The 812 - a local civics podcast
@the812show.bsky.social
Public-affairs interview podcast about local government and community in Bloomington/Monroe County, IN. Host Steve Volan is a 20-yr former Bloomington city councilor, 30-yr radio host, urbanist, and Shoupista. The812show.org
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Get to know The 812 podcast in 30 seconds! Over 215 30-minuute interview episodes - civics with civility - are available at the812show.org and on podcast platforms. Based in Bloomington, Indiana.
#BloomingtonIndiana #HoosierSky #civildiscourse #civics #localgovernment #indiana #IUBloomington
#BloomingtonIndiana #HoosierSky #civildiscourse #civics #localgovernment #indiana #IUBloomington
🎙Podcast episode 227 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Art is a catalyst for community engagement. We've had a few guests who've spoken to that idea. Today we hear from with Holly Warren and Miah Michaelsen. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
🎙Podcast episode 227 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Art is a catalyst for community engagement. We've had a few guests who've spoken to that idea. Today we hear from with Holly Warren and Miah Michaelsen. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
🎙Podcast episode 226 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Catch two more Extra Innings (shorter outtakes interviews with prior guests). Today we hear more about two Monroe County, IN nonprofits. #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
🎙Podcast episode 226 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Catch two more Extra Innings (shorter outtakes interviews with prior guests). Today we hear more about two Monroe County, IN nonprofits. #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
🎙Podcast episode 226 is now available at the812show.org. Charlotte Zietlow has passed away at the age of 91. She was a pillar of the community who will be greatly missed. This is an encore presentation of our interview with her, recorded in January 2024. #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
November 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🎙Podcast episode 226 is now available at the812show.org. Charlotte Zietlow has passed away at the age of 91. She was a pillar of the community who will be greatly missed. This is an encore presentation of our interview with her, recorded in January 2024. #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
🎙Podcast episode 225 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Catch two PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED Extra Innings segments on The 812 today! #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
November 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🎙Podcast episode 225 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Catch two PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED Extra Innings segments on The 812 today! #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
🎙Podcast episode 224 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. In an extended episode, our guest is Randy Lloyd. We discuss the origin stories of Bloomington, Indiana's beloved B-Line Trail and Switchyard Park. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🎙Podcast episode 224 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. In an extended episode, our guest is Randy Lloyd. We discuss the origin stories of Bloomington, Indiana's beloved B-Line Trail and Switchyard Park. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
🎙Podcast episode 223 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Nick Minaudo is a lawyer for the Bloomington branch of Indiana Legal Services, which we learn more about in this discussion. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
October 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🎙Podcast episode 223 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Nick Minaudo is a lawyer for the Bloomington branch of Indiana Legal Services, which we learn more about in this discussion. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
🎙Podcast episode 222 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Last year, Bloomington, IN merged three commissions into a single Transportation Commission. To interview its new Chair, we asked Shefar Rafiul to be our guest host! #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
October 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🎙Podcast episode 222 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Last year, Bloomington, IN merged three commissions into a single Transportation Commission. To interview its new Chair, we asked Shefar Rafiul to be our guest host! #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
Enjoy a great encore presentation of The 812. Back with a new episode on Thursday, 10/23!
#HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
#HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
October 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Enjoy a great encore presentation of The 812. Back with a new episode on Thursday, 10/23!
#HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
#HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
🎙Podcast episode 221 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Our guest is Melanie Vehslage, the Prevention Coordinator for the Youth Services Bureau of Monroe County. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
October 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🎙Podcast episode 221 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Our guest is Melanie Vehslage, the Prevention Coordinator for the Youth Services Bureau of Monroe County. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
🎙Podcast episode 220 is now available at the812show.org. Stacee Williams is the director of Student Legal Services at IU Bloomington. SLS has seen and litigated it all when it comes to issues between tenants and landlords. LINK IN COMMENT. #HoosierSky #IUBloomington #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
October 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🎙Podcast episode 220 is now available at the812show.org. Stacee Williams is the director of Student Legal Services at IU Bloomington. SLS has seen and litigated it all when it comes to issues between tenants and landlords. LINK IN COMMENT. #HoosierSky #IUBloomington #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
🎙Podcast episode 219 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Lake Week at The 812 continues with Maggie Sullivan, the Watershed Coordinator for the Friends of Lake Monroe. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
October 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🎙Podcast episode 219 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Lake Week at The 812 continues with Maggie Sullivan, the Watershed Coordinator for the Friends of Lake Monroe. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
🎙Podcast episode 218 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Today we talk about the Lake Lemon Conservancy District with its manager, Adam Casey. Lots to unpack about this beloved now-recreational site. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
October 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🎙Podcast episode 218 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Today we talk about the Lake Lemon Conservancy District with its manager, Adam Casey. Lots to unpack about this beloved now-recreational site. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
Get to know The 812 podcast in 30 seconds! Over 215 30-minuute interview episodes - civics with civility - are available at the812show.org and on podcast platforms. Based in Bloomington, Indiana.
#BloomingtonIndiana #HoosierSky #civildiscourse #civics #localgovernment #indiana #IUBloomington
#BloomingtonIndiana #HoosierSky #civildiscourse #civics #localgovernment #indiana #IUBloomington
October 7, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Get to know The 812 podcast in 30 seconds! Over 215 30-minuute interview episodes - civics with civility - are available at the812show.org and on podcast platforms. Based in Bloomington, Indiana.
