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The Friday Wrap with John Gibson PodcastThe Friday Wrap- September 5th 2025Tom Langhorne of the Evansville Courier and Press joins to discuss the uncertain future of the old YMCA gymnasium; we’ll listen back to Tim Jagielo’s work from the week; WNIN’s Kenton McDonald speaks with WEHT’s Shelley Kirk about her years covering local news – and her retirement; Jevin Redman will be along for the Sports Chat; and we’ll run down the Weekend Notebook.
2025-09-0545 minThe Friday Wrap with John Gibson PodcastThe Friday Wrap- August 29th 2025John Martin of Evansville Living for an update on the I-69 bridge project; we’ll recap Tim Jagielo’s work from the week; WNIN’s Kenton McDonald speaks with Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Zak Cassel about a small community that hosted its first pride festival despite strong opposition; Jevin Redman will be along for the Sports Chat; and we’ll run down the Weekend Notebook.
2025-08-2948 min
The Friday Wrap with John Gibson PodcastThe Friday Wrap- August 1st 2025Indiana teacher stipend changes; WNIN’s Ella Nelson and Tim Jagielo's reports from the week; and local sports and events updates.
2025-08-0143 minThe Friday Wrap with John Gibson PodcastThe Friday Wrap- June 27th 2025Today, we get an update on the Riverside Drive Sinkhole.
2025-06-2747 minThe Friday Wrap with John Gibson PodcastThe Friday Wrap- June 20th 2025A weekly recap of news from Evansville and the Tri-State with reporters who cover it.
2025-06-2048 min
Two Main Street with David JamesTwo Main Street- Salvation Army AnniversaryThe Salvation Army celebrates a birthday.
2025-06-2051 minThe Friday Wrap with John Gibson PodcastThe Friday Wrap- June 13th 2025A recap of local and statewide news with John Gibson, Jon Webb of the Evansville Courier and Press and WNIN's Tim Jagielo.
2025-06-1347 minTwo Main Street with David JamesTwo Main Street- We RemainHoosier veterans share their memories through a new project called "We Remain."
2025-06-1252 minThe Friday Wrap with John Gibson PodcastThe Friday Wrap- June 6th 2025A recap of the week's news with the journalists who cover it....including a conversation about a new ballpark and team in Evansville.
2025-06-0946 minThe Friday Wrap with John Gibson PodcastThe Friday Wrap- May 9th 2025A Conversation with Tim Jagielo about Evansville news he's covered that week as well a peek a sports with Jevin Redman. John Gibson runs down what's happening this weekend in Evansville and the Tri-State.
2025-05-3038 minThe Friday Wrap with John Gibson PodcastThe Friday Wrap- May 16th 2025A convo with Sarah Loesh of the C&P as well as Tim Jagielo and Jevin Redman.
2025-05-3048 minTwo Main Street with David JamesTwo Main Street- Secret IndianaA conversation with author Jamie Ward about her new book Secret Indiana.
2025-05-1952 minTwo Main Street with David JamesTwo Main Street- Evansville LivingDavid James talks with Kristen and Todd Tucker about celebrating Evansville Living Magazine's 25th anniversary.
2025-05-0251 min
¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? DACA Recipients and HealthcareEn este episodio, collaborator Leonardo Lopez Carreno dissects the Biden administration’s proposal to give DACA recipients access to healthcare, empezando en Noviembre.
A pesar de que este announcement fue considerado una Victoria para los DACA recipients, the announcement comes at a difficult moment for the DACA program as a whole. Hablamos con Dr. Rachel Fabi, an Associate Professor at SUNY Upstate Medical University, and Diana Pliego, a Policy Associate at the National Immigration Law Center, to unpack this news.
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Music:
Jazzaddict's Intro by Cosimo Fogg (201) / cosimo-fogg Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unpor...
2023-09-2610 min
This UnBee-Lievable LifeEpisode 85: WNIN’s Tim Black talks how public media enriches our communityListen along as WNIN's President and CEO Tim Black talks about WNIN's mission to use public media to enrich people's lives and better our communities. Learn all about this local radio and television station whose core values reflect its striving to make our community:
Healthy
Well-educated
Well informed
In addition, they work to help the people of the Tri-State:
Celebrate its Children
Help individuals and institutions work together
Remember our history as a blueprint for our future
To learn more about WNIN, visit: https://www.wnin.org/ - there you can find all about pr...
2023-06-2917 minThis UnBee-Lievable LifeEpisode 85: WNIN’s Tim Black talks how public media enriches our communityListen along as WNIN's President and CEO Tim Black talks about WNIN's mission to use public media to enrich people's lives and better our communities. Learn all about this local radio and television station whose core values reflect its striving to make our community:
Healthy
Well-educated
Well informed
In addition, they work to help the people of the Tri-State:
Celebrate its Children
Help individuals and institutions work together
Remember our history as a blueprint for our future
To learn more about WNIN, visit: https://www.wnin.org/ - there you can find all about pr...
2023-06-2917 min
¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM?: Latinos & Los Derechos and Equal RepresentationEsta temporada queríamos ver if Latinos knew their rights and how their rights could be violated due to language barriers. Esperábamos que entendieras tus derechos, what your rights are regardless of your status, y la importancia of equal representation.
And for this episode, that’s exactly what we’re going to do with the help of Dr. Nick LaRowe, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Southern Indiana. Te contamos más acerca de tus derechos.
