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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, Chuch 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 13, 2021 -Jimmy Mack - Indy’s version of Dick Clark
Keywords: Rock and Roll, Dick Clark, Broadcaster, American Bandstand, Jimmy Mack. 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 30, 2021 -Eugenics in Indiana
Keywords: Eugenics Law, Forced Sterilization, Mandatory Sterilization Laws, Criminals. Click here to listen to the podcast.

October 23, 2021 -Serial killer Belle Gunness and her La Porte murder farm
Keywords: La Porte, Serial killer, Belle Gunness, "lonely widow" advertisement, 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 9, 2021 -Weird and spooky stories from Wabash County
Keywords: Hair harp, Wabash County, Peru Indiana, Circus strong man,Ringling Brothers circus, skeleton, 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 11, 2020 - Foods of the pioneers
Keywords: Food history, Irvington Historical Society, Jerusalem artichokes, salsify, pattypans, Sheryl Vanderstel (guest). 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.

Sept. 14, 2019 - Historic homes: Tips for buying, restoring and maintaining Click here to listen to the podcast.

Sept. 7, 2019 - Toys in the attic Click here to listen to the podcast.

August 31, 2019 - On the road to Lincoln-related sites Click here to listen to the podcast.

August 24, 2019 - Bootleg King and his Indiana connections

August 17, 2019 - Breaking Away at 40 with Dave Blase

August 10, 2019 - Indianapolis Indians history with Max Schumacher and Mark Montieth

August 3, 2019 - (encore presentation) - Reno Brothers, notorious train robbers

July 27, 2019 - Hoosier horticultural heritage

July 20, 2019 - Broad Ripple High School history

July 13, 2019 - White River history

July 6, 2019 - Electoral College upset, souvenir hunters and no campaigning: 1888 and 1892 presidential races

June 29, 2019 - (encore presentation) - Violent early era of Fishers

June 22, 2019 - The Indiana Dunes

June 15, 2019 - Earliest settlers of Indianapolis

June 8, 2019 - German freethinkers in Indy

June 1, 2019 - From pathology building to medical history museum

May 25, 2019 - Influential women in 1920s: Their enduring vision for culture and children in Indy

May 18, 2019 - (encore presentation) - Brothels and streetwalkers in pre-1920 Indy

May 11, 2019 - Willy T. Ribbs on making Indy 500 history

May 4, 2019 - Lakes, lakes and more northern Indiana lakes

April 27, 2019 - A tour guide's fun facts about Indy 500 and pageantry

April 20, 2019 - Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Randy Shepard on historic preservation

April 13, 2019 - An artist who confronted segregation, and other painters

April 6, 2019 - Distinctive historic homes

Mar. 30, 2019 - A multi-talented composer called Sinky and other captivating musicians

Mar. 23, 2019 - Claypool Hotel and Hotel Lincoln: bygone Indy landmarks

Mar. 16, 2019- Ask Nelson - plus the founding of Heartland Film Festival, Twin Aire history and more

Mar. 9, 2019- Interstate highway construction and its impact on Indianapolis

Mar. 2, 2019 - (encore presentation) - Historic women in science

Feb 23, 2019 - Former Indy Mayor Ballard on electric car history and more

Feb. 16, 2019 - Movies with obscure Indiana connections

Feb. 9, 2019 - Roots tracing for African Americans

Feb. 2, 2019 - French Lick, West Baden and The Wright Brothers

Jan 26, 2019 - Indiana's Civil War governor and his historic house

Jan. 19, 2019 - Rev. Martin Luther King's visits to Indiana

Jan. 12, 2019 - ???

Jan. 5, 2019 - Avriel Shull, trail-blazing home builder and designer

Dec. 29, 2018 - Tip of the hat to New Year's celebrations of yore, supper clubs and more

Dec. 22, 2018 - (encore presentation) - Rock and roll across 1960s Indiana with Jimmy Mack

Dec. 15, 2018 - Town history of Santa Claus, Ind., and children's letters

Dec. 8, 2018 - Iconic signs across Indiana

Dec. 1, 2018 - Cumberland Gap and Hoosier pioneers

Nov. 24, 2018 - Artwork inspired by Indy city history

Nov. 17, 2018 - Cryptology, kindergarten and farmwife advice: Hoosier visionaries

Nov. 10, 2018 - Sears Roebuck catalog and Sears kit homes

Nov. 3, 2018 - (encore presentation) - Covered bridges across Indiana

Oct. 27, 2018 - Halloween heritage in Irvington

Oct. 20, 2018 - How to get teens to care about historic buildings

Oct. 13, 2018 - Have you heard of The Hoosier Hot Shots?

