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Thirteen American colonies unite in rebellion, win an eight-year war to secure their independence, and establish a new form of government that would inspire democratic movements at home and around the globe. What begins as a political clash between colonists and the British government grows into a bloody struggle that will engage more than two dozen nations and forever change the world.
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Tenants have raised concerns about conditions at Hunter Bloomington Properties, which owns multiple apartment complexes outside city limits.
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Gene Stratton-Porter's conservation legacy lives on through a new generation of women leading today's environmental movement. Meet some of the acclaimed authors, scientists, historians, and advocates featured in the upcoming WTIU/PBS documentary Gene Stratton-Porter: Music of the Wild and discover how they are carrying her vision into the future.
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How can AI and immersive media serve human experience and help designers build more humane spaces?
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Fireflies and monarch butterflies can't easily camouflage themselves from predators. How do they stay safe?
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A well-respected lawyer was almost run out of Salem, Indiana for a Fourth of July address advocating for a property tax increase to support public education.
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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.
In case you missed it!
This week, we explore the early artistry of the great Tony Bennett, listening to excerpts from the LPs he recorded for Columbia Records in the 1950s and early 1960s. Bennett passed away on July 21, 2023 at age 96.
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Browse our playlist from this week's show
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Morgan Library, MS M.905 I, fol. 186r.We’re celebrating the Internet’s fascination with amusing manuscript illuminations with a “Listening to Art” episode devoted to weird medieval animals. From cats with uncomfortably human faces to jousting snails, we’ll explore music from the times, places, and pages of their creation. On our featured release, violinist Cristina Prats Costa shares delights of the seventeenth-century Mediterranean.
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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.
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June Christy's 1954 album "Something Cool" was a landmark in the "Cool School" of vocal jazz. -
Indianapolis City-County Councilor Joshua Bain, who has represented the southwest corner of Marion County since 2020, will fill the vacant seat on Indiana's Utility Regulatory Commission. -
The upgrade to the Large Hadron Collider is a step toward extending the Standard Model theory to explain aspects such as dark matter and dark energy. -
The DNR said the bacteria level discovered during weekly water testing triggered the closing. -
I don’t have a watering system, so I get tired of watering when there are long periods of hot, dry summer weather. Here in the Midwest when it is over 90F, potted plants need watering twice a day and beds on slopes do too. It is a chore that makes me wish I had more drought tolerant plantings. -
But smaller companies are struggling to get their share of the $3.3B Indiana businesses paid. -
Charlie Becker and Rolijah Hardy addressed the media after Thursday's practice. -
FSSA reported a 23% decline in Medicaid enrollment but overall expenditures fell by just 2%. -
Indiana regulators were set to vote Wednesday on whether they should reconsider a $71 million rate increase for AES Indiana customers — but reversed course Tuesday, the morning after Gov. Mike Braun sacked former regulator Andy Zay. -
Learn why railroads sometimes need to heat up with a fire in today's A Moment of Science!
