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The new Tiny Desk-inspired web series packs a big sound into a very small living space.
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The yellowish-brown color is the result of manganese oxidizing in the distribution system.
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Join fellow WTIU viewers and station staff for a special screening in Spencer, IN of Timeless: Don Fischer’s Half-Century Broadcasting IU Sports.
Timeless tells the story of the legendary broadcaster whose career spans generations of IU fans and athletes. Through archival footage, historic radio calls, interviews, and personal reflections, the documentary explores Fischer’s unlikely rise from a small-town Illinois upbringing to becoming one of the most recognizable voices in college sports.
Following the screening of Timeless, stick around for a screening of A Team That Wouldn't Be Beat, a rarely-seen documentary chronicling the 1975-76 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team and their undefeated national championship season, recently resurfaced from the IU Archives.
A survey of the 50-year career of a genre-bending vocal quartet.
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Browse the playlist from this week's game
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Royal Conservatoire of BrusselsConvents, were among Early Modern Europe’s most musical spaces, and one of the few in which women could pursue higher education in a variety of fields. This week on Harmonia, we’re celebrating these under-sung cultural powerhouses with music written by and for nuns and other religious repertory performed by women over the centuries, featuring the latest by Musica Secreta.
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In 1957 tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins was at the peak of his first great period, playing with a confident, swinging, and radical abandon both as a leader and with Max Roach and Miles Davis.
Interesting, isn’t it, that regional interurban mass transit systems and bicycles peaked in America at about the same time -- that is, the decade just before the popularization of the automobile.
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Writer Mary Dezember reads the poems "Pure Poetry & Art" and "Sun Shining Through" from her book Still Howling,
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An epic tale by a Civil War general spawned a marketing frenzy that set a precedent for the commercial campaigns accompanying every blockbuster movie today.
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Danny WilliamWe’re saying goodbye to Nice Work this week. For our last show, hosts Tyler Lake and Alex Chambers talk about some of their favorite moments, look back at stories and interviews and reflect on what they hoped the show would accomplish.
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For more than 50 years, Don Fischer's voice has been part of the soundtrack of Indiana University athletics. Timeless: Don Fischer's Half-Century Broadcasting IU Sports premieres August 28 on WTIU and will be celebrated through free community screenings across Indiana, including a special sneak-peek event at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
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How do educators design and test new ideas? From digital literacy platforms to AI-supported instruction, educators have new ways to prepare students and teachers for a rapidly changing technological world.
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Arthur Chapman/FlickrFind out more about this musical tree with today's A Moment of Science!
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