Oct. 6, 2018 - Chautauquas across Indiana, then and now

Sept. 29, 2018 - World War II vets and their insights

Sept. 22, 2018 - (encore presentation) - Epidemics in Indiana history

Sept. 15, 2018 - Early Mexican heritage in Indiana

Sept. 8, 2018 - Early French influence in the territory that became Indiana

Sept. 1, 2018 - County homes, once known as "poor asylums"

Aug. 25, 2018 - Ask Nelson - and Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, too

Aug. 18, 2018 - Weir Cook and Paul Baer: WWI aviators and former aiport namesakes

Aug. 11, 2018 - Potawatomi Trail of Death in 1838

Aug. 4, 2018 - Fort Wayne: riverfront heritage and historic building reuse

July 28, 2018 - Wawasee and Maxinkuckee: resort lakes in northern Indiana

July 21, 2018 - (encore presentation) - Roadside motels, bygone Americana: Encore presentation

July 14, 2018 - Lighthouse heritage and the Eastland maritime tragedy

July 7, 2018 - Ellis Island, immigration and Indiana

June 30, 2018 - Girl Scouts evolution with Deborah Hearn Smith

June 23, 2018- Eagle Creek Park, Broad Ripple Park and other Indy park histories

June 16, 2018 - Superhero heritage in Indiana

June 9, 2018 - (encore presentation) How to furnish an historic home: Encore presentation

June 2, 2018 - Great American Songbook Foundation's evolution

May 26, 2018 - International aspects of early Indy 500s

May 19, 2018 - Famous but forgotten: Indiana writer George Ade

May 12, 2018 - Richmond Hill explosion of 2012

May 5, 2018 - Movie versions of Hoosier novels

April 28, 2018 - Madam Walker: news about her legacy

April 21, 2018 - (encore presentation) Zionsville town history

April 14, 2018 - Reno Brothers, notorious train robbers

April 7, 2018 - Faculty war of 1832: Early IU history

Mar. 31, 2018 - Women who influenced Indiana Avenue jazz

Mar. 24, 2018 - Flourishing at 90-something

Mar. 17, 2018 - Irish heritage in Indiana

Mar. 10, 2018- Ask Nelson: High school mascots, first ladies of Indiana and more

Mar. 3, 2018 - (encore presentation) - Women military veterans and memoirs

Feb. 24, 2018- Weather history with Paul Poteet

Feb 17, 2018 - Frederick Douglass and his Indiana connections

Feb. 10, 2018 - African-American health care during the early and mid-1900s

Feb. 3, 2018 - Health fads, diets and healing techniques during the Gilded Age

Jan. 27, 2018 From the scrap heap of history: the Jewish salvage industry in Indiana

Jan. 20, 2018 - Indy wife of Treasure Island's Robert Louis Stevenson

Jan. 13, 2018 - House of Tomorrow and other 1933 Chicago World's Fair homes

Jan. 6, 2018 - Cowboy actors and Trigger's owner: Indiana natives

Dec. 30, 2017 - Bygone restaurants and supper clubs in Indy: the sequel

Dec 23, 2017 - Toys, toys and more toy heritage: encore broadcast

Dec. 16, 2017 - Vietnam War and Hoosiers: special perspectives

Dec. 9, 2017 - Peace heritage in Indiana

Dec. 2, 2017 - Pioneer music in early Indiana: encore presentation

Nov. 25, 2017 - Early era of the Indiana Pacers

Nov 18, 2017 - The Titanic and Hoosiers: encore presentation

Nov. 11, 2017 - World War II and Hoosiers: special perspectives

Nov. 4, 2017 - Adventures in personal DNA testing

Oct. 28, 2017 - ???

Oct 21, 2017 - "Old as Dirt" with a trio of Indiana garden writers

Oct. 14, 2017 - Ian Fraser: a gay humanist reflects on life in 1950s Indianapolis

Oct. 7, 2017 - Bloomington in the 1960s

Sept. 30, 2017 - ???

