Who Gets What?

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.

And, of course, Matt 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.

Opening with the sounds of a kennel, this revealing conversation with Katie Kennepohl describes the operations and philosophies of Indianapolis Animal Care Services, of which she is Deputy Director.

Here we discuss books, movies, adoptions, volunteers, the Parvo virus and a fact that surprised John and Morton: more than 90% of the agency's pets are adopted.

After 28 years as a public broadcasting leader, Greg Petrowich joined WFYI Radio and Television in Indianapolis as President and CEO.

Greg was broadcasting from his bedroom before the word "teen" was associated with his name.

In this conversation we consider the emergence of non-profit journalism nation wide as well as possible weaknesses in local business coverage and one-sided biographical documentaries.

With a big smile--and a heart that extends to childhood hunger, Leukemia, and other societal needs--Dennis Southerland talks about construction planning and execution, taxes, encouraging African-American high school students to learn the lucrative profession of surveying, and even the annual football battle between Wabash and DePauw.

Dennis is senior vice president of Cripe, an architecural and design firm in Indianapolis.

Composer, writer, critic, filmmaker, 19-year-old Ashton Gleckman is our guest today.

Mr. Gleckman's powerful and sensitive film, "We Shall Not Die Now," won the 2019 Heartland International Film Festival Audience Choice Award, Indiana Spotlight. The film has compelling interviews with Holocaust survivors.