Hoosier History Live is an independently produced new media project about Indiana history. It's a podcast and newsletter and website and social media project. Hoosier History Live's original content comes initially from a live with call in weekly talk radio show hosted by author and historian Nelson Price. You can hear the radio show Saturdays from noon to 1 pm Eastern Time. It’s over the air in Central Indiana at WICR 88.7 fm, or you can stream at the WICR HD1 app on your phone.
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September 30, 2023 -Historic architects and their work in Indiana
Keywords: Madison, Evansville, Herron-Morton Place, Woodruff Place, Fancis Costigan, Louis H. Gibson, Henry Mursinna, George V. Bedell, Diedrich Bohlen, JohnG. Thurtle, Reitz Home Museum, Trinity United Methodist Church, Lanier Mansion, Shrewsbury-Windle Home, Deedee Davis(guest), James DeGrazia(guest), Joan Hostetler(guest).
September 23, 2023 -Northwest Indiana's offbeat aspects and sites: encore
Keywords: Pierogi Drop, Pierogi Fest, Whiting, Lake County, Crown Point, Old Lake County Courthouse, Roselawn, Sun Aura Club, Ponderosa Sun Club, Valparaiso, Meyers Castle, Dyer, Joseph Meyer, Whilhala Beach, Roy Boy's Badlands, Roy Boy Cooper, Joseph Pete(guest).
September 09, 2023 -Larry Bird: the life and career of an Indiana icon
Keywords: French Lick, Larry Bird, Springs Valley High School, Indiana University, Indiana Pacers, Dream Team One, Reborn: The Pacers and the return of the Pro Basketball to Indiana, Bird Watching, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Bill Wolfe, Mark Montieth(guest).
September 02, 2023 -French Lick Springs Hotel and former Indy Mayor Taggart
Keywords: French Lick Springs Hotel, Orange County, Riverside Park, Thomas Taggart, Taggart Memorial Amphitheater, Pluto Water, West Baden Springs Hotel, Bill and Gayle Cook, Jim Fadely(guest).
August 26, 2023 -White River State Park history
Keywords: White River State Park, Central Canal, Military Park, TCU Ampitheater, Indiana State Musuem, Acme-Evans Milling Company, John McCormick, Lenape tribe, Jake Oakman(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
August 19, 2023 -Richmond art: a historic colony, a museum and more
Keywords: Hoosier Group, T.C. Steele, John Elwood Bundy, Enda Stubbs Cathell, Charless Connor, Richmond Group Artists, Richmond Art Museum, Richmond High School, Governor's Art Award, Indiana Arts Commission, Shaun Dingwerth(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
August 12, 2023 -Circus Heritage, then and now, in Peru, Indiana
Keywords: Peru, Miami County, Peru Amateur Circus, Circus City Festival,Benjamin Wallace, Robert Weaver, Terrell Jacobs, Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, American Circus Corporation, Tim Bessignano(guest), Kathi Greene(guest), Matt Barnett(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
August 05, 2023 -WW II letters from small-town Hoosiers
Keywords: Auburn, World War II, Battle of the Bulge, Buchenwald, Army Guy, Red Cross Gal, DeKalb County, Bill Husselman, Mary Barndon, Ellen England, Barbara Olenyik Morrow(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
July 29, 2023 -Ask Nelson – and Ray Boomhower, too
Keywords: J.D. Prescott, Harry Hooiser, James Whitcomb Riley, James Alexander Thom, Dark Rain Thom, Wallace Terry, John Bartlow Martin, ShortRidge High School, Indiana Historical Society, Ray Boomhower(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
July 22, 2023 -Rowdy areas of Indy: some bygone pockets
Keywords: Brighton beach, Class900 Indy, Indianapolis Water Company, Marion County, Shannon' Lake, Winifred Smith, Weston Thomas, Ed Fujawa(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
July 15, 2023 -Vinyl era of Indiana music heritage
Keywords: Indiana Entertainment Foundation, Indiana Music History Project, RCA plant, Columbia Records, The Bluebird, Indiana Musicpedia, Indiana Music Radio, Duke Tumatoe, Jimmy Mack, Rick Wilkerson(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
July 08, 2023 -Digging deep into an early major cemetery on the White River
Keywords: White River, Greenlawn Cemetery, Crown Hill Cemetery, Floral park Cemetery, Holy Cross Cemetery, Highland Lawn Cemetery, Rural Cemetery Movement, Diamond Chain, Indiana Landmarks, Chaney Lively, Jeannie Regan-Dinius(guest), Leon Bates(guest).Click here to listen to the podcast.
July 01, 2023 -Early environmentalists in Indiana
Keywords: DeKalb County, Steuben County, Frank Wallace, Jane Brooks Hine, John Gottschalk, Maurice McClue,Willard Clute, John Holliday, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society, American Fern Society, Holliday park, Pokagon State Park, Terri Gorney Lehman(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
June 24, 2023 -World War I, Hoosiers and a documentary
Keywords: World War I, Blue Ace Media, Over There: Hoosier Heros of the Great War, Samuel Woodfill, Lottie May Berry, Aaron Fisher, James Gresham, Louis Rupholdt, Madison, Lyles Station, Evansville, Goshen, Jo Throckmorton(guest), Jim Silberstein(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
June 17, 2023 -Speedway medical care: a sequel
Keywords: Indiana Medical History Museum, Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Dr. Thomas Hanna, Tony Hulman, Norma Erickson(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
June 10, 2023 -The largest Dune and why it’s gone
Keywords: Indiana Dunes, Lake Michigan, Hoosier Slide, Mount Baldy, Michigan City, Granger, South Bend, Muncie, NIPSCO, Ball Brothers, Christopher Taelman(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
June 03, 2023 -Before Ellis Island: immigration and Benjamin Harrison - Encore
Keywords: Ellis Island, President Bejamin Harrison, Castle Garden, Angel Island, Citizen Plaza, Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Jennifer Capps(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
May 27, 2023 -World War II monuments, memorials and sites across Indiana
Keywords: World War II, Kokomo, Evansville, Munster, Portland, Indiana Landmarks, Blue/Gold Star Memorial, Howard County Ventrans Memorial Park, Indiana Women's Legacy Memorial, Community Veterans Memorial, Museum of the Soldier, Avon WWII Memorial Park, LST Cargo Ship, Ron May(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
May 20, 2023 -Geist and Morse reservoirs history: Encore
Keywords: Geist Reservoir, Morse Reservoir, Germantown, Noblesville, Cicero, Hamilton County, Citizens Energy Group, class900indy, Fort harrison, Fort Harrison State Park, Clarence Geist, Central Canal, Fall Creek, Howard Morse, Ed Fujawa(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
May 13, 2023 -Speedway medical care: a sequel
Keywords: Indiana Medical History Museum, Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Dr. Thomas Hanna, Tony Hulman, Norma Erickson(guest).
