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Update: This episode has been updated to include a warning about discussion of suicide.This episode was originally published on The Murder Sheet's main feed on May 16, 2025.The Cheat Sheet is The Murder Sheet's segment breaking down weekly news and updates in some of the murder cases we cover. In this episode, we'll talk about cases from Indiana, Nebraska, and California.WANE.com's coverage of Alison K. Davis's trial for the murder of her husband Kevin: https://www.wane.com/top-stories/family-police-and-doctors-testify-in-2nd-day-of-trial-for-new-haven-woman-accused-of-killing-husband/21Alive's coverage of Alison K. Davis's trial for the murder of her husband Kevin: https://www.21alivenews.com/2025/05/09/jury-deliberating-case-against-woman-accused-killing-husband-new-haven/The Indianapolis Star's report on Mark Vawter's attempted shooting at S'Donis Dawayne Pettis: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/hendricks-county/2025/05/05/danville-indiana-courthouse-shooting-investigation-hendricks-county-deputy/83459333007/The Indianapolis Star's report on the car crash that S'Donis Dawayne Pettis caused, killing Ares and Iris Moore: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2025/02/13/riley-hospital-for-children-walk-of-honor-organ-donation-plainfield-crash-avon-pursuit-stolen-car/78458662007/The Nebraska State Patrol's press release on the murders of Bailey, Hudson, and Asher Koch by their husband and father Jeremy: https://statepatrol.nebraska.gov/nsp-investigating-triple-murder-suicide-dawson-countyBailey Koch's Facebook page about her husband Jeremy's mental health struggles: https://www.facebook.com/anchoringhopeformentalhealth/Bailey Koch's blog post about her husband Jeremy's threats: https://jeremyandbaileyblog.com/2022/05/14/my-husband-believed-he-needed-to-kill-me-to-save-me/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKRrJxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFqY1VKZDFXeTJ4akFoREdQAR435A7TlcxpcLyGF-Qyl2Oynz1EsJGCZTYBiSgx1938cY8HZTucCIqYZLkvhQ_aem_YD1IBWjPm_MYoKC02nR6TgThe Associated Press's report on the resentencing of Erik and Lyle Menendez for the murders of their parents José and Mary Louise or "Kitty": https://apnews.com/article/menendez-brothers-resentencing-freedom-murder-95d642ef10b6d726d84c6f02a20a378cPre-order our book on Delphi here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/shadow-of-the-bridge-the-delphi-murders-and-the-dark-side-of-the-american-heartland-aine-cain/21866881?ean=9781639369232Or here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Shadow-of-the-Bridge/Aine-Cain/9781639369232Or here: https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Bridge-Murders-American-Heartland/dp/1639369236Join our Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/c/murdersheetSupport The Murder Sheet by buying a t-shirt here: https://www.murdersheetshop.com/Send tips to murdersheet@gmail.com.The Murder Sheet is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today’s Best of Features: (00:00-27:35) – Dustin Dopirak from the IndyStar returns to the program to share his thoughts on the dominating win for the Indiana Pacers in game four over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Dustin weighs in on the future of Myles Turner with Indiana, explains how Turner’s return could lead to someone else being traded, and tries to rank the top three players that fans love the most. (27:35-49:46) – The Dean, Mike Chappell, from CBS4 and FOX59 joining the program to relive some of the glory days when he covered the Indy 500 with Robin Miller during his time with the Indianapolis Star. Additionally, he explains what he saw from Tyler Warren in rookie minicamp, details what all goes on for the players during rookie minicamp, and the historical success the Pacers have had with finding talented undrafted free agents. Support the show: https://1075thefan.com/query-and-company/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

(00:00-25:41) – Query & Company opens on a Monday with Jake Query and producer Eddie Garrison discussing an electric game four win for the Indiana Pacers over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Jake shares his opinion on Bennedict Mathurin’s ejection and they credit Obi Toppin for being a key contributor every time the Pacers needed a basket. (25:41-35:14) – After spending the first segment talking about game four, Jake and Eddie shift their focus to game five between the Pacers and Cavs. Will Indiana be able to win a third time in Cleveland? Are the Cavs going to fold? (35:14-43:58) – The first hour of today’s show concludes with Jake recapping the Sonsio Grand Prix and starting the preview the Indy 500 that is just 13 days away. (43:58-1:12:25) – Dustin Dopirak from the IndyStar returns to the program to share his thoughts on the dominating win for the Indiana Pacers in game four over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Dustin weighs in on the future of Myles Turner with Indiana, explains how Turner’s return could lead to someone else being traded, and tries to rank the top three players that fans love the most. (1:12:25-1:19:33) – There has been a ton of basketball news today outside of the Indiana Pacers. Jake discusses the announcement that NBC will have Michael Jordan on as an analyst on occasion. He also reveals that he was able to score two tickets for Eddie for the Indy 500. (1:19:33-1:27:15) – Hour number two concludes with Jake asking Eddie who his favorite music artist is because he realized he’s never asked him. Also, Jake touches on Pacers assistant coach Jenny Boucek always being one of the first people to run onto the floor during skirmishes to break it up. (1:27:15-1:53:02) – The Dean, Mike Chappell, from CBS4 and FOX59 joining the program to relive some of the glory days when he covered the Indy 500 with Robin Miller during his time with the Indianapolis Star. Additionally, he explains what he saw from Tyler Warren in rookie minicamp, details what all goes on for the players during rookie minicamp, and the historical success the Pacers have had with finding talented undrafted free agents. (1:53:02-2:05:49) – For the first time this week, Jake and Eddie give away a pair of Carb Day tickets for a listener! They give them away in a different fashion than usual. (2:05:49-2:14:05) – Today’s show closes with Jake discussing the upcoming show schedule for him with all things shifting towards the Indy 500. Plus, Eddie shares a story from his first Indy 500.Support the show: https://1075thefan.com/query-and-company/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

| Tyrese Haliburton is Captain Clutch. | The Timberwolves must NOT lose to the Warriors. | Dustin Dopirak from the Indianapolis Star joins JR. | Tom Brady gives advice to Shedeur Sanders.|

Dustin Dopirak of the Indianapolis Star joins JR to talk about the clutch factor of Tyrese Haliburton, the subtle genius of Rick Carlisle, and how far the Pacers can truly go in the NBA Playoffs.

On this episode, Alex Bozich is joined by Zach Osterman of The Indianapolis Star to recap a whirlwind spring for IU basketball.This week's episode of Podcast on the Brink is brought to you by Visit Bloomington: https://www.visitbloomington.com/Support Inside the Hall and Podcast on the Brink with a donation: https://www.insidethehall.com/recommends/donate-to-inside-the-hall/Subscribe to Peacock to watch Indiana men's and women's basketball: https://www.insidethehall.com/recommends/peacock (affiliate link)Buy IU basketball tickets at Vivid Seats: https://www.insidethehall.com/recommends/vivid-seats (affiliate link)

Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Reverend Peyton of Reverend Peyton's Big Damn BandThe Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band has delivered energetic performances in 38 countries and 48 states, earning widespread recognition in prestigious publications such as Rolling Stone, Living Blues, and Elmore. They've graced the cover of Vintage Guitar Magazine, topped Billboard's Blues Charts multiple times, and garnered three nominations from the Blues Foundation's esteemed Blues Music Awards in Memphis. Reverend Peyton himself was honored by The Indianapolis Star as one of the "Top 25 Hoosier Musicians of All Time." http://www.makingascene.org

The Star Tribune's Andrew Krammer is joined by Indianapolis Star reporter Joel Erickson to discuss the Vikings and Colts swapping players this offseason. Why was new Vikings center Ryan Kelly available after nine years with the Colts? How did new Vikings guard Will Fries go from seventh-round pick to $17 million per year starter? And how do Cam Bynum and Daniel Jones fit into a new team?

After a scoreboard update from Brendan King, coach talks with Greg Rakestraw of the ISC Sports Network who had the call today of some college baseball where Valparaiso defeated Indiana State 8-3. They also talk the upcoming Semi-state games tomorrow in boys basketball. Coach and Brendan King then talk NCAA Tournament with Purdue playing tomorrow and talking the coaching matchup in Arkansas/St. John’s. Len Clark of Irish 101 calls in to discuss the Notre Dame women’s basketball team’s blowout win in the NCAA Tournament of Stephen F. Austin and previews the matchup with 6-seeded Michigan in the Round of 32. He also discusses Notre Dame spring football. He then moves to Kyle Neddenriep at the Indianapolis Star as they talk IHSAA Semi-State boys basketball. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do we know what we need to know?  In the mythical "old days" local newspaper editors selected stories for us to read, and, in Indianapolis, people read only three sources, The Indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis News, and The Indianapolis Times.  Therefore, everyone shared common information.  Not so today.  No one tells us what is important.  We must seek it out ourselves, usually without a foundation from which to seek.  Meanwhile,  the magnitude, the quantity of news sources, the diversity, has increased exponentially which means that a person seeking information must work hard, must check multiple sources, to find and evaluate.  

A little past midnight on July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis, a US Navy cruiser, had just delivered the uranium that would be used in the first nuclear bomb dropped on Japan, and was returning to the Philippines when it was struck by a Japanese torpedo. The ship was badly damaged in the attack and within ten minutes it rolled onto its side, dumping 890 crewmen into the pitch-black ocean and dragging the remaining 300 down with the ship.Those who survived the torpedo strike did what they could to grab supplies before abandoning ship, but there were very few life boats or life jackets, so many of the sailors had to float in the water or cling to the few rafts they did manage to take before jumping from the boat. To make matters worse, their mission had been highly confidential and no one in the Navy knew where the Indianapolis was, much less that it had sank. The surviving crew thought things were about as bad as they could get, then the sharks began showing up.Thank you to the Incredible Dave White of Bring Me the Axe Podcast for research and Writing support!ReferencesAssociated Press. 1945. "Indianapolis sunk with 883 killed." Los Angeles Times, August 15: 1.Austin, Daryl. 2021. "How a WWII Japanese sub commander helped exonerate a U.S. Navy captain." Washington Post, June 6.Buckley, Chris. 2017. "Wreckage of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, lost for 72 years, is found in Pacific." New York Times, August 21.Charles B. McVay, III, interview by US Naval History and Heritage Command. 2003. Recollections of Captain Charles B. McVay, III, USN, Commanding Officer of USS Indianapolis (CA-35) which was sunk by Japanese submarine I-58 on 30 July 1945 near the Philippines (April 20).Newcomb, Richard F. 1958. "Court's verdict surprises, irks public." Indianapolis Star, November 30: 22.—. 1958. "Rescue operation put in motion." Indianapolis Star, November 24: 1.—. 1958. "Survivors begin ordeal in sea." Indianapolis Star, November 22: 1.Paridon, Seth. n.d. "Surviving the sinking of the USS Indianapolis." National World War II Museum. Phillips, Kristine. 2017. "USS Indianapolis survivor recalls four days in shark-filled sea." Washington Post, August 20.1975. Jaws. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Performed by Robert Shaw.US Navy Court of Inquiry. 1945. Summary findings regarding all circumstances connected with the sinking of the USS Indianapolis (CA-35), and the delay in reporting the loss of that ship August 13, 1945. Summary, Washington, DC: United States Government.Vincent, Lynn, and Sara Vladic. 2018. Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Long-time views of the show know that I've always been skeptical of equating Trump/MAGA with European fascism. I've always thought it historically facile and misleading. But I'm beginning to change my mind. Take, for example, David Masciotra's thoughts on Trump's “ravenous bigotry” toward the trans community. As Masciotra warns, this is the kind of organized, willful persecution of powerless minorities that fascist parties openly pursued while in power. Meanwhile, as Masciotra notes, prominent Dems like Gavin Newsom are staging a “shameful retreat” on trans rights and inviting neo-fascists like Steve Bannon onto their podcast shows. And then there's Schumer. Oy.Here are the five KEEN ON AMERICA takeaways with our conversation with Masciotra* Democrats' retreat on trans rights: Masciotra argues that Democrats, including figures like Gavin Newsom and Rahm Emanuel, are retreating from defending transgender rights after the election loss, which he views as both a moral failure and a strategic mistake.* Targeted anti-trans rhetoric: According to Masciotra, 41% of Trump's campaign ads specifically targeted transgender Americans, demonstrating how the issue has been deliberately weaponized for political purposes despite transgender people making up less than 1% of the population.* Trans rights as the "first course": Masciotra warns that "bigotry is ravenous," suggesting that abandoning transgender rights opens the door to attacks on other minority groups, comparing it to a restaurant menu where "trans people are the first course."* Democratic leadership criticism: David Masciotra is highly critical of Democratic leadership, particularly Chuck Schumer, whom he describes as "pathetic" and "inert" in his response to Trump's policies, with Masciotra noting a generational divide in the party's approach to resistance.* Authoritarian tactics and erasure: Masciotra discusses concerning developments like the National Park Service removing transgender references from Stonewall Rebellion information, which he characterizes as a "totalitarian termination of knowledge" mirroring authoritarian tactics described in Orwell's 1984.David Masciotra is an author, lecturer, and journalist. He is the author of Exurbia Now: The Battleground of American Democracy (Melville House Publishing, 2024) I Am Somebody: Why Jesse Jackson Matters (I.B. Tauris, 2020), Mellencamp: American Troubadour (University Press of Kentucky), Barack Obama: Invisible Man (Eyewear Publishers, 2017), and Metallica by Metallica, a 33 1/3 book from Bloomsbury Publishers, which has been translated into Chinese and Greek. In 2010, Continuum Books published his first book, Working On a Dream: The Progressive Political Vision of Bruce Springsteen. Masciotra writes regularly for the New Republic, Washington Monthly, Progressive, the Los Angeles Review of Books, CrimeReads, No Depression, and the Daily Ripple. He has also written for Salon, the Daily Beast, CNN, Atlantic, Washington Post, AlterNet, Indianapolis Star, and CounterPunch. Several of his political essays have been translated into Spanish for publication at Korazon de Perro.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting the daily KEEN ON show, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy interview series. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.Keen On America is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