Sept. 23, 2017 - Cannon Ball Baker, dynamic motorcycle pioneer

Sept 16, 2017 - Korean immigration to Indiana

Sept. 9, 2017 - The violent early history of Fishers

Sept. 2, 2017 - Frank Sinatra, the Great American Songbook and Indiana

Aug. 26, 2017 - Burger Chef, White Castle and other fast-food connections to Indiana

Aug. 19, 2017 - Switzerland County and living on the Ohio River - encore

Aug. 12, 2017 - Persimmons and pawpaws with Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Aug. 5, 2017 - Chuck Taylor shoes, Wonder Bread and Alka-Seltzer: iconic products

July 29, 2017 - Massachusetts Avenue in Indy history

July 22, 2017 - Little-known stories of Hoosiers in the Civil War

July 15, 2017 - Tamika Catchings, history maker

July 8, 2017 - Brothels and streetwalkers in pre-1920 Indy

July 1, 2017 - Janet Allen, IRT history and the Indiana Theatre

June 24, 2017 - Ask Nelson - and a top environmentalist, too

June 17, 2017 - Johnson County's restored historic buildings

June 10, 2017 - The Redheads and all-female bands of 1920s, '30s - encore

June 3, 2017 - Presidential campaigns: The controversies, the extremes and the mishaps

May 27, 2017 - On the Banks vs. Back Home Again

May 20, 2017 - From our archive: Johnny Appleseed and Graverobbers

May 13, 2017 - World War I and Hoosier involvement

May 6, 2017 - Insect heritage: the As to Zzzzzs

April 29, 2017 - Films of Little Orphant Annie, Milan basketball and more

April 22, 2017 - Forests, forests and more forests

April 15, 2017 - (encore presentation) African-American newspapers across Indiana and Indiana KKK in the 1920s

April 8, 2017 - Italians during WWII and Camp Atterbury history

April 1, 2017 - Early railroads in Indiana

March 25, 2017 (encore presentation) - Columbus architecture and city history

March 18, 2017 - Health care during the Gilded Age

March 11, 2017 - Historic women in science

March 4, 2017 - Shortridge High School history

Feb 24, 2017 - (encore presentation) - How to excite young people about history

Feb 18, 2017 - Murals of famous Hoosiers

Feb. 11, 2017 - Tuskegee Airmen and Indiana connections

Feb. 4, 2017 - Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Atheneum, landmark status

Jan. 28, 2017 - Indiana's first governor and first lady

Jan. 21, 2017 - Ask Nelson - and President B. Harrison Site CEO, too

Jan. 14, 2017 - How did Copperheads and Union supporters coexist?

Jan. 7, 2017 - Bicentennial wrap-up

Dec. 31, 2016 - Bygone restaurants in Indy

Dec. 24, 2016 - (Show pre-empted for holiday music.)

Dec. 17, 2016 - Jazz notables from Indy history - a sequel

Dec. 10, 2016 - Rock and roll across 1960s Indiana

Dec. 3, 2016 (encore presentation) - Shopping center history in Indy

Nov. 26, 2016 - Modern political history in Indiana with Jim Shella

Nov. 19, 2016 - Hampton Sisters, other families in Indy jazz history

Nov. 12, 2016 - Zionsville town history

Nov. 5, 2016 (encore presentation) - Maps of Indiana

Oct. 29, 2016 - Capital move from Corydon to Indy and early roads

Oct. 22, 2016 - Sculpting famous Hoosiers

Oct. 15, 2016 - Live from Hoosier Homecoming

Oct. 8, 2016 - Notorious murders in 1868 near White River

Oct. 1, 2016 - All about Ben-Hur

Sept. 24, 2016 - Landmark buildings reborn as schools

Sept. 17, 2016 (encore presentation) - Two sensational murders in the 1920s

Sept. 10, 2016 - Moravian heritage of Hope, Indiana

Sept. 3, 2016 - Ask Nelson - and Bob Hammel, too

Aug. 27, 2016 - History of police training in Indiana

Aug. 20, 2016 - Calvin Fletcher, first major Indianapolis civic leader

Aug. 13, 2016 - Political campaign memorabilia from Indiana history

Aug. 6, 2016 - Unheralded historic Olympians from Indiana

July 30, 2016 - Bicentennial: today's projects, yesterday's innovators

July 23, 2016 - Unheralded heroes of the Underground Railroad

July 16, 2016 - Bygone natural landmarks

July 9, 2016 - Latvian and Lithuanian heritage

July 2, 2016 - The wives of artist T.C. Steele

June 25, 2016 - Astronauts and Purdue

June 18, 2016 - The grave in the road

June 11, 2016 - Bicentennial bucket list

June 4, 2016 - World War II vets look back

May 28, 2016 - Roadside architecture

May 21, 2016 (encore presentation) - Postcards from Indiana

May 14, 2016 - 'Hoosiers' vs. 'Indianans'

May 7, 2016 - [Show was pre-empted.]