Resources:
Find Your Representative
Indiana Legal Services - Immigrants & Language Rights Center
2022-04-2512 min
¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM?: Latinos & Health Care RightsEn este episodio, collaborator Angela Gervasi takes a look at how well the rights of Latinos are observed in health care, with an emphasis en los cambios por la pandemia. Ella explora language access en el cuidado de la salud and the negative outcomes if it is denied.
2022-03-2919 min
¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM?: Latinos & Freedom of SpeechFor this episode we hear from a new collaborator, April Alonso, a multimedia journalist from Cicero, Illinois and co-founder of Cicero Independiente, a hyper local news organization. Cicero Independiente publica in print both in Spanish and English para asegurarse que su trabajo is accessible to all Cicero and Berwyn, IL residents.
En este episodio we talk about the first amendment and how communities of color in the formerly sundown towns of Cicero and Berwyn se estan organizando dentro y fuera de sus local governments.
Se puede leer la historia completa en español aquí. | Read the...
2022-03-1420 min
¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM?: Latinos & EducationEn este episodio, contributor Jon Orbach explores the challenges Latinos face in getting an equal education in Schuyler, Nebraska.
2022-03-0815 min
¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM?: Latinos & la Representación Política in Schuyler, NebraskaEn este episodio, we hear la historia de cómo la inmigración de Latinos ha afectado a los pueblos del medio oeste. Collaborator Jon Orbach visits the majority Latino immigrant community of Schuyler, Nebraska. Schuyler is representative de los desafíos y la discriminación faced by Latinos que están buscando sus lugares en los Estados Unidos. Through extensive interviews with both Whites and Latinos in Schuyler, Jon aprende que mientras hayan problemas, Latinos are assuming their rightful place in Schuyler. However, it is only because of a unique set of circunstancias que son difíciles de duplic...
2022-03-0414 min
¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM?: Latinos & Los DerechosThis season hablamos de how informed Latinos are about their rights and how they can be violated. Hablamos del Bill of Rights and la Constitución - with collaborators reporting desde el medio oeste, from the heartland. By the end of this season esperamos que entiendas tus derechos, what your rights are regardless of your status, y la importancia of equal representation.
2022-02-2207 min
¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM?: Our Last Episode. How is recovery coming along?Hola. Bienvenidos a nuestro último episodio of season 6. For this episode, we recap algunas de las historias we told and update you on other ones.
Pero primero queremos decir, a big thank you to all of you who listen to our podcast. Gracias por su apoyo and don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter - at que pasa midwest.
Ahora, empecemos con nuestro primer episodio. En este, we talked to Amy about finding adequate healthcare during the pandemic - while she was pregnant and unemployed - something many had to do en est...
2021-10-2502 min
¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM?: What recovering after COVID-19 looks like for Latino Farm Workers in the MidwestEn este episodio Dana Cronin and Christine Herman talk to a group of farmworkers about getting the vaccine. A solo tres días de haber llegado desde Oaxaca, México Sergio Chavez recibió la vacuna. He’s been coming to the United States for years to work in the farms and says this pandemic affected farmworkers greatly. He says he didn’t expect the vaccine to go as smoothly as it did.
Purdue University estimates that more than 480,000 agricultural workers have tested positive for COVID-19 nationwide and at least 9,000 have died from it. This figure likely underestimates the numbe...
2021-06-0908 min
¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM?: What recovering after COVID-19 looks like for Latinos at a vaccine clinicEn este episodio, we visit the vaccine clinic at a church we talked about in our previous episode - and talk more about the importance of getting everyone informed acerca del virus y los cambios que continúan ocurriendo con la vacuna.
Y tu, ¿Ya te pusiste la vacuna?
Would you be comfortable at a doctor’s office if no one understood your culture or spoke your language?
Let us know your thoughts, tweet us!
2021-06-0909 min
¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM?: What recovering after COVID-19 looks like for LatinosEn este episodio hablamos con Barbara Anguiano. Ella nos habla acerca de su experiencia y la de otros descubriendo la falta de información en Español acerca del COVID-19 para las comunidades hispanas en el medio oeste.
De hecho, a recent poll conducted by Voto Latino and Media Matters For America found that almost 4 in 10 Latinos respondents report having seen material or information that makes them think the COVID-19 vaccines are not safe or effective. En adición 6 en 10 Latinos conocen a alguien en su hogar o comunidad que no está dispuesto a ponerse la vacuna porqu...
2021-06-0910 min
¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM?: What recovering after COVID-19 looks like for Latinos in the Midwest: Getting Latinos involved.In this episode we’re going to tell you a story about local Latinos addressing the deficiencies in the US healthcare system magnified by the pandemic. Hablamos de como los Latinos are bridging the language gap - like they always do - this time translating crucial information about the pandemic. Information that has meant the difference between life and death.
In fact, it’s been reported that people have died because of the lack of information made available in Spanish. Un artículo del Chicago Tribune reporta el caso de Maria Isabel Alfaro, a 50-year-old who didn’t speak...
2021-06-0916 min
¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM?: What recovering after COVID-19 looks like for a Latinx with a double-lung transplantEn este episodio, I want you to meet Mayra Ramirez. Mayra contracted the virus and ended up in the ICU on life support. She was 28. The virus had severely damaged her lungs and doctors concluded she would not survive without a double-lung transplant. Y en Junio, Mayra became the first U.S. COVID-19 patient to undergo the life-saving procedure.
En los primeros meses de la pandemia del COVID-19, she spoke with Christine Herman una reportera from Side Effects Public Media about what she’s been through in the past year.