Bill Ruthhart interacts with the next generation of journalists on a daily basis. As a writing coach and editor for Career Programs at The New York Times, Ruthhart guides 30 newsroom fellows into their development as impactful reporters and writers. Growing up in a family of journalists, he previously spent time covering politics and government at the Chicago Tribune and Indianapolis Star. Ruthhart's newsroom foundation now informs his oversight of countless journalists in their early career navigation. In this episode, we talk about zeroing in on your niche, getting reps in early on in your career, and identifying perspectives and stories that may otherwise be overlooked. Guest: Bill Ruthhart, writing coach and editor for Career Programs at The New York Times Host: Alexis Derickson

Celebrate Women's History Month as we look back at Hazel Johnson's Women in Jazz festival. The festival ran from 1986 to 1991 at the Madam Walker Theatre and featured many important women from the Indianapolis jazz scene, including Flo Garvin, Aretta La Marre, Mary Moss, Cherryl Hayes, Vickie Daniels, Anita Walker, Brenda Walls, Margaret Floyd, Cyann Proffitt, Salathiel Latrell, and others. Listen to music from artists who performed at the festival, including never-before-heard live recordings of Hazel Johnson. Johnson started the Women in Jazz festival, to provide young and veteran women an opportunity to perform together. In a 1987 article published by the Indianapolis Star, Johnson said, “For many years men have dominated the jazz field. We feel the time is right for women to step out and receive the recognition we've been told we deserve.” The first Women in Jazz festival was held on October 12, 1986 and was hosted by the legendary Indianapolis broadcaster Barbara Boyd. Johnson was born in Indianapolis in 1944. She grew up in the Avenue neighborhood and attended Crispus Attucks High School. Johnson began singing as a child. By age 14, she was performing professionally with the Naptown bandleader Larry Liggett. During her long career, Johnson played at many Avenue venues and she performed with many significant Indianapolis musicians, including Pookie Johnson, Jimmy Coe, Mel Rhyne, Thurston Harris, Carl Bailey, Johnny Dial, Errol Grandy and many more.  During her final years, Johnson spent much of her time managing the Inner-City Music School, a program she co-founded in 1994 with her husband Mack Strong. The school provided free music education for Indianapolis youth. Johnson's contributions to jazz music were honored in 2007, when she was inducted into the Indianapolis Jazz Hall of Fame. Hazel Johnson died in 2011. She was 67 years old.

Spending on the controversial LEAP district nears $1 billion, with only Eli Lilly so far committed to the site. The Senate approves a study committee to look at relocating Indiana's lowest performing casino from the southeast corner to one of three more profitable regions. A proposal to introduce consumer protections against medical debt collection fails to advance in the Senate. Host Brandon Smith is joined by Republican Mike O'Brien, Democrat Elise Shrock, Niki Kelly of the Indiana Capital Chronicle, and Kayla Dwyer of the Indianapolis Star to debate and discuss this week's top stories.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for February 24, 2025 is: quip • KWIP • noun Quip can refer to a clever, usually taunting remark, or to a witty or funny observation or response usually made on the spur of the moment. // They traded quips over a beer and laughed themselves silly. See the entry > Examples: "He's always got a story, is always ready with a quip and isn't afraid to let the four-letter words roll off the tongue in the most creative ways." — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Apr. 2023 Did you know? To tweak a well-known line from Hamlet, brevity is the soul of quip. While jokes are often brief stories with setups followed by surprising and funny endings (chickens crossing roads, elephant footprints in the butter, etc.) quips are even briefer, and not so planned or scripted. They are more likely to arise naturally in conversation when someone is especially quick-witted, firing off zingers, retorts, or—if you want to get extra fancy about it—bon mots. Brevity also plays a role in quip's etymology: quip is a shortening of quippy, a now-obsolete noun of the same meaning. Quippy's origins are uncertain, but they may lie in the Latin word quippe, meaning "indeed" or "to be sure," which was often used ironically. Quip entered English as a noun in the 1500s, but was verbified within decades; the verb quip means "to make quips" or "to jest or jibe at."

Gary Varvel is a Christian, conservative, cartoonist and speaker in that order. Varvel was The Indianapolis Star cartoonist for 24 years. His work is syndicated through Creators Syndicate. In 2015 he was inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame. Varvel won the National Headliners Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award for Best Editorial Cartoonist Division, Grambs Aronson Award, plus dozens of state awards. Varvel wrote and illustrated The Good Shepherd children's book plus he co-wrote and produced Christian films: The Board (2009) and The War Within (2014).Varvel's Views From The Right newsletter includes his cartoons, links to conservative commentary and Varvel's essays on current events from Biblical worldview.https://garyvarvel.comhttps://garyvarvel.com/storeHelp Disaster Relief: https://www.samaritanspurse.org Freedom Marketplace: https://freedommarketplace.net The Stack: https://www.toddhuffshow.com/stack-of-stuff Email: todd@toddhuffshow.comPhone: 317.210.2830Follow us on…Instagram: @toddhuffshowFacebook: The Todd Huff ShowTwitter: @toddhuffshowLinkedIn: The Todd Huff ShowTikTok: @toddhuffshowSupport Our Partners:https://www.toddhuffshow.com/partners Links:https://www.mypillow.com/todd Promo Code: TODDhttps://mystore.com/toddhttps://www.nicnac.com - Promo Code FREEDOM for 20% off your first purchasehttps://soltea.com - Promo Code TODD for $29.95 off your first order

Gary Varvel is a Christian, conservative, cartoonist and speaker in that order. Varvel was The Indianapolis Star cartoonist for 24 years. His work is syndicated through Creators Syndicate. In 2015 he was inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame. Varvel won the National Headliners Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award for Best Editorial Cartoonist Division, Grambs Aronson Award, plus dozens of state awards. Varvel wrote and illustrated The Good Shepherd children's book plus he co-wrote and produced Christian films: The Board (2009) and The War Within (2014).Varvel's Views From The Right newsletter includes his cartoons, links to conservative commentary and Varvel's essays on current events from Biblical worldview.https://garyvarvel.comhttps://garyvarvel.com/store  Help Disaster Relief: https://www.samaritanspurse.org Freedom Marketplace: https://freedommarketplace.net The Stack: https://www.toddhuffshow.com/stack-of-stuff Email: todd@toddhuffshow.comPhone: 317.210.2830Follow us on…Instagram: @toddhuffshowFacebook: The Todd Huff ShowTwitter: @toddhuffshowLinkedIn: The Todd Huff ShowTikTok: @toddhuffshowSupport Our Partners:https://www.toddhuffshow.com/partners Links:https://www.mypillow.com/todd Promo Code: TODDhttps://mystore.com/toddhttps://www.nicnac.com - Promo Code FREEDOM for 20% off your first purchasehttps://soltea.com - Promo Code TODD for $29.95 off your first order

Gary Varvel is a Christian, conservative, cartoonist and speaker in that order. Varvel was The Indianapolis Star cartoonist for 24 years. His work is syndicated through Creators Syndicate. In 2015 he was inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame. Varvel won the National Headliners Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award for Best Editorial Cartoonist Division, Grambs Aronson Award, plus dozens of state awards. Varvel wrote and illustrated The Good Shepherd children's book plus he co-wrote and produced Christian films: The Board (2009) and The War Within (2014).Varvel's Views From The Right newsletter includes his cartoons, links to conservative commentary and Varvel's essays on current events from Biblical worldview.https://garyvarvel.comhttps://garyvarvel.com/storeHelp Disaster Relief: https://www.samaritanspurse.org Freedom Marketplace: https://freedommarketplace.net The Stack: https://www.toddhuffshow.com/stack-of-stuff Email: todd@toddhuffshow.comPhone: 317.210.2830Follow us on…Instagram: @toddhuffshowFacebook: The Todd Huff ShowTwitter: @toddhuffshowLinkedIn: The Todd Huff ShowTikTok: @toddhuffshowSupport Our Partners:https://www.toddhuffshow.com/partners Links:https://www.mypillow.com/todd Promo Code: TODDhttps://mystore.com/toddhttps://www.nicnac.com - Promo Code FREEDOM for 20% off your first purchasehttps://soltea.com - Promo Code TODD for $29.95 off your first order

Gary Varvel is a Christian, conservative, cartoonist and speaker in that order. Varvel was The Indianapolis Star cartoonist for 24 years. His work is syndicated through Creators Syndicate. In 2015 he was inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame. Varvel won the National Headliners Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award for Best Editorial Cartoonist Division, Grambs Aronson Award, plus dozens of state awards. Varvel wrote and illustrated The Good Shepherd children's book plus he co-wrote and produced Christian films: The Board (2009) and The War Within (2014).Varvel's Views From The Right newsletter includes his cartoons, links to conservative commentary and Varvel's essays on current events from Biblical worldview.https://garyvarvel.comhttps://garyvarvel.com/store  Help Disaster Relief: https://www.samaritanspurse.org Freedom Marketplace: https://freedommarketplace.net The Stack: https://www.toddhuffshow.com/stack-of-stuff Email: todd@toddhuffshow.comPhone: 317.210.2830Follow us on…Instagram: @toddhuffshowFacebook: The Todd Huff ShowTwitter: @toddhuffshowLinkedIn: The Todd Huff ShowTikTok: @toddhuffshowSupport Our Partners:https://www.toddhuffshow.com/partners Links:https://www.mypillow.com/todd Promo Code: TODDhttps://mystore.com/toddhttps://www.nicnac.com - Promo Code FREEDOM for 20% off your first purchasehttps://soltea.com - Promo Code TODD for $29.95 off your first order