May 06, 2023 -Professor Watermelon on getting kids excited in history
Keywords: Professor Watermelon, Watermelon University, James Whitcomb riley Museum Home, George and the Goblin Hole, James Whitcomb Riley, Orleans, Benton House, Indiana Writers center, Indianapolis Public Library, Chadwick Gillenwater(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
April 29, 2023 -Jewish immigration to Indiana, 1840s-1920s: Encore
Keywords: Ligonier, South Bend, LaPorte, Austro-Hungarian empire, Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, Indiana Jewish Historical Society, IN-Jewish History Podcast, Sinai Synagogue, Michael J. Brown(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
April 22, 2023 -Bucket lists of Indiana sites
Keywords: 100 Things to do in Indiana Before you Die, Hendricks County, Elkhart County, Oinking Acres Farm Rescue & Sanctuary, Brownsburg, Essenhaus, Charlestown State Park, Cataract Falls, Spencer, Owen County, Nick's Kitchen, Huntington, Fort Wanye Childeren's Zoo, Sweetwater, Fort Wanyne, Jamie Ward(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
April 15, 2023 -Ask Nelson and Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, too
Keywords: Indianapolis, Traces, Indiana Historical Society, Circle Center Mall, Nordstrom, L.S. Ayres & Co., Stella de Oro, The Slippery noodle Inn, Joan Hostetler, Spotted lantern fly, Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
April 08, 2023 -Construction of the Speedway in 1909 and pre-Indy 500 races
Keywords: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis 500, Carl Fisher, Frank Hall, Thomas R. Marshall, Roy Harroun, Mark Dill(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
April 01, 2023 -Civil war generals from Indiana
Keywords: Solomon Meredith, Battle of Gettysburg, Iron Brigade, Clark County, Jefferson Colombus Davis, Ambrose Burnside, John Morgan Hunt, William Anderson Pile, James Elkin, Lew Wallace, Jefferson Davis, Ben-Hur, Camp Morton, Cambridge City, Union County, Battle of Fredericksburg, Carl Kramer(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
March 25, 2023 -Women of historic Irvington
Keywords: Irvington, Indianapolis Girl Scout Troop 1, Irvangton presbyterian Church, Bulter University, League Of Women Voters Of Indiana, Sigma Gamma Rho, Gertrude Mahorney, Grace Julian Clarke, Madge Oberholtzer, Charlotte Ottinger, Sampson Levingston(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
March 18, 2023 -Funeral business evolution and civic involvement in Indy
Keywords: Flanner and Buchanan Funeral Centers, Flanner House, Washington Park East Cemetery, Building Community, Indiana Dunes State Park, YWCA, David Buchanan, Frank Flanner, Anna Flanner Buchanan, Janet Flanner, Julie Young, Bruce Buchanan(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
March 11, 2023 -Cathy Morris: Jazz violinist, producer and composer
Keywords: Columbus, Arts with a Purpose, Here For You, Columbus Area Arts Council, Indiana Avenue, Indy Jazz Fest, Wes Montgomery Festival, Animals and All that Jazz, Hampton Sisters, Royce Campbell, Barbara Shoup, Cathy Morris(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
March 04, 2023 -Statehouse stories, including basement secrets
Keywords: Indiana Legislature, Indiana State Capitol, Statehouse, Stucco, House Of Representatives, Edwin May, Libby Cierzniak(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
February 25, 2023 -First cookbook published in Indiana and food fashions of 1840s and ‘50s
Keywords: New Albany, Connor Prairie, Tecumseh, "Mrs. Collins' Table Receipts", "The Great Western Cookbook", Angelina Collins, Sheryl Vanderstel(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
February 18, 2023 -Roberts Settlement in Hamilton County: its history and legacy
Keywords: Hamilton County, Roberts Settlement, Roberts Chapel, School House #5, Legacy Walk, Noblesville, Atlanta, Bryan Glover(guest), LaVella Hyter(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
February 11, 2023 -Myths and tidbits about high school basketball history
Keywords: Crawfordsville, South Bend, Michigan City, LaPorte County, Indiana High School Athletic Association(IHSSA), Indiana School Basketball Hall of Fame, Studebaker auto factory, The Patch, Dr. James Naismith, Bobby Plump, Matt Werner(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
February 4, 2023 -Tuskegee Airmen and their legacy: Indiana links
Keywords: Tuskegee Airmen, MOAA, Top Gun, U.S. Air Force, Evansville, Congressional Gold Medal, Indiana Aviation Hall of Fame, Freeman Field, Dr. Lewis Jackson, Charles DeBow, Ray Boomhower, Reginald DuValle(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
January 28, 2023 -Calvin Fletcher, first prominent civic leader in Indianapolis
Keywords: Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis Benevolent Society, Camp Fremont, Hamilton County, Fletcher Place Neighborhood, Calvin Fletcher, Rev. Willis Revels, Georiga Cravey(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
January 21, 2023 -Eugenics in Indiana-Encore
Keywords: Eugenics Law, Forced Sterilization, Mandatory Sterilization Laws, Criminals, Indiana Medical History Museum, Indiana State Musuem, Gov. J. Frank Hanley, Dr. Richard Gunderman(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
January 14, 2023 -Delphi town history
Keywords: Delphi, Wabash & Erie Canal, Carroll County, Canal Interpretive Center, Delphi Opera House, Reed Case house, Monon High Bridge, Freedom Bridge, James Whitcomb Riley, Mark A. Smith(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
January 07, 2023 -Who inspired holiday decorations on Monument Circle? An influential architect
Keywords: Monument Circle, Circle of Lights, Soldiers and Sailors monument, National Historic Landmarks, Indiana State library, Bush Stadium, Indiana State Museum, Broad Ripple, Meridan-Kessler, Williams Creek Estates, Fort Wayne, Pierre & Wright, Edward Pierre, Lisa Hendrickson(guest), Carol Street(guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
December 31, 2022 -The Green Book and Indiana sites - Encore
Keywords: The Green Book, Sampson Levingston (Guest), Historian, Angola Indiana, Waddy Hotel, Joe Lewis, Victor Hugo Green, Fox Lake, Indiana Avenue.Click here to listen to the podcast.
December 17, 2022 -World War II: stories of holiday ordeals, also of goodwill
Keywords: POW, World War II, Our Service Our Stories, Owen County, Evansville, Battle of the Buldge, SS Leopoldville, USS Indianapolis memorial, USS Indianapolis, Giles McCoy, Paul Maves, Robert Donnelly, Herman Starkis,Ron May (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
December 10, 2022 -Ask Nelson – and Charles Braun, too
Keywords: Santa Clause Indiana, Spencer County, Santa Claus Museum & Village, Plymoth Indiana, Lucas Oil Stadium, Fort Wayne Indiana, Terra Haute Brewing Company, Crystal Gale, Loretta Lynn, Wabash Indiana, Cresent Paper Company, Charles Braun (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
December 03, 2022 -Evolution of foreign-born Hoosiers and the International Center: 50 years
Keywords: Indianapolis International Center, 2020 census, Richard Lugar, KP Singh, International Conference on Cities, Marin Baier (guest), Caterina Cregor Blitzer (guest).
November 26, 2022 -Artist who crusaded to save the Dunes - Encore
Keywords: Indiana Dunes, Lake Michigan, Frank Dudley, Rachel Berenson Perry (guest), Painter of the Dunes, Indiana Dunes National Park, Indiana Dunes State Park, Duneland, Jens Jensen, Dunes Pageant. Click here to listen to the podcast.
November 19, 2022 -Great Depression governor, Paul McNutt
Keywords: Paul V. McNutt, Great Depression, Windell Wilkie, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, American Legion, Arlington National Cemetery, The Philippines , Martinsville, Franklin, Justin Clark (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
November 12, 2022 -Terre Haute cemetery and intriguing people buried there
Keywords: Terre Haute, Highland Lawn Cemetery, Parke County, Dr. Allen Pence, George Clement Richards, Delaware, Eugene V. Debs, Martin Sheets, Ellen Church Marshall, Union Hospital, Mike Lunsford (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
November 05, 2022 -Strawtown myths: Hamilton County's first murder, Chief Straw and more - Encore
Keywords: Strawtown, Hamilton County, White River, Chief Straw, Lenape, Delaware, David Heighway (guest), capital, Corydon, Indianapolis, William Conner, Conner Prairie. Click here to listen to the podcast.
October 29, 2022 -Slaughterhouse and saw factory history in Indy
Keywords: Kingan & Company, Atkins & Com Saws, Albert Worm, E.C. Atkins, Indiana Historical Society, Amos Sellers, Libby Cierzniak (guest), Bonnie Carter (guest).Click here to listen to the podcast.
October 22, 2022 -Arabs in Indianapolis, then and now
Keywords: Middle Eastern Festival, St. George Orthodox Church, Lucas Oil Stadium, Syrian Colony, Hamilton County, Egypt, Jordon, Morocco, Brightwood Neighborhood, Heartland Film Festival, Edward Curtis (guest), Diana Najjar (guest).Click here to listen to the podcast.
October 15, 2022 -Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum: its evolution
Keywords: Indianapolis 500, Brickyard 400, IMS, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum, Ray Harroun, Tony Hulman, Marmon Wasp, Wilber Shaw, Shelbyville Indiana, Joe Hale (guest).Click here to listen to the podcast.
