gay and I talk about his new book, Inciting Joy, about masculinity and grief, teaching and survival, and how joy and sorrow are completely, in...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2023
  • Length: 52:30
Caption: A still from the televised version of the puppet wedding (Screenshot from video by Bart Everson)
Two performances: the trials of Oscar Wilde on stage, and a puppet wedding. And more.

  • Added: Sep 06, 2023
  • Length: 52:00

  • Added: Sep 05, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: Underwater imagery from the Golden Age of Comics (Courtesy of Malcolm Mobutu Smith)
Malcolm Mobutu Smith on comic books, collecting, and the exhibit he just put together based on that collection. Then, Bill Carroll uses the quantit...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2023
  • Length: 52:29
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A program featuring the 1970s music of alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, including commentary from Desmond friend and biographer Doug Ramsey.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Funny Times editor Mia Beach and publishers Renae Lesser and Gabriel Piser (Mia Beach)
Why does a print newspaper full of funnies still have tens of thousands of subscribers? When my friend lost her cat, why did so many strangers deci...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 52:30
Caption: Comedian EJ Masicampo (Courtesy of EJ Masicampo)
Comedian EJ Masicampo on divorce and approaching comedy as a psychologist. Rebel girl poems from Rachel Ronquillo Gray. And chapter 2 of our missin...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 52:31
Caption: Tess Gunty's debut novel, The Rabbit Hutch, won the 2022 National Book Award for fiction (Courtesy of Knopf)
Tess Gunty about why she set her National Book Award winning novel in Indiana. Austin Davis reflects on houselessness in his poetry. And Chapter 3 ...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 52:29
Caption: Rita the cat, relaxing in a spinal twist (Kayte Young)
Comedian Mohanad Elshieky says stand-up comedy and therapy are not the same thing, but regardless, he really loves his cats. Then (speaking of cats...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 52:29