(00:00-24:30) – Query & Company opens on a Friday with Jake Query and producer Eddie Garrison discussing last night 4 Nations Face Off game between USA and Canada, the Indiana Pacers win over the Memphis Grizzlies, and the MLB ending its long-standing partnership with ESPN. (24:30-39:09) – Dustin Dopirak from the Indianapolis Star joins Jake Query to explain what was different between the first quarter and second quarter for the Indiana Pacers in their win over the Memphis Grizzlies. Additionally, Dustin compliments the Pacers on being able to win a game where Pascal Siakam wasn’t the focal point of the offense and highlights the progress the team has made defensively this season. (39:09-46:44) – The first hour of the show concludes with Jake sharing the breaking news about the IHSAA changing a rule about first time transfers for its student-athletes. (46:44-1:10:31) – Former Purdue Boilermaker Ryan Cline joins the program to preview this weekend’s big game between the Indiana Hoosiers and Purdue Boilermakers, explains what is wrong with Purdue’s defense right now, reveals that he loves attending the Indy 500 and sits in turn three in front of Jake, and states that Purdue needs to really focus on closing the first half and starting the second half in order to get back to playing winning basketball. (1:10:31-1:24:47) – Producer and director of The Waiting Game, Michael Husain, joins Query & Company to explain what interested him in telling the story about the fallout of the ABA, to promote the event at Newfields a week from today about the documentary, and says that they are attempting to get a streaming service to pick it up so people can watch it if they can’t attend. (1:24:47-1:28:51) – Hour number two concludes with Jake keeping Robin Miller’s legacy alive by chatting about his importance in his career as Eddie tries to retrieve the audio of a story Robin told at his 60th birthday party about the Pacers in the ABA days. (1:28:51-1:51:53) – Jake shares the story that Robin Miller told at his 60th birthday party about the Indiana Pacers during the ABA days. After that, Jake and Eddie discuss last night’s win for the Pacers over the Grizzlies and explain why it was one of the best wins of the season for the blue and gold. (1:55:55-2:00:00) – As we do every Friday on Query & Company, Jake shares a feel-good story with it being a good for the heart Friday sponsored by Franciscan Health! Today’s house features a story about a local firefighter. (2:00:00-2:12:4) – Today’s show closes with Jake and Eddie giving away two pairs of tickets for two callers to go see Jo Koy and JMV joining the guys in studio to preview his show!Support the show: https://1075thefan.com/query-and-company/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

EPISODE 74 - “SWEETHEARTS FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD" 2/10/2025 As Cupid sharpens his arrows, and the candy and greeting card companies prepare to make bank, we celebrate Valentine's Day. In this episode, we take a loving look at some of Hollywood's most enduring real-life love stories. From JOEL McCREA and FRANCES DEE to JEAN HARLOW and WILLIAM POWELL, join us as we discuss their lives, films, and, most importantly, their beautiful love stories.  SHOW NOTES:  Sources: Ladies of the Westerns (2015) by Michael C. Fitzgerald and Boyd Magers; Joel McCrea: Ride The High Country (1992), by Tony Thomas: “William Powell: Hollywood Star, Detective Film Icon," Jan. 27, 2025, Britannica,com; Letters From Hollywood: Jean Harlow , January 21, 2023 by David Stenn, TCM.com; The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Power: Hollywood's Iconic Couple, Documentary (2023), Youtube.com; “McIntire and Nolan: A Romance Wright In Radio,” June 27, 2022, Travelanche; “12 Times Real Life Couple John McIntire and Jeanette Nolan Played a Couple Onscreen,” July 18, 2022, MeTV.com; “It Took Three Separate Actors To Bring Psycho's Norma Bates to Life,” November 30, 2022, www.slashfilm.com; “John McIntire and Jeanette Nolan Mix Business With Pleasure,” 2022, by J. Johnson, www.vocal.media/geeks; “John McIntire & Jeanette Nolan: Life Together,” by Jerry Skinner, YouTube.com; “Mary Pickford,” April 5, 2005, American Experience, PBS; “Douglas Fairbanks,” American Experience, PBS; Life and Times of Mary Pickford, Documentary (1998), Youtube.com; Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell, Documentary (1993), directed by Tom McQuade; “William Powell,” The State Historical Society of Missouri, www.missouriencyclopedia.com; Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars.org): Mary Pickford; “William Powell, Film Star, Dies at 91,”March 6, 1984, by Peter B. Flint, New York Times; “Jeanette Nolan, Spouse Rough it in Montana Wilderness Home,” March 24, 1974, The Indianapolis Star; TCM.com; MaryPickford.org; McCreaRanchFoundation.org; IMDBPro.com; IBDB.com; Wikipedia.com; AcademyMuseum.com Movies Mentioned:  JOEL MCCREA & FRANCES DEE: The Jazz Age  (1929); The Silver Horde (1930); Playboy of Paris (1930); King of the Jungle (1930); An American Tragedy (1931); Caught (1931); Born to Love (1931); Bird of Paradise (1932); The Silver Cord (1933); One Man's Journey (1933); Little Women (1933); Finishing School (1934); Of Human Bondage (1934); Gambling Lady (1934); Becky Sharp (1935); Barbary Coast (1935); These Three (1936); Come and Get It (1936); The Gay Deception (1936);   Wells Fargo (1937); Dead End (1937); If I Were King (1938); Union Station (1939); Foreign Correspondent (1940); I Walked With A Zombie (1943); Four Faces West (1948); Ride The High Country (1962); JEAN HARLOW & WILLIAM POWELL: Man of the World (1931); Ladies Man (1931); Hell's Angels (1930); Reckless (1935); Libeled Lady (1936); After The Thin Man (1936); Saratoga (1937); My Man Godfrey (1936); JOHN McINTIRE & JEANETTE NOLAN: The Ramparts We Watch (1940); Northside 777 (1948); MacBeth (1948); Words and Music (1948); River Lady (1948);   Command Decision (1948); Top of The Morning (1949); No Sad Song For Me (1950); The Asphalt Jungle (1950); Winchester '73 (1950); The Secret of Convict Lake (1951); The Happy Time (1952); The Big Heat (1953); Westward The Women (1951); Apache (1954);  The Far County (1954); Flaming Star (1960);  Summer and Smoke (1961); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); Rooster Cogburn (1975); The Rescuers (1978); True Confessions (1981); Cloak and Dagger (1984); Turner and Hooch (1989); The Horse Whisperer (1998); MARY PICKFORD & DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS: *** Please email us for list of Pickford & Fairbanks movies*** --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bulletin talks about churches that preserve endangered languages, the evolution of pro-life ambitions, and DeepSeek and artificial intelligence. Find us on Youtube. This week's headlines spur us to discuss how the church is uniquely poised to help endangered languages and cultures survive, with CT's Emily Belz and Nicole Martin. Then, we welcome Charlie Camosy to discuss abortion in the second Trump administration. Finally, we welcome CT's president, Tim Dalrymple, to talk about DeepSeek and AI.     GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN: Read Emily's article, “How NYC Churches Guard Endangered Languages,” here. Read Charlie's article on Pro-llfe 3.0 here. We want to hear your COVID-19 reflection. Send a written response or voice memo here. Grab some Bulletin merch! Find us on YouTube. Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. ABOUT THE BULLETIN: The Bulletin is a weekly (and sometimes more!) current events show from Christianity Today hosted and moderated by Clarissa Moll, with senior commentary from Russell Moore (Christianity Today's editor in chief) and Mike Cosper (director, CT Media). Each week, the show explores current events and breaking news and shares a Christian perspective on issues that are shaping our world. We also offer special one-on-one conversations with writers, artists, and thought leaders whose impact on the world brings important significance to a Christian worldview, like Bono, Sharon McMahon, Harrison Scott Key, Frank Bruni, and more. ABOUT THE GUESTS: Timothy Dalrymple studied at Stanford University, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Harvard's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Dalrymple was a key player in the launch of patheos.com, and he pioneered many of the techniques that led Patheos to become the world's largest platform for multireligious conversations. Dalrymple currently serves as Christianity Today's president and CEO.   Nicole Martin serves Christianity Today as chief impact officer after serving on its board of directors. Martin oversees three major strategic initiatives that are shaping the future of CT: the Global Initiative, the Big Tent Initiative, and the Next Gen Initiative.  Emily Belz is a staff writer with Christianity Today. She is a former senior reporter for World magazine. She is a World Journalism Institute graduate and also previously reported for the New York Daily News, The Indianapolis Star, and Philanthropy magazine. Emily resides in New York City. Charles Camosy is professor of Medical Humanities at the Creighton University School of Medicine. He is also the author of Peter Singer and Christian Ethics: Beyond Polarization and For Love of Animals: Christian Ethics, Consistent Action, which was featured on The Dish and in The New York Times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 6 Episode 2 Andrea is an advocate, writer, and fearless leader who turned her passion into purpose. She's the Communications and Policy Manager at Health by Design, a consultant, and co-founder of Nonprofit Girl Gang. But she's also a brave badass who made headlines with her courageous op-ed in the Indianapolis Star, calling out systemic harassment and abuse of power in politics.   Andrea has seen firsthand how toxic dynamics can poison workplaces, silence voices, and block progress. In this episode, she opens up about her experiences and delivers bold, actionable solutions for building safer, more equitable spaces in local and state politics. Click here to read Andrea's Op-ed

Today’s Best of Features: (00:00-09:12) – Sam King from the Lafayette Journal & Courier joins Jake Query and Jimmy Cook to recap last night’s come from behind victory for the Purdue Boilermakers, echoes Jake’s point from earlier in the show on how important Caleb Furst’s insertion into the starting lineup has been, assesses where Purdue ranks within the Big Ten after a few conference games, and evaluates the job Matt Painter has done this season. (09:12-26:29) – Joel Erickson from the Indianapolis Star joins the program to explain what Bob Uecker meant to him when he was growing up in Wisconsin, highlights one theme he has noticed with the known candidates that the Indianapolis Colts are meeting with for the defensive coordinator position, states that Chris Ballard has to completely overhaul the secondary to help whichever candidate they hire, and provides his take on the competition that the Colts will bring in for Anthony Richardson. (26:29-42:37) – Tony East from Locked On Pacers and Forbes Sports joins Query & Company to preview tonight’s big game between the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons. Additionally, he explains the current salary cap situation for the team, believes that if they are able to add a significant upgrade to the roster then they should capitalize on it, and doesn’t believe that the team wants to go into the luxury tax just yet.Support the show: https://1075thefan.com/query-and-company/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

(00:00-27:30) – Query & Company opens on a Thursday with Jake Query, Jimmy Cook, and producer Eddie Garrison discuss the injury report tonight for the Indiana Pacers and Bennedict Mathurin’s suspension. Additionally, they discuss Purdue’s comeback win last night and the importance of Caleb Furst since entering the starting lineup. Finally, they touch on the passing of legendary broadcast Bob Uecker. (27:30-37:38) – Sam King from the Lafayette Journal & Courier joins Jake Query and Jimmy Cook to recap last night’s come from behind victory for the Purdue Boilermakers, echoes Jake’s point from earlier in the show on how important Caleb Furst’s insertion into the starting lineup has been, assesses where Purdue ranks within the Big Ten after a few conference games, and evaluates the job Matt Painter has done this season. (37:38-48:16) – The first hour of the show concludes with Jake sharing a story as to how Bob Uecker is tied to Indianapolis. (48:16-1:08:42) – Joel Erickson from the Indianapolis Star joins the program to explain what Bob Uecker meant to him when he was growing up in Wisconsin, highlights one theme he has noticed with the known candidates that the Indianapolis Colts are meeting with for the defensive coordinator position, states that Chris Ballard has to completely overhaul the secondary to help whichever candidate they hire, and provides his take on the competition that the Colts will bring in for Anthony Richardson. (1:08:42-1:24:37) – Earlier in the day it was announced that the Indiana Fever will be building their own training facility. Jake and Jimmy explain what they know about the details and Jake provides some concerns he has with the facility going to cost $78-million dollars. Also, Jake has an answer from the Colts about how the franchise will be reimbursing season ticket holders for the lost home game in Berlin. (1:24:37-1:29:37) – Hour two of the program concludes with Jake sharing another story of going to court and credits Big Glen for finding the case that resulted in him being detained for almost two days. (1:29:37-1:52:18) – Tony East from Locked On Pacers and Forbes Sports joins Query & Company to preview tonight’s big game between the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons. Additionally, he explains the current salary cap situation for the team, believes that if they are able to add a significant upgrade to the roster then they should capitalize on it, and doesn’t believe that the team wants to go into the luxury tax just yet. (1:52:18-2:03:18) – At the tail end of the previous segment, Jake and Jimmy started talking about IU basketball. Jake shares a realization that he had about the head coaching job with IU basketball following something Jimmy said. Once he explains his thoughts Jimmy reacts to what Jake said. (2:03:18-2:09:50) – Today’s show ends with the JCook Plays of the Day and previewing tomorrow’s show!Support the show: https://1075thefan.com/query-and-company/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're back, ahead of schedule, with an emotional first episode of 2025 after a long and personally very traumatic few months. This week we turn to Sinatra's classic 1956 album Songs for Swingin' Lovers! and explore how the album title inadvertently became a double entendre in the 1960s. Placing this album in the inadvertent context of the "swinging" sexual revolution throws new light on it and snaps the album's "concept" into focus. Mostly, this is just spectacular music and we're back to our roots of appreciating it. In particular, we spotlight the trumpet work of Harry "Sweets" Edison, a major part of the timeless sound of this era. Selected sources: "Music Hath Charms, Even Unto Motherhood", The Indianapolis Star, 25 March, 1962 Frank Sinatra: Portrait of an Album (1985) Interview with Harry "Sweets" Edison, conducted by Les Tomkin in 1970 for National Jazz Archive UK Hugh Rawson - A Dictionary of Euphemisms and Other Doubletalk (1983) All the Loving Couples (1969) Terry Gould - The Lifestyle: A look at the erotic rites of swingers (1989) Gilbert D. Bartell - Group sex: a scientist's eyewitness report on the American way of swinging (1971) Ray Connelly - A Girl Who Came to Stay (1975) Charles A. Varni - "An Exploratory Study of Wife-Swapping" (1972) contact suddenlypod at gmail dot com website: suddenlypod.gay donate: ko-fi.com/suddenlypod