October 08, 2022 -Covid history in Indiana: an update
Keywords: Civid-19, Long Covid, Vaccination, Indianapolis Star, IU Health Methodist, Community Hospital East, Indiana Hospital Association, Shair Rudavsky (guest).Click here to listen to the podcast.
October 01, 2022 -Cemeteries and their historic landscaping
Keywords: Rural Cemetary Movement, Crown Hill Cemetary, Lindenwood Cemetary, Oakhill Cemetary, Highland Lawn Cemetary, Fort Wayne, Terre Haute, Jeannie Regan-Dinius (guest).Click here to listen to the podcast.
September 24, 2022 -Parke County: more than covered bridges
Keywords: Parke County, Ernest Freed, Juliete Peddle, Mecca High School, Dr. Frank Weidemann, Wallace 'Doc' Wheat, Valeska Suratt, Nyesville Indiana, Mike Lunsford (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
September 17, 2022 -State Archives: what’s there and new plans
Keywords: Indiana Archives, Indiana State Constitution, Sammy Terry, James Whitcomb Riley, John Dillenger, Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur, Chandler Lighty (guest).Click here to listen to the podcast.
September 10, 2022 -White River in Indy: historic navigability challenges
Keywords: White River, Oliver P. Morton, Governor Morton Steamboat, Steamoats, Flatboats, Broad Ripple, Hanna's Folly, General Hanna, Robert Hanna, Ed Fujawa (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
September 03, 2022 -Northwest Indiana: a return visit
Keywords: Lake County, La Porte, Mount Baldy, Dunes State Park, A Christmas Story, Michigan City, Goldblatt's, Phil Smidt and Son, Wolf Lake, Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum, Yare Electric Car, Indiana Author, Joseph Pete (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
August 27, 2022 -A history reenactor: pulling back the curtain
Keywords: Historical Actor, Abraham Lincoln, James Whitcomb Riley, Daniel Boone, Chicago Actors Studio, Greenfield Indiana, Lockerbie neighborhood, Squire Boone, Squire Boone Caverns, Mauckport Indiana, Danny Russel (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
August 20, 2022 -Fireflies and Monarch butterflies: Are they vanishing?
Keywords: Monarch Butterfly, Firefly, Purdue University, Indiana Official State Insect, New Harmony, West Lafayette, Bug Bowl, Thomas Say, Dr. Tom Turpin (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
August 13, 2022 -Birds of prey in Indiana
Keywords: Red-Tail Hawk, Barn Owl, Peregine Falcon, Bald Eagle, Amos Butler Audubon, Master Falconer, Indianapolis Zoo, Indiana State Fair, Mark Booth (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
August 06, 2022 - Leland, Mich., and Naples, Fla.: Hoosier getaways- ENCORE
Keywords: Lake Michigan, Ball Brothers, Booth Tarkington, Larry Bird, Hulman family, National Register of Historic Places, Jim Fadely (guest), Indiana Landmarks, Society of Indiana Pioneers, Indiana National Bank, Fishtown Historic District, Susannah Mayberry. Click here to listen to the podcast.
July 30, 2022 -World War II: Young children whose parents were killed
Keywords: World War2, American WWII Orphans Network, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, North Central High School, Scecina Memorial High School, Purdue University, Indiana University, Lorin McCleary III (guest), Walt Linne (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast
July 23, 2022 -Before Ellis Island: immigration and Benjamin Harrison
Keywords: President Benjamin Harrison, Ellis Island, Immigration, Castle Garden, Angel Island, Citizenship Plaza, Jenniger Capps (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast
July 16, 2022 -Ask Nelson …. and Ray Boomhower, too
Keywords: Indiana Educators, Hoosies Movie, Marvin Wood, Bobby Plump, Milan High School, Fairmont High School, Mitchell Indiana, Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, Herman B Wells, Ray Boomhower (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast
July 09, 2022 -Trail-blazing Black racing circuit and Charlie Wiggins
Keywords: Chalie Wiggins, Indianapolis 500, African American History, Indiana State Fair Grounds, Racing Documentary, Black racing circuit, Willy T. Ribbs, Todd Gould (guest).Click here to listen to the podcast
July 02, 2022 -Evolution of family farms and farmers markets with Market Wagon CEO Nick Carter - Encore
Keywords: Russiaville, family farms, Nick Carter (guest), Market Wagon, farmers markets, 40-under-40, Howard County, industrialization of farming.Click here to listen to the podcast
June 25, 2022 -Gardening boom, garden myths and more with Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
Keywords: Gardening, Indianapolis-based writer, Garden Myths, Garden Phlox, Zinnias, Deerington Zinnia Gardens, Bargersville, Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp (guest).Click here to listen to the podcast
June 18, 2022 -Ukrainian immigration to Indiana
Keywords: Ukraine, Kyiv, Immigration, International Center of Indianapolis, Ukrainian Society of Indiana, Russian invasion, Elkhart County, Lake County, Marion County, Svitlana Ramer (guest).Click here to listen to the podcast
June 11, 2022 - Car collecting in Indiana - Encore
Keywords: Bob Palma (guest), Studebaker Drivers Club, Antique Automobile Club of America, Indiana Region Classic Car Club of America, Mustang Club of Indianaolis, Corvette Indy, Old Cars Indy, Turning Wheels, Hemmings Classic Car. Click here to listen to the podcast.
June 04, 2022 -Northwest Indiana’s offbeat aspects and sites
Keywords: Lake County, Pierogi Festival, Whiting, Carmel, Crown Point, Roselawn, Ponderosa Sun Club, Sun Aura Club, Meyer's Castle, Indiana Author, Joseph Pete (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast
May 28, 2022 -World War II: children and teens who faced special challenges
Keywords: World War II, Internment Camp, Japanese Americans, Carmel, Zionsville, Pearl Harbor, Seattle, Our Service Our Stories, vol. 3, Eva Benirska Hermacinski, Jean Umemura (guest), Indiana Author, Ron May (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast
May 21, 2022 -Speedway and medical care: the first 50 years
Keywords: Indianapolis 500, IMS, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Dr. Horace Russell Allen, Dr. Rogers Smith, Dr. C.B. Bohner, Norma Erickson (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast
May 7, 2022 -Geist and Morse reservoirs history
Keywords: Geist reservoir, Morse reservoir, Germantown, Clarence Geist, Howard Morse, Noblesville, Hamliton County, Cicero, Indianapolis Water Company, Ed Fujawa (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast
April 30, 2022 -First families to arrive in Marion County
Keywords: Marion County, John McCormick, George Pogue, Lenape Tribe, Hervey Bates, James Blake, James Ray, Pogues Run, Steve Barnett (guest).Click here to listen to the podcast
April 23, 2022 -CIA operative during Cold War from Crawfordsville
Keywords: Benjamin Evans, Crawfordsville, Central Intelligence Agency, Cold War, West Point, Culver Millitary Academy, Gentleman in the Shadows, Douglas Wissing (guest).Click here to listen to the podcast
April 16, 2022 -Ulen: the vagabond turned CEO and an unusual Boone County town
Keywords: Henry Ulen, Ulen Indiana, Boone County, Ulen Counrty Club, American Water & Light Company, Justin Clark (guest).Click here to listen to the podcast
April 9, 2022 -Bear pit at Riverside Park and other bygone animal attractions: encore
Keywords: Riverside Park, Bear pit, Garfield Park, Brookside Park, Washington Park, Indianapolis Zoo, Great flood of 1913, Eric Salazar (guest), Ed Fujawa (guest).Click here to listen to the podcast
April 2, 2022 -Forgotten composer and painter from Hamilton County
Keywords: William Granville Bishop, Carmel High School, Noblesville, Hamilton County, Frederick Hunt, Eric Salazar (guest), David Heighway (guest).Click here to listen to the podcast
March 26, 2022 -Block’s, Wasson’s and Strauss: bygone major retailers in Indy
Keywords: Wasson's Deparment Store, Jewish, Block's Deparment Store, L Strauss Deparment Store, Greenwood, Anderson, Bloomington, Belmont Beach, Ken Turchi (guest).Click here to listen to the podcast
