Today: Indiana University Northwest sociology professor Jack Bloom joins us to talk about "Class, Race and the Civil Rights Movement," a book he wrote and was published more than 30 years ago and is still relevant today -- so much so, that he added some new material for the second edition now in print. He will talk about it, and sign the books, on October 24th on the Gary campus. Lakeshore Public Radio's Sharon Jackson spoke with Portage Mayor John Cannon last week when the Porter County

Today: "Times" reporters Dan Carden and Olivia Heersink are in this program's "Reporters' Roundtable" segment talking about stories they wrote for print and in the online newspaper and website. Dan covers stories in Lake County and state government, and Olivia is the morning police and breaking-news reporter. They cover topics ranging from Lake County Recorder Michael B. Brown -- to new political candidate announcements -- to innovative ways that Griffith Police are taking advantage of a staffer

Today: Karen Toering, the founder of the Gary International Black Film Festival, is in the studio to talk about this year's event -- a weekend of viewing great independent films created by black filmmakers. It opens on Friday with a red carpet reception at Indiana University Northwest's Bergland Auditorium. Film screenings will take place on campus and in other venues in Gary. "Green Fleet Radio" from South Shore Clean Cities is back, with host Carl Lisek and his guests from GPTC talking about

Today: Stephan Piggee II, the associate director of recruitment and events for the Purdue University Northwest undergraduate admissions office, is on the program to talk about two "Preview PNW" events coming up -- on October 19th on the Hammond campus and on November 16th on the Westville campus. There will be lots for prospective students, their families and visitors to see, to learn and to do at both events. "Building Northwest Indiana" host Kevin Comerford talks with Ty Warner of NIRPC, and

Today: We have a remembrance of northwest Indiana environmental activist Lee Botts, who passed away on Saturday at age 91. We have comments that she made in 2009 to a local video producer and on "Eye on the Arts" conversation on Lakeshore PBS in January 2019 that was recorded ahead of the "Shifting Sands" documentary. State Representative Chris Chyung (D-Dyer) has been holding public town hall sessions on public education issues lately and two more are coming up this week. He'll talk about them,

Today: On this Reporters' Roundtable Thursday, we talk with Carole Carlson with the "Post-Tribune" about her recent stories in print and online. They include comments from the president of Gary Common Council about incidents involging a stolen vehicle (his), some teenagers and an East Chicago police investigation. Carole also has details on the state Board of Education visit on Wednesday to Gary and some passionately angry Gary residents voicing their conerns about the consdition of public

Today: Northwest Indiana community activist Ruth Needleman is in the studio to talk about a number of topics, including her "take" on the "Business Insider" survey that found that Gary was one of the country's "most miserable cities." We have another edition of "Green Fleet Radio," made possible by South Shore Clean Cities and NIRPC. Professor Karen Bishop Morris, a boardmember of Laini Fuellen Charities, and Dr. Mary Nicholson with Community Healthcare System will talk about "triple negative

Today: Andy Downs of the Mike Downs Center on Indiana Politics at Purdue Ft. Wayne is with us to talk about the municipal elections next month across the Hoosier State. We have another edition of “Building Northwest Indiana,” from the Construction Advancement Foundation and another conversation from the Welcome Project at Valparaiso University.

Today: Ed Feigenbaum with Hannah News Service's "Indiana Gaming Insight" newsletter joins us to talk about the new mobile gaming service being established in Indiana this week. Indiana Youth Institute presidient-CEO Tami Silverman has her column out on the newest Indiana Dept. of Education database on Hoosier public school discipline issues. She talks about how parents can help their local schools do better. And we bring back Side Effects Public Media's Isiah Seibert's conversation with

Today: On "Reporters' Roundtable," we talk to "Post-Tribune" reporter Grant Morgan about his stories posted online and in print -- including his story on news conferences held by Will County authorities and Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill about the fetal remains found in a Crete Twp. garage owned by the late Dr. Ulrich Klopfer. The investigation continues into the remains from Dr. Klopfer's womens' clinics in northern Indiana. Grant also has the latest on the Elkhart woman facing trial in U