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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

🎙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, IN. This time with program coordinator Emma Yoder. We talk about mission-based lending. #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Today, in Episode 230, we speak with Leslie Brinson, Dir., Recreation Division of the @citybloomington.bsky.social Parks and Rec Department. Listen at the812show.org as she tells us about the several venues that the division programs.

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

🎙Podcast episode 229 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. We haven’t shared these Extra Innings on busses and recycling with you yet, and it’s about time we did! #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

🎙Podcast episode 228 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. We talk with Dason Anderson, the executive editor of the innovative Limestone Post @limestonepost.bsky.social of Bloomington, Indiana. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

🎙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 we hear from with Holly Warren and Miah Michaelsen. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

🎙Podcast episode 226 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Catch two more Extra Innings (shorter outtakes interviews with prior guests). Today we hear more about two Monroe County, IN nonprofits. #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

🎙Podcast episode 226 is now available at the812show.org. Charlotte Zietlow has passed away 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. #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

🎙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! #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

🎙Podcast episode 224 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. In an extended episode, our guest is Randy Lloyd. We discuss the origin stories of Bloomington, Indiana's beloved B-Line Trail and Switchyard Park. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

🎙Podcast episode 223 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Nick Minaudo is a lawyer for the Bloomington branch of Indiana Legal Services, which we learn more about in this discussion. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

🎙Podcast episode 222 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Last year, Bloomington, IN merged three commissions into a single Transportation Commission. To interview its new Chair, we asked Shefar Rafiul to be our guest host! #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Enjoy a great encore presentation of The 812. Back with a new episode on Thursday, 10/23! #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

🎙Podcast episode 221 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Our guest is Melanie Vehslage, the Prevention Coordinator for the Youth Services Bureau of Monroe County. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

🎙Podcast episode 220 is now available at the812show.org. Stacee Williams is the director of Student Legal Services at IU Bloomington. SLS has seen and litigated it all when it comes to issues between tenants and landlords. LINK IN COMMENT. #HoosierSky #IUBloomington #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

🎙Podcast episode 219 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Lake Week at The 812 continues with Maggie Sullivan, the Watershed Coordinator for the Friends of Lake Monroe. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

🎙Podcast episode 218 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Today we talk about the Lake Lemon Conservancy District with its manager, Adam Casey. Lots to unpack about this beloved now-recreational site. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Get to know The 812 podcast in 30 seconds! Over 215 30-minuute interview episodes - civics with civility - are available at the812show.org and on podcast platforms. Based in Bloomington, Indiana. #BloomingtonIndiana #HoosierSky #civildiscourse #civics #localgovernment #indiana #IUBloomington

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

🎙Podcast episode 217 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. EPISODE LINK IN THE COMMENT. We hear from Vicki Pierce and Kyla Cox Deckard of Community Kitchen of Monroe County, Indiana. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

🎙Podcast episode 216 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Elizabeth Conley is president of BridgeUSA at IU, supporting “a thriving US democracy ... [and] respectful, productive dialogue.” #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana #IUBloomington

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

🎙Podcast episode 215 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Bloomington, IN property developer and manager, Mark Figg, on the latest data on number of units in the city, occupancy rates and how both are affecting rents. #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana #Housing

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

🎙Podcast episode 214 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. We discuss the state of the local housing market in our college town with realtor guest Tracee Lutes, of Remax/Acclaimed Properties of Bloomington, Indiana. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

🎙 Podcast episode 213 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Our guest today, Susan Hingle, chairs the Monroe County, IN Women's Commission, Susan Hingle. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

🎙 Podcast episode 212 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. It’s another round of questions for Anna Killion-Hansen about the City of Bloomington, IN Housing & Neighborhood Development, which she directs. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana #housing

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

A clip from Episode 111 of The 812 podcast. Cutie 🐇 Clooney visited from The Pipsqueakery with Amy Clark and Katie Lo! Full episode linked in the comment. #bloomingtonindiana #HoosierSky #Indiana #civicspodcast

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Podcast episode 211 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Caleb Hoagland and Dan Caldwell run the Bloomington (Indiana) Severe Winter Emergency Shelter (B-SWERS), and recently received a local 2025 Human Rights Award. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

🎙 Podcast episode 210 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Our guest today is Danielle Benedek, co-founder of the Riley Physician’s Medical Child Abuse Clinic. For her work, the Bloomington, IN Commission on the Status of Women named Benedek the 2025 Woman of the Year.