March 19, 2022 -Jewish immigration to Indiana, 1840-1920s
Keywords: Immigration, Jewish, Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, LaPorte, General Frederick Knefler, Ellis Island, Michael J. Brown (guest).Click here to listen to the podcast
March 12, 2022 -Pamela Bliss and outdoor murals across Indiana
Keywords: Mural, Hoosier Artitst, John Mellencamp, Eva Kor, Reggie Miller, Super Bowl, Hoosiers, Pamela Bliss (guest).Click here to listen to the podcast
March 5, 2022 - Barbara Shoup, Indy-based novelist and mentor to writers
Keywords: Writers, Hoosier Author, Indiana Writers Center, Broad Ripple High School, Wish You Were Here, An American Tune, Indiana Authors Award, Barbara Shoup (guest).Click here to listen to the podcast
February 26, 2022 - Oscar nominations and Hoosiers: 90 years of connections
Keywords: Academy Awards, Oscars, Steve McQueen, Anne Baxter, Greg Kinnear, Robert Wise, Winchester Indiana, Ted McCord, West Side Story, Sound of Music, Eric Grayson (guest).Click here to listen to the podcast
February 19, 2022 - African Americans in Indianapolis during the 1800s
Keywords: Black History Month, Bethel AME Church, John Tucker, John Freeman, Nancy Smothers, Calvin Fletcher, Indianapolis Author, David Leander Williams (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast
February 12, 2022 - Ask Nelson… and Al Hunter, too
Keywords: Abraham Lincoln, Ford’s Theatre, Washington D.C, Anderson Indiana, Richmond Indiana, Anita DeFrantz, Shortridge High School, Elizabeth Chandler, Lewis G. Reynolds, Al Hunter (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast
February 5, 2022 - Winter Olympics of the past and Hoosier links
Keywords: Winter Olympics, Sonja Henie, Dick Nalley, Wayne Seybold, Kim Seybold, Jill Watson, Lake Placid Olympics, 2022 Beijing Olympics, Ron Morris (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast
January 29, 2022 - The National Road: pioneer highway into Indiana
Keywords: National Road, George Washington, federal highway project, Highway 40, Pioneers, Albert Gallatin, Dan O'Brien (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast
January 22, 2022 - Hook’s and Haag: drug stores once iconic in Indiana
Keywords: Hooks Drug Store, Haag, People’s Drugs, Huddle restaurant, Hook’s Drug Store Museum, David Steele (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast
January 15, 2022 - WW II pin-up girl, auto engineer in China and more links to Wabash
Keywords: Margie Stewart, Pin-up,USO, Service Motor Truck Company, Wabash Indiana, Chuck Showaltert, Warren Pressler, T.J. Honeycutt (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast
January 8, 2022 - A collector’s guide to Indianapolis memorabilia: encore
Keywords: ephemera, collecting, Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Woodfruff Place Flea Market, Midland Arts & Antiques Market, Antiques Roadshow, Charles Alexander (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
January 1, 2022 - Spelling bee craze, unusual Civil War soldier and more from Greensburg
Keywords: Spelling bee, John Pratt (Guest), Greensburg, Decatur county, A League of Their Own, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, Chautauqua, Rush County, International Harvester. Click here to listen to the podcast.
December 18, 2021 - The Green Book and Indiana sites
Keywords: The Green Book, Sampson Levingston (Guest), Historian, Angola Indiana, Waddy Hotel, Joe Lewis, Victor Hugo Green, Fox Lake, Indiana Avenue.Click here to listen to the podcast.
December 11, 2021 - Quirky aspects of Indy history
Keywords: Mayor Lew Shank, Ashley Petry (Guest), Governor’s Residence, Monument Circle, Alexander Ralston, Battle of Pogue's Run, Anderson Museum of Art.Click here to listen to the podcast.
December 04, 2021 - A teacher’s insights about engaging kids with Indiana history
Keywords: Teaching, Indiana pioneers, Flatboat, salsify, Eel river, Matt Barnett (guest), 19th Regiment Indiana, Peru Indiana, Logansport.Click here to listen to the podcast.
November 27, 2021 - Foods of the pioneers - Encore
Keywords: Food history, Irvington Historical Society, Jerusalem artichokes, salsify, pattypans, Sheryl Vanderstel (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
November 20, 2021 - Gus Grissom and the Liberty Bell: 60 years later
Keywords: Gus Grissom, NASA, Mitchell Indiana, The Right Stuff, Apolo 1, Liberty Bell 7, Gemini 3, Mercury 7.Click here to listen to the podcast.
November 6, 2021 - German freethinkers in Indy - Encore
Keywords: German-American immigrants, Freethought, Justin Clark (guest), Herman Lieber, Clemens Vonnegut, Kurt Vonnegut Jr, German Daily Tribune, Indiana Tribune. Click here to listen to the podcast.
October 16, 2021 - World War I and Hoosiers: their diaries and letters
Keywords: World war 1, Hoosier Veterans, American Red Cross, Fighting Hoosiers, Influenza Epidemic of 1918, Liberty Loans, War Bonds,Click here to listen to the podcast.
October 2, 2021 - A flock of bird issues in Indiana
Keywords: Songbirds, Birding, Indiana Birding Trail, Hummingbirds, Eagles, Blue Jays, Common Grackle, Norther Cardinals, American Robins, National Audubon Society.Click here to listen to the podcast.
September 25, 2021 - Indy wife of Treasure Island’s Robert Louis Stevenson: encore
Keywords: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyell and Mr. Hyde, Fanny Vandegrift.Click here to listen to the podcast.
September 18, 2021 - Population shifts: 2020 Census and Indiana
Keywords: National Census, Indian Census, Kelly School of Business, Burmese population, Carmel, Fishers, Noblesville, Indiana Business Research Center.Click here to listen to the podcast.
September 11, 2021 - Disney animator Bill Peet, illustrator and children's book author: encore
Keywords: Arsenal Technical High School, John Herron Institute of Art, Disney Studios, Disney movies, Walt Disney, Ken Avidor (guest), Emerson Heights neighborhood, Great Depression.Click here to listen to the podcast.
September 4, 2021 - Where were you on 9-11?
Keywords Indiana 9-11 Memorial, National September 11 Memorial and Museum, World Trade Center, Tom Spalding, Indianapolis Fire Department, Dave Cook, Ryan Feeney, Indiana Task Force 1.Click here to listen to the podcast.
August 28, 2021 - Ask Nelson - and Sampson Levingston, too
Keywords: Sampson Levingston (Guest), Indiana Avcnue, Helen Keller, Clark Gable, Booker T. Washington, James Whitcomb Riley, Mudlavia, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Union Station.Click here to listen to the podcast.
August 21, 2021 - Nicknames for Indy and neighborhoods: their origins
Keywords: Irish Hill, Indianapolis, Marion County Historical Society Irvington Historical Society, Crossroads of America, Circle City, Naptown, Amateur Sports Capital, Railroad City, Stringtown, Brickville, National Road, Indianapolis Chamber Commerce Steve Barnett (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
August 14, 2021 - Outlaw gangs of the 1870s and '80s
Keywords: outlaw gangs, Lost River region, Martin County, Orange County, Dubois County, Randy Mills (guest), Archer Gang, Reeves Gang, White Caps, Reno Brothers. Click here to listen to the podcast.
August 7, 2021 - Artist who crusaded to save the Dunes
Keywords: Indiana Dunes, Lake Michigan, Frank Dudley, Rachel Berenson Perry (guest), Painter of the Dunes, Indiana Dunes National Park, Indiana Dunes State Park, Duneland, Jens Jensen, Dunes Pageant. Click here to listen to the podcast.
July 31, 2021 - Evolution of family farms and farmers markets with Market Wagon CEO Nick Carter
Keywords: Russiaville, family farms, Nick Carter (guest), Market Wagon, farmers markets, 40-under-40, Howard County, industrialization of farming. Click here to listen to the podcast.
July 24, 2021 - African-American students during the late 1800s in Indiana
Keywords: African-American, Vincennes Colored High School, Indiana Historical Society, Eunice Trotter (guest), Mary Rann, Indianapolis High School, Grace Brewer, Knox County, Vevay, Washington, Mary Bateman Clark, Knox County Courthouse. Click here to listen to the podcast.