Remember that time in 1977 when Jesse Jackson debated KKK grand wizard David Duke on national tv? As David Masciotra reminds us, it was one of those now forgotten moments from the recent past that can help bring some clarity to today's American politics. In particular, Masciotra argues, the 1977 debate underlines the idiocy of Kamala Harris' refusal to go on Joe Rogan show. As Masciotra explains, this primetime tv debate in which Jackson crushes Duke shows why progressives like Harris should always take on ideological enemies Joe Rogan. Civil argument matters, Masciotra insists. Even if it involves jousting with people whose views you consider beyond the pale. David Masciotra is an author, lecturer, and journalist. He is the author of Exurbia Now: The Battleground of American Democracy (Melville House Publishing, 2024) I Am Somebody: Why Jesse Jackson Matters (I.B. Tauris, 2020), Mellencamp: American Troubadour (University Press of Kentucky), Barack Obama: Invisible Man (Eyewear Publishers, 2017), and Metallica by Metallica, a 33 1/3 book from Bloomsbury Publishers, which has been translated into Chinese and Greek. In 2010, Continuum Books published his first book, Working On a Dream: The Progressive Political Vision of Bruce Springsteen. Masciotra writes regularly for the New Republic, Washington Monthly, Progressive, the Los Angeles Review of Books, CrimeReads, No Depression, and the Daily Ripple. He has also written for Salon, the Daily Beast, CNN, Atlantic, Washington Post, AlterNet, Indianapolis Star, and CounterPunch. Several of his political essays have been translated into Spanish for publication at Korazon de Perro. His poetry has appeared in Be About It Press, This Zine Will Change Your Life, and the Pangolin Review.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.Keen On is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

Today’s Best of Features: (00:00-14:30) – Dustin Dopirak from the Indianapolis Star joins Query & Company to recap Tyrese Haliburton’s excellent performance last night in South Beach. Dustin also assesses who will be losing minutes when Aaron Nesmith makes his return, discusses Jimmy Butler making his frustrations public by his lack of effort and comments last night, and weighs in on Jake’s opinion that Haliburton is a better player when he is aggressive early as a scorer versus trying to be a distributor. (14:30-27:07) – The IndyStar’s Zach Osterman joins Jake Query and Jimmy Cook on the program to break down last night’s victory for Mike Woodson’s team over Rutgers. He shares what he knows about Malik Reneau’s injury, the situation with Oumar Ballo, and if the Hoosiers have finally found a lineup that works. Finally, he provides what he knows about the Kurtis Rourke story from earlier in the day regarding a partially torn ACL in his knee. (27:07-44:48) – Tom Noie from the South Bend Tribune joins Query & Company and explains what the scene was like on Tuesday night and during the day Wednesday on Bourbon Street following the terrorist attack. Tom agrees with Jimmy that yesterday’s win for Notre Dame was the biggest win in 31 years, believes that it was what Notre Dame did that resulted in a win for Marcus Freeman’s team, and examines how the College Football Playoff committee can tweak the playoff format to benefit the teams that get the automatic bye.Support the show: https://1075thefan.com/query-and-company/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

(00:00-28:12) – Query & Company opens on a Friday with Jake Query, Jimmy Cook, and producer Eddie Garrison discussing Notre Dame’s win over Georgia in the Sugar Bowl last night. Additionally, they hand out an Anthony Richardson report card based off subjects that Jake created. Finally, they touch on the Indiana Hoosiers defeating Rutgers last night and Purdue’s road victory against Minnesota. (28:12-43:42) – Dustin Dopirak from the Indianapolis Star joins Query & Company to recap Tyrese Haliburton’s excellent performance last night in South Beach. Dustin also assesses who will be losing minutes when Aaron Nesmith makes his return, discusses Jimmy Butler making his frustrations public by his lack of effort and comments last night, and weighs in on Jake’s opinion that Haliburton is a better player when he is aggressive early as a scorer versus trying to be a distributor. (43:42-53:17) – The first hour of the show concludes with Jake, Jimmy, and Eddie discussing what Jimmy’s thoughts on what the Colts should do with Chris Ballard, Shane Steichen, and Anthony Richardson. (53:17-1:18:01) – The IndyStar’s Zach Osterman joins Jake Query and Jimmy Cook on the program to break down last night’s victory for Mike Woodson’s team over Rutgers. He shares what he knows about Malik Reneau’s injury, the situation with Oumar Ballo, and if the Hoosiers have finally found a lineup that works. Finally, he provides what he knows about the Kurtis Rourke story from earlier in the day regarding a partially torn ACL in his knee. (1:18:01-1:38:48) – Tom Noie from the South Bend Tribune joins Query & Company and explains what the scene was like on Tuesday night and during the day Wednesday on Bourbon Street following the terrorist attack. Tom agrees with Jimmy that yesterday’s win for Notre Dame was the biggest win in 31 years, believes that it was what Notre Dame did that resulted in a win for Marcus Freeman’s team, and examines how the College Football Playoff committee can tweak the playoff format to benefit the teams that get the automatic bye. (1:38:48-1:44:07) – Hour two of the program concludes with Jake, Jimmy, and Eddie discussing how next season is a make-or-break season for Anthony Richardson. (1:44:07-2:13:43) – The Fan’s own Kevin Bowen joins Query & Company on his way home from the Colts complex to share what Shane Steichen had to say about Anthony Richardson’s back injury. They have a discussion on Richardson’s season, provides his grades to the subjects Jake created about Richardson’s season, and examines the future of Chris Ballard and Shane Steichen. (2:13:43-2:25:33) – Jake shifts the conversation away from sports for a minute to ask Jimmy and Eddie a question stemming from a show that he and Shannon were watching last night. Additionally, they discuss the Kurtis Rourke news and more comments from Shane Steichen about Anthony Richardson’s back. (2:25:33-2:33:20) – Today’s show ends with the JCook Plays of the Day and the guys discussing their predictions for the Colts/Jaguars game.Support the show: https://1075thefan.com/query-and-company/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's “Leaders and Legends” podcast, we receive a 2024 election recap from our savvy political analysts Kayla Dwyer from The Indianapolis Star and Tom LoBianco, co-founder of 24sight News. They breakdown why the winners won, the losers lost, and what to expect from our most recent political alignment. Sponsors• Veteran Strategies• NFP - A leading insurance broker and consultant• Garmong Construction• Crowne Plaza Downtown Indianapolis Historic Union Station About Veteran Strategies‘Leaders and Legends' is brought to you by Veteran Strategies—your local veteran business enterprise specializing in media relations, crisis communications, public outreach, and digital photography. Learn more at www.veteranstrategies.com.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Zach Osterman of the Indianapolis Star previews Indiana's playoff game with Notre Dame. Chuck and Heath discuss Diego Pavis winning an injunction against the NCAA that may allow him to play for Vanderbilt in 2025.Spencer Holbrook of Lettermen Row previews Ohio State's playoff game with Tennessee. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

PIT PASS INDY – SEASON 4, EPISODE 63 – Mark Montieth, author of ‘VUCKOVICH The Man Who Wouldn't Lift' December 17, 2024 Show host Bruce Martin has a special Pit Pass Indy, featuring an exclusive interview with Mark Montieth, an author and former sportswriter at The Indianapolis Star who helped turn a manuscript that was also 70 years old into a book on one of the greatest legends in Indianapolis 500 history. The book is entitled, “VUKOVICH The Man Who Wouldn't Lift” and tells the incredible life story of the great Bill Vukovich, who won back-to-back Indianapolis 500s in 1953 and 1954 and was running away with the lead in the 1955 500-Mile Race before he was killed while leading the race in a crash on the backstretch. He was just 36 years old. Racing fans have heard the name “Bill Vukovich” but few know the story of the man. Montieth was able to take a manuscript written by Indianapolis News sportswriter Angelo Angelopolous, who died of Leukemia in 1962, into a hardcover book by Halfcourt Press in Indianapolis.  The book is available at Amazon.com or by contacting Mark Montieth at markmontieth55@gmail.com.  Signed copies are also available by contacting Montieth. It would make a great Christmas or holiday gift for any Indianapolis 500 or IndyCar fan. For more INDYCAR coverage, follow Bruce Martin at X, previously known as Twitter, at @BruceMartin_500

00:00-7:10- Butler Head Coach Thad Matta joins. Coach Matta helps Jake and Jimmy get set for the Indy Classic, talks the Bulldogs matchup with Wisconsin, and answers the greatest question by Jake Query. 7:10-26:14- TV voice of the Pacers Chris Denari joins. Denari gets Jake and Jimmy set for Pacers/76ers, the latest on the injuries for Indiana, and more. 26:14-39:03- Indianapolis Star reporter Kyle Neddenriep joins. Neddenriep runs down the biggest games in High School Basketball, is there any competition for Indiana Mr. Basketball, and more.Support the show: https://1075thefan.com/query-and-company/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

