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Optometrist Dr. Diana Fisher explains how she opened a new service in Carmel, Indiana, called Rejuvenate, Eye and Face Medspa, which arose from modern technologies that provide treatment for both dry eye and various issues of the skin.  We also learn about the evolution of her career from providing intense hospital nursing care, to optometry, to lasik and cataract care, to her new business.  

Complicated.  Confused?  Ask an expert, because every company, every plan, is different.  Dave Pearson is an expert, having served clients, and represented various companies, since 2009.  This discussion considers eligibility, differences between direct Medicare and Advantage Plans offered by private companies, and differences among plans.  What is covered?  Only one way to find out:  read the description of benefits of your plan.  

Our resident pollster and scholar, Jeff Lewis, returns for a wide-ranging talk about opinion polling and surveys.  Why polls, we ask?  "Because news organizations need the resulting headlines," says Jeff, while also citing the weaknesses inherent in small samples.  (Jeff worked more than 20 years as head of a polling organization.)    

Whatever you wanted to know about concrete, about those big trucks, about tunnels, about on sight manufactured concrete for highways, and more, is contained in this delightful conversation with Joe Sanders.  

Having community action experience in South Bend, Indiana, Elias Crim now sees a national perspective from a home on Capitol Hill.  He is a communications and fund raising expert now beginning work on berhalf of Lawndale Christian Development Corporation in Chicgo which, among other projects, wants to build 1,000 new homes.  

Conveniently timed with the start of the 2023 session of The Indiana General Assembly, this podcast, with former Hartford City Mayor Joseph Castelo, covers diverse issues, such as highway placement, pollution, public health, police services, trash collection, and much more.  

At the end, stay tuned for an outstanding piano duo with our guest, Tim Stephenson, a doctoral candidate in piano at Indiana University, development officer with The Indianapolis Symphony orchestra, teacher, and performing pianist.  Here we learn about composition, imagination, sweaty hands, and his March recitals in Bloomington.

After years creating new programs at Indiana University in Indianapolis, Scott Evenbeck became Founding President of Guttman College in New York City.   In this conversation Scott describes an innovation that has increased graduation rates:  the requirement to attend "bridge" programs that acclimate new students to college life.   He also talks about Boy Scouts in Indianapolis and the joy of living in New York City.    

The Chief Financial Officer of The Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township, Barry Gardner, is our guest.  Since he also served as an athletic director, we learn about supervising resources, designing a health insurance plan, and suspending a previously-approved property tax.  

Endocrinologist Hunter Heath explores both the details and the generalities of medical science.  The conversation starts with the role of calcium in many processes including the presence of kidney stones.  Then he talks about molecular medicine which, it seems, soon may provide a cure for Sickle Cell Anemia, and other diseases.  A relatively new drug from this category of research has placed Dr. Heath's colon cancer in remission, an impossibility just a few years ago.  Dr. Heath is a private pilot, an emerging guitar player, and a long-term supporter of The Fathers and Families Resource Center.  

Brian Brase does a lot:  former high school athletic director, administrator of numerous state-wide athletic competitions, caregiver, president of his neighborhood association, and  Executive Director of Indiana University's Marching Hundred Alumni Council.  

Student borrowers, remember this phone number:   317-715-9007.  This is the source of comprehensive, personal, individual advice about student loans, loans related to career choices, tuition and the net costs of seeking additional education.  We learned this from Bill Wozniak, Vice President of Marketing, INvestEd, the non profit, quasi Indiana state agency charged with managing student loans.  

Who predicted--accurately--the results of elections in November, 2022?  Believe it:  movie maker Michael Moore.  He also did it correctly in 2016.  And no one knows why or how, but everyone knows now that formal polls failed miserably.  Want to learn more.  Listen to our interview with retired pollster Jeff Lewis.  

Eclectic writer, philospher and podcaster, Anne Laker, talks about her work with The Indiana Forest Alliance, restoring a fire house, and watching movies.  (Here is a bonus:  you can read her personal diary on the web.)

Jake Oakman, Executive Director, White River State Park Development Commission, describes workings of the park, its past, its future, and even his personal experiences as Indiana University Student Body President.

Mike Schmuhl, chair of the Indiana Democrat Party, talks about paying for electricity, recruiting candidates, cooperating to manage polling locations, the unfortunate demise of local news, and his experiences with Tim Russert as an intern on Meet The Press.

Jason Hamman, Technical Production Manager of Newfields (The Indianapolis Museum of Art) talks about installing "The Lume," lighting the two annual ourdoor displays (Harvest Nights and Winter Lights), and working with live productions.  

The Hechinger Report presents detailed journalism at no cost through its non-profit model.  Nicole Dobo is a senior editor who describes challenges in rural education, such as attracting teachers and sharing teachers across districts.   The Report is available at no cost at www.hechingerreport.org.

Filming in Brown County, Indiana, Producer Lisa Hall demonstrates the depth of addiction in her 2021 film, The Addict's Wake, which is becoming instructional for many viewers, such as persons in law enforcement, health insurance, and treatments towards recovery.   The film won prizes in the 2021 Heartland International Film Festival, including audience choice.  

Many programs designed to supply housing are administered by The Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority, headed by our guest, J. Jacob Sipe, Executive Director.  The agency is both an administrator and a finance source for programs to directly help low-income persons and to subsidize financing of housing projects.   Considering the complexity, listeners are encouraged to Google the agency.