This episode was developed with the...
2021-06-0913 min
¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM?: What recovering looks like for Latinx Students in the Midwest after COVID-19En este episodio we talk about education. Since the pandemic, a lot of things have changed the education landscape. Por ejemplo, in 2021, Undergraduate Latino enrollment decreased by more than 5 percent, de acuerdo al National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
We talk to a student about her experience during the pandemic. We also talk to a student advisor about how for multicultural students the pandemic meant more than just leaving campus and lower grades.
Kassandra and Cesar tell their stories about como sus notas bajaron y como les hace falta la vida en campus a los estudiantes....
2021-06-0913 min
¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM?: What pregnancy during COVID-19 looks like for undocumented or unemployed womenIn season 6 we explore how Latinx in the Midwest are recovering from Covid-19 - en varias areas - like economic recovery, physical health, salud mental, education and unemployment.
This will resonate with many parents caught up in the need to work while also caring for their children forced out of school by the pandemic.
En este episodio, I want you to meet Amy Gastelum. You may have heard her en otro de nuestros episodios contando cómo su abuelo nunca le dijo que tenía ascendencia Mexicana and how she was learning about her identity.
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2021-04-1510 min
¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?Chicago- A Tribute to Essential Workers from Covid Between the CoastsIt’s a windy day in Chicago. The sun shines down on a large mural that sits at Carpenter and 18th Streets in Pilsen, a neighborhood on Chicago’s southwest side.
The mural is hard to miss and attracts everyone who passes because of its colorful homage spotlighting three of the community’s own. Pilsen is a community that has overcome hardship long before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, a community whose hope is as essential as its workers.
An indigenous serape pattern serves as the colorful backsplash for Javier, a U.S. Postal worker, Rosalinda, a cler...
2020-11-1621 min
¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM?: Nuestro último episodio, reflecting on 2020Host Judith Ruiz-Branch, contributor Karli Goldenberg, and producer Mareea Thomas reflect on the season and the year so far. Tienen una conversación not as journalists but as people, human beings who have been affected in every way by the current state of our country.
Esperamos que las historias from this season have given you some hope during this difficult time and maybe even inspired you to find ways to be a helper en su comunidad.
The song para este episodio es "Color Esperanza 2020" by various artists.
2020-08-2918 min
¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM?: La lucha después de la nube de polvoEn este episodio conversamos con la activista Kim Wasserman, residente de la Villita Antonia Quiñones Peña y el abogado John Hazinski about the implosion and continued demolition en la Villita, environmental justice and what community members would like to see moving forward.
That’s not a disparity, a disparity is a difference, it’s an inequity. And the difference between a disparity and an inequity is that an inequity is inherently unjust. So, inequality is an affliction all by itself. It’s the epidemic of inequality that COVID exposes.
— Dr. David A. Ansell
Reso...
2020-08-2815 min
¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM?: Giving back to la comunidad one meal at a timeEn este episodio contributor Karli Goldenberg talks to Chef Benoit Angulo via Zoom about how COVID-19 has brought La Cocinita Restaurant back to its food truck roots and allowed for them to donate over 7,000 meals to date across Chicagoland.
Rachel and Benoit Angulo, owners of La Cocinita Restaurant and food trucks, have teamed up to donate meals a los más afectados por el coronavirus.
We had this humongous change, like this monumental change on everything that we were doing, and I like how although stressful, and I lost a lot of sleep over it, I...
2020-08-2210 min
¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM?: What does collective care for Latinos look like?En este episodio our contributor Karli Goldenberg explores collective care, o el cuidado colectivo.
Before the U.S. declared a national emergency and Illinois issued a “Stay-at-Home Order,” Karli attended a community conversation about wellness hosted by Northwestern University’s Multicultural Student Affairs. Dr. Asif Wilson, Associate Dean of Instruction at Harold Washington College in Chicago, talked about collective care for people of color.
2020-08-2114 min
¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM?: Helping meet the ever changing needs in the communityEn este episodio, host Judith Ruiz-Branch habló con Shammrie Brown, Senior Outreach Director of New Life Covenant Church Southeast, via the Tape A Call app. Hablaron sobre cómo los miembros de la iglesia continue to help la comunidad despite the coronavirus and unrest following the murder of George Floyd. In addition to supporting local catering companies by purchasing comida para los trabajadores esenciales and those in need, la iglesia also provides pruebas de COVID-19 gratis and other services to the community.
La canción para este episodio es, “No Estas Solo”, a collaboration from Carlos Vives and Rub...
2020-08-1514 min
¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM?: Helping tackle misinformation in the Latino communityEn este episodio host Judith Ruiz-Branch habló con Dr. Marina Del-Rios, an emergency room doctor, assistant professor, and research coordinator, via an app called Tape a Call. They discussed the dire need for helpers in the medical field para Latinos en su comunidad, y Dr. Del-Rios shares las soluciones that she’s working on along with the Illinois Latino COVID-19 Initiative.
One of the main issues Dr. Del-Rios had to tackle was misinformation sobre el coronavirus due to la falta de reliable información confiable en español. IllinoisUnidos.com was the solution. The website provides reliable, user...
2020-08-1310 min
¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM?: Bringing culturally competent care to Latino patientsEn este episodio our new contributor, Karli Goldenberg, talks to Dr. Juan Carlos Caicedo via Zoom about how he challenges existing healthcare access and created the Northwestern Medicine Hispanic Transplant Program, a culturally competent transplant center dedicated to Latino patients.
