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The 812

Steve Volan / Plateia Media

The 812 is a daily show about the basic workings of city government in Bloomington, Indiana. Hosted by Steve Volan, a recently-retired five-term member of Bloomington"s City Council, The 812"s primary feature is a half-hour interview with elected and appointed officials in city government, as well as with members of boards, commissions and not-for-profits providing services to the city. Produced by Plateia Media.

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076: Michael Hunt, Monroe County’s Chief Public Defender

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2024/05/22

We're starting to invite guests beyond the humble municipality of Bloomington; we're expanding to the humble county of Monroe, to meet some of the people who make the county tick. The Sixth and 14th Amendments to the Constitution guarantee the fundamental right of the accused to counsel regardless of their ability to pay. Today we meet the embodiment of that right in Monroe County. Our guest, Michael Hunt, has been for the past 50 years the county's first and only chief public defen...

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075: Geoff McKim, on How Monroe County Government Works

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2024/05/21

The 812 is slowly expanding its horizons to include governments beyond the city of Bloomington. There are many people whom we’ve interviewed on this program for their knowledge and experience, yet no one is in a better situation to explain Monroe County than our guest today, Geoff McKim, who’s been a member of the county council since 2009 and is in his last year as a councilmember before retiring. (You may also recognize Geoff as one of the co-hosts of Plateia Media’s first experimental podc...

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074: The Statehouse, Digest for the Week of May 14

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2024/05/20

We look back at recent interviews, whose unifying theme seems to be money and how it flows throughout government. Excerpts from last week include:The mechanics of how the legislative process in the Statehouse works, with Indiana’s Own Dana Black, host of the Turn Left podcastthe advent of a new organization that tries to pair up worthy projects with mission-based lenders, with the leader of that organization, John Zody, executive director of CDFI-Friendly Bloomington;new City Controller Jessi...

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073: Understanding the MPO with Pat Martin, Senior...

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2024/05/17

How do city road projects get funded? Oftentimes, they're a mix of local, state and (a lot of) federal dollars/ If you've ever wondered why road projects take a long time to come to fruition, today we explore the filter through which those federal dollars flow. Bloomington is the center of a metropolitan area. Metropolitan areas, especially ones that cross state lines, get special consideration from the federal government for highway, road, public transit and other federal transportation...

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072: Indiana's Own Dana Black, Explaining the...

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2024/05/16

On this show about local government, we're thinking today about the state, and how it affects local government. Dana Black is host of the Turn Left podcast and an inveterate watcher of the Indiana General Assembly. We discuss topics like home rule, annexation, the regulation of rentals, and other legislation that has impacted cities like Bloomington. Dissecting bills and engaging directly with representatives and their aides, particularly during the summer sessions when legislators are m...

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071: Jessica McClellan, City Controller, Follows the...

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2024/05/15

Jessica McClellan recently left her job as the elected Monroe County Treasurer to join the new Thomson administration as the City of Bloomington's new Controller. In short, no one has followed more money than her. She explains the byzantine process of municipal budgeting and compares it with her previous experience.The 812 is a production of Plateia Media ©2024. All rights reserved.

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070: CORRECTED John Zody, on Housing and Community...

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2024/05/14

[EPISODE CORRECTED. Enjoy this episode as it was meant to sound!]Our guest today is John Zody. He's the executive director of CDFI-Friendly Bloomington. Community deveopment financial institutions, or CDFIs, are lenders with missions. CFB connects the dots between mission-based lenders and projects that need special kinds of non-standard funding, that may not be able to get funding through regular commercial banks. We also talk with him about his role as the most recent director of the C...

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069: Historic Preservation, A Safe and Civil City,...

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2024/05/13

The812 is back from its hiatus! To get you reacclimated, it's a Monday-digest addition of the week of interviews from before our mid-April hiatus. We'll hear excerpts from interviews with:Noah Sandweiss, the city's Historic Preservation Program ManagerShatoyia Moss, the city's Safe and Civil City Director and Mat Alano-Martin, stand-up comedian and co-founder of the Limestone Comedy Festival, about how it started and how the city helpedImprovements coming to the show, starting tomorrow.....

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068: Noah Sandweiss, the City's Historic Preservation...

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2024/04/19

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067: Shatoyia Moss, Bloomington's Safe and Civil City...

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2024/04/18

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066: Mat Alano-Martin, Co-Founder of the Limestone...

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2024/04/17

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065: The Lineup for Tuesday, April 16

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2024/04/16

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064: The Digest for the Week of April 9: Children and...

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2024/04/15

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063: The 812 Overtime -- More about Public Buses and...

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2024/04/12

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062: Hank Duncan, City Bicycle and Pedestrian...

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2024/04/11

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061: Alex Crowley of the Indiana Energy Independence...

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2024/04/10

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060: Emily Pike, Director of New Hope for Families,...

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2024/04/09

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059: Eclipse Clips -- How Bloomington's Preparing and...

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2024/04/05

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058: Michael Large, Public Works, on Trash and

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2024/04/04

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057: Catie Pilachowski, Chair of the IU Astronomy...

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2024/04/03

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