Jeff Stant, head of The Indiana Forest Alliance, talks about potentially terrible effects of "The Houston South Vegetation Management and Restoration Project," which "will add pollution to Lake Monroe and kill many animals including endangered species.

He also talks about forest management in cities, and in other parts of the state.

 

Greg Sorvig leads film programming and artistic vision for this 28-year-old festival in Indianapolis.

Greg and staff, with help from dozens of volunteers, view more than 3,000 films a year for both feature-film and shorts festivals.  His original motivations appear to have come from several professional and volunteer positions, but what he remembers most--with obvious sentiment and nostalgia--is his time with Disneyland.

Executive Coach Daniel Poynter explains--clearly--carbon neutrality for a better world.

His company, Applied Ideals, teaches executives and entrepreneurs the philosophical and scientific importance of reducing carbon emissions while simultaneously increasing productivity and profits.

https://www.wfyi.org/programs/debs is a reference to a fine documentary film about Eugene Debs, the "socialist" from Terre Haute.  

The film's producer, Kim Hood, here talks about the film, social issues, her experiences as both wife of one political leader and mother of another emerging leader, teaching, and fleecing of senior citizens, while Morton comments appropriately about parents who do not invest in their children.

With more than 40 years on the job, real estate professional Patty Morton talks about "this unbelievable market," how up to 48 photographs accompany each listing, how "energy flow" in the home interior set up affects buyers, the affordable tax environment of central Indiana, and the power of marketing under phrases such as "Talk to Tucker" or company names such as Berkshire Hathaway which always is associated with famous investor Warren Buffett.

What do you hear or see from Indiana Public Broadcasting?  Who decides?  The answer is:  Matt Shafer Powell, Chief Content Officer of WFYI public radio and television.

Here we learn about the consortium of nine stations which has 14 reporters and several proprietary shows such as "All In" with news, interviews and commentary.

He also talks about the many challenges of making content decisions.

(Plus this secret:  Matt's son is a stand-up performer.)

While serving food to the homeless at ReCraft, John met violinist-turned-entrepreneur Bethany Daugherty who describes the environmental importance of recycling used craft materials.  

A musician since age 5, Bethany, now 29, has played in orchestras all over central Indiana, but physical pain caused her to look for new opportunities in the world of waste.

Starting with volunteer work in hospice, our guest, Mike Dunn, has been counseling individuals with loss and stress.

Now he directs more than 30 volunteers and staff who respond 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to crisis line calls.  In this role, he has learned how to listen, to teach, and to manage.  

In this conversation he describes how volunteers are trained, two indications of pending suicide, and the rewards of this work.

Jeff Lewis, with over 30 years as a professional opinion pollster, speaks about the practical uses of opinion polling in the current election cycle.

Morton defends the right of a professor to say whatever he wants, no matter how obnoxious, in the context of private opinions.  A tweet is not a classroom, and a teacher should not be disciplined within the classroom for opinions expressed elsewhere.