We celebrated Fair Housing Month with Vanessa Baker Latimer, Housing Coordinator for the Planning and Housing Department of Ames, and Diane Birt, community member representing AMOS. Then we visited with Larry Sloan telling us about upcoming shows at the Talent Factory in Nevada.
Hosts: Devita Harden and Susan Franzen
For Earth Day 2012 we heard from Ed Fallon, host of the Fallon Forum, on the road with the The Great Climate March, followed by excerpts from the panel “Agriculture and Climate Change” held on March 30.
Originally broadcast 04/23/2014
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Today's Local Talk helps you "gear up" for this weekend by sharing info and insights about 2 cultural happenings in our community. Our first guest is Sandra Looft, founder of Ames Kidical Mass, which gathers once a month for family-friendly bike rides (April 26). Tune in to hear Sandra's inspirations and the childhood bike memories of other Ames residents. Next we spoke with Lyndsay Nissen, the organizer of an "unfiltered" art exhibition called Art Vacancy (April 24-27) and two artists whose installations are featured in this event, Ryan Francois and Jennifer Drinkwater.
Heart of Iowa program originally broadcast 04/22/2014
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For Earth Day 2012 we heard from Ed Fallon, host of the Fallon Forum, on the road with the The Great Climate March, followed by excerpts from the panel “Agriculture and Climate Change” held on March 30.
Bring a friend and join KHOI Saturday, April 19th at 6:00 PM!
8-Year Goal of Community Radio Station Achieved
Supporters of KHOI Community Radio will celebrate the completion of a new suite of broadcast studios in downtown Ames next week.
The non-profit station has been operating with improvised broadcast facilities at the historic Pantorium Building at 410 Douglas Ave. since it went on the air in August 2012.
Construction of the three-studio complex has been underway for the past four months, with work done almost entirely by volunteers.
Do you know your 5 First Amendment freedoms? Can you guess? Host Greta Anderson speaks with Mark Witherspoon, faculty organizer of First Amendment Days at Iowa State University, about the many ways those "Philadelphia Freedoms" are in the news these days. Then, April Glaser of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Nikolas Kinkle of ISU Digital Freedom Group talk about ways to circumvent NSA spying, and why that's important.
Originally broadcast 04/16/2014
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We celebrated Fair Housing Month with Vanessa Baker Latimer, Housing Coordinator for the Planning and Housing Department of Ames, and Diane Birt, community member representing AMOS. Then we visited with Larry Sloan telling us about upcoming shows at the Talent Factory in Nevada.
Hosts: Devita Harden and Susan Franzen
In the wake of the "official" cancellation of VEISHEA but ongoing "unofficial" (code for alcohol-related) estivities, we bring in three ISU students who organized an impromptu parade and picnic in the true spirit of the event:
Originally broadcast 04/14/2014
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In the wake of the "official" cancellation of VEISHEA but ongoing "unofficial" (alcohol-related) estivities, we bring in three ISU students who organized an impromptu parade and picnic in the true spirit of the event.
Later in the hour, Greenlee School professor Mark Witherspoon joins us to discuss First Amendment Days.
After the violence in Campustown on Tuesday, April 8, VEISHEA was cancelled. This program explores the ways the community is coping and what the the future holds.