“Entonces, tenemos varios centros en la nación donde están implementando este tipo de aproximación, que es muy sensible. Esto no es ciencia de cohetes y cosas intergalácticos o complicados, es entender una cultura, una idioma. Pero entendiendo, se puede tener un impacto muy grande.” -Dr. Juan Carlos
For more información bilingüe...
2020-08-0812 min
¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM?: Helping Latinos get counted despite the pandemicLatinos are historically undercounted in the census, but an Illinois woman we met in Season 4 is determined to change that, despite the coronavirus. Dona Chuy, the long-standing community activist and volunteer in Chicago, continues her work to get Latinos counted for the 2020 Census. In this episodio, host Judith Ruiz-Branch talks to her about what changes she’s had to make due to the pandemic to get Latinos to fill out el Censo del 2020 before the new deadline, el 30 de septiembre.
Latinos count en el Censo del 2020
Escucha as Dona Chuy talks about how she’s had t...
2020-08-0714 min
¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM?: Finding helpers in the pandemicThis season is about the coronavirus, but we aren’t sharing the latest statistics and news. Instead we set out (virtually) to find the helpers (like Mr. Rogers) in the Midwest.
Paola is working with regional and national collaborations to translate and share coronavirus información in Spanish across el medio oeste and the country. One of our contributors from Season 4, Judith Ruiz-Branch, will be our host for this season, and she will be joined by a new addition to the team, Karli Goldenberg. They found people who are finding soluciones a los problemas caused by the pan...
2020-08-0403 min
¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?Hispanics to become the largest racial or ethnic minority group in the electorate.Este es nuestro último episodio de la tempoarada, así que decidimos hablar acerca de la impostancia del voto.
Tu voto cuenta. Este año que viene mas personas de color van a ser elegibles para el voto que en años pasados. According to the Pew Research Center, the 2020 election will mark the first time that Hispanics will be the largest racial or ethnic minority group in the electorate.
En terminos mas simples, a projected 32 million Hispanics and 30 million blacks will be eligible to vote in 2020. This increase is at least partially linked to inmigracion and n...
2019-12-3117 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?Why some Latinos rather not get involved in politicsAqui una historia desde Chicago. Our collaborator Judith Ruiz-Branch talk about how Although Chicago is a very liberal city with a diverse population that breeds inclusividad, there are still some Latino families, many undocumented, that have completely disconnected themselves from the current political landscape. Whether it’s due to disinterest or fear, there are many reasons why they choose to remain invisible, even in a city like Chicago.
2019-12-3115 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? S4 EP 6: A wire between borders. How everything that happens at the US-Mexico border affects the Midwest.This episode comes from outside the Midwest pero decidimos hacerlo because everything that happens at the US-Mexico border affects the entire country, incluyendo el medio oeste.
Por ejemplo, in an interview with National Geographic the attorney who heads Defenders of Wildlife conservation programs, said that “Whatever they build, it’s going to be destructive to natural habitat.” Tambien, with Mexico being the third-largest trading partner of the United States many fear that this could create a trade war, and stories of farmers forced to let crops rot due to labor shortages have become more common. So, Yes, what h...
2019-12-1113 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?Latinos in the media covering Latinos. An honest conversation.With 2020 around the corner, many Latino Journalists find themselves making the decision to cover or not the elections. Many decide to become activists while others don’t share their personal opinions on politics. In this episodio, I talk to fellow journalist Judith Ruiz-Branch about what is like para Latinos cubrir a Latinos in the media and how it can be frustrating and empowering to tell the stories of our community. Escucha.
2019-12-0408 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? S4 EP 4: Young people voting in different countries, unseating a governor and Gerrymandering.En este episodio, we explain how the census count can affect the elections with gerrymandering. También, hablamos con Roberto Arroyo, a Tex Mex Billennial living in Indiana who feels passionate about voting. He compares la experiencia politica of young people in Mexico and the US and Puerto Rico. And we talk to Alondra Vazquez a young Puerto Rican que habla about how the youth recently unseated a governor and the fire that politics ignites in young Puerto Ricans.
2019-11-2010 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? S4 EP 3: We filled out a census sample questionnaire and I got frustratedCo producer Mareea Thomas and host Paola Marizán thought they should dive right into the census and decided to fill out a census sample questionnaire. It can get complicated for someone who doesn’t know what race they should identify as. We also talk about the census’s efforts to fight misinformation on social media.
2019-11-0609 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?People of Color under counted in the Census and Indigenous PrideIn this episode, our contributor Emily Hunsberger from Tertulia Podcast talks to Pete Vargas, a native from Michigan who identifies as indigenous. Pete tells Emily about why he identifies as indigenous, his views on the census y acerca de como cuando era pequeño he was listed as white in official documents. We also talk about the under count of People of Color in the census.
2019-10-2309 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? S4 EP 1: How the census and the elections mix.This season we’re staying on top of two major topics happening this and the next year; the census and the 2020 elections. Escucha conversaciones about Indigenous pride, citizenship, voting and how the census and the elections relate to each other.
2019-10-1010 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? S3 EP 8: Adios and RecapEste es nuestro ultimo episode of season 3. This season was all about música. We talked about mental health, the border wall, voting, new and old Latino music, instruments and Racism and more.
We moved our hips to artistas como Making Movies, the Grammy-winning all-female Mariachi Flor de Toloache, Migrant Kids, Reggae prodigy Zion, and Appalatin.
We also talked to expertos como Music Journalist Catalina Maria Johnson and Producer Brick Briscoe.