April 30, 2016 - Hoosiers who competed in early Indy 500s

April 23, 2016 - A bicentennial guide to backroads Indiana

April 16, 2016 - Merle Bettenhausen on his racing family

April 9, 2016 - Columbus architecture and city history

April 2, 2016 - Historic markers across Indiana

March 26, 2016 - Monika Herzig on Indiana women jazz musicians

March 19, 2016 - James Alexander Thom on 1865 steamboat tragedy

March 12, 2016 - Ask Nelson and fellow author Doug Wissing

March 5, 2016 - Women military veterans and memoirs

Feb. 27, 2016 (encore presentation) - How to furnish an historic home

Feb. 20, 2016 - What did Indiana look like 200 years ago?

Feb. 13, 2016 - Maps of Indiana

Feb. 6, 2016 - At age 93, memories of Walker Theatre, Indiana Avenue and more

Jan. 30, 2016 - Toys, toys and more toy heritage

Jan. 23, 2016 - First Lady Karen Pence on Indiana's bicentennial

Jan. 16, 2016 - How to excite young people about history

Jan. 9, 2016 - Hidden history treasures

Jan. 2, 2016 - 200 years, 200 influential Hoosiers

Dec. 26, 2015 (encore presentation) - Families and children: evolution of outreach

Dec. 19, 2015 - Shopping center history in Indy

Dec. 12, 2015 - Jingle Bell Rock and Indiana's Bobby Helms

Dec. 5, 2015 (encore presentation) - Scottish heritage in Indiana

Nov. 28, 2015 - Dan Wakefield on the home front during WWII

Nov. 21, 2015 - Ask Nelson - and Indy Star's history reporter

Nov. 14, 2015 - Kurt Vonnegut's siblings

Nov. 7, 2015 (encore presentation) - Epidemics in Indiana history

Oct. 31, 2015 - Race relations in 1950s Indy: rare perspectives

Oct. 24, 2015 (encore presentation) - Serving up Hoosier heritage food

Oct. 17, 2015 - Persian/Iranian heritage in Indiana

Oct. 10, 2015 - Camp Chesterfield and Spiritualism history

Oct. 3, 2015 - Greensburg and Decatur County history

Sept. 26, 2015 - Mormon heritage in Indiana

Sept. 19, 2015 (encore presentation) - Lenape (Delaware) Indian heritage in Indiana

Sept. 12, 2015 - Wendell Willkie, unlikely presidential candidate of 1940

Sept. 5, 2015 - Bicentennial projects across Indiana, both upcoming and completed

Aug. 29, 2015 - Impact of Bobby Kennedy's speech in 1968

Aug. 22, 2015 - Plainfield and Brownsburg town histories

Aug. 15, 2015 - Postcards from Indiana

Aug. 8, 2015 (encore presentation) - Natural gas boom of 1880s and '90s

Aug. 1, 2015 - History of women's voting rights

July 25, 2015 - Jeanne White-Ginder, Ryan's mom

July 18, 2015 - Two sensational murders in the 1920s

July 11, 2015 - Vinyl records and albums: play 'em again

July 4, 2015 - Colorful Indiana-born baseball players

June 27, 2015 - YMCA heritage

June 20, 2015 - Insects and Indiana

June 13, 2015 (encore presentation) - Flag of Indy, anthem, 'Indiana' movie and other symbolism

June 6, 2015 - Quilting heritage

May 30, 2015 - Roadside motels: bygone Americana

May 23, 2015 - Ernie Pyle and John Bartlow Martin, journalists

May 16, 2015 - What's in our State Archives?

May 9, 2015 - [Show was pre-empted.]

May 2, 2015 - Abe Martin's creator, Kin Hubbard

April 25, 2015 - HIV history in Indiana

April 18, 2015 - Ask Nelson - and gardener Jo Ellen, too

April 11, 2015 - Morel mushrooms, ramps and other foraging foods

April 4, 2015 - Donald Davidson on Clark, Carnegie and more

March 28, 2015 (encore presentation) - Interurbans: Their rise and fall across Indiana

March 21, 2015 - History of Indiana women's prisons

March 14, 2015 - [Show was pre-empted.]

March 7, 2015 - Landmarks across Indiana with Marsh Davis

Feb. 28, 2015 - Reflections of World War II veterans

Feb. 21, 2015 - Civil War and African Americans in Indiana

Feb. 14, 2015 - Victorian mourning and the Lincoln funeral train

Feb. 7, 2015 - Bart Peterson, former Indy mayor

Jan. 31, 2015 - Guinness World Records and Hoosiers

Jan. 24, 2015 - Figure skating heritage in Indiana

Jan. 17, 2015 - William Forsyth's colorful life, plus Portfolio Club history

Jan. 10, 2015 - How to furnish an historic home

Jan. 3, 2015 - Scottish heritage in Indiana

Dec. 27, 2014 (encore presentation; no weekly newsletter) - Lost cemeteries

Dec. 20, 2014 - Families and children: evolution of outreach

Dec. 13, 2014 - Johnny Wooden: Hoosier hoops icon

Dec. 6, 2014 (encore presentations) - Rare movies with Indiana connections + Danville history

