Indiana Broadcast History Archive

[AI-Generated Summary] Features a WFYI production celebrating Indiana stories, programs, and community experiences, emphasizing the power of education, history, and the arts. It spans a wide...

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[AI-Generated Summary] Compiles segments from several public television broadcasts highlighting diverse human experiences, artistic expressions, and social challenges. It features reflections on...

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[AI-Generated Summary] Commemorating Indiana's 200 years of statehood, this broadcast collection reflects on the state's rich history, diverse culture, and enduring "Hoosier" spirit through a...

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[AI-Generated Summary] This transcript features a series of short segments highlighting various stories, local initiatives, and prominent individuals connected to Indiana:

Eva Mozes Kor:...

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WISH-TV News Special

Producer: Clayton Taylor;
Written By: Clayton Taylor & Mike Androvett;

Photographer: John Rekis;
Editors: Clayton Taylor & John Rekis;

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The life of America's Hoosier President, Benjamin Harrison

Michelle Krowl, Civil War & Reconstruction Specialist, Library of Congress;
Charles Calhoun, Author, "Benjamin Harrison";

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This video is a Biographical documentary video on the writing career and life of Kurt Vonnegut Jr. It goes through his childhood, to his early years, to his time in the war, and well into his...

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20 years Across Indiana: The Long and Winding Road

A look back at the making of Across Indiana. Includes footage of episodes from the last 20 years and interviews of people that were...

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The Heart of the Beholder. A story on Bob Beckmann a supporter of the arts in Indiana. A new theater was named in his honor. The dormitories of Central State Hospital, was closed in 1994 due to...

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Across Indiana

Produced by: Clayton Taylor;

[AI-Generated Summary] Highlights the "Key Strummers," a unique, high-energy youth ukulele band from Indianapolis's Key Learning Community...

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Hosted by: Christian McBride & Jill Ditmire.

Performances by: Kris Bowers, Zach Lapidus, Emmet Cohen, Sullivan Fortner, Christian Sands & Sullivan Fortner.

Program at Hilbert Circle...

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Singer/songwriter Carrie Newcomer's concert performed at Buskirk-Chumley Theater

Carrie Newcomer: Vocals & Guitar;
Gary Walters: Piano;
Moira Smiley: Vocals;
Sumaia...

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Judy O'Bannon - Burkhart video - Ardath Burkhart Award;

[AI-Generated Summary] Outlines a television program or video project focused on social community-building and global exploration....

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Artrageous creates engaging, educational content focused on the power of creativity and innovation.

Creative Development: Amy Goldsmith, Jessica Heck, Isaac Pellerin & Clayton Taylor;

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"Built while the Ku Klux Klan ran Indiana, Crispus Attucks High School was designed to fail. Instead, for more than 40 years, the students who came of age within the brick walls of Attucks...

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"It is certainly possible to grow old and retain an excellent quality of life, but the volume of individuals crossing the threshold from middle-age to “senior” status will have implications...

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[AI-Generated Summary] In 2016, Indiana marked its bicentennial, celebrating two centuries of transformation from a frontier territory to a state with gleaming modern skylines. The state's journey...

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Producer: Jim Simmons;
Associate Producer/Editor: Aric Hartvig;
Editors: Dave Tarr & Pete Saetre;
Writers: John Krull & Jim Simmons;

Field Producer: Aubrey Helms;

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Producer and Editor: Kyle Travers;
Director: Jerry Prince;
Field Producer: Brian C. Paul;
Executive Producer: Clayton Taylor

Camera Operators: Chris Capper, Brad Hoehner,...

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"Can You Read Me?"
Illiteracy in Indiana;

Produced and Written by Clayton Taylor;

Photographer: John Rekis;
Additional Photography: Bill Fisher, Jim Hall, Tom Heber,...

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i-Team;

[AI-Generated Summary] An investigation by the Wish-TV News 8 I-Team highlights widespread child safety risks caused by incompatibilities between car seat belt systems and child...

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Ken Beckley, CASPER Awards Judge;
Steve Scott, former CASPER Judge;
Robert Newell, Founding CASPER Committee Member;
Donna Mikels Shea, Founding CASPER Committee Member;

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Featuring:
Tucker Brothers, Jared Thomspon and Premium Blend, Charlie Ballantine, Indy Jazz Collective, Phelps Connection, Rebecca Rafla, Pavel, Bashiri Asad, Rob Dixon and...