July 17, 2021 - Strawtown myths: Hamilton County's first murder, Chief Straw and more
Keywords: Strawtown, Hamilton County, White River, Chief Straw, Lenape, Delaware, David Heighway (guest), capital, Corydon, Indianapolis, William Conner, Conner Prairie. Click here to listen to the podcast.
July 10, 2021 - Indiana responders and 9-11 tragedy: anniversary approaches
Keywords: 9-11-2001, Indiana Task Force 1, Ground Zero, Tom Spalding (guest), Dave Cook (guest), Indianapolis Fire Department, Indiana Historical Society, Monument Circle, 9-11 Memorial, Federal Emergency Management Agency. Click here to listen to the podcast.
July 3, 2021 - The legacy of Indy native James Baskett and Song of the South - encore
Keywords: James Baskett, Academy Awards, Oscar, Song of the South, Uncle Remus, Disney, African-American history, Frederick Douglass, Gone with the Wind, Erick Grayson (guest), Ophelia Wellington (guest), Freetown Village, Brer Rabbit. Click here to listen to the podcast.
June 26, 2021 - Leland, Mich., and Naples, Fla.: Hoosier getaways
Keywords: Lake Michigan, Ball Brothers, Booth Tarkington, Larry Bird, Hulman family, National Register of Historic Places, Jim Fadely (guest), Indiana Landmarks, Society of Indiana Pioneers, Indiana National Bank, Fishtown Historic District, Susannah Mayberry. Click here to listen to the podcast.
June 19, 2021 - Paul Page on motorsports broadcasting and some wild rides
Keywords: Speedway High School, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network, IMS Hall of Fame, Bobby Unser, Hello I'm Paul Page: It's Race Day in Indianapolis, Swede Savage, A.J. Foyt, Sid Collins, Tony Hulman. Click here to listen to the podcast.
June 12, 2021 - Moravian heritage of Hope, Indiana
Keywords: Bartholomew County, Hope, Ind., New Harmony, Moravian Mission, Anderson, Ind., Tenskwatawa, Tecumseh, Hope Moravian Church, God's Acre, Barb Johnson (guest), Beth Newman (guest), Simmons School, Yellow Trail Museum. Click here to listen to the podcast.
June 5, 2021 - Car collecting in Indiana
Keywords: Bob Palma (guest), Studebaker Drivers Club, Antique Automobile Club of America, Indiana Region Classic Car Club of America, Mustang Club of Indianaolis, Corvette Indy, Old Cars Indy, Turning Wheels, Hemmings Classic Car. Click here to listen to the podcast.
May 29, 2021 - Bradford pear trees and other invasive trees and plants
Keywords: Hoosier Gardener, Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Garden Communicators International, exotic invasives, gardening, City Gardener Program, Purdue University-Marion County horticulture extension. Click here to listen to the podcast.
May 15, 2021 - Phantom bridges, no-stoplight towns and a former military academy
Keywords: History in Your Own Backyard, Satolli Glassmeyer, Sunman, Ripley County, Rushville, Greensburg, Howe Military Academy, LaGrange County, Triple Whipple Bridge, Aurora, Dearborn County, Madison, Sparks Ferry Bridge, Jackson County, Princess Theatre, East Hill Cemetery, Wendell Willkie, Saint Paul, Decatur County, Dillsboro. Click here to listen to the podcast.
May 8, 2021 - No show due to UIndy graduation ceremony.
May 1, 2021 - Cicadas: The buzz about their return
Keywords: Periodical cicadas, Brood X, Dr. Tom Turpin (guest), Purdue University, Bug Bowl, On Six Legs, Purdue Extension Service, Eagle Creek Park, Geist Reservoir, Fort Harrison State Park, Shades State Park, McCormick's Creek State Park, Hoosier National Forest. Click here to listen to the podcast.
April 24, 2021 - Covid history in Indiana
Keywords: Covid-19, Shari Rudavski (guest), Indianapolis Star, Community Hospital North, Roberta Shelton, Community Hospital East, Good Samaritan Hospital, Tyson Foods, Maximus. Click here to listen to the podcast.
April 17, 2021 - Bear pit at Riverside Park and other bygone animal attractions
Keywords: Riverside Park, Indianapolis, bear pit, White River, Garfield Park, Brookside Park, Ed Fujawa (guest), Class 900, Indianapolis Zoo, White River State Park, 1904 flood, Great Flood of 1913. Click here to listen to the podcast.
April 10, 2021 - The 25th Amendment, presidential succession and Indiana connections
Keywords: US Constitution, vice president, 25th Amendment, Donald Trump, White House, Birch Bayh, William Henry Harrison, Theodore Roosevelt, St. Vincent's Infirmary, Thomas R. Marshall, Woodrow Wilson, Norma Erickson (guest), Gary Shaw (guest), assassination of John F. Kennedy, Thomas Hendricks, Grover Cleveland, 26th Amendment. Click here to listen to the podcast.
April 3, 2021 - Avriel Shull, trail-blazing home builder and designer - encore
Keywords: Avriel Shull, mid-century modern, architecture, housing, Women's History Month, Carmel, Connie Zeigler (guest), National Register of Historic Places, Thornhurst, Ladywood Estates, Life Magazine, R.K. Shull, John Herron Art Institute, Carmel Clay Historical Society, Traces, Indiana Historical Society, Avalon Hills, Crow's Nest, Meridian Hills, Sunset Lane. Click here to listen to the podcast.
March 27, 2021 -Fugitives and prison escapees from Indiana
Keywords: Andrew Stoner (guest), "Indiana Wants Me" (song by R. Dean Taylor), Fort Wayne, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, Indiana State Prison, Logansport, Hamlet, FBI's Most Wanted List, Joseph Paul Franklin, Vernon Jordan, National Urban League, Leslie "Mad Dog" Irvin, Gibson County Jail, Indiana Women's Prison, Tippecanoe County, Floyd Loveless. Click here to listen to the podcast.
March 20, 2021 - Weir Cook and Paul Baer, WWI aviators and former airport namesakes: encore
Keywords: Weir Cook, Paul Baer, airports, aviation, airlines, Indianapolis International Airport, Fort Wayne International Airport, William Bell (guest), Tony Garel-Frantzen, Wilkinson Ind., World War I World War II, 94th Aero Squadron, P-39 Bell Airacobra. Click here to listen to the podcast.
March 13, 2021 - Madge Oberholtzer: more than victim of a shocking crime in 1925
Keywords: Ku Klux Klan, KKK, D.C. Stephenson, Madge Oberholtzer, Irvington, Charlotte Ottinger (guest), Irvington Historical Society, Indiana Suffragists, Manual High School, Butler University, Herron School of Art, Matilda Oberholtzer, Young People's Reading Circle, Hamilton County Courthouse. Click here to listen to the podcast.
March 6, 2021 - Women, the Indiana General Assembly and state officials
Keywords: Women's History month, Indiana General Assembly, Indiana Capitol Building, Mary Beth Schneider (guest), thestatehousefiles.com, Gov. Joe Kernan, Kathy Davis, Becky Skillman, Gov. Mitch Daniels, Eric Holcomb, Sue Anne Gilroy, Melinda Kennedy, Z. Mae Jimison, Connie Lawson, Julia Nelson,Virginia Jenckes, U.S. Rep. Julia Carson. Click here to listen to the podcast.
February 27, 2021 -Migration of African Americans during 20th century to Northern states
Keywords: Black History Month, African-American history, World War I, Great Migration, Jakobi Williams (guest), From the Bullet to the Ballet. Click here to listen to the podcast.
February 20, 2021 - Ask Nelson and Charlie Hyde about Benjamin Harrison, the 1892 cholera epidemic and more
Keywords: Nelson Price (host), Charles Hyde (guest), Benjamin Harrision Presidential Site, 1892 cholera epidemic, First Lady Caroline Scott Harrison, Black History Month, 28th U.S. Colored Troops, The Night Indianapolis Roared, Hoagy Carmichael, Randy Carmichael, Center for Performing Arts, Great American Songbook Foundation. Click here to listen to the podcast.