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Podcast episode 209 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Our guest today, Eddy Riou, is the executive director of SCCAP (“skap”), the South Central Community Action Program, which is based in Bloomington. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Podcast episode 208 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Our guests are Lisa Ridge, the Highway Dept. director, and her deputy, Toby Turner, the Highway Superintendent. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Podcast episode 207 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Our premiere guest of season 4 also started a local government reporting series...and he just finished high school! #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

NEW EPISODE OF THE 812 COMING THURSDAY, 8/28/25! (Here's a clip from a past episode)

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Interviews are happening! Season Four of The 812 podcast is in the works. #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 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. She talks with us about the impact of Senate Bill 1 and other legislation. #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Podcast episode 205 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. The mad genius behind Godzilla Weekend in Bloomington, IN, June 27-29, is a grad student specializing in “Godzilla Studies.” We talk with her about the famed movie beast. #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Podcast episode 204 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Steve "Roc" Bonchek is founder and principal of Harmony School, a 50-year old independent school. He also talks about Rhino’s, a former all-ages center in Bloomington, IN. #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Podcast episode 203 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Nathan Ferreira returns to the show. We discuss at cuts facing the Housing and Urban Development grants that fund so many housing authorities around the country. #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Podcast episode 202 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. We talk with Christine Herring of People and Animal Learning Services, or PALS. We hear about PALS' work, and the impact of the tornado that destroyed their barn on May 16. #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

🎙 Podcast episode 201 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Erica Penna is Monroe County’s stormwater program manager. We discuss the kinds of concerns she deals with, and the county’s current decade-long plan for stormwater #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

🎙Podcast episode 200 🎉 now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. We talk with Erin Reynolds & Katie Hopkins of Bloomington #Indiana Comm'n on the Status of Children & Youth. To support more episodes, please visit either/or: www.patreon.com/The812?utm_c... the812show.org/shop/

A graphic showing two members of a city Commission on Children and Youth. They are the guests in the 200th episode of The 812 podcast.

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

In just a few hours, we're dropping the 200th 🎉 episode of The 812 podcast!! Each episode features 30 minutes of discussion with the people who work in and support local government and community in Bloomington, IN and Monroe County. Civics. With Civility. At the812show.org ✨️🥂 #Indiana ##HoosierSky

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

🎙 Podcast episode 199 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. City councilmember Sydney Zulich (D-6) returns to the show to talk about ongoing improvements to downtown Bloomington. #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

🎙 Podcast episode 198 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. We talk Bloomington (Indiana)Transit updates and new services galore with BT's John Connell and Shelley Strimaitis! @bloomingtontransit.bsky.social #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

🎙 Podcast episode 197 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. We talk shop with our counterpart in the state’s other major college-dominated metropolitan area. David Sanders is a councilmember at large in West Lafayette, Indiana. #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

🎙 Podcast episode 196 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Judy Sharp, the Monroe County Indiana Assessor, has seen it all in her decades in office and is back with an update on property taxes. #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

🎙 Podcast episode 195 now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Since winning the local Democratic Party caucus in January, Feitl is the newest member of the Monroe County (IN) Council. We discuss her background and her take on the job. #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

🎙 Podcast episode 194 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Our guests today are Kamala Brown-Sparks, a member of the CAPS Commission since its founding, and Councilmember Isabel Piedmont-Smith, a co-creator of the commission. #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

🎙 Podcast episode 193 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Miah Michaelsen is the Executive Director of the Indiana Arts Commission. We talk about the intersection of government and the arts and hear about what she's learned. #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

🎙 Podcast episode 192 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. We speak with Amy Oelsner, the founder of Girls Rock Bloomington. She's also a musical artist known as Amy O, and recipient of a recent Bloomington Emerging Leader Award! #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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The 812 - a local civics podcast @the812show.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

🎙 Podcast episode 191 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Redbud Books is a one-room and community center. We speak with two of its founders about their effort to build community in a time when that goal seems to be receding. #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana

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