Open Lines with Cameron Ridle

The COVID-19 Vaccine is here, but there are still a lot of questions about it. What's in it? Is it safe? Who can get it? Dr. Michele Saysana, Chief Quality and Safety officer at IU Health answers listener's questions about the Pfizer and Moderna Vaccine.

Earlier this year we told you about the Indiana's Republican party's push to welcome more black and brown Hoosier to the GOP. They've now done that. Party Chairman Kyle Hupfer, and Director of Diversity and Engagement Whitley Yates gives us a progress report on their effort to diversify the party.

Meanwhile, Governor Eric Holcomb says "Indiana is On Fire" as COVID-19 cases increase, all this as the first COVID-19 Vaccine rolls out, which will be received with hesitation for many Americans, especially Black Americans.

Before the 2020 Election you probably heard the name “Kenneth Allen” and during the 2020 Election you for sure heard his name.

So who is he? He’s the big winner of the IPS School Race and he joins us on Open Lines to talk about the future of Indianapolis Public Schools.

The little guy has won. After outcry from the public local developer Buckingham Companies has dropped plans to build luxury apartments on Indiana Avenue in the shadow of the Madam Walker Legacy Building.

Paula Brooks from Reclaim Indiana Avenue explains how people can get involved for future development plans.

Historian and Indiana Avenue tour guide, Sampson Levingston, gives us context to the history of Indiana Avenue.

Dr. Virginia Caine, Director of The Marion County Health Department spends an hour on Open Lines with Cameron Ridle answering Coronavirus questions from listeners ahead of Thanksgiving 2020.

Attorney Fatima Johnson gives her first media interview to Cameron Ridle, just days after a grand jury decided not to file charges against Indianapolis Police Officer Dejoure Mercer in the May 6th shooting that killed Dreasjon Reed.

The most important election of our nation's history has concluded with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris headed to the White House. We take listener calls all hour on both national and local election results.

Plus Open Lines says farewell to Co-Host Ebony Chappel.

Abdul Hakim-Shabazz and James Briggs joins Cameron and Ebony for a preview of the 2020 election.

Beyond the offices of President and Governor, local school boards are a hotly contested race in the 2020 election. Cameron and Ebony talk with WFYI reporter Eric Weddle about the IPS School Board race and also catch up with Radio One Indy General Manager, Deon Levingston, to hear his thoughts on national/local political outreach to the Black community.

City Council Proposal 237 seeks to add more civilian oversight to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, something many community members have been calling for. However, not everyone agrees it is the best move for the city. Pastor James Jackson of Fervent Prayer Church and Jessica Louise of Indy10 Black Lives Matter give us their thoughts on the matter PLUS listeners call in and sound off on what they think.