And we discover nuevos artistas como Ambar Lucid, Caetano Veloso and CimaFunk.
En nuestra próxima temporada, we’re talking abou...
2019-06-1904 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? S3 EP 7: An episode about Social Justice, Immigrant children, Voting and Music.In a phone conversation with Enrique Chi, we talk about how not being silent can change communities. Through their music Making Movies tell many stories but their latest album, in collaboration with many artists including Rubén Blades, encourages everyone to speak their truth, vote and actively help their own community.
2019-06-0513 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? S3 EP 6: A conversation of music as a universal language and white privilegeIn this episodio we talk to music expert and artist Brick Briscoe about his radio show The Song Show, about how he was introduce to Spanish language music and how his experience playing in English in Paris was a revelation of how music unites us and labeling separates us. We talk to him about music as an universal language and his white privilege.
2019-05-2210 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? S3 EP 5: An artist's mental healthIn a phone conversation, Miguel, one of three members of the band Migrant Kids, nos dice que things like the thought of the Mexico-US border wall being built takes a toll on his mind, how growing up Latino in this country can be confusing and how not taking a political stance is almost inevitable in today’s social climate.
2019-05-0812 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? S3 EP 4: A conversation about old and new Latino music, musical crossovers and music history.In a phone conversation with Music Journalist Catalina Maria Johnson we learned how to identify Latinx music, how nuestra música has influenced and changed over the years, how some music genres are being revisited by the artists of the newer generation and how music crossovers like K-pop and música en Español are being created more often.
Escucha nuestra entrevista and dance to this episodes musicians - a Cuban band called Cimafunk, Jazz mixed with hip hop from the Colombian Mabiland and bilingual New Jersey based Mexican Dominican Ambar Lucid.
2019-04-2410 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? S3 EP 3: A story about Caribbean identity and finding a musical calling.Reggae prodigy, Zion, talks about his childhood in the West Indies and the Virgin Islands donde vivio mucho tiempo without electricity or running water, how that struggle was an inspiration to write the música he writes today and how living between two religions, Christianity and Rastafarianism, made him question his identity.
We decided to do this episodio because even thought in the general sense, Zion is not considered a Latino, being from the Caribbean, he shares a lot of the same struggles and experiences Latinos face.
We want to thank Zion for this interview a...
2019-04-1012 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? S3 EP 2: An all female mariachi; their instruments and mixture of cultures.This season is all about Música! And in this episode we go back to our interview with the Grammy-winning all-female Mariachi Flor de Toloache in 2015. Where las chicas shared how they stay in touch with their culture while living in the US, como por ejemplo taking tango lessons, how black people are seen differently in Latino countries vs. in North America and how each of their instruments fit into the ensemble.
You can listen to their music, including their newest album Las Caras Lindas, on Spotify, Apple Music or on their website mariachinyc.com. Don’t forg...
2019-03-2711 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? S3 EP 1: It's all about Música!This season it’s all about música SO be ready to move your hips to artistas como Making Movies, the Grammy-winning all-female Mariachi Flor de Toloache, Migrant Kids, Reggae prodigy Zion, the multilingual band The Brazilionaires and Appalatin.
We’re not only showcasing their music and work but also conversations about current topics that affect us all. We talked to them about the migrant caravan, racism, their muses, their instruments and how they see the Latino community in the US.
Jackie Coleman from Flor de Toloache talks to us about her role as a negra in the...
2019-03-1408 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? S2 EP 9: Ending Season Dos Celebrating Bilingual MusicIt’s been a great season for us and we hope that it has been for you too. Esperamos que hayas disfrutado de los temas que tocamos esta temporada. We talked about being kidnapped in Venezuela by the FARC, we went to Liberal Kansas for Cinco de Mayo, we covered the stories of Paola’s family experiencing Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico; we talked about los del 1.5 Generation, the effects of deportation among families, Domestic Violence, the Census 2020 and more.
But that’s not all we’ve done. Thanks to our Summer intern, Emily Miles, we were able to...
2018-10-1105 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? S2 EP 8: Latinos and the challenges of Health Care“if you go to the emergency room, if you go to a doctors appointment, you know that the one thing that they ask for is insurance. Do you have insurance? You know? I’m not going to say the majority, but a good portion of the Latinos that I deal with don’t qualify for insurance. You know you have to be a resident here for at least a month in order for you to apply for emergency services which is very limited.“
2018-09-2808 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? S2 Ep 7: Census 2020 and the citizenship questionEvery ten years, the government of the United States of America issues a mandatory census to count the population. The results of the census determine the number of seats that each state gets in the House of Representatives, the distribution of federal funds, and enforcement of voting rights laws. Now, the 2020 Census tiene una pregunta sobre citizenship. The Department of Justice requested that the Census Bureau reinstate a citizenship question on the 2020 Census. They say that citizenship voting age population data isn’t currently available, and it’s needed to determine violations of minority population voting rights. Mucha gente, espec...
2018-09-1409 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?QPM? S2 EP 6: Domestic Violence and machismo in Latino communities.In this episode, co-producer Mareea Thomas talks to Paola about her experience when living in a house where domestic violence was present, about fleeing to New York and on how her family finally left.
Please seek help. Busca ayuda. No estas solo/a.