00:00-23:28- Butler Head Coach Thad Matta joins. Coach Matta helps Jake and Jimmy get set for the Indy Classic, talks the Bulldogs matchup with Wisconsin, and answers the greatest question by Jake Query. The NBA Emirates NBA Cup finals, the NBA is not committing to leaving the Cup in Las Vegas, what NBA franchise could move to Sin City? 23:28-33:43- Jake and Jimmy transition to Colts/Broncos. Who will be practicing, what’s at stake, and what video game AR5 reminds Jake of? 33:43-42:44- Jake shares which Colts’ player he’s seen showing the most flashes on the roster. Jake and Jimmy debate where the ceiling is for AD Mitchell. 42:44-1:05:54- TV voice of the Pacers Chris Denari joins. Denari gets Jake and Jimmy set for Pacers/76ers, the latest on the injuries for Indiana, and more. 1:05:54-1:19:27- Indianapolis Star reporter Kyle Neddenriep joins. Neddenriep runs down the biggest games in High School Basketball, is there any competition for Indiana Mr. Basketball, and more. 1:19:27-1:25:43- Jake shares his idea for an AI speaker. 1:25:43-1:50:05- The Wake Up Calls’ Kevin Bowen joins. Kevin shares the latest on Colts practice, AR5 in Denver, and more. 1:50:05-2:00:04- Good for the Heart Friday. 2:00:04-2:04:42- JCook’s Plays of the Day.Support the show: https://1075thefan.com/query-and-company/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's Best of Features: (00:00-12:53) – Ball State Football Head Coach Mike Uremovich joins Query & Company to thank Jake for pronunciation his last name correctly. Also, Jake asks him about the type of program he's attempting to build in Muncie, the utilization of the transfer portal, how competitive the Mid-American Conference is year in and year out and makes a pitch to Ball State fans what type of team that they are going to be watching under his guidance. (12:53-24:49) – Kyle Neddenriep from the Indianapolis Star joins Jake Query on the program to put a bow on last week's IHSAA Football State Finals, reveals which story from Thanksgiving weekend that will stick with him the most, and highlights some of the most interesting storylines outside of Braylon Mullins in boys basketball with the season starting last week.Support the show: https://1075thefan.com/query-and-company/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If Dr. Jerry Buss could see what his baby, the Los Angeles Lakers, has become, he would be rolling over in his grave. Fresh off the eighth-worst loss in franchise history, the Lakers find themselves leaking oil fast. Just like a shark, Whitlock smells “LeBlood” in the water, and it's time to go for the jugular. Steve Kim and Butter talk about the Lakers' early-season struggles, the possible introduction of the "golden at-bat" rule in the MLB, and Thursday Night Football. As Caitlin Clark continues her generational run, we welcome special guest Indianapolis Star reporter Dana Benbow, who has a front-row seat to see the greater Indianapolis-area benefit from having a star like Caitlin Clark represent the city. Finally, Shemeka discusses Charlamagne's most recent visit to “The View.” The culture is shifting, and “Fearless” is boots on the ground, bringing you all the best stories and more. We want to hear from the Fearless Army!! Join the conversation in the show chat, leave a comment or email Jason at FearlessBlazeShow@gmail.com Visit https://TheBlaze.com. Explore the all-new ad-free experience and see for yourself how we're standing up against suppression and prioritizing independent journalism. SHOW OUTLINE 05:17 Santa Claus is a black man 08:48 Lakers continue to struggle after 40 point loss 21:03 Lions host Packers in NFC North Showdown on TNF 25:57 MLB teases introducing the Golden at-bat rule. 37:09 Azeez Al-Shaair wants be the Villain of the NFL 48:28 Dana Benbow: Caitlin Clark generated $36 Million for Indianapolis in 2024 1:15:01 Charlamagne sparks controversy with Whoopi Goldberg on "The View." 1:25:25 Comment of the day ​​Today's Sponsors: PREBORN Everyday, young, scared women, who don't think they have options, are choosing abortion. Preborn seeks these women out before they make the ultimate choice and introduces them to the life growing inside of them through FREE ultrasounds because of YOU who donate. Help rescue babies' lives and donate by dialing #250 and say the keyword, "BABY." or go to https://Preborn.com/Fearless FIRST CUP COFFEE First Cup Coffee is a Christian-owned patriot coffee company that stands for Core Values, Family, and Building Community across the Nation. First Cup's freshly Roasted Beans delivered in Ground or Whole Bean Texture, Pods, and Bulk. Go to https://FirstCup.com and use code FEARLESS and save an additional 10% on your order and if you subscribe save an additional 10% for the life of your subscription. PATRIOT MOBILE Join me, switch to America's only Christian Conservative mobile provider, Patriot Mobile Go to https://PATRIOTMOBILE.COM/JASON or call 972-PATRIOT for your FREE MONTH of service today. AMERICAN FINANCING Today's economic environment is still really stressful for a lot of us, but with the Fed finally dropping interest rates, there is no better time than now to put you and your family in a better financial position.  Call today. 888-976-5555 or log on to https://AmericanFinancing.net/WHITLOCK Get 10% off Blaze swag by using code Fearless10 at https://shop.blazemedia.com/fearless Make yourself an official member of the “Fearless Army!” Support Conservative Voices! Subscribe to BlazeTV at https://get.blazetv.com/FEARLESS and get $20 off your yearly subscription. CLICK HERE to Subscribe to Jason Whitlock's YouTube: https://bit.ly/3jFL36G CLICK HERE to Listen to Jason Whitlock's podcast: https://apple.co/3zHaeLT CLICK HERE to Follow Jason Whitlock on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3hvSjiJ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this KEEN ON Andrew Keen special, guest host David Masciotra interviews Andrew about his controversial book Cult of the Amateur. While David generously describes it as prescient, Andrew focuses more on what the 2007 book got blatantly wrong - like dismissing Google's $1.5 billion acquisition of YouTube. Duh. What both David and Andrew agree on, however, is that the book'sn focus on the damage that the supposedly “democratizing” Web 2.0 revolution did to both our culture and politics is still of massive significance. Perhaps it might be time for a 20th anniversary rewrite, a Cult of the Amateur 2.0 for our brave new AI world. Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.David Masciotra is an author, lecturer, and journalist. He is the author of I Am Somebody: Why Jesse Jackson Matters (I.B. Tauris, 2020), Mellencamp: American Troubadour (University Press of Kentucky), Barack Obama: Invisible Man (Eyewear Publishers, 2017), and Metallica by Metallica, a 33 1/3 book from Bloomsbury Publishers, which has been translated into Chinese. In 2010, Continuum Books published his first book, Working On a Dream: The Progressive Political Vision of Bruce Springsteen. His next book, Exurbia Now: Notes from the Battleground of American Democracy, is scheduled for publication from Melville House Books in 2024. Masciotra writes regularly for the New Republic, Washington Monthly, Progressive, the Los Angeles Review of Books, CrimeReads, No Depression, and the Daily Ripple. He has also written for Salon, the Daily Beast, CNN, Atlantic, Washington Post, AlterNet, Indianapolis Star, and CounterPunch. Several of his political essays have been translated into Spanish for publication at Korazon de Perro. His poetry has appeared in Be About It Press, This Zine Will Change Your Life, and the Pangolin Review. Masciotra has a Master's Degree in English Studies and Communication from Valparaiso University. He also has a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from the University of St. Francis. He is public lecturer, speaking on a wide variety of topics, from the history of protest music in the United States to the importance of bars in American culture. David Masciotra has spoken at the University of Wisconsin, University of South Carolina, Lewis University, Indiana University, the Chicago Public Library, the Lambeth Library (UK), and an additional range of colleges, libraries, arts centers, and bookstores. As a journalist, he has conducted interviews with political leaders, musicians, authors, and cultural figures, including Jesse Jackson, John Mellencamp, Noam Chomsky, all members of Metallica, David Mamet, James Lee Burke, Warren Haynes, Norah Jones, Joan Osborne, Martín Espada, Steve Earle, and Rita Dove. Masciotra lives in Indiana, and teaches literature and political science courses at the University of St. Francis and Indiana University Northwest. Keen On is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

Indiana at Ohio State is another Northern college football banger, the third Top 5 matchup involving the Buckeyes this season as the No. 4 Hoosiers take on the No. 2 Buckeyes in Ohio Stadium on Saturday. On this Kings of the North, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis break down both sides of the ball for this big game, as the two most efficient offenses in the power conferences take the field. Ohio State must do it after sustaining another major injury on the offensive line. Then Indiana writer Zach Osterman of the Indianapolis Star joins the show to put this historic matchup in the winningest season in Indiana history in context. Then it's Whatcha Watching, Eating and Thinking. Thanks for joining Kings of the North.

Indiana at Ohio State is another Northern college football banger, the third Top 5 matchup involving the Buckeyes this season as the No. 4 Hoosiers take on the No. 2 Buckeyes in Ohio Stadium on Saturday.On this Kings of the North, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis break down both sides of the ball for this big game, as the two most efficient offenses in the power conferences take the field. Ohio State must do it after sustaining another major injury on the offensive line.Then Indiana writer Zach Osterman of the Indianapolis Star joins the show to put this historic matchup in the winningest season in Indiana history in context.Then it's Whatcha Watching, Eating and Thinking.Thanks for joining Kings of the North.Chapters:• Overview of Indiana vs Ohio State (01:00)• Offensive similarities (08:15)• Indiana offense vs Ohio State defense (10:42)• Ohio State offense vs Indiana defense (31:14)• Zach Osterman joins the show (51:02)• Keys to the game for Indiana vs Ohio State (1:04:15)• Indiana vs Ohio State game picks (1:12:35)• Whatcha watching, eating, thinking (1:21:02)

Parker Thune of KREF radio in Norman looks at Oklahoma's game with Alabama. Chuck and Heath discuss the Big Ten potentially having to back up claims about how hard it would be for southern teams to play in cold weather. Zach Osterman of the Indianapolis Star previews Indiana as they head to Ohio State Saturday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ohio State football beat reporter Bill Rabinowitz speaks with Zach Osterman from the Indianapolis Star on the latest episode of the BuckeyeXtra football podcast. During this edition we preview Saturday's upcoming matchup between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Indiana Hoosiers. Finally, we provide our predictions and talk about what we can expect to see of the field from these two teams.

