Who Gets What?

Although Line Worker Chris Anderson has a regular line job in Indiana, he also goes from state to state, pole to pole, working to recover massive systems after catastrophic events.

Dr. Kurt Gossweiller, both dentist and medical doctor, describes business and personal elements of a dental practice.

Rick Witsken,* long-term tennis player, coach, and entrepreneur, now a national professional pickleball champion, talks about the sport, its future, and the many business and recreational opportunities it affords.

*Rick is brother of Todd Witsken, deceased, the best professional tennis player to emerge from Indianapolis.

With initial help from actor/poet Michael Flanders (1950s) ("The umpire, upon whom, the sun never sets."), we hear from a man who spends 70 days a year calling tennis matches, including, until recently, the U.S. Open.

In addition, Jim VanSlambrook plays six musical instruments. His band is Slammer Jazz.

Sones de Mexico, Chicago's most popular Mexican band, was founded by our guest, Juan Dies, who learned his profession at Earlham College and Indiana University, as well as in Kenya and Malaga.

Juan is an ethnomusicologist who performs and teaches the amazing variety of music emanating from Mexico.

Artistic director Greg Sorvig returns to tell us about this year's festival.

Kevin Weaver, who has submitted films to The Heartland International Film Festival, describes his Bloomington-based production company which creates documentaries as well as business and nonprofit oriented films.

He and Morton discuss the value of films centered on individuals compared to potential films that could or should highlight institutions.

As a result of personal challenges, Kevin imagines presenting songs and stories about invitro fertilization.

Archivist Stephen Lane shares the significance of his sixth floor special collection that emphasizes the history of Indianapolis.

Along the way, we discover that Stephen was a Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay at the end of the last decade, while John was a PCV in neighboring Bolivia 1966-1968. Then, a flood opened of references to Indiana-international connections.

DO INDIANA OFFROAD ("D.IN.O) is the management company behind almost a score of off road races each year, each attracting as many as 200 competitors.

Brian Holzheusen is the leader of D.IN.O. His company plans, obtains permits, registers competitors, and keeps timing records.

Will Higgins, columnist, tennis star, and historian, talks about Indiana's "squeamish" approach to history, a deceased pimp, walking tours, and journalism in general, in this wide-ranging conversation.

Unfortunately, he did not have time to talk about his other project, The Society of Presidential Urine Collectors.