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16/10/2024

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.

16/10/2024

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36 min
23/06/2025

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.

23/06/2025

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23 min
24/10/2024

Episode 6 - With nuclear fusion, the future of clean energy is bright. It's also made world annihilation more possible

Since the 1970s, physicists have worked on developing nuclear fusion as a clean, carbon-free, inexhaustible fuel source. Essentially building a big star on Earth, the United States and other nuclear powers have also used the technology to make nuclear weapons exponentially more powerful. Princeton physicist Stewart Prager joins the podcast to talk about the intersection between nuclear fusion, energy production and arms control. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

24/10/2024

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37 min
18/02/2022

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.

18/02/2022

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5 min
03/01/2025

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.

03/01/2025

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7 min
26/02/2020

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.

26/02/2020

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7 min
14/05/2024

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.

14/05/2024

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10 min
20/06/2024

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.

20/06/2024

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7 min
08/02/2024

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.

08/02/2024

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24 min
29/10/2025

McHistory: Homelessness and Hoboes

There's a declaration of emergency over the number of unhoused people in Bloomington right now, and efforts to provide new housing and expanded space in shelters. The issue is not new, though the response today is perhaps more humane than it was in other eras. Support the show: https://donate.nprstations.org/wglt/wglt-choose-donation See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

29/10/2025

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7 min

WGLT is the NPR member-station in Bloomington-Normal, IL. A public service of Illinois State University.

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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?

Episode 6 - With nuclear fusion, the future of clean energy is bright. It's also made world annihilation more possible

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

McHistory: Homelessness and Hoboes

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