Indianapolis Business Journal editor Greg Andrews talks to Morton and John about his reporting and editing career, the challenges of providing news both in print and on line, and the use and misuse of press releases.

During "Sound Off" Morton describes new GDP statistics organized, for the first time, by county.

Physical trainer Sam Woodworth discusses his profession and the related science.  As author of "Foam Rolling," Sam describes the discipline, which often precedes a work out   He also states that a more important element of life is the quality of posture, day in and day out.  

At the end in a new section called "Sound Off," John comments on a recent comparison between the "Mueller" Justice Department investigation and the hearings of Senator Joe McCarthy.

Long-time Indiana labor leader Chuck Deppert comments on the decline of labor unions, the status of modern union leadership, a possibility of new organizations emerging, and accomplishments of his life in the labor movement.

With twenty years experience, retired pollster Jeff Lewis comments on emerging trends both in the techniques of opinion sampling and in political changes, such as the decline in the number of persons self-identifying as Republican, the increase in Independent, and the stable trend for Democrat.

Jeff also considers commercial polling which, he feels, is used most of the time by sales executives to document their preexisting assumptions.

Brian Newman, production manager at The Indiana Repertory Theatre, explains the economics of mounting plays.  With an annual budget of $1.5 million, Brian must allocate assets for everything on stage ("except that which breathes.")

Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, freelance writer, speaker, editor and photographer, speaks about invasive plants.

Among her many efforts, Jo Ellen is vice president of The Association of Garden Communicators, and she maintains an active business of caring for potted plants.

Locally, she appears in The Indianapolis Star on Sundays.

Lee Lewellen. President and CEO of The Indiana Economic Development Association, talks about development issues, such as scarcity of qualified workers, and scarcity of housing for new workers.

He also describes the nature of his association, a group of development officers from all over Indiana.

John and Morton again converse with Bob Kennedy, who, among his many professional activities, served as director of The Department of Metropolitan Development and as a member of the Metropolitan Development Commission.

Bob describes the work of the department and the commission, especially after the creation of Unigov in Indianapolis.

Community activist Stacey Clark has led her neighborhood, Driftwood Hills, in opposition to a development which will destroy trees and exacerbate density and traffic problems.

Along they way, a new neighborhood association has been created which wishes to represent itself independently from The Nora Community Council.

Urban transportation expert Bob Kennedy, previously interviewed (June 15, 2018, "The Last Mile, Uber to Red"),  proposes elimination of the interstate through our central city.

"Interstate traffic," he says, "can go around."  Beautiful boulevards can change the downtown.  Air and other pollutants (such as rubber), can and should be reduced.  Tolling is a viable option.  Interstate traffic could run below ground level.  These all are stimulating ideas in this conversation.