Our Outside View-Life Outside the Mainstream

Want further information about health care in the US as viewed from the inside perspective of someone in the medical field? Check out Helen’s conversation with Director of Medicare for All Indiana, member Board of Advisors for Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP.org) and hospice/palliative care Doctor Rob Stone.

Be sure to tune in because you don’t want to miss this weeks podcast as we continue our discussion of Bloomington IN farmer’s market vs white supremacy vs city government when Helen talks with Primally Inspired Eats Wholesale Bakery owner and market vendor Brandi Williams.

Freedom of speech, white supremacists, marginalized groups and threats of violence are under review when Abby Ang and Jeannine Bell join Helen for a discussion about the current status of the Bloomington IN Farmer’s Market. Abby is a PhD candidate at Indiana University and a community organizer who started No Space for Hate Bloomington to combat white supremacy in the Bloomington Community. Jeannine Bell is a legal scholar and Richard S Melvin Professor of Law at IU Maurer School of Law. Tune in for an informative discussion.

Helen has an enlightening and informative conversation with Executive Director of Shalom Community Center Reverend Forrest Gilmore. Shalom is a Bloomington IN based, low barrier shelter for the homeless and the services they provide are expansive and much needed. Listen in to hear the insights of a gentle and yet powerful individual whose dedication to people in need is unrelenting.

Part One & Two - Learn about some of the local Bloomington IN happenings and perspectives when Helen chats with local singer, poet, DJ, Core Council member for Black Lives Matter B-town, Chair of the Endorsement Committee for Bloomington’s progressive political organization Democracy for Monroe County and social justice activist Jada Bee.

Jada and Helen discuss everything from military assault vehicles and the militarization of police forces as a threat to marginalized groups, especially black communities, to the upcoming local primary elections, un-woke white folks and women ‘helpers’ in the fight for true equality, the need for restorative justice, advancements made - or not with LGBTQ acceptance locally, inherent racism in Indiana and at Indiana University Bloomington.....and everything in between!

Get a crash course in grass roots organizing when Helen speaks with partner at Superior Blue Strategies and lawyer Stuart Rosenberg. Stu is a former Field Director for the Human Rights Campaign and was instrumental in defeating hateful anti-LGBTQ legislation. He also served as campaign manager for openly gay Hoosier Senator J D Ford and Field Director for Senator Tammy Baldwin.

Sociocultural anthropologist, IU Law School graduate, attorney, Cherokee Indian and Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Northwestern State University Rebecca Riall joins Helen for a trip down memory lane as well as a discussion about current events.

The 17th annual Bloomington Pride Film Festival (IN) is this coming weekend (1-2 Feb. 2019) with new and exciting shorts as well as full feature films not to be seen anywhere else. Learn all about it when Bloomington Pride Board Chairperson Janae Cummings chats with Helen Harrell on the latest edition of “Our Outside View”.