Nov. 29, 2014 - Jennings County and Vernon

Nov. 22, 2014 - James Whitcomb Riley: before he was famous

Nov. 15, 2014 - Epidemics in Indiana history

Nov. 8, 2014 - Kidnapping of free blacks in early Indiana

Nov. 1, 2014 (encore presentation) - Amish in Indiana

Oct. 25, 2014 - Historic women's groups

Oct. 18, 2014 - Marketing Indiana - and the lieutenant governor

Oct. 11, 2014 - Ask Nelson - and the Hoosierist, too

Sept. 27, 2014 - World War I and Indiana

Sept. 20, 2014 - History of TV in Indy

Sept. 13, 2014 - Historian Jim Madison's insights on Hoosiers

Sept. 6, 2014 - Prohibition in Indiana

Aug. 30, 2014 - Serving up Hoosier heritage food

Aug. 23, 2014 (encore presentation) - Underground Railroad reality and myths

Aug. 16, 2014 - Lenape (Delaware) Indian heritage in Indiana

Aug. 9, 2014 - The Redheads and all-girl bands of 1920s, '30s

Aug. 2, 2014 - Russian immigration

July 26, 2014 (encore presentation) - Indy Mayor Ballard on Marines history and 'old' Cathedral High

July 19, 2014 - From family grocers to supermarkets

July 12, 2014 - Judge Sarah Evans Barker, history-maker in Indiana courts

July 5, 2014 - Presidential visits to Indiana

June 28, 2014 - Passenger pigeons and other extinct or endangered birds

June 21, 2014 - Flag of Indy, anthem, 'Indiana' movie and other symbolism

June 14, 2014 - Ask Nelson - and photographer colleague, too

June 7, 2014 - Natural gas boom of 1880s and '90s

May 31, 2014 - Lyn St. James, racing pioneer for women

May 24, 2014 - Courthouse squares across Indiana

May 10, 2014 - Offbeat landmarks across Indiana

May 3, 2014 - Why do buildings look that way?

April 26, 2014 (encore presentation) - Jazz recording heritage in Richmond

April 19, 2014 - Tornado history and storm chasing

April 12, 2014 - Baseball great Carl Erskine of Anderson

April 5, 2014 - Tiffany windows across Indiana

March 22, 2014 - Native plants and early Indiana botanical explorations

March 15, 2014 - Wicked winter history with Paul Poteet

March 8, 2014 - Bobby Plump on Milan's triumph, 60 years later

March 1, 2014 - Madam Walker: her life, business and theater building

Feb. 22, 2014 - 'Ask Nelson' - and Andrea Neal, too

Feb. 15, 2014 - Attucks High School history

Feb. 8, 2014 - Abe Lincoln's parents: Thomas, Nancy Hanks and stepmom Sarah

Feb. 1, 2014 - Families, children, seniors and homeless: outreach heritage

Jan. 25, 2014 - Crown Hill Cemetery history

Jan. 18, 2014 - Indiana's most mysterious county?

Jan. 11, 2014 - World War II veterans remember

Jan. 4, 2014 - Squirrel invasion of 1800s and other quirky episodes

Dec. 28, 2013 (encore presentations) - Union Station history in Indy and Political cartoon heritage: Two classic shows

Dec. 21, 2013 - Victorian-era and ethnic holiday traditions

Dec. 14, 2013 - Indiana during the Ice Age, when mastodons roamed

Dec. 7, 2013 (encore presentation) - Old Northside neighborhood in Indy history

Nov. 30, 2013 - Interviewing tips for family, church and neighborhood histories

Nov. 23, 2013 (encore presentation) - Cafeterias across Indiana

Nov. 16, 2013 - Ask Nelson and Channel 4 children's shows history

Nov. 9, 2013 - Unsavory political episodes in Indiana's past

Nov. 2, 2013 (encore presentation) - Brazilian immigration with artist Artur Silva

Oct. 26, 2013 - Environmental heritage across Indiana

Oct. 19, 2013 - Rabbi Sandy Sasso, pioneer for women clergy

Oct. 12, 2013 - Coliseum and Clowes Hall histories

Oct. 5, 2013 - Amish in Indiana

Sept. 28, 2013 - Interurbans: Their rise and fall across Indiana

Sept. 21, 2013 - On the roads: Lincoln Highway and U.S. 40 heritage

Sept. 14, 2013 (encore presentation) - Cuban immigration to Indiana

Sept. 7, 2013 (encore presentation) - Pioneer music in early Indiana

Aug. 31, 2013 - Winona Lake, Warsaw, orthopedics and Grace College

Aug. 24, 2013 - 'Ask Nelson' and special-events-in-Indy insights

Aug. 17, 2013 - Christ Church Cathedral, Zion and Second Pres in Indy

Aug. 10, 2013 - Ancient people here - and agricultural beginnings in Indiana (encore presentation)

