A weekly take on business news in central Indiana. The IBJ Podcast is brought to you by Taft.
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Long Ave Radio, is 3 guys sitting around talking about what's in the news, with comedy. These guys were in a traveling comedy team and now sinking their teeth into podcasting..enjoy
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Looking for the top-secret information on how to be admitted to your dream school? Well we don’t have it - but through weekly conversations with your host Langston Ross you will get insight into how to make your college application process more enjoyable and fulfilling. With admission application numbers rising and acceptance rates lowering, we want to ease your fears with interviews and advice on how to travel the road of college admissions from the experts. The College Ave. podcast will he ...
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driving on a long trip? all by yourself? well download this podcast to keep you laughing and smiling. there's "fail of the week", reviews, quiz keenan, and much more. Join Aaron, Rob and Keenan in Banana Stand Podcast
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This is Somethin' To BRAGG About Podcast!!! Join Danni Ave and Dr. B for our biweekly conversations on HIGHER EDUCATION, COLLEGE POLITICS, & the ADVANCEMENT of BLACKNESS in Education. Every show we will be answering questions, giving advice and tackling the larges topics surrounding higher education. Let us give you "somethin' to BRAGG about.
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Pete the Planner on the impact of interest rate cuts
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The Federal Reserve has indicated interest rate cuts are coming after policy makers spent the past two years using higher rates to try to tamp down inflation. IBJ personal finance columnist Peter Dunn, known to many readers as Pete the Planner, talks in this week's podcast about how reduced rates will stoke the economy as businesses and consumers s…
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Indy to host rare Catholic gathering bringing tens of thousands of visitors
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More than 50,000 Catholics from across the United States are set to arrive in Indianapolis this week for the church’s first national gathering in more than 80 years, marking one of the most significant religious events the city has ever hosted. The National Eucharistic Congress, scheduled for Wednesday through Sunday at the Indiana Convention Cente…
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Artistic director banks on broad vision for fledgling Black theater company
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Our guest this week is Ben Rose, a longtime creative force in the Indianapolis arts community who recently was named the inaugural artistic director of the fledgling Indianapolis Black Theatre Co. If you want to think about it as a startup, the theater has a long runway thanks to a campaign that raised $1.5 million dollars. Part of Rose’s job as ar…
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The inside story of WWE’s blockbuster deal for three events in Indy
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WWE and the Indiana Sports Corp. announced a first-of-its-kind agreement last week that will bring three of pro wrestling's top events to Lucas Oil Stadium over the next eight years. The deal means Indianapolis will host "Royal Rumble" on Feb. 1, 2025, and then “WrestleMania" and “SummerSlam” in the years after. This week on the podcast, we’re givi…
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Why does the hospital count in Hamilton County keep growing while other counties lose care?
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Over the last four decades, residents of Hamilton County have amassed a wealth of options for hospital care. The county is already home to 11 acute-care and specialty hospitals with a total of nearly 800 beds—while many Indiana counties have no hospitals, or a single facility with less than 50 beds. Some consumer advocates say the hospital systems …
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Sushi eatery owner expanding in Mass Ave area with new restaurant, refreshed Metro
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Earlier this month, the owner of the Mass Ave sushi eatery Forty Five Degrees celebrated the restaurant’s 16th anniversary. Bill Pritt was told he was crazy in 2008 for trying to create a restaurant at the six-lane intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, College Avenue and St. Clair Street. A smart real estate move during the recession gave him owner…
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Pete the Planner on the best and worst ways to handle a big inheritance
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Our subject today is a little touchy, but it requires some discussion due to the effect in can have on your financial future and the quality of your relationships with family members. This episode is all about inheritance, including the best and worst ways you can deal with a life-altering influx of money and/or property. The bottom line is that th…
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Dissecting the ‘Caitlin Clark effect’ and how it can boost the future of the WNBA, Fever and Indy
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Usually when we’re talking about economic impact in Indianapolis we’re referring to a multimillion-dollar real estate project or a one-off sports or convention event like GenCon or the Super Bowl. But much of the talk in the last few months has been about a living, breathing basketball star from Iowa who in a very short period of time has changed t…
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Downtown soccer battle update—stadium design, burial sites, Simon family land
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Three weeks ago, we released an episode of the IBJ Podcast explaining the sudden, multilayered and high-pitched battle over building a soccer stadium in downtown Indianapolis. Since then, the drama has taken several turns with fresh revelations about what’s underneath the ground set aside for the stadium complex that developer Keystone Group wants …
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Her goal was to finish high school. Now she's launching a college at Butler for underserved students.