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Inspiration Cast in Bronze

Producer: Gary Harrison;
Writers: Judy O'Bannon & Gary Harrison;

Director of Production Operations: David DeMunbrun;
Director of Photography:...

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News Center 10;

[AI-Generated Summary] This news transcript reports on the death of Anton "Tony" Hulman Jr., a 76-year-old Terre Haute industrialist who died of heart failure at Saint...

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[AI-Generated Summary] In this profile, journalist-turned-filmmaker Ted Green discusses the challenges and motivations behind documenting the story of Crispus Attucks, noting it was the most...

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Profile on Tyron Cooper, musician and composer

[AI-Generated Summary] Tyron Cooper is an ethnomusicologist and film composer whose musical foundation began in childhood with his family's...

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24HRNews 8;

[AI-Generated Summary] n exclusive WISH-TV I-Team hidden-camera investigation revealed severe physical and verbal abuse, neglect, and lack of therapy targeting patients at the...

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I-Team;

[AI-Generated Summary] This news report investigates systemic safety issues within the trucking industry, focusing on how aggressive delivery deadlines and company pressures push...

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[AI-Generated Summary] An I-Team news investigation by reporter Sandra Chapman highlights the harsh, impoverishing realities faced by thousands of Hispanic migrant farmworkers in Indiana....

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I-Team;

[AI-Generated Summary] Following an investigative news report exposing substandard and unsafe conditions across 22 inner-city subsidized housing buildings, the Department of Housing...

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Preview to a film called "Eva"

A film by Ted Green & Mika Broan;

[AI-Generated Summary] The production team reflects on a grueling, two-year journey to document the life of a woman...

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[AI-Generated Summary] Reflects on the diverse groups of people who settled in Indiana, moving from the east and south to build the state’s foundation. It highlights a broad spectrum of...

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The 2014 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis;

Executive Director: Glen Kwok;
Producer: Gary Harrison;
Associate Producers: Emily Bauer, Mark Douglas Fry & Brian...

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Producer: Kim Jacobs;
Editor: David Tarr;
Writers: Kim Jacobs & Charlotte Pence;

Graphics: Leana Kruska;
Director of Photography: Chris Elberfeld;
Videography: Andy...

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For You Indiana Promo;

Coverage of several news stories by Clayton Taylor, including the 1977 Evansville plane crash, in which all 29 individuals aboard perished, including 14 players and their head...

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Narrator & Host: James H. Madison;
Written by: Kim Jacobs;
Producers: Kim Jacobs & Kyle Travers;

Editing: David Tarr & Kyle Travers;
Graphics: Judi Border;

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Producer: Clayton Taylor;

[AI-Generated Summary] his WISH-TV News 8 I-Team investigative transcript highlights two major local exposes: systemic disciplinary issues within the Indianapolis...

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[AI-Generated Summary] While the FDA and supporters consider the five-year contraceptive Norplant to be an extremely safe and effective birth control method, it faces a gathering storm of legal...

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Producer: Clayton Taylor;

[AI-Generated Summary] This investigative news report by WISH-TV details how the rapidly growing home infusion (home IV) therapy industry is driving up healthcare...

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[AI-Generated Summary] An undercover investigation by News 8 I-Team reporter Karen Hensel reveals how rising demand for horse meat in Europe and Japan is driving an influx of Indiana horses into...

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Foods Stamp Scam; Hotel Security; Sneak a tax;

Producers: Clayton Taylor & Eileen Waldron;
Segment Producers: Eileen Waldron & Clayton Taylor;

Videographers: John Garing & John...

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Producers: Clayton Taylor & Eileen Waldron;
Segment Producers: Eileen Waldron, Clayton Taylor & Tom MacCabe;
Videographers: John Garing & John Rekis;
Off-line Editor: John...

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Down on the Farm

Producer: Clayton Taylor;

[AI-Generated Summary] An investigation by the I-Team reveals that thousands of migrant farm workers—mostly U.S. citizens traveling from...

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Producers: Kay Akard & Clayton Taylor;
Writers: Kay Akard, Clayton Taylor & Anna Werner;

Photographers: Ken Lavenberg & John Rekis;
Post Production Editor: Mark Ohl;

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Producers: Kay Akard & Clayton Taylor;
Writers: Kay Akard, Clayton Taylor & Anna Werner;
Photographers: Ken Lavenberg & John Rekis;
Editor: Ken Lavenberg;
Post Production...