Aug. 3, 2013 - Switzerland County and living on the Ohio River

July 27, 2013 - Historic movie theaters, Act II

July 20, 2013 - Roots-tracing tips and advice

July 13, 2013 - Swedish and Norwegian immigration

July 6, 2013 - Orville Redenbacher and popcorn heritage in Indiana

June 29, 2013 - Underground Railroad reality and myths in Indiana

June 22, 2013 - Centennial in 1916, bicentennial in 2016

June 15, 2013 - Indy Mayor Greg Ballard on Marines history and 'old' Cathedral High

June 8, 2013 - Former Indy Mayor Bill Hudnut

June 1, 2013 - Lost cemeteries

May 25, 2013 - Historic baseball stadium into apartments

May 18, 2013 - Hollywood icons Red Skelton, Robert Wise and Irene Dunne (encore presentation)

May 11, 2013 - Phil Gulley on Indiana festivals, summer jobs and other things Hoosier

May 4, 2013 - 'Ask Nelson' and more county name origins

April 27, 2013 - Dan Patch, the first superstar racehorse, and True tall tales from Indiana: 2 classic shows

April 20, 2013 - Derek Daly on Indy-car fans overseas, son Conor and more

April 13, 2013 - Jazz recording heritage in Richmond

April 6, 2013 - Governors of Indiana

March 30, 2013 - Frank Lloyd Wright and Indiana houses he designed

March 23, 2013 (encore presentation) - Amelia Earhart and her Indiana connections

March 16, 2013 - Birds across Indiana

March 9, 2013 - Flood of 1913, worst in state history

March 2, 2013 - Hoosier women pioneers in media

Feb. 23, 2013 - What do you do with vacant, historic movie theaters?

Feb. 16, 2013 - Wine heritage in Indiana

Feb. 9, 2013 - Long-forgotten man who designed Indy

Feb. 2, 2013 - Major Taylor, world's greatest bicyclist of early 1900s

Jan. 26, 2013 - Pioneer music in early Indiana

Jan. 19, 2013 - L.S. Ayres & Company history

Jan. 12, 2013 - A Hoosier amid the British royals

Jan. 5, 2013 - Sharing memories in captivating ways

Dec. 29, 2012 - Lincoln's ally, our Civil War governor

Dec. 22, 2012 - Lincoln's youth in Indiana | Historic high school gyms (encore presentations)

Dec. 15, 2012 - Tipton County history and Obama ancestral home

Dec. 8, 2012 - Colombian and Venezuelan immigration to Indiana

Dec. 1, 2012 - History-making sheriff, immigrants to Indy, crusading politico and public gardens

Nov. 24, 2012 - Dan Wakefield on Kurt Vonnegut's letters

Nov. 17, 2012 - Covered bridges across Indiana (encore presentation)

Nov. 10, 2012 - Tee Pee and other drive-ins (encore presentation)

Nov. 3, 2012 - Street names in Indy + Trees, trees, trees (encore presentations)

Oct. 27, 2012 - Cafeterias across Indiana

Oct. 20, 2012 - Landmarks and lyrics across Indiana

Oct. 13, 2012 - If a town is on the state map, he's been there

Oct. 6, 2012 - Hollywood icons Red Skelton, Robert Wise and Irene Dunne

Sept. 29, 2012 - Ancient people here - and agricultural beginnings in Indiana

Sept. 22, 2012 - Unique history of New Harmony

Sept. 15, 2012 - Amelia Earhart and her Indiana connections

Sept. 8, 2012 - Yearbooks: How to use in historical detective work

Sept. 1, 2012 - Architecture around Indy with Jonathan Hess

Aug. 25, 2012 - Carmel city history

Aug. 18, 2012 - Ask Nelson

Aug. 11, 2012 - Tiny towns that refuse to die

Aug. 4, 2012 - Pan Am Games of 1987, Part II

July 28, 2012 - Dog days in Indiana with Patty Spitler

July 21, 2012 - History of Special Olympics, other opportunities for special-needs Hoosiers