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Carolyn Gentle-Genitty grew up in Belize, the eldest of five children whose parents operated a food cart and canteen. She applied to a private all-girls high school and, upon being accepted, worked with her parents to negotiate the terms that would allow them to afford it. She paid for her associate’s degree through work study, earned a full schola…
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Black Circle Brewing owner on planting flag on 46th Street, getting an MBA and the pressure to keep creating
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Our guest this week is Jesse Rice, who took a circuitous route to becoming one of Indianapolis’ most unpredictable arts, entertainment and community entrepreneurs. He grew up in a blue-collar family in a small town, and then went to Purdue University with hopes of going to med school. He flipped his focus to finance and ended up working at Enterpri…
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Explaining the Indy Eleven stadium, MLS soccer bid drama
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Less than two weeks ago, everything that we had assumed about the future of pro soccer in Indianapolis and the creation of a publicly owned downtown stadium for the Indy Eleven soccer team received a swift kick between the stitches. With head-spinning speed on April 25, the owner of the Indy Eleven accused the city of backing out of negotiations to…
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New AES prez on goals, growing up in Indy and system upgrades that led to billing mess
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Our guest this week is Brandi Davis-Handy, who in February was named president of AES Indiana. That’s the electricity utility for Marion County and portions of the greater Indianapolis area, serving more than 500,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers. Davis-Handy was promoted from her position as chief customer officer, and prior to …
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Pete the Planner on what your career earnings should tell you about retirement savings
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This is the 300th episode of the IBJ Podcast, which debuted on June 3, 2018. In what has become a tradition for the podcast's anniversaries, host Mason King checks in with Pete Dunn, aka Pete the Planner, to get his latest take on personal finance and some of the knottier issues that arise when managing your money. In this episode, Pete explores fo…
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John Stehr, news anchor turned Zionsville mayor, on tackling one of the town’s most contentious issues
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If you’ve lived in central Indiana for more than a few years, you’re probably at least familiar with John Stehr, a lead news anchor for WTHR-TV Channel 13 for 23 years before retiring in 2018. He since has gone from reporting the news to becoming the news. At the age of 65, he is now the mayor of Zionsville, the fast-growing town just northwest of …
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Meet the minds behind the man-eating, soul-singing plant in IRT's 'Little Shop'
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When Benjamin Hanna assembled the schedule for his first season as artistic director of the Indiana Repertory Theatre, he placed “Little Shop of Horrors” as the closing production for the 2023-24 season. The IRT, founded in 1972, had not previously staged “Little Shop of Horrors”—which debuted in New York in 1982 and was adapted for a 1986 film. Pe…
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Chick McGee of ‘Bob & Tom’ on happiness, regrets, mortality and (of course) Tom
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Chick McGee has been a fixture on Indianapolis radio for 38 years as a cast member of “The Bob & Tom Show,” the morning show which originates from WFBQ-FM and is heard on close to 100 radio stations across the country. That’s 38 consecutive years, even if you count the six months in 1995 when he moved to San Diego to host another show and then resi…
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BSU hoops star turned bank CEO talks leadership tips, that UNLV game and making moves
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Back in 1990, Mark Hardwick had a courtside seat on the Ball State University bench for one of the most memorable games in March Madness history. Those were heady times for the redshirt freshman from tiny Dunkirk, Indiana, and a few years later he would have his chance to start in an NCAA tournament game for Ball State. But it’s the former squad fr…
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Civic Theatre’s music director, fellow BSU alum create Carpenters cabaret show, take it to NYC
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You don’t need to be 50 years old to remember the Carpenters, the brother-sister duo that helped define pop music in the 1970s with gold-gilded melodies, pristine production and a certain yen for heartache. The music is timeless and has ardent fans online and on music streaming channels. It’s also the basis for a new cabaret show that was developed…
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Startup guru Christopher Day on boosting Indiana’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, getting investors to say ‘yes’
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When serial entrepreneur Christopher Day walks into a room, he should be followed by somebody with a boombox playing “Start Me Up” by the Rolling Stones. Not to put too fine a point on it, but Christopher Day gathers no moss. Over the last 30 years, he has co-founded eight businesses in seven distinct sectors—namely, artificial intelligence, softwa…
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IU Indianapolis chancellor driving big changes on downtown campus
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Change can be hard. Systemic change, or massive change across a large organization with lots of stakeholders, can be particularly tough to manage. About three weeks ago, Latha Ramchand started her new job as incoming chancellor for Indiana University Indianapolis, which will be one of the products when IUPUI splits into two campuses on July 1. Ramc…
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Tony Pancake, the PGA's pro of the year, walks fine line at Crooked Stick
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Central Indiana isn’t necessarily known as a golf mecca, but it's well represented on the national championship stage by Crooked Stick Golf Club and its singular course designed by the legendary Pete and Alice Dye. It recently announced that it will host the 2028 U.S. Senior Open. It last hosted the Senior Open in 2009, drawing nearly 150,000 atten…
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Pete the Planner asks, ‘Can ambitious people feel fulfilled in retirement?’
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As you know, we discuss retirement planning fairly regularly on the IBJ Podcast, but in retrospect it’s been a little one-dimensional. We almost always are focused on how to hit a particular number—the amount to have squirreled away that will allow you to maintain your current lifestyle during retirement. There’s a little bit of wiggle room in our …
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Inside the plan to pack a million meals for food pantries in 24 hours of All-Star Weekend
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This is the week of the NBA All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis, which officially tips off on Thursday and will run through the 73rd NBA All-Star Game on Sunday night. Over the next week, Indianapolis will be the site of star-studded concerts, exhibition games, fan-friendly activities, multimedia programming and major art installations. For this week’…
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Here's what to see and do during All-Star Weekend
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The NBA’s All-Star weekend is just about 10 days away, and the calendar is filling up fast with official and unofficial events. There are concerts, forums, theater, comedy and lots of art. Guest host Lesley Weidenbener talked with IBJ arts and entertainment writer Dave Lindquist to talk about the schedule so far and what central Indiana residents c…
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