Who Gets What?

From this podcast we learn: (1) individuals or groups may not, cannot, demean people they know personally; (2) a bad action by the other side might be just a mistake; (3) parties must accept inability to get everything they want; (4) corporations can accomodate and accept environmental goals over long periods, but not in the next few months.

To prove these points, mediator Bill Beranek cites real example from Indiana.

Harold "Tuck" Langland tells us that a slave finished and mounted Lady Liberty on top of the U.S. Capitol, that Lincoln in Washington was prepared by perhaps more than 30 Italian stone cutters, and that he is proud that none of his public works has been vandalized.

Teacher, writer, singer, cook, Tuck has hundreds of works around the nation.

Beth White is president and CEO of The Indiana Coalition To End Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking. This powerful conversation considers the challenge and the solutions, as well as the difficult effort to find balance.

Instead of providing only money, The Bail Project acts to insure that people return to court by assisting them in personal matters such as housing, transportation and mental illness.

This revelation (at least to us) was provided in this conversation with David Gaspar, director of operations, nation wide, for The Bail Project.

Also discussed is the incidences in which a person on bail commits another heinous crime.

A qualified "Great American Song," must be durable and playable in multiple styles, usually in contexts in which the song is important, the performing artist second, a common circumstance between 1900 and 1960, possibly not so much now when the artist and electronics seem to dominate.

This is one hypothesis from Chris Lewis, Executive Director of Carmel, Indiana's, Great American Songbook Foundation.

For many of us, this conversation is a wonderful walk down memory lane.

Attorney Scott Yonover describes a national law suit against manufacturers and sellers of vaping devices which are marketed to children.

In Scott's view, school corporations should join as plaintiffs which could result in hundreds of thousands of new dollars for vaping detectors and health advocates.

Once a child star (sort of), Gary Cohen has become a producer of major Broadway productions such as Come From Away, and a dozen others.

Risks and rewards are discussed, as well as (domestic) ventriloquism and the numerous Indianapolis organizations Gary has supported.

Our periodic guest, former opinion pollster Jeff Lewis, speaks about the business of opinion sampling and the challenge of achieving accuracy.

Tom Ford is a full-time professional health coach aiming to improve personal health through physical training, primarily in aquatic settings.

Tom also is a professional actor, having performed with Johnny Depp and Diane Lane, among others, as well as in numerous films, commercials and plays.

Tom describes both functions and how they contribute to life lessons.