February 13, 2021 - A distinctive cemetery and efforts to humanize former Central State patients
Keywords: Indiana Medical History Museum, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, Central State Hospital, Sarah Halter (guest), cemetery, psychiatry, psychiatric patients, specimen collection, Old Pathology Building, Voices from Central State. Click here to listen to the podcast.
February 6, 2021 - The first woman of color to live in frontier Indianapolis
Keywords: Black History Month, Bicentennial Era of Indianapolis, Chaney Lively, Alexander Ralston, Laura McPhee (guest), Calvin Fletcher, National Road, John Britton, Bethel AME Church, Pen and Pink Vintage, Colored National Convention, Frederick Douglass. Click here to listen to the podcast.
January 30 2021 - A pop music critic returns
Keywords: David Lindquist (guest), Indianapolis Star, Fountain Square, Palladium, Slippery Noodle Inn, Glen Campbell, John Mellencamp, Kenny Aronoff, Jacobs School of Music, Hal Yeagy, Murat Theatre, White River State Park. Click here to listen to the podcast.
January 23, 2021 - Jimmy Hoffa, controversial labor leader from Brazil, Indiana
Keywords: Jimmy Hoffa, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Indiana Historical Bureau, Justin Clark (guest), March On Washington. Click here to listen to the podcast.
January 16, 2021 - Reflections of a lieutenant governor
Keywords: John Mutz, Marion County government, Unigov, Richard Lugar, City Committee, Sarah Evans Barker, Sue Ellspermann, Indiana General Assembly, Market Square Arena, Indiana Pacers, Lilly Endowment, Public Service Indiana, Institute for Civic Leadership and Mayoral Archives. Click here to listen to the podcast.
January 9, 2021 - Early era of the Indiana Pacers: encore
Keywords: Indiana State Fairgrounds, Coliseum, American Basketball Association (ABA), Indianapolis Olympians, Mark Montieth, Reborn: The Pacers and the Return of Pro Basketball to Indianapolis, National Basketball Association (NBA), Bob Netolicky, Mel Daniels, Bobby "Slick" Leonard, Roger Brown. Click here to listen to the podcast.
January 2, 2021 - Indy's "real" 200th birthday?
Keywords: Indianapolis, Founders Day, Indiana General Assembly, Bicentennial Era, John McCormick, White River State Park, Jordan Ryan (guest), Indiana Historical Society, Indiana History Center, English Theater Hotel and Opera House, Cyclorama, Indiana Landmarks, Alexander Ralston and Elias Fordham. Click here to listen to the podcast.
December 26, 2020 - House of Tomorrow and other 1933 Chicago World's Fair homes: encore
Keywords: Lake Michigan, Indiana Dunes, Beverly Shores, Florida House, Cyprus House, Great Depression, Indiana Landmarks, Todd Zeiger (guest), National Trust for Historic Preservation, Frederick and Robert Bartlett, George Fred Keck, A Century of Progress. Click here to listen to the podcast.
December 19, 2020 - Reflections of a pop music critic
Keywords: David Lindquist (guest), Deer Creek Music Center, Ruoff, Bankers Life Field House, Market Square Arena, John Mellencamp, Fountain Square, Indiana State Fair, John Green, The Slippery Noodle Inn, Hal Yeagy, White River State Park, Murat Theatre, Conseco Fieldhouse, Indiana Rock History Project, Steve Sybesma, Sunshine Promotions, Wes Montgomery. Click here to listen to the podcast.
December 12, 2020 - The spirit of painter Bob Ross endures in Muncie
Keywords: The Joy of Painting, The Bob Ross Experience, Lucius L. Ball House, WIPB, Jessica Jenkins (guest), Minnetrista, Ball Brothers. Click here to listen to the podcast.
December 5, 2020 - Rising Sun and Indiana's smallest county
Keywords: Ohio County, Riverfront Park, Ohio River, Rising Sun Historic District, Ohio County Courthouse, Cliff Thies (guest), Ohio County Historical Society, Rising Sun History Museum, Rees Harps, Harpsicle, Samuel Best, German immigrants, Hoosier Boy (boat), J.W. Whitlock. Click here to listen to the podcast.
November 28, 2020 - Have you heard of The Hoosier Hot Shots? encore
Keywords: Gene Autry, Three Stooges, Gennett Studios, Richmond, Otto "Gave" Ward", Ken Trietsch, Paul "Hezzie" Trietsch, Frank Kettering, Todd Gould (guest), David Heighway (guest), Great Depression, World War II, Hamilton County, Rube Band. Click here to listen to the podcast.
November 21, 2020 - Historic crimes: cases involving the electric chair, "Gun Girl," a mayor and more
Keywords: Elwood, Ind., Great Depression, No Place Like Murder (book), Janice Thorton (guest), John Chirka, Harry Rasico, electric chair, Indiana State Prison, Samuel Ralston, Isabelle Messmer, Sarah Shenkenberger, Kokomo mayor Henry Cole. Click here to listen to the podcast.
November 14, 2020 -Wilbur Wright's Indiana connections, other aviation pioneers
Keywords: Wilbur and Orville Wright, Wright Brothers, Millville, Ind., Indiana Aviation Hall of Fame, Roscoe Turner, James Allison, Carl Fisher, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Frank Borman, David Newill (guest), Bruce Montigney (guest), Wilbur Wright Memorial Birthplace, Lawrence Bell, Bell Aircraft Corp, Chuck Yeager, William "Pete" Night. Click here to listen to the podcast.
November 7, 2020 - The legacy of Ron Spencer and Theatre on the Square
Keywords: Ron Spencer, Byaan Fonseca, Joan Crawford, Christina Crawford, Indianapolis Fringe Festival, Mildred Pierce, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, Bette Davis, Terrence McNally, George Winters, Jeannie Logan (guest), Bill Book (guest), Fountain Square, Mass Ave. Click here to listen to the podcast.
October 31, 2020 - Musical instrument-making heritage in Indiana
Keywords: C.G. Conn, Armstrong Flutes, Bach Brass, Selmer Woodwinds, Buescher Band Instruments, Gemeinhardt Flutes, David Steele, Jim Catalano (guests), Ulysses G. Leedy, Purdue University All-American Marching Band. Click here to listen to the podcast.
October 24, 2020 - Influenza epidemic of 1918-19: The second and third waves, recovery
Keywords: Pandemic, Dr. William McNiece and Bill Beck (guests), Marion County Historical Society, World War I, Armistice Day, Dr. Herman Morgan, Fort Harrison, Camp Sherman. Click here to listen to the podcast.
October 17, 2020 - Haunting tales about historic places and people
Keywords: Newcastle, Catherine Winters, abduction, Indiana statehouse haunting, Indiana Supreme Court Justice James Emmert, Cambridge City, Old National Road, General Sol Meredith, Iron Brigade, Terre Haute, Stiffy Green, Highland Lawn Cemetery, Vigo County Historical Society, Overbeck House and Studio, Al Hunter (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
October 10, 2020 - Historic photographers and their studios
Keywords: Brownie camera, New Harmony, Joan Hostetler (guest), Indiana Album, Indiana Photographers Project, McDonald Studio, W.H. Bass Photo Co, James Miles Wattles, Theophilus Wylie. Click here to listen to the podcast.
October 3, 2020 - Attica, Ind., and its historic, endangered downtown
Keywords: Indiana Landmarks, Ten Most Endangered Places list, Wabash & Erie Canal, Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroad, Devon Theater, Attical Downtown Historic District, Tommy Kleckner (guest), Lexxi Haddock (guest), Poston Brick Company, Cottrell Village. Click here to listen to the podcast.
September 26, 2020 - KKK dominance in 1920s Indiana
Keywords: Ku Klux Klan, D.C. Stephenson, James Madison (guest), The Ku Klux Klan in the Heartland, lynching, Catholics, Kokomo, Hamilton County, University of Notre Dame. Click here to listen to the podcast.
September 19, 2020 - Show pre-empted by WICR-FM's broadcast of Rosh Hashanah services.