So how can The Dude and The Boss save America? According to the cultural critic, David Masciotra, Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski and Bruce “The Boss” Springsteen, represent the antithesis of Donald Trumps's illiberal authoritarianism. Masciotra's thesis of Lebowski and Springsteen as twin paragons of American liberalism is compelling. Both men have a childish faith in the goodness of others. Both offer liberal solace in an America which, I fear, is about to become as darkly surreal as The Big Lebowski. Transcript:“[Springsteen] represents, as cultural icon, a certain expression of liberalism, a big-hearted, humanistic liberalism that exercises creativity to represent diverse constituencies in our society, that believes in art as a tool of democratic engagement, and that seeks to lead with an abounding, an abiding sense of compassion and empathy. That is the kind of liberalism, both with the small and capital L, that I believe in, and that I have spent my career documenting and attempting to advance.” -David MasciotraAK: Hello, everybody. We're still processing November the 5th. I was in the countryside of Northern Virginia a few days ago, I saw a sign, for people just listening, Trump/Vance 2024 sign with "winner" underneath. Some people are happy. Most, I guess, of our listeners probably aren't, certainly a lot of our guests aren't, my old friend John Rauch was on the show yesterday talking about what he called the "catastrophic ordinariness" of the election and of contemporary America. He authored two responses to the election. Firstly, he described it in UnPopulist as a moral catastrophe. But wearing his Brookings hat, he's a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, described it as an ordinary election. I think a lot of people are scratching their head, trying to make sense of it. Another old friend of the show, David Masciotra, cultural writer, political writer. An interesting piece in the Washington Monthly entitled "How Francis Fukuyama and The Big Lebowski Explain Trump's Victory." A very creative piece. And he is joining us from Highland Indiana, not too far from Chicago. David. The Big Lebowski and Francis Fukuyama. Those two don't normally go together, certainly in a title. Let's talk first about Fukuyama. How does Fukuyama explain November the 5th? DAVID MASCIOTRA: In his. Well, first, thanks for having me. And I should say I watched your conversation with Jonathan Rauch, and it was quite riveting and quite sobering. And you talked about Fukuyama in that discussion as well. And you referenced his book, The End of History and the Last Man, a very often misinterpreted book, but nonetheless, toward its conclusion, Fukuyama warns that without an external enemy, liberal democracies may indeed turn against themselves, and we may witness an implosion rather than an explosion. And Fukuyama said that this won't happen so much for ideological reasons, but it will happen for deeply psychological ones, namely, without a just cause for which to struggle, people will turn against the just cause itself, which in this case is liberal democracy, and out of a sense of boredom and alienation, they'll grow increasingly tired of their society and cultivate something of a death wish in which they enjoy imagining their society's downfall, or at least the downfall of some of the institutions that are central to their society. And now I would argue that after the election results, we've witnessed the transformation of imagining to inviting. So, there is a certain death wish and a sense of...alienation and detachment from that which made the United States of America a uniquely prosperous and stable country with the ability to self-correct the myriad injustices we know are part of its history. Well now, people--because they aren't aware of the institutions or norms that created this robust engine of commerce and liberty--they've turned against it, and they no longer invest in that which is necessary to preserve it.AK: That's interesting, David. The more progressives I talk to about this, the more it--there's an odd thing going on--you're all sounding very conservative. The subtitle of the piece in the Washington Monthly was "looking at constituencies or issues misses the big point. On Tuesday, nihilism was on display, even a death wish in a society wrought by cynicism." Words like nihilism and cynicism, David, historically have always been used by people like Allan Blum, whose book, of course, The Closing of the American Mind, became very powerful amongst American conservatives now 40 or 50 years ago. Would you accept that using language like nihilism and cynicism isn't always associated--I mean, you're a proud progressive. You're a man of the left. You've never disguised that. It's rather odd to imagine that the guys like you--and in his own way, John Rauch too, who talks about the moral catastrophe of the election couple of weeks ago. You're all speaking about the loss of morality of the voter, or of America. Is there any truth to that? Making some sense?DAVID MASCIOTRA: That's a that's a fair observation. And Jonathan Rauch, during your conversation and in his own writing, identifies a center right. I would say I'm center left.AK: And he's--but what's interesting, what ties you together, is that you both use the L-word, liberal, to define yourselves. He's perhaps a liberal on the right. You're a liberal on the left.DAVID MASCIOTRA: Yes. And I think that the Trump era, if we can trace that back to 2015, has made thoughtful liberals more conservative in thought and articulation, because it forces a confrontation and interrogation of a certain naivete. George Will writes in his book, The Conservative Sensibility, that the progressive imagines that which is the best possible outcome and strives to make it real, whereas the conservative imagines the worst possible outcome and does everything he can to guard against it. And now it feels like we've experienced, at least electorally, the worst possible outcome. So there a certain revisitation of that which made America great, to appropriate a phrase, and look for where we went wrong in failing to preserve it. So that kind of thinking inevitably leads one to use more conservative language and deal in more conservative thought.AK: Yeah. So for you, what made America great, to use the term you just introduced, was what? Its morality? The intrinsic morality of people living in it and in the country? Is that, for you, what liberalism is?DAVID MASCIOTRA: Liberalism is a system in and the culture that emanates out of that system. So it's a constitutional order that creates or that places a premium on individual rights and allows for a flourishing free market. Now, where my conception of liberalism would enter the picture and, perhaps Jonathan Rauch and I would have some disagreements, certainly George Will and I, is that a bit of governmental regulation is necessary along with the social welfare state, to civilize the free market. But the culture that one expects to flow from that societal order and arrangement is one of aspiration, one in which citizens fully accept that they are contributing agents to this experiment in self-governance and therefore need to spend time in--to use a Walt Whitman phrase--freedom's gymnasium. Sharpening the intellect, sharpening one's sense of moral duty and obligation to the commons, to the public good. And as our society has become more individualistic and narcissistic in nature, those commitments have vanished. And as our society has become more anti-intellectual in nature, we are seeing a lack of understanding of why those commitments are even necessary. So that's why you get a result like we witnessed on Tuesday, and that I argue in my piece that you were kind enough to have me on to discuss, is a form of nihilism, and The Big Lebowski reference, of course--AK: And of course, I want to get to Lebowski, because the Fukuyama stuff is interesting, but everyone's writing about Fukuyama and the end of history and why history never really ended, of course. It's been going on for years now, but it's a particularly interesting moment. We've had Fukuyama on the show. I've never heard anyone, though, compare the success of Trump and Trumpism with The Big Lebowski. So, one of the great movies, of course, American movies. What's the connection, David, between November 5th and The Big Lebowski? DAVID MASCIOTRA: Well, The Big Lebowski is one of my favorite films. I've written about it, and I even appeared at one of the The Big Lebowski festivals that takes place in United States a number of years ago. But my mind went to the scene when The Dude is in his bathtub and these three menacing figures break into his apartment. They drop a gerbil in the bathtub. And The Dude, who was enjoying a joint by candlelight, is, of course, startled and frightened. And these three men tell him that if he does not pay the money they believe he owes them, they will come back and, in their words, "cut off your Johnson." And The Dude gives them a quizzical, bemused look. And one of them says, "You think we are kidding? We are nihilists. We believe in nothing." And then one of them screams, "We'll cut off your Johnson." Well, I thought, you know, we're looking at an electorate that increasingly, or at least a portion of the electorate, increasingly believes in nothing. So we've lost faith.AK: It's the nihilists again. And of course, another Johnson in America, there was once a president called Johnson who enjoyed waving his Johnson, I think, around in public. And now there's the head of the house is another Johnson, I think he's a little shyer than presidents LBJ. But David, coming back to this idea of nihilism. It often seems to be a word used by people who don't like what other people think and therefore just write it off as nihilism. Are you suggesting that the Trump crowd have no beliefs? Is that what nihilism for you is? I mean, he was very clear about what he believes in. You may not like it, but it doesn't seem to be nihilistic.DAVID MASCIOTRA: That's another fair point. What I'm referring to is not too long ago, we lived in a country that had a shared set of values. Those values have vanished. And those values involve adherence to our democratic norms. It's very difficult to imagine had George H. W. Bush attempted to steal the election in which Bill Clinton won, that George H. W. Bush could have run again and won. So we've lost faith in something essential to our electoral system. We've lost faith in the standards of decency that used to, albeit imperfectly, regulate our national politics. So the man to whom I just refered, Bill Clinton, was nearly run out of office for having an extramarital affair, a misdeed that cannot compare to the myriad infractions of Donald Trump. And yet, Trump's misdeeds almost give him a cultural cachet among his supporters. It almost makes him, for lack of a better word, cool. And now we see, even with Trump's appointments, I mean, of course, it remains to be seen how it plays out, that we're losing faith in credentials and experience--AK: Well they're certainly a band of outlaws and very proud to be outlaws. It could almost be a Hollywood script. But I wonder, David, whether there's a more serious critique here. You, like so many other people, both on the left and the right, are nostalgic for an age in which everyone supposedly agreed on things, a most civil and civilized age. And you go back to the Bushes, back to Clinton. But the second Bush, who now seems to have appeared as this icon, at least moral icon, many critics of Trump, was also someone who unleashed a terrible war, killing tens of thousands of people, creating enormous suffering for millions of others. And I think that would be the Trump response, that he's simply more honest, that in the old days, the Bushes of the world can speak politely and talk about consensus, and then unleash terrible suffering overseas--and at home in their neoliberal policies of globalization--Trump's simply more honest. He tells it as it is. And that isn't nihilistic, is it?DAVID MASCIOTRA: Well, you are gesturing towards an important factor in our society. Trump, of course, we know, is a dishonest man, a profoundly dishonest--AK: Well, in some ways. But in other ways, he isn't. I mean, in some ways he just tells the truth as it is. It's a truth we're uncomfortable with. But it's certainly very truthful about the impact of foreign wars on America, for example, or even the impact of globalization. DAVID MASCIOTRA: What you're describing is an authenticity. That that Trump is authentic. And authenticity has become chief among the modern virtues, which I would argue is a colossal error. Stanley Crouch, a great writer, spent decades analyzing the way in which we consider authenticity and how it inevitably leads to, to borrow his phrase, cast impurity onto the bottom. So anything that which requires effort, refinement, self-restraint, self-control, plays to the crowd as inauthentic, as artificial--AK: Those are all aristocratic values that may have once worked but don't anymore. Should we be nostalgic for the aristocratic way of the Bushes?DAVID MASCIOTRA: I think in a certain respect, we should. We shouldn't be nostalgic for George W. Bush's policies. I agree with you, the war in Iraq was catastrophic, arguably worse than anything Trump did while he was president. His notoriously poor response to Hurricane Katrina--I mean, we can go on and on cataloging the various disasters of the Bush administration. However, George W. Bush as president and the people around him did have a certain belief in the liberal order of the United States and the liberal order of the world. Institutions like NATO and the EU, and those institutions, and that order, has given the United States, and the world more broadly, an unrivaled period of peace and prosperity.AK: Well it wasn't peace, David. And the wars, the post-9/11 wars, were catastrophic. And again, they seem to be just facades--DAVID MASCIOTRA: We also had the Vietnam War, the Korean War. When I say peace, I mean we didn't have a world war break out as we did in the First World War, in the Second World War. And that's largely due to the creation and maintenance of institutions following the Second World War that were aimed at the preservation of order and, at least, amicable relations between countries that might otherwise collide.AK: You're also the author, David, of a book we've always wanted to talk about. Now we're figuring out a way to integrate it into the show. You wrote a book, an interesting book, about Bruce Springsteen. Working on a Dream: the Progressive Political Vision of Bruce Springsteen. Bruce Springsteen has made himself very clear. He turned out for Harris. Showed up with his old friend, Barack Obama. Clearly didn't have the kind of impact he wanted. You wrote an interesting piece for UnHerd a few weeks ago with the title, "Bruce Springsteen is the Last American Liberal: he's still proud to be born in the USA." Is he the model of a liberal response to the MAGA movement, Springsteen? DAVID MASCIOTRA: Well, of course, I wouldn't go so far as to say the last liberal. As most readers just probably know, writers don't compose their own headlines--AK: But he's certainly, if not the last American liberal, the quintessential American liberal.DAVID MASCIOTRA: Yes. He represents, as cultural icon, a certain expression of liberalism, a big-hearted, humanistic liberalism that exercises creativity to represent diverse constituencies in our society, that believes in art as a tool of democratic engagement, and that seeks to lead with an abounding, an abiding sense of compassion and empathy. That is the kind of liberalism, both with the small and capital L, that I believe in, and that I have spent my career documenting and attempting to advance. And those are, of course, the forms of liberalism that now feel as if they are under threat. Now, to that point, you know, this could have just come down to inflation and some egregious campaign errors of Kamala Harris. But it does feel as if when you have 70 some odd million people vote for the likes of Donald Trump, that the values one can observe in the music of Bruce Springsteen or in the rhetoric of Barack Obama, for that matter, are no longer as powerful and pervasive as they were in their respective glory days. No pun intended.AK: Yeah. And of course, Springsteen is famous for singing "Glory Days." I wonder, though, where Springsteen himself is is a little bit more complex and we might be a little bit more ambivalent about him, there was a piece recently about him becoming a billionaire. So it's all very well him being proud to be born in the USA. He's part--for better or worse, I mean, it's not a criticism, but it's a reality--he's part of the super rich. He showed out for Harris, but it didn't seem to make any impact. You talked about the diversity of Springsteen. I went to one of his concerts in San Francisco earlier this year, and I have to admit, I was struck by the fact that everyone, practically everyone at the concert, was white, everyone was wealthy, everyone paid several hundred dollars to watch a 70 year old man prance around on stage and behave as if he's still 20 or 30 years old. I wonder whether Springsteen himself is also emblematic of a kind of cultural, or political, or even moral crisis of our old cultural elites. Or am I being unfair to Springsteen?DAVID MASCIOTRA: Well, I remember once attending a Springsteen show in which the only black person I saw who wasn't an employee of the arena was Clarence Clemons.AK: Right. And then Bruce, of course, always made a big deal. And there was an interesting conversation when Springsteen and Obama did a podcast together. Obama, in his own unique way, lectured Bruce a little bit about Clarence Clemons in terms of his race. But sorry. Go on.DAVID MASCIOTRA: Yeah. And Springsteen has written and discussed how he had wished he had a more diverse audience. When I referred to diversity in his music, I meant the stories he aimed to tell in song certainly represented a wide range of the American experience. But when you talk about Springsteen, perhaps himself representing a moral crisis--AK: I wouldn't say a crisis, but he represents the, shall we say, the redundancy of that liberal worldview of the late 20th century. I mean, he clearly wears his heart on his sleeve. He means well. He's not a bad guy. But he doesn't reach a diverse audience. His work is built around the American working class. None of them can afford to show up to what he puts on. I mean, Chris Christie is a much more typical fan than the white working class. Does it speak of the fact that there's a...I don't know if you call it a crisis, it's just...Springsteen isn't relevant anymore in the America of the 2020s, or at least when he sang and wrote about no longer exists.DAVID MASCIOTRA: Yes, I agree with that. So first of all, the working class bit was always a bit overblown with Springsteen. Springsteen, of course, was never really part of the working class, except when he was a child. But by his own admission, he never had a 9 to 5 job. And Springsteen sang about working class life like William Shakespeare wrote about teenage love. He did so with a poetic grandeur that inspired some of his best work. And outside looking in, he actually managed to offer more insights than sometimes people on the inside can amount to themselves. But you're certainly correct. I mean, the Broadway show, for example, when the tickets were something like a thousand a piece and it was $25 to buy a beer. There is a certain--AK: Yeah and in that Broadway show, which I went to--I thought it was astonishing, actually, a million times better than the show in San Francisco.DAVID MASCIOTRA: It was one of the best things he ever did.AK: He acknowledges that he made everything up, that he wasn't part of the American working class, and that he'd never worked a day in his life, and yet his whole career is is built around representing a social class and a way of life that he was never part of.“Not too long ago, we lived in a country that had a shared set of values. Those values have vanished. And those values involve adherence to our democratic norms.” -DMDAVID MASCIOTRA: Right. And he has a lyric himself: "It's a sad, funny ending when you find yourself pretending a rich man in a poor man's shirt." So there always was this hypocrisy--hypocrisy might be a little too strong--inconsistency. And he adopted a playful attitude toward it in the 90s and in later years. But to your point of relevance, I think you're on to something there. One of the crises I would measure in our society is that we no longer live in a culture of ambition and aspiration. So you hear this when people say that they want a political leader who talks like the average person, or the common man. And you hear this when "college educated" is actually used as an insult against a certain base of Democratic voters. There were fewer college-educated voters when John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan ran for president, all of whom spoke with greater eloquence and a more expansive vocabulary and a greater sense of cultural sophistication than Donald Trump or Kamala Harris did. And yet there was no objection, because people understood that we should aspire to something more sophisticated. We should aspire to something more elevated beyond the everyday vernacular of the working class. And for that reason, Springsteen was able to become something of a working-class poet, despite never living among the working class beyond his childhood. Because his poetry put to music represented something idealistic about the working class.AK: But oddly enough, it was a dream--there's was a word that Springsteen uses a lot in his work--that was bought by the middle class. It wasn't something that was--although, I think in the early days, probably certainly in New Jersey, that he had a more working-class following.DAVID MASCIOTRA: We have to deal with the interesting and frustrating reality that the people about whom Springsteen sings in those early songs like "Darkness on the Edge of Town" or "The River" would probably be Trump supporters if they were real.AK: Yeah. And in your piece you refer to, not perhaps one of his most famous albums, The Rising, but you use it to compare Springsteen with another major figure now in America, much younger man to Ta-Nehisi Coates, who has a new book out, which is an important new book, The Message. You seem to be keener on Springsteen than Coates. Tell us about this comparison and what the comparison tells us about the America of the 2020s.DAVID MASCIOTRA: Well, Coates...the reason I make the comparison is that one of Springsteen's greatest artistic moments, in which he kind of resurrected his status as cultural icon, was the record he put out after the 9/11 attack on the United States, The Rising. And throughout that record he pays tribute, sometimes overtly, sometimes subtly, to the first responders who ascended in the tower knowing they would perhaps die.AK: Yeah. You quote him "love and duty called you someplace higher." So he was idealizing those very brave firefighters, policemen who gave up their lives on 9/11.DAVID MASCIOTRA: Exactly. Representing the best of humanity. Whereas Ta-Nehisi Coates, who has become the literary superstar of the American left, wrote in his memoir that on 9/11, he felt nothing and did not see the first responders as human. Rather, they were part of the fire that could, in his words, crush his body.AK: Yeah, he wrote a piece, "What Is 9/11 to Descendants of Slaves?"DAVID MASCIOTRA: Yes. And my point in making that comparison, and this was before the election, was to say that the American left has its own crisis of...if we don't want to use the word nihilism, you objected to it earlier--AK: Well, I'm not objecting. I like the word. It's just curious to hear it come from somebody like yourself, a man, certainly a progressive, maybe not--you might define yourself as being on the left, but certainly more on the left and on the right.DAVID MASCIOTRA: Yes, I would agree with that characterization. But that the left has its own crisis of nihilism. If if you are celebrating a man who, despite his journalistic talents and intelligence, none of which I would deny, refused to see the humanity of the first responders on the 9/11 attack and, said that he felt nothing for the victims, presumably even those who were black and impoverished, then you have your own crisis of belief, and juxtaposing that with the big hearted, humanistic liberalism of Springsteen for me shows the left a better path forward. Now, that's a path that will increasingly close after the victory of Trump, because extremism typically begets extremism, and we're probably about to undergo four years of dueling cynicism and rage and unhappy times.AK: I mean, you might respond, David, and say, well, Coates is just telling the truth. Why should a people with a history of slavery care that much about a few white people killed on 9/11 when their own people lost millions through slavery? And you compare them to Springsteen, as you've acknowledged, a man who wasn't exactly telling the truth in his heart. I mean, he's a very good artist, but he writes about a working class, which even he acknowledges, he made most of it up. So isn't Coates like Trump in an odd kind of way, aren't they just telling an unvarnished truth that people don't want to hear, an impolite truth?DAVID MASCIOTRA: I'm not sure. I typically shy away from the expression "my truth" or "his truth" because it's too relativistic. But I'll make an exception in this case. I think Coates is telling HIS truth just as Trump is telling HIS truth, if that adds up to THE truth, is much more dubious. Yes, we could certainly say that, you know, because the United States enslaved, tortured, and otherwise oppressed millions of black people, it may be hard for some black observers to get teary eyed on 9/11, but the black leaders whom I most admire didn't have that reaction. I wrote a book about Jesse Jackson after spending six years interviewing with him and traveling with him. He certainly didn't react that way on 9/11. Congressman John Lewis didn't react that way on 9/11. So, the heroes of the civil rights movement, who helped to overcome those brutal systems of oppression--and I wouldn't argue that they're overcome entirely, but they helped to revolutionize the United States--they maintained a big-hearted sense of empathy and compassion, and they recognized that the unjust loss of life demands mourning and respect, whether it's within their own community or another. So I would say that, here again, we're back to the point of ambition, whether it's intellectual ambition or moral ambition. Ambition is what allows a society to grow. And it seems like ambition has fallen far out of fashion. And that is why the country--the slim majority of the electorate that did vote and the 40% of the electorate that did not vote, or voting-age public, I should say--settled for the likes of Donald Trump.AK: I wonder what The Dude would do, if he was around, at the victory of Trump, or even at 9/11. He'd probably continue to sit in the bath tub and enjoy...enjoy whatever he does in his bathtub. I mean, he's not a believer. Isn't he the ultimate nihilist? The Dude in Lebowski?DAVID MASCIOTRA: That's an interesting interpretation. I would say that...Is The Dude a nihilist? You have this juxtaposition... The Dude kind of occupies this middle ground between the nihilists who proudly declare they believe in nothing and his friend Walter Sobchak, who's, you know, almost this raving explosion of belief. Yeah, ex-Vietnam veteran who's always confronting people with his beliefs and screaming and demanding they all adhere to his rules. I don't know if The Dude's a nihilist as much as he has a Zen detachment.AK: Right, well, I think what makes The Big Lebowski such a wonderful film, and perhaps so relevant today, is Lebowski, unlike so many Americans is unjudgmental. He's not an angry man. He's incredibly tolerant. He accepts everyone, even when they're beating him up or ripping him off. And he's so, in that sense, different from the America of the 2020s, where everyone is angry and everyone blames someone else for whatever's wrong in their lives.DAVID MASCIOTRA: That's exactly right.AK: Is that liberal or just Zen? I don't know.DAVID MASCIOTRA: Yeah. It's perhaps even libertarian in a sense. But there's a very interesting and important book by Justin Tosi and Brandon Warmke called Why It's Okay to Mind Your Own Business. And in it they argue--they're both political scientists although the one may be a...they may be philosophers...but that aside--they present an argument for why Americans need to do just that. Mind their own business.AK: Which means, yeah, not living politics, which certainly Lebowski is. It's probably the least political movie, Lebowski, I mean, he doesn't have a political bone in his body. Finally, David, there there's so much to talk about here, it's all very interesting. You first came on the show, you had a book out, that came out either earlier this year or last year. Yeah, it was in April of this year, Exurbia Now: The Battleground of American Democracy. And you wrote about the outskirts of suburbia, which you call "exurbia." Jonathan Rauch, wearing his Brookings cap, described this as an ordinary election. I'm not sure how much digging you've done, but did the exurbian vote determine this election? I mean, the election was determined by a few hundred thousand voters in the Midwest. Were these voters mostly on the edge of the suburb? And I'm guessing most of them voted for Trump.DAVID MASCIOTRA: Well, Trump's numbers in exurbia...I've dug around and I've been able to find the exurbian returns for Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Arizona. So three crucial swing states. If Kamala Harris had won those three states, she would be president. And Trump's support in exurbia was off the charts, as it was in 2020 and 2016, and as I predicted, it would be in 2024. I'm not sure that that would have been sufficient to deliver him the race and certainly not in the fashion that he won. Trump made gains with some groups that surprised people, other groups that didn't surprise people, but he did much better than expected. So unlike, say, in 2016, where we could have definitively and conclusively said Trump won because of a spike in turnout for him in rural America and in exurbia, here, the results are more mixed. But it remains the case that the base most committed to Trump and most fervently loyal to his agenda is rural and exurban.AK: So just outside the cities. And finally, I argued, maybe counterintuitively, that America remains split today as it was before November the 5th, so I'm not convinced that this election is the big deal that some people think it is. But you wrote an interesting piece in Salon back in 2020 arguing that Trump has poisoned American culture, but the toxin was here all along. Of course, there is more, if anything, of that toxin now. So even if Harris had won the election, that toxin was still here. And finally, David, how do we get rid of that toxin? Do we just go to put Bruce Springsteen on and go and watch Big Lebowski? I mean, how do we get beyond this toxin?DAVID MASCIOTRA: I would I would love it if that was the way to do it.AK: We'll sit in our bathtub and wait for the thugs to come along?DAVID MASCIOTRA: Right, exactly. No, what you're asking is, of course, the big question. We need to find a way to resurrect some sense of, I'll use another conservative phrase, civic virtue. And in doing--AK: And resurrection, of course, by definition, is conservative, because you're bringing something back.“Ambition is what allows a society to grow. And it seems like ambition has fallen far out of fashion.” -DMDAVID MASCIOTRA: Exactly. And we also have to resurrect, offer something more practical, we have to resurrect a sense of civics. One thing on which--I have immense respect and admiration for Jonathan Rauch--one minor quibble I would have with him from your conversation is when he said that the voters rejected the liberal intellectual class and their ideas. Some voters certainly rejected, but some voters were unaware. The lack of civic knowledge in the United States is detrimental to our institutions. I mean, a majority of Americans don't know how many justices are on the Supreme Court. They can't name more than one freedom enumerated in the Bill of Rights. So we need to find a way to make citizenship a vital part of our national identity again. And there are some practical means of doing that in the educational system. Certainly won't happen in the next four years. But to get to the less tangible matter of how to resurrect something like civic virtue and bring back ambition and aspiration in our sense of national identity, along with empathy, is much tougher. I mean, Robert Putnam says it thrives upon community and voluntary associations.AK: Putnam has been on the show, of course.DAVID MASCIOTRA: Yeah. So, I mean, this is a conversation that will develop. I wish I had the answer, and I wish it was just to listen to Born to Run in the bathtub with with a poster of The Dude hanging overhead. But as I said to you before we went on the air, I think that you have a significant insight to learn this conversation because, in many ways, your books were prescient. We certainly live with the cult of the amateur now, more so than when you wrote that book. So, I'd love to hear your ideas.AK: Well, that's very generous of you, David. And next time we appear, you're going to interview me about why the cult of the amateur is so important. So we will see you again soon. But we're going to swap seats. So, David will interview me about the relevance of Cult of the Amateur. Wonderful conversation, David. I've never thought about Lebowski or Francis Fukuyama, particularly Lebowski, in terms of what happened on November 5th. So, very insightful. Thank you, David, and we'll see you again in the not-too-distant future.DAVID MASCIOTRA: Thank you. I'm going to reread Cult of the Amateur to prepare. I may even do it in the bathtub. I look forward to our discussion.David Masciotra is an author, lecturer, and journalist. He is the author of I Am Somebody: Why Jesse Jackson Matters (I.B. Tauris, 2020), Mellencamp: American Troubadour (University Press of Kentucky), Barack Obama: Invisible Man (Eyewear Publishers, 2017), and Metallica by Metallica, a 33 1/3 book from Bloomsbury Publishers, which has been translated into Chinese. In 2010, Continuum Books published his first book, Working On a Dream: The Progressive Political Vision of Bruce Springsteen.His 2024 book, Exurbia Now: Notes from the Battleground of American Democracy, is published by Melville House Books. Masciotra writes regularly for the New Republic, Washington Monthly, Progressive, the Los Angeles Review of Books, CrimeReads, No Depression, and the Daily Ripple. He has also written for Salon, the Daily Beast, CNN, Atlantic, Washington Post, AlterNet, Indianapolis Star, and CounterPunch. Several of his political essays have been translated into Spanish for publication at Korazon de Perro. His poetry has appeared in Be About It Press, This Zine Will Change Your Life, and the Pangolin Review. Masciotra has a Master's Degree in English Studies and Communication from Valparaiso University. He also has a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from the University of St. Francis. He is public lecturer, speaking on a wide variety of topics, from the history of protest music in the United States to the importance of bars in American culture. David Masciotra has spoken at the University of Wisconsin, University of South Carolina, Lewis University, Indiana University, the Chicago Public Library, the Lambeth Library (UK), and an additional range of colleges, libraries, arts centers, and bookstores. As a journalist, he has conducted interviews with political leaders, musicians, authors, and cultural figures, including Jesse Jackson, John Mellencamp, Noam Chomsky, all members of Metallica, David Mamet, James Lee Burke, Warren Haynes, Norah Jones, Joan Osborne, Martín Espada, Steve Earle, and Rita Dove. Masciotra lives in Indiana, and teaches literature and political science courses at the University of St. Francis and Indiana University Northwest. 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On this episode, Alex Bozich is joined by Zach Osterman of The Indianapolis Star on the eve of the start of IU's 2024-25 season. Among the topics discussed: IU football's improbable 9-0 start, what to watch for as IU basketball begins the season Wednesday night, 3-point shooting, IU's defensive outlook and expectations on Mike Woodson. This week's episode of Podcast on the Brink is brought to you by Visit Bloomington: https://www.visitbloomington.com/ Subscribe to Peacock to watch Indiana men's and women's basketball: https://www.insidethehall.com/recommends/peacock (affiliate link) Buy IU basketball tickets at Vivid Seats: https://www.insidethehall.com/recommends/vivid-seats (affiliate link)

