WBOI Presents

This week on WBOI Presents, we bring you the latest on the clash between residents and Allen County government over the proposed site of a new jail in Southeast Fort Wayne.We’ll also update you on the status of cat adoptions and intake, following the spread of a virus at Animal Care and Control in Fort Wayne.

On this week’s episode of WBOI Presents, we’ll take a look at the final moments before the abortion ban was signed by Governor Eric Holcomb, and try to parse where things go from here.

As of noon Wednesday, August 3, Indiana’s General Assembly remains in special session, attempting to pass new abortion restrictions in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling. This episode follows the timeline from the Dobbs decision on June 24, to the ongoing session in Indianapolis.

Mario Baldassari, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Saint Francis, speaks on the family tree of psychology research, the gap between solved crimes and what is reported, and how interrogation can impact witness testimony.

Brendan Allen, an assistant professor in the Department of Humanities and Communication at Trine University, speaks about poetry, video games, and the branching pathways of how we navigate media in our lives.

This week, we are going to hear a presentation from Patrick Ridout for the Humanities Symposium at Trine University.

Kosciusko County was one of only three communities chosen by the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) to participate in the first cohort of the HELP program.

This past April, Advancing Voices Of Women hosted Rachel Blakeman, Mary Clare Clark and Courtney Jenkins at Arts United for a conversation about drug addiction in northeast Indiana.

This week, WBOI's Zach Bernard moderates a panel discussion about housing issues in northeast Indiana.

WBOI's Issues & Ales returns with a panel on education moderated by Ella Abbott.