The 812 Show

The 812 is a public-affairs interview podcast about local government and community in Bloomington/Monroe County, IN. Listen on any platform.

Its host, Steve Volan, is a 20-yr former Bloomington city councilor, 30-yr radio host, urbanist, and Shoupista.

12/17/2025

🎙Podcast episode 231 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform.

We welcome back John Zody, the executive director of CDFI Friendly Bloomington. He was last on the show in May 2024; for his followup he's brought along their program coordinator Emma Yoder, to further break down the concept of mission-based lending.

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12/03/2025

🎙Podcast episode 230 (!) is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform.

Today we speak with Leslie Brinson, the director of the Recreation Division of the City of Bloomington, IN - Parks and Recreation Recreation Department. She tells us about the several venues that the division programs, and its many types of programs, including community gardens, concerts, movies, the Fourth of July parade, kids’ programs, and the long-running Farmers’ Market.

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11/21/2025

🎙Podcast episode 229 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform.

In May of 2025, John Connell, the General Manager of Bloomington Transit, and Shelley Strimaitis, their Planning & Special Projects Manager, were on the show to talk about BT's "new services galore": so many that we had to keep recording after the main interview. The same thing happened in our January 2025 interview with Elisa Pokral, the community outreach coordinator of the Waste Reduction District - Monroe County. We haven’t shared these Extra Innings with you yet, and it’s about time we did.

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11/18/2025

🎙Podcast episode 228 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform.

Since 2015, the online magazine Limestone Post has held a kind of middle ground among Bloomington publications, combining the arts, the outdoors and other lifestyle features with longform investigative journalism. We talk with Dason Anderson, the executive editor, about how the Post works and the challenges it faces in an era of local journalism all but consumed by social media. Their response in 2019 was to switch from a for-profit to a non-profit publication model, which has helped them survive and thrive.

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11/14/2025

🎙Podcast episode 227 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform.

Art is a catalyst for community engagement. We've had a few guests who've spoken to that idea. Today is another feast of Extra Innings -- extensions of interviews with past guests that we've never made available before. Listen to our discussions with Holly Warren and Miah Michaelsen.

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11/11/2025

🎙Podcast episode 226 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform.

Lately we’ve been diving into our hoard of Extra Innings interviews with prior guests. Today, two new never-before-heard clips with guests from nonprofit entities between Kirkwood and Sixth Streets whose names begin with “Monroe County.”

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11/07/2025

🎙Podcast episode 225 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform.

Charlotte Zietlow passed away Wednesday at the age of 91. She was a pillar of the community who will be greatly missed. This is an encore presentation of our interview with her, recorded in January 2024.

Third image photo credit: Jeff Richardson.

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11/04/2025

🎙Podcast episode 225 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform.

Catch two PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED Extra Innings segments on The 812 today!

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10/31/2025

🎙Podcast episode 224 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform.

Our guest in an extended episode today is Randy Lloyd, who was Bloomington’s first director of economic development from 1996 to 2001. We talk with him about the history of the city's B-Line Trail, Switchyard Park, and the events and decisions that led to their creation.

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10/30/2025

Our next episode is 50% longer than usual. Check it out tomorrow at the812show.org!

10/28/2025

🎙Podcast episode 223 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. EPISODE LINK IN THE COMMENT.

Nick Minaudo is a lawyer for the Bloomington branch of Indiana Legal Services, a statewide nonprofit. We talk about how they’re funded, how to apply for their services, and how they’re like public defenders for civil cases.

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10/23/2025

🎙Podcast episode 222 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. EPISODE LINK IN THE COMMENT.

Last year the Bloomington city administration and council merged the Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety, Traffic, and Parking Commissions into a single Transportation Commission. It started meeting this past June. Steve Volan was appointed and subsequently elected as Chair. To interview him, we asked our recent guest, Shefar Rafiul, host of the government.exe podcast on WFHB's Youth Radio, to be our guest host. He agreed, and we're all enthusiastic about the result.

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