1) https://espanol.thehotline.org/
2) https://www.thehotline.org/2018/05/09/help-undocumented-experiencing-intimate-partner-violence-rights-reaching-support/
3) https://casadeesperanza.org/es/
4) http://www.nationalcenterdvtraumamh.org/
5) https://www.nrcdv.org/domestic-violence-safety-tips/
6) https://ncadv.org/other-organizations
7) https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline
2018-08-3011 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?QPM? S2 EP 5: La importancia of education for LatinosEn este episodio hablamos de la importancia de la educación en familias Latinas. Cesar Roman works with diverse communities informing them of the options they have to obtain a better education for their children. He says the lack of education for the parents on what;s the best option for their children often hinders the possibilities of better options. He said the lack of information in their native language is also a factor on why parents don't know what their options are for their kids.
2018-08-0110 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? S2 EP 4: Los del 1.5 Generation reconnect with their roots.The experience of 1.5 generation immigrants, a term used to describe people who arrived in the U.S. as children and adolescents, is a unique one. Unlike their first-generation parents or U.S.-born siblings, their identity is split. That in between. Los que hablan más inglés que Español o que a lo mejor no saben mucho acerca de la cultura de sus padres.
Emmy is part of this generation. He was brought to the Midwest as a little boy by his parents who had a visa to establish churches in the region. Emmy, now 31 yea...
2018-07-1810 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? S2 EP 3: The effects of deportation in families and comunidades.U.S. immigration agents raided an Ohio gardening company, arresting 114 suspected undocumented workers. About 200 federal officers blitzed two locations of Corso’s Flower and Garden Center. La escena incluyó, agents surrounding the perimeter and blocking off nearby streets as helicopters flew overhead. They loaded 114 workers onto buses bound for ICE detention facilities. Y de acuerdo con activistas, dozens of the workers’ children were left stranded at day-care centers and with babysitters. The massive raid came exactly two months after federal officials arrested 97 immigrants at a meat-processing plant in rural Tennessee. Esto es parte de los workplace raids across the country...
2018-07-0409 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? S2 EP 2: Huracán Maria changed my family's life.After not being able to talk to my family for six days, my mom finally called me from the Island. Hurricane Maria had just passed and she couldn't believe was she was seeing. I didn't know what had happened during that time so she started sending me pictures of what I thought was another country. I grew up in Puerto Rico; in these streets and I couldn't recognize any of them. My mom and sister came to stay with me in the Midwest after the hurricane and talked to me about their experience.
2018-06-2012 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? S2 EP 1: Kidnapped by the FARC; Ahora un Latino en el Midwest.Why did Alfonso come to the Midwest? It had something to do with the FARC - las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia or the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - una alianza en contra del gobierno since 1964. The FARC sustains their estilo de vida by kidnapping and ransom, illegal mining, extorsiones and the production and distribución of illegal drugs.
Alfonso was kidnapped on a fishing trip in Venezuela and when he escaped to el Medio Oeste he was just supposed to be here for 3 months. Pero Alfonso’s kidnapping was more a plane robbery than un secue...
2018-06-0610 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? Cinco de Mayo in Liberal, Kansas.Non-Latinos are not the only ones confused about why Cinco de Mayo is celebrated. I’m from the Dominican Republic, and I have to admit that I didn’t know for a long time that this celebration was not the Mexican Independence Day I was misled by the celebraciones en Estados Unidos about este festejo.
2018-05-1007 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? 15: Fin de temporada, Recap and Next SeasonIt was a great season! Listen to our top five episodes and a sneak peek of next season in our last episodio. Share with us the topics you want us to cover next and recommend our podcast to a friend.
2018-04-0309 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? 14: Bilingual kids on being translators and growing up too fast y el Midwest bilingüe.Duolingo schools no son nada nuevo. There are many of them around the country, focusing on many different languages, and they’re certainly not new in the state of Indiana. En Fort Wayne, Lindley Elementary ha tenido un programa similar al de Parkview, por más de veinte años.
De afuera, la escuela primaria Parkview en Valparaiso, Indiana, looks like any other school in Northern Indiana. Teachers greet kids outside the main doors, little flashes of color swipe past you as kids scurry to get to their classrooms, there’s a smell of plywood, because estan renovan...
2018-03-2210 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? 13: Searching for Identidad.After an abusive childhood in Mexico, Amy's grandfather started telling people he was Italian. He says, “nothing good comes out of Mexico. Nothing." His identity is his business, but Amy knows she's not Italian. As a mixed race Latina with no cultural connection to Mexico, she struggles to express her racial and ethnic identity. Para algunos, she's not close enough to Mexico to claim it, for others, she's possibly a distant cousin, no problem. Ultimately, it's not about them. One thing she's sure of today more than ever: identity is personal.
2018-03-0710 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? 12: Feeling displaced and dealing with depression. A personal story.In this episode, our host Paola Marizán shares with co-producer Mareea Thomas how moving from her home country at age 6 made her feel displaced, how domestic violence lead her and su mama to be refugees and how now that she's older tiene que encarar and deal with depression; which is a taboo topic in the Latino communidad because it can be viewed as a sign of weakness.
2018-02-2212 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? 11: A proposed Immigration Detention Center in Latino IndianaAn Immigration Center proposed to be built in Elkhart, Indiana, a city big on agriculture, mainly built on manufacturing and close to big areas with large Latino populations, represented a clear threat to Latinos in the area. Many protests halted the proposed center from coming along but people are still nervous about the possible outcome.
¿Qué Pasa, Midwest? contributor Barbara Anguiano talks to a Latino who was in favor of the center, a young immigrant who returned to Elkhart to help Latinos and a lawyer who understands the economic impact this can have on the immigrant labor fo...