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Capital Offenses

Producer: Eileen Waldron;

[AI-Generated Summary] This I-Team Primetime broadcast excerpt previews investigative reports on critical public issues, highlighting an...

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[AI-Generated Summary] This promotional segment highlights Wish-TV's 24 Hour News, specifically an exclusive multi-month investigation by its I-Team that uncovered widespread kickbacks and severe...

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[AI-Generated Summary] This news broadcast segment details two separate investigative reports by reporter Mike Agan (and News 8) into local industry fraud driving up consumer costs. The first...

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[AI-Generated Summary] This compilation of I-Team investigative news reports details systemic loopholes and predatory practices affecting Indiana residents across the auto insurance, firearm,...

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In Endless Song: 20 Years of the Indianapolis Children's Choir

Producer & Editor: Lisa DeHayes;
Creative Director & Editor: Mike Ullrich;
Assistant Editor: Hannah Pynn;

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Host/Executive Producer: Rick Crosslin;
Producers: Aric Hartvig & Brian C. Paul

Associate Producers: Chris Capper, Holly Moore, Shane Trowbridge, Andrew Warren & Andy Young;

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Host/Executive Producer: Rick Crosslin;
Producer: Aric Hartvig;
Associate Producers: Brian C. Paul, Jerold Prince & Gary Quigg;

Vice President of Production: Clayton...

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Host/Producer: Rick Crosslin;
Producers: Aric Hartvig & Kevin Finch;
Associate Producers: Brian C. Paul & Leslie Olsen;
Videographers: Aric Hartvig, Chris Elberfeld, Jerry...

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Indiana Unites - 2016 Bicentennial spot;

[AI-Generated Summary] Celebrates Indiana's 200-year history since becoming the 19th U.S. state in 1816. It highlights the state as a hub of natural...

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This program shares what life was like in Indianapolis in the 60’s. The host Mike Ahern facilitates oral interviews of people recalling different events and experiences from this time. The...

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An original play by Asante Children's Theatre

"The struggle for equality is a long time coming. Follow some young actors as they explore a painful past. It's been a long journey from...

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"As a 10-year-old Mengele Twin, Eva Kor suffered the worst of the Holocaust. At 50, she launched the biggest manhunt in history. Now in her 80s, she urgently circles the globe to promote the...

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Communities Building Community with Judy O'Bannon;

[AI-Generated Summary] This program is a tribute celebrating Judy O'Bannon, who is recognized as a leader with an infectious vitality, a...

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Michael Johnson, Director, Kids Dance Outreach;

[AI-Generated Summary] Highlights Kids Dance Outreach, an impactful program that uses dance as a powerful vehicle to foster discipline, joy,...

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Lest We Forget: A Survivor’s Story follows the journey of Gustav Pothoff from his birth in Indonesia to hellish conditions as a prisoner of war (POW). Even after the war was over, Pothoff was...

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Lloyd Wright Retirement Tribute;

[AI-Generated Summary] Highlights the history and leadership of Indianapolis public media station WFYI, beginning with Ardith Burckhardt’s successful...

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[AI-Generated Summary] Explores the evolution, resilience, and diverse expressions of contemporary Native American fine art over the last quarter century, highlighting a collective shift away from...

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Producer: Kim Hood Jacobs;
Principal Videographer: Chris Elberfeld;
Additional Videography: Frank Konermann;
Editor: Lisa DeHayes;
Post-Production Editor: David Tarr;

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"A celebration of African-American playwrights, produced in cooperation with A.R.T.I. (Africana Repertory Theatre of IUPUI) and IndyFringe. 2020 was a pivotal year for this festival. Its...

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OnxyFest, written in black: A Celebration of African American Voices

I Feed you Defiance, by Rain Wilson;
On the Corner, by Michael Florence;
Seven Days, by Shandrea Funnye;

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"Optimizing Life is a new WFYI documentary with emotionally powerful stories of Hoosiers who find themselves in the midst of life-threatening health crises, faced also with the opportunity to...

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Reporter: Leslie Olsen;
Produced & Written by: Clayton Taylor & Leslie Olsen;

Photographer/Editor: Ron Prickel;
Underwater Photographer: Robert Mayes;
Director: Dan...

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"In the summer of 2012, 32 Hoosier volunteers, including 28 rural electric linemen, traveled to a remote mountain area of Guatemala.

Their mission: to bring electricity to three villages...