September 12, 2020 - Ask Nelson and Ray Boomhower about WW II-era Hoosiers... and more
Keywords: Ray Boomhower (guest), World War II, Black aviators, African-American, Freeman Field, 477th Bombardment Group, John bushemi, Nancy Noel, Llandfair, Immaculate Heart of Mary school, Norman Vandivier, Battle of Midway, David Shoup, Battle of Tarawa, Elmer Davis, Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), Marty Wyall, Margaret Ray Ringenberg. Click here to listen to the podcast.
September 5, 2020 - Wawasee and Maxinkuckee, resort lakes in northern Indiana: encore
Keywords: Syracuse, Kosciusko County, Culver, Marshall County, The Spink, Vonnegut family, Cole Porter, Booth Tarkington, Miami Indians, Potawatomi Indians, Charles Braun (guest), Jeff Kenney (guest), Culver Military Academy, Oakwood Resort, Wawasee Waltz. Click here to listen to the podcast.
August 29, 2020 - International opera star Angela Brown, trailblazer
Keywords: Metropolitan Opera, Crispus Attucks High School, Jacobs School of Music, Freddie Mae's Daughter, Opera from a Sistah's Point of View, Melanated Moments in Classical Music, Indianapolis Opera, Morning Brown, Robert Fleck, Richard Danielpour, Anselme Blaise Argelier, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Carmel Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Public Schools Hall of Fame. Click here to listen to the podcast.
August 22, 2020 -Women's suffrage in Indiana: the myths
Keywords: 19th Amendment, Anita Morgan (guest), Madam C.J. Walker, Terre Haute Council of Jewish Women, Quakers, May Wright Sewall, Zerelda Wallace, InIndiana Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission. Click here to listen to the podcast.
August 15, 2020 - Drive-in movie theaters
Keywords: Westlake Drive-in, Indianapolis, Tibbs Drive-in, Eric Grayson (guest), Twin-Aire Drive-in, Centerbrook Drive-in, Skyline Drive-in, Shadeland Drive-in, 13-24 Drive-in. Click here to listen to the podcast.
August 8, 2020 - Olympians with intriguing pre- and post-games lives
Keywords: Tokyo Summer Games, David Woods (guest), Indiana University Olympians (IU Press), Dr. Greg Bell, Milt Campbell, Lesley Bush, Hobie Billingsley, James "Doc" Counsilma, Mike Troy, Don Lash, Fred Wilt, Click here to listen to the podcast.
August 1, 2020 - Snakes slithering across Indiana
Keywords: watermoccasin, cottonmouth, Nate Engbrecht (guest), gartersnake, copperhead, grey rat snake, eastern hog-nosed snake, glass lizard, Indiana Dunes, watersnake, eastern milksnake, Dekay's brownsnake. Click here to listen to the podcast.
July 25, 2020 - Indiana Beach History
Keywords: Lake Shafer, Monticello, Earl Spackman, Joy Spackman Bailey (guest), W.C. Madden (guest), Hoosier Hurricane, White County. Click here to listen to the podcast.
July 18, 2020 - Disney animator Bill Peet, illustrator and children's book author
Keywords: Arsenal Technical High School, John Herron Institute of Art, Disney Studios, Disney movies, Walt Disney, Ken Avidor (guest), Emerson Heights neighborhood, Great Depression.Click here to listen to the podcast.
July 11, 2020 - Astronaut food and other unexpected links between the space program and Indiana
Keywords: Mercury 7 astronauts, Purdue University, NASA, SpaceX, International Space Station, John Norberg (guest), Karen Pearson Ross, Jerry Ross, Dr. Steve Beering, Beth Moses, Virgil "Gus" Grissom. Click here to listen to the podcast.
July 4, 2020 - Racial justice in 1820s Indiana: Slave trial and Fall Creek Massacre - encore
Keywords: African Americans, Native Americans, Mary Bateman Clark, Gen. Washington Johnston Vincennes, Indiana Supreme Court, Indiana Constitution, Eunice Trotter (guest), Polly Strong, Maxine Brown, Madison County, David Thomas Murphy (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
June 27, 2020 - Confederate monument in Indy and Camp Morton
Keywords: Civil War, Camp Morton, Garfield Park, Steve Towne (guest), Paul Mullins (guest), Ophelia Wellington (guest), Freetown Village, Crown Hill Cemetery, Herron-Morton Place Neighborhood, Southern Club of Indianapolis, Woodlawn Cemetery. Click here to listen to the podcast.
June 20, 2020 -A second serving of foods of the pioneers
Keywords: Sheryl Vanderstel (guest), Conner Prairie Interactive History Park, Irvington Historical Society. Click here to listen to the podcast.
June 13, 2020 - Ellis Island, immigration and Indiana: encore
Keywords: Immigration, President Benjamin Harrison, Jennifer Capps (guest), Teresa Baer (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
June 6, 2020 - Early malaria epidemic in Indy, plus past visions for city's future
Keywords: malaria, epidemic, Jeff Bennett (guest), Dr. Isaac Coe, Plague Cemetery, City Market, Lockerbie Fair, Indiana Landmarks, Alexander Ralston. Click here to listen to the podcast.
May 30, 2020 - Tamika Catchings, history maker: encore
Keywords: Indiana Fever, Basketball Hall of Fame, Kobe Bryant, Catch the Stars Foundation, Tea's Me Cafe, Parnell Smith, Harvy Catchings, WNBA, Tony Dungy. Click here to listen to the podcast.
May 23, 2020 -Hoosiers who competed in early Indy 500s: encore
Keywords: Indianapolis 500, Joe Dawson, Charlie Merz, Howdy Wilcox, Mark Dill (guest), Ray Harroun, Marmon car, Barney Oldfield, Carl Fisher, "Farmer" Bill Endicott, Scott Goodyear, Tommy Kinkaid, Arthur Newby.Click here to listen to the podcast.
May 16, 2020 - Where did your county's name come from?
Keywords: Native Americans, Revolutionary War, Charles Braun (guest), Marquis de Lafayette, Indiana Place Names, Lenape heritage. Click here to listen to the podcast.
May 9, 2020 - Columbus icon J. Irwin Miller's life and impact
Keywords: Columbus, Indiana, Cummins Engine Company, Nancy Kriplen (guest), mid-century modern architecture, Miller House, Joseph Irwin, Clessie Cummins, First Christian Church, North Christian Church. Click here to listen to the podcast.
May 2, 2020 -Population and demographic shifts in Indiana
Keywords: U.S. Census, Matt Kinghorn (guest), Indiana Business Research Center, birth rates, diversity. Click here to listen to the podcast.
April 25, 2020 -Sears Roebuck catalog and Sears kit homes: encore
Keywords: Sears kit homes, Montgomery Ward, Paul Diebold (guest), Glory-June Greiff, (guest), Prophetstown State Park, . Click here to listen to the podcast.
April 18, 2020 -Epidemics in Indiana history: encore
Keywords: Epidemiology, malaria, influenza, cholera, polio, AIDS, tuberculosis, swine flu, Dr. William McNiece (guest), Bill Beck (guest), Plague Cemetery, Indiana Medical History Museum. Click here to listen to the podcast.
April 4, 2020 - Tree planting crusades in Indy, beginning in 1850s
Keywords: Trees, Earth Day, Shade Tree Association of Indianapolis, Monument Circle, trees for Tomorrow, Presidential Place Park, Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Charles Deam, Ed Fujawa (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
March 28, 2020 - Farm wives of the mid to late 1800s
Keywords: Women's History Month, Society of Indiana Pioneers, Tippecanoe County, Hancock County, Morgan Lee Wilson (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
March 21, 2020 - Roadhouses, stills and blind tigers
Keywords: Prohibition, 18th Amendment, Steve Barnett (guest), Glory-June Greiff (guest), National Road, Simeon "Sim" Coy. Podcast delayed due to technical problems.
March 14, 2020 -Earliest years of Indiana basketball
Keywords: High school basketball, James Naismith, Crawfordsville High School, Lebanon High School, Season of Upsets (book), Chandler Lighty (guest), Matt Werner (guest). .Click here to listen to the podcast.
