The 812 Show

07/21/2025

Interviews are happening! Season Four of The 812 podcast is in the works.

06/06/2025

🎙Podcast episode 206 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform.

Shelli Yoder returns to The 812, now as the Indiana Senate minority leader (a title she got unexpectedly the day after she was last here in December). Whatever plans she mentioned then for this legislative session were upended by the behemoth changes wrought by Senate Bill 1. She talks with us about the impact of SB1 and other looming legislated changes.

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06/04/2025

🎙Podcast episode 205 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform.

The mad genius behind Godzilla Weekend, taking place in Bloomington, IN, June 27-29, is Beth Bredlau, a graduate student in the Art History Department at IU, who specializes in “Godzilla Studies.” We talk with her about the cultural significance of the famed movie beast in the 21st century, and the proclamation from Mayor Thomson declaring June 27 Godzilla Day in Bloomington.

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06/03/2025

🎙Podcast episode 204 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform.

Steve Bonchek, whom everyone just calls “Roc”, is founder and principal of Harmony School, the independent, non-religious school not funded by the state, which is about to celebrate its 50th anniversary. He also talks about the founding of the youth organization called Rhino’s, which, with the cooperation and sponsorship of the city and county, served an important role as an all-ages center and night club in downtown Bloomington for more than 25 years.

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06/02/2025

05/30/2025

🎙Podcast episode 203 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform.

Nathan Ferreira returns to the show, this time as executive director of the BHA, and at a trying time for government-assisted housing, with cuts facing the Housing and Urban Development grants that fund so many housing authorities around the country. We’ll get a sense from him of what’s facing affordable and supportive housing in Bloomington, as well as find out how projects like the Kohr Building remodel or the Summit Hill Community Development Corporation are going.

A Last Pitch today, in response to the conflict brewing at the Monroe County Board of Health, which is courting the Streisand Effect.

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05/28/2025

🎙Podcast episode 202 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform.

We talk with Christine Herring, the Executive Director of People & Animal Learning Services (PALS). She tells us about the normal work PALS does, and the harrowing impact of the tornado that destroyed their horse barn on May 16, days after they celebrated their 25th anniversary.

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05/23/2025

🎙Podcast episode 201 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform.

Erica Penna is Monroe County’s stormwater program manager. We talk with her about the kinds of concerns she deals with, like illicit discharges into storm drains; the challenges of preventing problems created by construction; and the county’s current decade-long plan for stormwater, which is about to be updated next year.

There’s a new Last Pitch today, too, in light of the recent decision by the Election Board. It’s about the prospect of changing from precinct voting to vote-center voting.

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05/22/2025

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05/22/2025

We are fortunate, in Bloomington and surrounding areas, to have so many community and cultural events to choose from. Sometimes, though, the choice is overwhelming. Enter Tristra Newyear and Michael Glab with their DO ONE THING podcast, in which each makes a well-condidered weekly suggestion for which event you should try not to miss!

TallSteve was honored to be a guest Tristra and Big Mike on their April 9 episode, available here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4h7eH9n6r5IotZHCFCOogn?si=VgjdsM9GTeyvd6eNz4xOOA

It's a great community service, their podcast. We recommend you listen weekly! https://open.spotify.com/show/10Ckib4iPwrxUEXafXbtVK?si=dsyNPsu1TCGEyIrtW3-7uw

05/21/2025

Podcast episode 200 🎉 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform.

We talk with Erin Reynolds, the chair, and Katie Hopkins, the fomer chair and current secretary, of the city’s Commission on the Status of Children and Youth. They talk about how they try to help all the other organizations, including the city itself, coordinate to better serve children. They also promote the SWAGGER Awards, recognizing children in the community who go above and beyond.

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