2018-02-0810 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? 10: Cubanos en el Midwest and the end of the Castro regime.In this episodio we’re going to go back in Cuban history.
Last year, Cuba announced that next month, en Marzo del 2018, they will have elections to choose new members of the National Assembly. See this is historico because after that the new parliament will choose the country’s next president. Raul Castro or the Castro’s for that matter will no longer be in power after six
decades of dictatorship.
En los cicuenta, Fidel Castro headed an attack against
the barracks Moncada of Santiago de Cuba, east of La Havana. Castro was
ar...
2018-01-2513 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? 9: Arte, cultura and the conservative Midwest.A look at how Latino art and culture has influenced the Midwest and how it's celebrated where it's people may not feel welcomed.
2018-01-1007 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? 8: Año Nuevo, Musica Buena.Para despedir el año, ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest? programmer Mareea Thomas and host Paola Marizán shared their favorite songs of 2017 and some of what's coming up next for the podcast.
2017-12-3110 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? 7: Crossing the US/Mexico border for the 8th timeAmalia got caught by border patrol and in a split second she had to make the decision -- give her baby to the coyote and hope he’ll get the infant safe to her relatives in the U.S. or to take her four-month-old back home, to El Salvador.
San Salvador is ranked as one of the top murder capitals of the world - one of the reasons why Amalia was fleeing the city she loved. In this episodio, we talk about the US/Mexico border with an expert and hear a first-hand experience of a mother cro...
2017-12-3012 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? 6: Navidades en LatinoaméricaCelebrating Christmas as a Latino, today means that celebrations pour over borders and become part of our own traditions. Is not just about celebrating a native tradición but celebrating the traditions we took from our neighboring countries.
In this episode, WNYC journalist Sophia Paliza Carre and host Paola Marizán talk about their Christmas in Perú and the Dominican Republic and about the fusion of traditions happening in Latin America.
Sophia a Peruvian Francesa y ahora Neoyorquina reminisces on Peruvian Panetón while Paola remember listening to Perico Ripiao in every colmado in Dominican Republi
2017-12-2507 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? 5: Undocumented sin saber. Finding DACA.Imagine establishing a life in a foreign country that then becomes home - mi casa- even more than where you come from. That’s how twenty one year old Laura Ayala feels.
See, Laura can navigate the city of Cincinnati easier than she can travel through the roads of Bogota, Colombia because she moved from Colombia when she was just four. . Cuando estaba cerca de graduarse de High School, empezó su busquedad for the best university.
Laura began researching online, asking friends, and even attended college fairs to see what it was going to be lik...
2017-12-1309 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? 4: Cooking Sofrito en el MidwestFinding the ingredients to feel close to home is always a hassle. Here's my journey finding achiote for my Puertorican Sofrito in the Midwest, how that becomes part of my identity and why Latino-owned businesses it matters.
2017-11-2308 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? 3: Afro Latina en el Medio OesteEn este episodio, exploramos lo que significa identidad -we talk to Lydia about being Mexican and African American in the Midwest - dealing with the issues of Inmigración and racial profiling - and about the threats her undocumented father received after Trump’s election.
2017-10-1808 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? 2: Loyalty por la patria y la familia.In the first three months President Trump was in office, an average of over 5,000 immigrants a month were arrested and nearly 200,000 families were approved for Parole in Place, according to Homeland Security. Before 2013, members of the U.S. armed forces with undocumented families could leave for training or to fight in other countries and return a una casa vacía, to a deported family.
En este episodio, We meet Pedro Alvarado. He tells us about the deal he made to keep his parents in this country. In fact, miles de personas like Pedro have made this very s...
2017-10-0409 min¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?¿QPM? 1: Pulque en AméricaThe Aztecs made Pulque by fermenting the nectar of a cactus plant, llamada Magüey.
The drink of the gods is at least 2000 years old and is seen as a cultural resistance to today’s political divide by those from the native land of Pulque.
We wanted to know why is this drink becoming a catch in North America's heartland because no hace mucho you could only try Pulque in places like New York, California and Chicago pero ahora pulque has made its way to smaller cities like Frankfort, Indiana, where Ye Olde Spirit Shoppe, sold us...
2017-09-2008 min
The TrendChamber of Commerce, Tech Talk, Wine TipsThe Chamber of Commerce of Southwest Indiana weighs in on the need for an I-69 bridge and how companies are preparing for healthcare reform, Tech Talk has the latest news from Apple, and wine blogger and columnist Victoria Grabner has some wine tips.
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2013-06-2100 minThe TrendThe Affordable Care Act, W.C. Handy Blues FestivalWhat’s ahead in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, and a preview of the 23rd annual W.C. Handy Blues and Barbecue Festival in Henderson.
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The Hungry Hoosier’s Strawberry Granita
• 2 quarts fresh-picked strawberries
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
• 1/3 cup sugar
• Mint sprigs, for garnish
Smash the 2 quarts of strawberries using a food grinder, back of a fork, or your method of choice. The goal is to extract as much juice as...
2013-06-0700 minThe TrendScience Camps, The Honey VinesThe Girl Scouts of Southwest Indiana’s STEAM U at the University of Evansville, St. John the Baptist’s Catholic School’s Camp Invention, and a Single Serving Concert by the Honey Vines.
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2013-05-3100 minThe TrendSummer Sports Safety, Evansville Museum’s New PlanetariumTips on keeping student athletes safe during summer training, a reflection on what it means to be a true Hoosier, and a preview of the new immersive theater being built at the Evansville Museum.
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2013-05-2400 minThe TrendNeighborhood Revitalization, Medical House CallsHabitat for Humanity of Evansville reflects on five years of the Glenwood Community Development Initiative, and why MD2U is bringing back medical house calls.
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The Hungry’s Hoosiers’ Barbecue Chicken Salad
• 1/3 cup barbecue sauce
• 1/3 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 2 pounds cooked chicken
• 1 small red onion
• 1 small red bell pepper
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
In a large bowl whisk together the barbecue sauce, the mayonnaise, and the Worcestershire. Cut or tear chicken into one-half inch pieces. Finely chop the on...
2013-05-1700 minThe TrendWorld Fair Trade Day, Montana SkiesFair trade advocates Ann Ferguson and Ann Ennis have recommendations for how to be responsible consumers, and cello-guitar duo Montana Skies explains–and performs–classical fusion.
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2013-05-1000 minThe TrendRep. Larry Bucshon, Science of Trees, Art & TrailsRepresentative Larry Bucshon (IN-8) discusses his views on the automatic federal budget cuts and the areas where Congress can reach consensus, our science contributor Dr. Katie Winsett explains the role of big, old trees in the ecosystem, and Courier & Press arts reporter Roger McBain reflects on the Indianapolis Ai Weiwei exhibit and trails in Indy, Louisville, and Evansville.
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Katie Winsett discusses some hidden nature preserves where you can see some big, old trees.
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2013-05-0300 minThe TrendGardening with Native Plants, Blackberry Phone Review, Science and ReligionWe explore the benefits of gardening and landscaping with native plants, Tech Talk has a review of Blackberry’s new smartphone, and we re-air our exploration of the relationship between science and religion.
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2013-04-2600 minThe TrendScience and ReligionHarvard professor emeritus Dr. Owen Gingerich and Methodist pastor Dr. James Wofford explore the relationship between science and religion, and the Hungry Hoosier offers a Prairie Home Companion-appropriate recipe.
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2013-04-1600 minThe Trend30 Days of Poverty, ChanticleerA look at the causes, perceptions, and responses to poverty with representatives from the Evansville Christian Life Center, and music and conversation with the music director of “the world’s reigning male chorus.”
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The Hungry Hoosier’s Tequila Cake
Cake
1 18-1/2 ounce yellow cake mix
1 1-3/4 ounce (4-serving size) instant vanilla pudding mix
4 eggs
1/2 cup cold milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup tequila
Lime Glaze
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup lime juice
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup tequila
2013-04-1500 min
Local and Regional NewsIndiana’s Gubernatorial Candidates Weigh in On Health Care OptionsThe deadlines for two key decisions on implementing the Affordable Care Act are approaching in the next couple of months and Governor Mitch Daniels, whose time in office is nearing an end, says he wants the next governor to be involved. Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Brandon Smith reports on input Daniels received from the state’s three gubernatorial candidates.
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2012-09-1000 minLocal and Regional NewsState Wants College Success Coalitions in More CountiesThe Indiana Commission for Higher Education wants College Success Coalitions in all 92 Hoosier counties. Currently, 35 exist across the state. Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Brandon Smith reports on what the state is doing to encourage the growth of these outreach programs.
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2012-09-1000 minLocal and Regional NewsIU Scholar Working to Improve Einstein’s Work
An Indiana University mathematics professor believes he and a colleague may have found a way to modify one of Albert Einstein’s equations to account for a mysterious force which won its discoverers a 2011 Nobel Prize. Stan Jastrzebski reports.
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2012-09-1000 minLocal and Regional NewsINDOT Plans for Future
With a new state budget in the works during the next legislative session, Indiana Department of Transportation Commissioner Michael Cline says he’s formulating the state’s priorities and how to pay for them. Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Brandon Smith reports
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2012-09-0700 minLocal and Regional NewsLawmakers Hear Scathing Testimony on DCS
Scathing testimony was heard Wednesday on how the Indiana Department of Child Services handles its child abuse hotline. As Dan Goldblatt reports, several Indiana lawmakers are hoping to improve the way neglected children are treated in the state.
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2012-09-0600 minLocal and Regional NewsSpecialty License Plates Scrutinized
A legislative study committee will not be making any recommendations this summer on specialty license plates or the regulation of them.
As Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Brandon Smith reports, this comes after two hours of testimony on the issue Wednesday.
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2012-09-0600 minLocal and Regional NewsStateImpact: Blended Schools
As the popularity of online courses has exploded nationwide, Indiana education officials have greenlighted plans to open schools that attempt to combine the best of computerized and classroom instruction. It’s a model known as ‘blended learning,’ and charter operators have already gotten the okay to build more than two-dozen schools in cities like Gary, Fort Wayne, South Bend, and Evansville in the next ten years alone. StateImpact Indiana’s Kyle Stokes visited one such ‘blended’ charter school in Indianapolis to see how it all works.
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2012-09-0500 minLocal and Regional NewsMourdock Talks Politics With College Students
Indiana GOP Senate hopeful Richard Mourdock spent last night discussing politics with college-age Republicans at Ball State University. Stephanie Wiechmann reports from Muncie.
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2012-09-0500 minLocal and Regional NewsGoverment Seeks to Strengthen Do Not Call Lists
Government officials, legislators, industry leaders and consumer advocates are exploring ways to crack down on violators of the federal and state Do Not Call lists in a series of roundtables around the state. Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Brandon Smith reports.
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