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A Moment of Science

The Plastic Paradigm

New electrochemical methods for recycling and a filtering method for microplastics. Explore the work of featured Scientist: Anne McNeil, Chemistry Dept, University of Michigan.

Afterglow

Songs of the Season: Spring

Ella Fitzgerald, Mark Murphy, Nina Simone, and others help us commemorate the changing of the seasons.

Stephanie Solomon's face smiling holding a plant spring

Earth Eats

Eats Wild Episode 2: Wild food is all around us

Discover the joys of urban foraging in the spring with Stephanie Solomon, in part two in our special nine-part series on wild edible plants in the midwest.

IU students protest Russia's attacks on the Ukrainian people

Indiana community response to invasion of Ukraine

With the election of Donald Trump as president, the U.S.’s position has shifted from full-throated support of Ukraine to a brief suspension of aid and a demand that Ukraine accept conditions of a cease-fire.

PorchLight

Chuck

From when rock n’ roll was still considered dangerous for those who loved it.

Regional News

Town of Shoals braces for seven more feet of flood waters

By Clayton Baumgarth - April 7, 2025

The East Fork White River is expected to crest at 31.7 feet Thursday. On Monday, it was at 24.8 feet.

Train that derailed on southeast side of Indianapolis had cornstarch, no threat to public safety

Bloomington fiber network on hold

Democratic lawmakers call property tax overhaul balance for local governments 'a mirage'

AG: Trump admin to seek federal death sentences 'whenever possible'

Flood warnings in effect; DNR officers recover body of missing Mooresville man

Arts & Culture

Lamentations: Tisha b’Av to Tenebrae

Harmonia | By Devon Nelson - April 7, 2025

Tisha b'Av Lamentations by Maurice Minkowski, 1927

Sometimes we need a good cry. Music can provide a space for mourning and lament for both personal sadness and religious observation. This week on Harmonia, we’ll be exploring musical settings of the Book of Lamentations. We’ll hear uses of this text in traditions from Tisha b’Av to Tenebrae. Join us.