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WFIU: Profiles Interviews

Documentary

A weekly one hour program, Profiles features new guests each week from a variety of backgrounds, delving into the person behind the persona.

Location:

Bloomington, IN

Description:

A weekly one hour program, Profiles features new guests each week from a variety of backgrounds, delving into the person behind the persona.

Language:

English


Episodes

Sociologist stef shuster

11/8/2021
How doctors' relationship to uncertainty affects their interactions with trans patients.

Duration:00:58:30

Rock History Professor Glenn Gass

4/25/2021
WFIU's Mark Chilla talks to Dr. Glenn Gass about the legacy of The Beatles

Duration:00:58:51

Remembering IU Vice President Patrick O'Meara

4/4/2021
We remember the late IU Vice President Emeritus Patrick O'Meara, a frequent "Profiles" host, and a key figure in Indiana University's international engagement

Duration:00:58:51

Theatre Director Ansley Valentine

1/24/2021
Host Ashley Chilla speaks with actor, director, and theatre educator Ansley Valentine about the current state of “Zoom” theatre and the importance of diversity in arts education.

Duration:00:58:51

Historian Ivan Kurilla

1/3/2021
Ben Eklof speaks with Historian Ivan Kurilla about US-Russian relations, the politics of history, and the importance of political memory.

Duration:00:58:51

Photographer Rania Matar

12/27/2020
Lebanese-born American Photographer Rania Matar speaks about her life and work with Elliot Reichert, the Eskenazi Museum's first curator of Contemporary Art.

Duration:00:58:51

Poet Ross Gay

12/20/2020
Kayte Young, host of WFIU's Earth Eats, speaks with Poet Ross Gay about growing the community, "passing the rock," and his latest book-length poem, "Be Holding."

Duration:00:58:54

Kelly King

12/13/2020
Host Jillian Burley speaks with Kelly King, author of The Gen Z Dictionary, about how that alphabet-ending generation is shaping the world of business today.

Duration:00:58:54

Robert Siegel

12/6/2020
For WFIU's 70th Anniversary, WFIU News Special Projects Editor Bob Zaltsberg, speaks with Robert Siegel about his 30 years of hosting NPR’s All Things Considered, and the importance of public radio.

Duration:00:58:54

Sociologist Jenny Reardon

11/29/2020
Carl Pearson speaks with author and sociologist Jenny Reardon about the issues of identity, justice and democracy that are embedded in the history of science.

Duration:00:58:51

Historian Mark Roseman

11/22/2020
Host Aaron Cain speaks with author and historian Mark Roseman about rescue and resistance during the Holocaust, and how to understand people in the past through exploring the uncertainty of their present.

Duration:00:58:54

Philosopher and Cognitive Scientist Elizabeth Schechter

11/15/2020
Philosopher and Cognitive Scientist Elizabeth Schechter, author of "Self-Consciousness and 'Split' Brains," speaks with host Aaron Cain about issues of identity, self-knowledge, and what it means to be conscious.

Duration:00:58:54

Filmmaker Isabel Sandoval

11/8/2020
Host Janae Cummings speaks with filmmaker Isabel Sandoval about the challenges she's faced, and why she wants to leave her mark on the film industry.

Duration:00:58:54

Political Scientist Steven W. Webster

11/1/2020
Host Steve Sanders talks about public opinion and polarization with Political Scientist Steven W. Webster, author of "American Rage: How Anger Shapes our Politics."

Duration:00:58:54

Author and Historian John Wukovits

10/25/2020
Host Aaron Cain speaks with historian John Wukovits, author of dozens of books about World War II, including the untold stories of 35 chaplains from the University of Notre Dame.

Duration:00:58:51

Environmental Journalist Angelina Davydova

10/18/2020
Suzannah Evans Comfort speaks with Russian environmental journalist Angelina Davydova about how people in her home country view climate change, and how the rest of the world should view her home country.

Duration:00:58:54

Cultural Historian Harvey G. Cohen

10/11/2020
David Brent Johnson speaks with Cultural Historian Harvey G. Cohen, author of Duke Ellington’s America, about how music and cinema are good for more than just entertainment.

Duration:00:58:51

Digital Artist Jawshing Arthur Liou

10/4/2020
Elliot Reichert speaks with digital artist Jawshing Arthur Liou about creating otherworldly experiences that are grounded in reality, and about how making art also involves finding it.

Duration:00:54:00

Musicologist Peter Burkholder

9/20/2020
Host Aaron Cain speaks with musicologist Peter Burkholder about how the many kinds of musical borrowing can deepen the meaning of music.

Duration:00:58:51

Alice Greenwald

9/13/2020
Host Aaron Cain speaks with with Alice Greenwald, President and CEO of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, about responsibility to history, and the morality of memory.

Duration:00:58:51