In January 2014, a strange article appeared in the Indianapolis Star about Latoya Ammons, an Indiana single mother of three who claimed that for more than a year, she and her children were besieged by demons in their rented home. Ammons claimed, among other things, that the house was constantly infested with black flies, the children were levitated from their beds, and her nine-year-son became possessed and walked up a wall backwards. And that was only the beginning; by the end of just one year in the house, the Ammons family claim they were terrorized by all manner of supernatural assaults, from ghostly apparitions to demonic entities. Latoya Ammons' story might well have gone unnoticed, had it not been for the surprising number of witnesses to the paranormal events, from family and friends to police officers and social workers. Still, Latoya was not without her critics or skeptics—some accused her of fabricating the story to get out of her lease, while others assumed she was simply delusional. Regardless of the explanation for the cause of the events, there's no denying that Latoya Ammons story is one of the most terrifying paranormal experiences heard in decades.Thank you to the Incredible Dave White of Bring Me the Axe Podcast for research and Writing support!ReferencesBiddle, Kenny. 2018. Demon House Deconstructed. May 21. Accessed September 30, 2024. https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/demon-house-deconstructed/.Dawn, Randee. 2024. Is 'The Deliverance' based on a true story? August 30. Accessed September 30, 2024. https://www.today.com/popculture/movies/the-deliverance-true-story-latoya-ammons-rcna167984.Kwiatkowski, Marisa. 2014. "The exorcisms of Latoya Ammons." Indianapolis Star, January 26: A1.Maginot, Mike. 2012. "Report seeking permission of bishop for exorcism." Indianapolis Star. May 21. Accessed September 27, 2024. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1005721-report-to-bishop.html.Nickell, Joe. 2014. "The '200 demons' house: a skeptical demonologist's report." Skeptical Inquirer 20-24.Washington, Valerie. 2012. Intake officer's report of preliminary inquiry and investigation. Intake report, Indianapolis, IN: Indiana Department of Children's Services.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Presidential podcasts, hurricane rumors, Israel and Iran. The Bulletin discusses the latest presidential podcast appearances, the rumors surrounding recent hurricanes, and the spiritual histories of Israel and Iran. GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN: Email us with your favorite segment from today's show at podcasts@christianitytoday.com. Follow the show in your podcast app of choice. Find us on YouTube. Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. Leave a comment in Spotify with your feedback on the discussion—we may even respond! ABOUT THE GUEST:  Emily Belz is a staff writer with Christianity Today. She is a former senior reporter for World magazine. She is a World Journalism Institute graduate and also previously reported for the New York Daily News, The Indianapolis Star, and Philanthropy magazine. Belz resides in New York City. ABOUT THE BULLETIN: The Bulletin is a weekly (and sometimes more!) current events show from Christianity Today hosted and moderated by Clarissa Moll, with senior commentary from Russell Moore (Christianity Today's editor in chief) and Mike Cosper (director, CT Media). Each week, the show explores current events and breaking news and shares a Christian perspective on issues that are shaping our world. We also offer special one-on-one conversations with writers, artists, and thought leaders whose impact on the world brings important significance to a Christian worldview, like Bono, Sharon McMahon, Harrison Scott Key, Frank Bruni, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's Best of Features: (00:00-25:09) – Former Colts offensive lineman Chris Hinton joins Query & Company as this week's Former Colt Friday guest to discuss his time as a member of the Colts franchise, relives the move from Baltimore from Indianapolis, answers a couple of fact or fiction questions that Jake has for him, reveals a couple of Bob Irsay stories from when he was first coming into the NFL, and evaluates how challenging it is for young offensive lineman to adjust to the NFL. (25:09-32:35) – Kyle Neddenriep from the Indianapolis Star makes his weekly appearance on the program with Jake Query and Jimmy Cook to highlight the big games on tonight's high school football schedule, explains the struggles that Ben Davis has had this season offensively, and labels Lawrence North as the surprise team this season considering they haven't really been challenged through six weeks of the season. (32:35-52:40) – Co-host of the Wake-Up Call with KB & Andy, Kevin Bowen, joins Jake Query and Jimmy Cook to provide his insight on what he has seen from Anthony Richardson this week in practice, explains how imperative it is that the Colts get on top of the Jaguars early with all of the external noise surrounding the team right now, and evaluates which player is harder to replicate between Jonthan Taylor, Kenny Moore II, and Kwity Paye.  Support the show: https://1075thefan.com/query-and-company/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

(00:00-25:34) – Query & Company opens on a Wednesday with Jake Query, Jimmy Cook, and producer Eddie Garrison discussing the latest news surrounding Anthony Richardson and Jonathan Taylor's injuries. Additionally, they discuss yesterday's MLB playoff games and examine the Jacksonville Jaguars. (25:34-40:06) – Yesterday the Colts announced that they have released kicker Spencer Shrader from the practice squad, and leads to a lengthy conversation between Jake, Jimmy, and Eddie about Matt Gay's future. (40:06-44:49) – Hour number one concludes with Jake Query and Jimmy Cook asking for a caller to chime in on a debate that was had during the previous break between Jake, Jimmy, and Eddie. (44:49-1:09:02) – Zach Osterman from the Indianapolis Star joins the program from Chicago to discuss yesterday's news that Donaven McCulley has entered the transfer portal, assesses Jake's opinion that Indiana should be attempting to recruit Curt Cignetti to stay beyond this season with potential “football schools” having open positions after the season, and agrees that this week's game against Northwestern could be labeled as a trap game. (1:09:02-1:24:16) – Jake and Jimmy shift their focus back to the Indianapolis Colts with practice officially underway. They highlight who is out there and who isn't out there for practice for the Colts. It leads to a debate on whether the Colts should want Jonathan Taylor out there on Sunday with Joe Flacco starting or Anthony Richardson starting without Jonthan Taylor on Sunday. (1:24:16-1:30:37) – Hour number two concludes with Jake Query and Jimmy Cook giving away a pair of tickets for a listener to go see Billy Joel and Sting in concert in February! (1:30:37-1:57:28) – The IndyStar Colts beat writer, Joel A. Erickson, joins Jake Query & Jimmy Cook on Query and Company to provide clarity on the practice status for Anthony Richardson, assesses how Tanor Bortolini performed in his NFL debut against the Pittsburgh Steelers, provides some context around the low numbers from Trevor Lawrence this season, and notes how important the return of Kenny Moore II is for the secondary this weekend.   (1:57:28-2:03:12) – Jake and Jimmy rehash part of their conversation with Zach Osterman earlier in the program about Indiana football. They preview their contest this week against Northwestern briefly and then try to figure out how many seats are in the temporary stadium for the Wildcats. (2:03:12-2:15:17) – Today's show ends with the JCook Plays of the Day and Eddie sharing a couple bets that he likes in MLB today!Support the show: https://1075thefan.com/query-and-company/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's Best of Features: (00:00-12:45) – Zach Osterman from the Indianapolis Star joins the program from Chicago to discuss yesterday's news that Donaven McCulley has entered the transfer portal, assesses Jake's opinion that Indiana should be attempting to recruit Curt Cignetti to stay beyond this season with potential “football schools” having open positions after the season, and agrees that this week's game against Northwestern could be labeled as a trap game. (12:45-37:04) – The IndyStar Colts beat writer, Joel A. Erickson, joins Jake Query & Jimmy Cook on Query and Company to provide clarity on the practice status for Anthony Richardson, assesses how Tanor Bortolini performed in his NFL debut against the Pittsburgh Steelers, provides some context around the low numbers from Trevor Lawrence this season, and notes how important the return of Kenny Moore II is for the secondary this weekend.  Support the show: https://1075thefan.com/query-and-company/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

September 27, 2024 - Season 15, Episode 31 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Friday morning episode, Alex Kozora and I get right to talking about the Pittsburgh Steelers as they continue to prepare for their Week 4 Sunday road game against the Indianapolis Colts. We go over the Steelers' Thursday injury report and how important Friday will be for RB Jaylen Warren, who is currently dealing with a knee injury. We go over possible elevations from the team's practice squad on Saturday and what the early Sunday inactive list is looking like heading into Friday. Might rookie WR Roman Wilson not make his NFL debut on Sunday? We discuss that topic. On Thursday, we once again heard from two of the Steelers' coordinators, Arthur Smith and Teryl Austin. As usual, Alex and I recap the few main talking points top come out of those media sessions. We go over why Sunday is a big game for OLB Nick Herbig and if he might see his special teams snaps reduced a little against the Colts with him needing to play a larger number of snaps on defense with OLB Alex Highsmith sidelined with his groin injury. Can the Steelers get their running game going earlier on Sunday against the Colts? What about QB Justin Fields being used more on the ground as well? We address those two key questions ahead of Sunday's game against the Colts. Alex and I welcome Nate Atkins of The Indianapolis Star back to the show on Friday, and he helps us get started with a preview of the Steelers' road game against the Colts. Atkins has covered the Colts for quite some time and that means he has a great pulse on the team. We go over the play of Colts rookie QB Anthony Richardson so far this season with Nate as part of this interview. At the end of our talk with Atkins, he gives us his score prediction for the game between the Steelers and the Colts. If not already doing so, make sure to follow Nate on X/Twitter at @nateatkins_ and make sure to read his work online here: https://www.indystar.com/staff/2684227001/nate-atkins/ After finishing with Atkins, Alex and I provide our own preview of the Steelers-Colts game. We break down what we are looking for out of both teams on both sides of the football. Alex and I then give our picks against the spread for all of the Week 4 NFL games. We also give our score predictions for Steelers-Colts to end that segment. This 115-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted, and we close things by answering a few emails that we recently received from listeners. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices