Originally aired 10/18/2025. Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp , the Hoosier Gardener, is Nelson's guest. She is well-known garden writer and coach who recently was inducted into the Garden Communicators Hall of Fame. During this episode she shares insights about the spotted lantern fly and other invasive insects as well as the plants and trees that host them. Jo Ellen also discusses a crusade to replace the peony as the official state flower by a native flower. During the show, listeners were welcome to call WICR-FM to ask any gardening - related questions.

Originally aired 10/11/2025. Hoosier History Live spotlights the colorful return to the country of Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette after more than 40 years. Gen. Lafayette traveled thousands of miles and visited all of the 24 states in the nation in 1824-25, including Indiana. The tour, which was both triumphant and rugged, is described in "The Last Adieu", a book by Bloomington based author Ryan Cole, who is Nelson's guest. The journey included the sinking of a steamboat carrying Lafayette and his son on the Ohio River, forcing the distinguished visitors from France to spend a wet, cold night on Hoosier soil. Despite such mishaps, Americans came together as "Lafayette mania" swept the country.

Originally aired 09/20/2025. ​ Ashley Petry, the author of , "Amazing Indianapolis", that describes some creepy events that have occured in Indianapolis.

Originally aired 08/30/2025. ​Ever heard the saying, "There's nothing like a good Indiana tomato, and nothing worse than a bad tomato?" Following up the previous show about Hoosier food, Hoosier History Live has another serving for our listeners. Elwood-based Red Gold is the largest privately owned tomato processor in the country. Nelson's guest, Bradley Hohulin, the dining reporter at the Indianapolis Star, shares knowledge about the Indiana State Fair. The pair also discuss some Indiana restaurants and a bakery with a long standing history in the Hoosier state.

Originally aired 8/23/2025. How many 100-year-old people (or older) have you met? Gerry Justice, a veteran journalist based in Indianapolis, has been interviewing centenarians. Gerry discusses insights connected with his new book, "My 100-Year-Old Friends :In Their Words", an anthology that includes four Hoosiers. Gerry shares their stories, which he sets in historic context with details about everything from rural life in Indiana during the 1920s to D-Day during World War II, when one of the Hoosiers landed on Omaha Beach.

Originally aired 08/9/2025. Entrepreneur, Madam Walker, is regarded as the first self-made woman millionaire in the country. Her daughter, A'Lelia Walker, became the"first high-profile Black heiress" after Madam Walker's death in 1919, according to a new biography written called Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Reinaissance by A'Lelia Bundles and guest of the show. The author grew up in Indianapolis and is the great-granddaughter of A'Lelia Walker. She also is the author of "On Her Own Ground", an acclaimed biography of Madam Walker.

Originally aired on 8/2/2025. Charles Braun, the host of Legally Speaking, a live call-in radio show on WICR 88.7 FM at the University of Indianapolis, joins Nelson to answer listener questions.

Amid the focus on electric cars present day, the show which originally aired on 7/26/2025 explores how Studebaker in South Bend made electric cars during the early 1900s. Nelson's guest, Justin Clark, describes how Studebaker marketed the electric cars to "city businessmen and society women" beginning circa 1902.

Originally aired 7/19/2025. Architectural historian James Glass will share insights about the evolution in the Hoosier capital city of skyscrapers, which date back more than 120 years. From the 1960s to the 1990s, a new "tallest building" in the city was constructed each decade.