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"In 1999 the Lilly Endowment Inc. and the Arts Council of Indianapolis took an innovative step to try to retain members of the city's creative class. The collaboration launched the Creative...

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"Choreographer Brian Honigbaum created "Remembrances" as a way of honoring the victims of the Holocaust. Honigbaum and other members of Dance Kaleidoscope share their thoughts about creating an...

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"In a video magazine, WFYI explores the African American experience with interviews from legendary Hoosiers Mari Evans and Janet Langhart Cohen."--WFYI

Producers: Bob Williams, Toby Capion,...

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Producer: Vincent Manganello;
Editors: Pete Saetre & Vincent Manganello;
Photographers: Kaleb Giddens, Vincent Manganello, Brian Paul & Eric Poland;

Executive Producer: Clayton...

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"Vocalist Marietta Simpson and Guitarist Tyron Cooper perform the Billie Holiday classic Strange Fruit. Performance produced for the series The Art of the Matter as a collaboration between WFYI...

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Producer: Anita Wells;
Writer: Fred Nation;
Editor: Darlene Norman;
Narrator: Harry Frey;
Sound Track: Barry Kent;

[AI-Generated Summary] Details the evolution of...

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Guest Host: Tania Castroverde Moskalenko;

Location Crew
Producer/Director: Jim Simmons;

Videography/Lighting: Frank Konermann;
Teleprompter: Joey Martin;
Production...

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[AI-Generated Summary] Profiles Pat Wiehe, a highly dedicated choral director at North Central High School who decided to retire after 37 years of teaching in Washington Township schools. Over her...

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The Children's Crusade Revisited: Slaughterhouse-Five at 50 is a local public television program presented by WFYI

"A veteran of World War II, Vonnegut based his classic novel in part on...

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Producer: Viki Anderson;
Editor: David L. Tarr;

Graphics: Judi Border;
Narrators: Dan Osborne, ShanShan Conway & Kim Hood Jacobs;
Production Assistants: Kyle Travers & Bob...

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Natural Heritage Episode 4 - A Changing Landscape

Produced and Written by: Kim Jacobs;

Principal Series Photography: Samuel Orr;
Segment Producers & Additional Writing: Samuel...

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"Alternately loved and reviled, Eugene Victor Debs was a passionate labor leader, a progressive political figure, and a formidable speaker in a time of great change in the United States. WFYI’s...

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"Sephardic Jews, who trace their origins to Spain and Portugal prior to the Inquisition, were dispersed all over the globe when the Order of Expulsion was issued in 1492. Many of those Jews were...

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“'The Voodoo of Hell’s Half-Acre'”: The Travelin’ Genius of Richard Wright from Natchez to Chicago – A Blues Poetry Opera is a live, multimedia theatrical presentation chronicling the...

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Music video for the band, "Time for Three," a classical music trio;

WFYI Promo

[AI-Generated Summary] Amid unprecedented efforts to slow the spread of a deadly virus that has placed society on pause, people continue to find creative ways to connect and...

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The Making of the Indianapolis Peace Walk

Produced and Written by Kim Hood Jacobs;
Narrator: Kim Hood Jacobs;
Field Producer: Kyle Travers;
Director of Photography: Chris...

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Produced & Written by: Leigh DeNoon & Kim Jacobs;

Editors: Erin Earnest, Chris Capper, Pete Saetre, Brad Hoehner & Karly Krizmanich;
Videography: Chris Elberfeld, Mark Fry, David...

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"Throughout its long history, China has alternately opened its borders and walled itself from the outside world. Trade over land and sea that began two thousand years ago led to the formation of...

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This video is a compilation of stories done by reporter Clayton Taylor from WFIE Channel 14 Evansville. Taylor is a news reporter and covers local and abroad stories about fires, crime, natural...

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2018 WFYI Sizzle Reel

"When the World Answered looks back at the worldwide Herculean efforts to save and restore the artwork of Florence after massive flooding destroyed many of the cities priceless treasures nearly...

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Indianapolis and other cities across the U.S. have recently been rocked by street demonstrations protesting systemic racism. WFYI’s Terri Dee and the Indianapolis Recorder’s Oseye Boyd were...

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Host Rick Crosslin travels across the state and to the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center in California, to look at Indiana's connections to the history and science of aviation. Through stunning...

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[AI-Generated Summary] In this transcript celebrating its 2014 programming, WFYI highlights the diverse stories, performances, and public broadcasting initiatives it brought to Indiana residents...

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