March 7, 2020 -Women's Suffrage: strides, setbacks and a first lady's role
Keywords: Women's History Month, Virginia Jenckes, Leonora Uhl Flynn, Zerelda Wallace, Indiana Women's Suffrage Centennial, 19th Amendment, Lisa Hendrickson (guest), Larry Paarlberg (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
Feb. 29, 2020 -Flourishing at 90-something: encore
Keywords: elderly Hoosiers, senior citizens, Special Olympics, Madam Walker Legacy Center, World War II, Ransom Place neighborhood Georgia Buchanan (guest), Tom Ridley (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
Feb. 22, 2020 -Ask Nelson - and Chris May, too - about high school basketball history and more
Keywords: Indiana high school basketball, Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, Diamond Chain Company, Bill Berberian, West Lafayette High School. Click here to listen to the podcast.
Feb. 15, 2020 - Vonnegut and an array of misconceptions
Keywords: Kurt Vonnegut, Clemens Vonnegut, Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library, German Freethinkers, Julia Whitehead (guest), Dan Simon (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
Feb. 8, 2020 - The life and impact of Rev. Boniface Hardin
Keywords: Boniface Hardin, African-American history, Martin University, Holy Angels Perish, St. Meinrad Seminary, Joseph Smith Sr (guest), Nancy Chism (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
Feb. 1, 2020 - Studebakers: the brothers, the cars and the legacy
Keywords: Studebaker, automotive history, Studebaker National Museum, Andy Beckman (guest), Bob Palma (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
Jan. 25, 2020 - A collector's guide to Indianapolis memorabilia
Keywords: ephemera, collecting, Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Woodfruff Place Flea Market, Midland Arts & Antiques Market, Antiques Roadshow, Charles Alexander (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
Jan. 18, 2020 - Women's suffrage crusade in Indiana and beyond
Keywords: voting rights, 19th Amendment, Dublin, Indiana Women's Suffrage Centennial, Sally Perkins (guest), Jill Chambers (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
Jan. 11, 2020 - The legacy of Indy native James Baskett and Song of the South
Keywords: African-American history, Disney, Frederick Douglass, Mick Armbruster (guest host), Eric Grayson (guest), Ophelia Wellington (guest), Brer Rabbit. Click here to listen to the podcast.
Jan 4, 2020 - Centennial of Indy in 1920, Bicentennial era in 2020-21
Keywords: Indianapolis, Indianapolis Bicentennial Commission, Indiana General Assembly, Deputy Mayor Jeff Bennett (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast
Dec. 28, 2019 - Restaurants: the old, the new and their souvenirs
Keywords: Indianapolis Monthly magazine, Taxman Brewing Company, Cityway, Clancy's, Bottleworks, Poe Brothers Cafeteria, Ike and Jonesy's, Wholesale District, Flatiron Building, Elbow Room, Terry Kirtz (guest). Click here to listen to the podcast.
Dec. 21, 2019 - Early railroads in Indiana: encore
Keywords: Indianapolis and Bellefontaine Railroad, Forging the Bee Line Railroad, 1848-1889, Madison and Indianapolis, Indiana Historical Bureau, Union Depot, Union Station, Oliver H. Smith, Andy Olson (guest), Dr. Francis Parker(guest), Click here to listen to the podcast.
Dec. 14, 2019 - Meridian Street mansions in Indy history
Keywords: North Meridian Historic District, Meridian Street Foundation,
Kassie Ritman (guest), Peggy Sabens (guest), Booth Tarkington, Tarkington Towers, Dodd's Townhouse, Click here to listen to the podcast.
Dec. 7, 2019 - The Case of the December Bride and other crimes from Indy police files
Keywords: Carrie Romig, Harold Romig, Patrick Pearsey (guest), Sgt. James Pearsey, Case of the Dynamiters, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, Prohibition,Indianapolis Public Library, Click here to listen to the podcast.
Nov. 30, 2019 - James Whitcomb Riley: Before he was famous - encore
Keywords: traveling medicine show circuit, Greenfield, Civil War, Edgar Allen Poe, Danny Russel (guest), Hancock County, James Whitcomb Riley Boyhood Home, Brigette Cook Jones (guest), Hancock County Historical Society, Gwen Betor (guest), Riley Old Home society, Old National Road. Click here to listen to the podcast.
Nov 23, 2019 - Eugene V. Debs: Hoosier Socialist, five-time presidential candidate Keywords: Terre Haute, Socialist Party of America, Pullman Strike, American Railway Union, World War I, Warren G. Harding, Allison Duerk (guest), Kim Hood Jacobs (guest), Clarence Darrow. Click here to listen to the podcast.
Nov 16, 2019 - Rare plants and animals in Indiana
Keywords: hellbender salamander, orange-fringed orchid, Michael Homoya (guest), Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Nate Engbrecht (guest), Blue River, O'Bannon Woods State Park, Fisher Oak Nature Preserve, Jasper County, Crawfish frogs, Evansville, Mosquito ferns, Outdoor Indiana Magazine, Twin Swamps Nature Preserve, Crawford County, Perry County, Wake up Woods (book), Turkey Run State Park, Shades State Park, hemlock wolll aldegid. Click here to listen to the podcast.
Nov. 9, 2019 - The Census: Tips for using in historic research
Keywords: Sharon Butsch Freeland (guest), U.S. Constitution, House of Representatives, ancestry.com, familyresearch.org, National Archives, Catherine Tomlinson. Click here to listen to the podcast.
Nov. 2, 2019 - (encore presentation) - Racial justice in 1820s Indiana: Slave trial and Fall Creek Massacre
Keywords: Mary Bateman Clark, Vincennes, Gen. Washington Johnston, Indiana Supreme Court, Eurnice Trotter (guest), Ethel McCane, Knox County Courthouse, Polly Strong, Corydon, Maxine Brown, Leora Brown School, David Thomas Murphy (guest), Murder in their Hearts (book), Anderson University. Click here to listen to the podcast.
Oct. 26, 2019- Spiders galore
Keywords: Mark Milne (guest), University of Indianapolis, Indiana Dunes National Park, Yellowwood State Forest, Morgan-Monroe State Forest, Julian Lewis, Stygian River Cave, Harrison County, carnivororous plants, Johnson County. Click here to listen to the podcast.
Oct. 19, 2019 - Another plunge into the White River
Keywords: Kevin Hardie (guest), Friends of the White River, West Fork of the White River, Marion County, Hamilton County, White River Vision Plan, Dig Indy, Mark Kesling (guest), Reconnecting to Our Waterways, Partners for the White River. Click here to listen to the podcast.
Oct. 12, 2019 - Police department history in Indy
Keywords: Benjamin Thornton, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, IMPD, World War I, Clara Burnside, Emma Christy Baker, Deputy Chief Mike Spears (guest), Patrick Pearsey (guest), Jo Ann Moore (guest), Indianapolis Public Library, Digital Indy, Hervey Bates, Bates House Hotel, Flood of 1913. Click here to listen to the podcast.
Oct. 5, 2019 - Greencastle history
Keywords: buzz bomb, Col. Eli Lilly, John Dillinger, Putnam County, DePauw University, Jinsie Bingham (guest), Putnam County Courthouse, Great Fire of 1874, Civil War, Indianapolis, Eli Lilly and Company, Putnam County Museum, Sagamore of the Wabash, Indiana Broadcast Hall of Fame, Forest Hill Cemetery. Click here to listen to the podcast.
Sept. 28, 2019 - (encore presentation) - Adventures in personal DNA testing
Keywords: Finding Your Roots (television show), ancestry.com, 23andMe, ancestryDNA, Mick Armbruster (guest host), Joan Hostetler (guest), Fort Wayne, Becky Hostetter, Women's Army Corps, Maxine Browne, Corydon, Leora Brown School, Paul and Susannah Mitchem, John Wimp Jr., Emiline Wimp Brown. Click here to listen to the podcast.
Sept. 21, 2019- Ask Nelson - and Reid Duffy, too
Keywords: WRTV-Channel 6, Duffy's Diner, Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame, John Dillinger, Great Depression, The History Channel, Crown Hill Cemetery, Indiana Legends (book), East Chicago, Brightwood, Mooresville, Shelbyville, Allegheny Airlines, Fort Wayne TinCaps, Parkview Field, Johnny Appleseed, John Chapman, Gary SouthShore RailCats, U.S. Steel Yard. Click here to listen to the podcast.