#BloomingtonIndiana #HoosierSky #civildiscourse #civics #localgovernment #indiana #IUBloomington
#BloomingtonIndiana #HoosierSky #civildiscourse #civics #localgovernment #indiana #IUBloomington
🎙Podcast episode 217 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. EPISODE LINK IN THE COMMENT. We hear from Vicki Pierce and Kyla Cox Deckard of Community Kitchen of Monroe County, Indiana. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
October 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🎙Podcast episode 217 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. EPISODE LINK IN THE COMMENT. We hear from Vicki Pierce and Kyla Cox Deckard of Community Kitchen of Monroe County, Indiana. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
🎙Podcast episode 216 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Elizabeth Conley is president of BridgeUSA at IU, supporting “a thriving US democracy ... [and] respectful, productive dialogue.”
#HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana #IUBloomington
#HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana #IUBloomington
September 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🎙Podcast episode 216 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Elizabeth Conley is president of BridgeUSA at IU, supporting “a thriving US democracy ... [and] respectful, productive dialogue.”
#HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana #IUBloomington
#HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana #IUBloomington
🎙Podcast episode 215 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Bloomington, IN property developer and manager, Mark Figg, on the latest data on number of units in the city, occupancy rates and how both are affecting rents.
#HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana #Housing
#HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana #Housing
September 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🎙Podcast episode 215 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Bloomington, IN property developer and manager, Mark Figg, on the latest data on number of units in the city, occupancy rates and how both are affecting rents.
#HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana #Housing
#HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana #Housing
🎙Podcast episode 214 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform.
We discuss the state of the local housing market in our college town with realtor guest Tracee Lutes, of Remax/Acclaimed Properties of Bloomington, Indiana. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
We discuss the state of the local housing market in our college town with realtor guest Tracee Lutes, of Remax/Acclaimed Properties of Bloomington, Indiana. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
September 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🎙Podcast episode 214 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform.
We discuss the state of the local housing market in our college town with realtor guest Tracee Lutes, of Remax/Acclaimed Properties of Bloomington, Indiana. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
We discuss the state of the local housing market in our college town with realtor guest Tracee Lutes, of Remax/Acclaimed Properties of Bloomington, Indiana. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
🎙 Podcast episode 213 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform.
Our guest today, Susan Hingle, chairs the Monroe County, IN Women's Commission, Susan Hingle.
#HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
Our guest today, Susan Hingle, chairs the Monroe County, IN Women's Commission, Susan Hingle.
#HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
September 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
🎙 Podcast episode 213 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform.
Our guest today, Susan Hingle, chairs the Monroe County, IN Women's Commission, Susan Hingle.
#HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
Our guest today, Susan Hingle, chairs the Monroe County, IN Women's Commission, Susan Hingle.
#HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
🎙 Podcast episode 212 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. It’s another round of questions for Anna Killion-Hansen about the City of Bloomington, IN Housing & Neighborhood Development, which she directs.
#HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana #housing
#HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana #housing
September 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🎙 Podcast episode 212 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. It’s another round of questions for Anna Killion-Hansen about the City of Bloomington, IN Housing & Neighborhood Development, which she directs.
#HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana #housing
#HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana #housing
A clip from Episode 111 of The 812 podcast. Cutie 🐇 Clooney visited from The Pipsqueakery with Amy Clark and Katie Lo! Full episode linked in the comment.
#bloomingtonindiana #HoosierSky #Indiana #civicspodcast
#bloomingtonindiana #HoosierSky #Indiana #civicspodcast
September 15, 2025 at 6:29 AM
A clip from Episode 111 of The 812 podcast. Cutie 🐇 Clooney visited from The Pipsqueakery with Amy Clark and Katie Lo! Full episode linked in the comment.
#bloomingtonindiana #HoosierSky #Indiana #civicspodcast
#bloomingtonindiana #HoosierSky #Indiana #civicspodcast
Podcast episode 211 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Caleb Hoagland and Dan Caldwell run the Bloomington (Indiana) Severe Winter Emergency Shelter (B-SWERS), and recently received a local 2025 Human Rights Award. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
September 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Podcast episode 211 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Caleb Hoagland and Dan Caldwell run the Bloomington (Indiana) Severe Winter Emergency Shelter (B-SWERS), and recently received a local 2025 Human Rights Award. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
🎙 Podcast episode 210 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Our guest today is Danielle Benedek, co-founder of the Riley Physician’s Medical Child Abuse Clinic. For her work, the Bloomington, IN Commission on the Status of Women named Benedek the 2025 Woman of the Year.
September 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🎙 Podcast episode 210 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Our guest today is Danielle Benedek, co-founder of the Riley Physician’s Medical Child Abuse Clinic. For her work, the Bloomington, IN Commission on the Status of Women named Benedek the 2025 Woman of the Year.
Podcast episode 209 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Our guest today, Eddy Riou, is the executive director of SCCAP (“skap”), the South Central Community Action Program, which is based in Bloomington. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
September 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Podcast episode 209 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Our guest today, Eddy Riou, is the executive director of SCCAP (“skap”), the South Central Community Action Program, which is based in Bloomington. #HoosierSky #HoosierTwitter #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana