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Boiling mad and fearing an uncertain future, State Farm agents react to contract changes

Many State Farm agents said they feel angry and betrayed by the Bloomington-based company. Agents in two Western states, two Southern states and two on the East Coast reached out to WGLT after learning about changes State Farm will make to their contracts effective in 2028. Support the show: https://donate.nprstations.org/wglt/wglt-choose-donation See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8 min
2023-08-08

McHistory: Paul Rhymer, the man who put Bloomington 'on the air'

It's said that good writing is the soul of radio. A Bloomington-Normal boy made good - exemplified that adage. It's hard to dramatize the failure of the butcher to deliver meat or the business of buying a Christmas present for the boss. Yet Paul Rhymer did so for a big nationwide audience on the NBC radio network during the golden age of radio in the 1930s and 1940s. He was the man who put Bloomington 'on the air.' Support the show: https://donate.nprstations.org/wglt/wglt-choose-donation See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2023-08-08

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7 min
2024-10-16

Episode 5 - Next-gen astrophysicists on the imposing threat of nuclear war—and why not voting in 2024 is not an option

Three astrophysicists in training discuss how they're processing the science, policy and politics of nuclear weapons leading up to the 2024 election. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2024-10-16

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36 min
2025-06-23

Bonus episode: Why did the U.S. just bomb Iran?

Given the U.S. attacks on three of Iran’s uranium enrichment sites over the weekend, we couldn’t resist bringing nuclear physicist Matt Caplan back into the studio. This bonus episode unpacks what happened, what didn’t happen, what it means and why we should care. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-06-23

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23 min
2022-02-18

McHistory: Multitalented suffrage leader promoted women’s health and the vote

Ellen Ferguson was a champion of women and women's suffrage. She made Bloomington-Normal her home in the 1870s.Support the show: https://donate.nprstations.org/wglt/wglt-choose-donation See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2022-02-18

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5 min
2025-01-03

Courting and calling on New Year's Day

Human beings have marked the turning of the year with many different traditions over thousands of years. Some practices have fallen out of favor. Today, American society celebrates on New Year’s Eve, and not New Year's Day, though this was not always the case. Support the show: https://donate.nprstations.org/wglt/wglt-choose-donation See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-01-03

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7 min
2020-02-26

McHistory: 19th Century Cabbie Saw All Of Bloomington-Normal Society

Here is a profile of a man who drove vice presidents and governors, wealthy landowners, visiting artists, and the prominent of Bloomington-Normal all about town more than a century ago.Support the show: https://donate.nprstations.org/wglt/wglt-choose-donation See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2020-02-26

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7 min
2024-05-14

Episode 9: ISU Democrats and Republicans make joint push for expanded voting access on Election Day

Members of both the Democrat and Republican parties on campus want ISU leaders to close the campus on Election Day on November 5. They issued a joint statement asking the university to make the change, citing long lines that have become common on election days at ISU. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2024-05-14

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10 min
2024-06-20

The last legal MLB spitballer pitched in Bloomington

Hall of Fame pitcher Burleigh Grimes was the last major league pitcher to legally throw a spitball. Grimes played with seven different major league teams, though mostly with the Dodgers and Cardinals. He retired in 1934, the year before he came to Bloomington. Support the show: https://donate.nprstations.org/wglt/wglt-choose-donation See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2024-06-20

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7 min
2024-02-08

Episode 2: How a young person's political views can transform over time

Illinois State University students Chloe Yost and Steven Lazaroff are featured in Episode 2 of the Democracy's Future podcast, produced by WGLT and The Vidette. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2024-02-08

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24 min

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Boiling mad and fearing an uncertain future, State Farm agents react to contract changes

McHistory: Paul Rhymer, the man who put Bloomington 'on the air'

Episode 5 - Next-gen astrophysicists on the imposing threat of nuclear war—and why not voting in 2024 is not an option

Bonus episode: Why did the U.S. just bomb Iran?

McHistory: Multitalented suffrage leader promoted women’s health and the vote

Courting and calling on New Year's Day

McHistory: 19th Century Cabbie Saw All Of Bloomington-Normal Society

Episode 9: ISU Democrats and Republicans make joint push for expanded voting access on Election Day

The last legal MLB spitballer pitched in Bloomington

Episode 2: How a young person's political views can transform over time

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