This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, October 9th, 2025.

In today’s newscast, WFHB News Correspondent Katrine Bruner speaks with documentary filmmakers Bob Arnove and Jack Comforty about their film Freedoms Under Assault which will screen at the Buskirk Chumley Theater this Sunday at 2 p.m. More in today’s feature report.

Also coming up in the next half hour, Prescription for Healthcare, a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana.

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Freedoms Under Assault is a documentary that chronicles the systematic destruction of a world-class university and the politically motivated culture war against its faculty over a two-year period. WFHB News Correspondent Katrine Bruner interviewed Directors and Producers Robert Arnove and Jack Comforty about their process in making the film and free speech issues at Indiana University in recent years. Freedoms Under Assault will screen at 2 p.m. on Sunday, October 12th at the Buskirk Chumley Theater. We turn now to Katrine Bruner for a snippet of that interview. To listen to the full interview, tap this link.

In today’s feature report, Prescription for Healthcare, a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana. This month, we interviewed Dr Ed Weisbart from St Louis, a frequent guest on the program. On his last few visits he has discussed Medicare, but today’s focus is on Medicaid and the hundreds of millions of dollars Indiana could save if we de-privatized our state Medicaid program, that is, eliminating the private companies that are middlemen. There is an opportunity to realize huge savings through avoiding excessive administrative costs and profit, improve access to healthcare, make Hoosiers healthier, and salvage our embattled Medicaid program. We turn now to that segment on the WFHB Local News.

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