July 14, 2012 - Pan Am Games of 1987 with Mark Miles, Bill Benner

July 7, 2012 - David Willkie on grandfather Wendell - and roof-living

June 30, 2012 - Famous fashion designers from Indiana

June 23, 2012 - Civic and business leader Andre Lacy as Living Legend

June 16, 2012 - Polio epidemic during the 1940s and '50s

June 9, 2012 - Very first Hoosiers: ancient people here

June 2, 2012 - Brain chemistry and genetics studies in mental illness, addictions

May 26, 2012 - Cuban immigration to Indiana

May 19, 2012 - Janie and Kindergarten College: pioneers of children's TV (encore presentation)

May 12, 2012 - Remarkable life of Herman B Wells

May 5, 2012 - Thomas Edison's links to Indiana (encore presentation)

April 28, 2012 - Amusement park history in Indiana (encore presentation)

April 21, 2012 - True tales from 1950s Indiana

April 14, 2012 - Broad Ripple neighborhood history in Indy

April 7, 2012 - Dan Patch, the first superstar racehorse

March 31, 2012 - Indiana's remarkable suffragist

March 24, 2012 - Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965

March 17, 2012 - Ask Nelson

March 10, 2012 - James Alexander Thom and Dark Rain on historical fiction (encore presentation)

March 3, 2012 - Union Station history in Indy

Feb. 25, 2012 - Murder of heiress Marjorie Jackson in 1977

Feb. 18, 2012 - Snow history with weatherman Chris Wright

Feb. 11, 2012 - African-American newspapers across Indiana

Feb. 7, 2012 - Fourth-anniversary party invitation

Feb. 4, 2012 - Sports team loyalties across Indiana

Jan. 28, 2012 - Rev. Jim Jones and Indiana connections

Jan. 21, 2012 - Dan Wakefield on '50s landmarks in Indianapolis

Jan. 14, 2012 - Indiana's youngest mayor on Frankfort history

Jan. 7, 2012 - Old Northside neighborhood history in Indy

Dec. 31, 2011 - Population shifts across Indiana (encore presentation)

Dec. 24, 2011 - [Show was pre-empted.]

Dec. 17, 2011 - Inter-church history in Indy

Dec. 10, 2011 - Holiday seasons with Indiana's only First Family

Dec. 3, 2011 - Hoosiers behind the scenes, girls hoops stars, Indiana poets and dirt roads

Nov. 26, 2011 - Tee Pee and other drive-ins, bygone or surviving

Nov. 19, 2011 - Vincennes history with Lorene Burkhart

Nov. 5, 2011 - He's visited every Indiana town on the map (encore presentation)

Oct. 29, 2011 - Trees, trees and trees

Oct. 22, 2011 - Covered bridges across Indiana

Oct. 15, 2011 - Street names history in Indy

Oct. 1, 2011 - The real-life Little Orphant Annie

Sept. 24, 2011 - Catholic Youth Organization heritage

Sept. 17, 2011 - Irvington neighborhood history in Indy

Sept. 10, 2011 - Butler basketball heritage

Sept. 3, 2011 - Sept. 11 tragedy and Hoosier rescuers

Aug. 27, 2011 - Ask Nelson

Aug. 20, 2011 - Theater history in Indy with Howard Caldwell (encore presentation)

Aug. 13, 2011 - Political cartoon heritage with Gary Varvel

Aug. 6, 2011 - Cowboy Bob: pioneers of children’s TV in Indy, Part 2

July 30, 2011 - City hall 'museum' in Indy

July 23, 2011 - County fairs and Hoosier culture

July 16, 2011 - Negro Leagues baseball and Indy

July 9, 2011 - Amusement park history in Indy

July 2, 2011 - Fall Creek Massacre (encore presentation)

June 25, 2011 - Prohibition in Indiana

June 18, 2011 - Angelo Pizzo on 'Hoosiers,' 'Rudy' and a new movie

June 11, 2011 - Brazilian immigration with artist Artur Silva

June 4, 2011 - Randy Carmichael on his dad Hoagy

May 28, 2011 - Home-front life during the Civil War

May 14, 2011 - Thomas Edison's links to Indiana

May 7, 2011 - Janie and Kindergarten College: pioneers of children's TV

April 30, 2011 - Your house has a history (encore presentation)

April 23, 2011 - Kurt Vonnegut's childhood friend

April 16, 2011 - Library history in Indy

April 9, 2011 - Freedom seekers before the Underground Railroad

April 2, 2011 - James Alexander Thom and Dark Rain on historical fiction

March 26, 2011 - Victorian-era women: behind closed doors

March 19, 2011 - Irish in Indiana

March 12, 2011 - Population shifts across Indiana

March 5, 2011 - Donald Davidson on the Speedway's 100 years

Feb. 26, 2011 - Police history in Indy

Feb. 19, 2011 - Indianapolis City Market then and now

Feb. 12, 2011 - Songs of our ancestors as they journeyed here

Feb. 5, 2011 - Jazz history in Indy with Chuck Workman

Jan. 29, 2011 - Judy O'Bannon on historic preservation

Jan. 22, 2011 - He's visited every Indiana town on the map

Jan. 15, 2011 - Hoosier humor with Dick Wolfsie

Jan. 8, 2011 - Medical treatments of early settlers (encore presentation)

Jan. 1, 2011 - Historic gyms across Indiana

Dec. 25, 2010 - [Show was pre-empted.]

Dec. 18, 2010 - Soaring back to explore WASPs

Dec. 11, 2010 - Beech Grove history - and Steve McQueen to boot

Dec. 4, 2010 - Gene Stratton-Porter, Diana of the Dunes, farm cooking and barns - Live from the Holiday Author Fair

Nov. 27, 2010 - Rare movies with Indiana connections

Nov. 20, 2010 - Kurt Vonnegut's relationship with Indy

Nov. 13, 2010 - Slave trial in 1820s Indiana

Oct. 30, 2010 - House of Blue Lights revisited

Oct. 23, 2010 - Rush County history with Joe Hogsett

Oct. 16, 2010 - Show was pre-empted.

Oct. 9, 2010 - The Titanic and Hoosiers

Oct. 2, 2010 - Indy's oldest Catholic church

Sept. 25, 2010 - Day camp heritage in Indiana

Sept. 18, 2010 - [Show was pre-empted.]

Sept. 11, 2010 - Fall Creek Massacre

Sept. 4, 2010 - Where did your county name come from?

Aug. 28, 2010 - Fairmount town history

Aug. 21, 2010 - Meridian Park neighborhood history

Aug. 14, 2010 - Parks, boulevards systems history in Indy

Aug. 7, 2010 - 2008 presidential election shift in Indiana

July 31, 2010 - Theater history in Indy with Howard Caldwell

July 24, 2010 - Beer heritage in Indiana

July 17, 2010 - Wayne County history

July 10, 2010 - Diners across Indiana

July 3, 2010 - Maestro Raymond Leppard's legendary life

June 26, 2010 - County courthouses, with architect Jim Kienle (encore show, originally broadcast April 25, 2009)

June 19, 2010 - Fishin' across Indiana with Skip Hess

June 12, 2010 - French Lick and West Baden Springs hotels history

June 5, 2010 - Memoirs of farm life in the early 1900s

May 29, 2010 - Your house has a history

May 22, 2010 - Shelby County history

May 15, 2010 - Donner Party tragedy, Indiana links & lessons learned

May 8, 2010 - State parks history

May 1, 2010 - From marble quarries of Italy to Indiana limestone

April 24, 2010 - KKK stranglehold in the 1920s

April 17, 2010 - 1920s auto heritage in Indianapolis (encore show)

April 10, 2010 - WWII fighter pilot from Indiana

April 3, 2010 - Booth Tarkington's magnificent life and home

March 27, 2010 - Brown County history

March 20, 2010 - Indiana's only First Lady

March 13, 2010 - Traveling in time down the White River

March 6, 2010 - Danville town history

Feb. 27, 2010 - Central State Hospital history

Feb. 20, 2010 - Early African-American settlements

Feb. 13, 2010 - Medical treatments of early settlers

Feb. 6, 2010 - Terre Haute in the 1920s

Jan. 30, 2010 - Abe Lincoln Blockbuster preview

Jan. 23, 2010 - Wayne and Kim Seybold on Winter Olympics and Hoosier links

Jan. 20, 2010 - You are invited! Feb. 5 Hoosier History Live! 2nd anniversary soiree

Jan. 16, 2010 - High school hoops' 100 years

Jan. 9, 2010 - K.P. Singh on the Sikh heritage in Indiana

Jan. 2, 2010 - Janet Flanner's colorful and literary life

Dec. 26, 2009 - Winter survival skills of pioneers and Native Americans

Dec. 19, 2009 - Fletcher Place neighborhood history

Dec. 12, 2009 - Victorian-era dining

Dec. 5, 2009 - Steve McQueen, roots tracing, steel-town pix and politicos

Nov. 28, 2009 - Greensburg town history

Nov. 21, 2009 - Birds of Indiana

Nov. 14, 2009 - Johnny Appleseed: The facts and myths

Nov. 7, 2009 - St. Elmo history with Craig Huse

Oct. 31, 2009 - Mike Ahern on House of Blue Lights

Oct. 24, 2009 - James Still on Lincoln, grief and emancipation