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Here we learn about the structure of the water and sewer utiity Citizens Energy (organized as a charitable trust) from the manager of corporate communications, Dan Considine, and more from Mike Miller, manager of the almost 15-year project to improve water quality of White River.  

Mike Miller and Dan Considine of Citizens Energy discuss the very big, the huge tunnels being built 250 feet below the streets of Indianapolis.   What is the purpose? To reduce waste entering White River.  

How a small state board changes appropriations is one of many topics throughly considered by Michael Claytor, former candidate for Indiana State Auditor.  He also comments about parties and candidacies stating "I will never vote for someone older than I."  (Then Morton suggests that members of poltical parties fear younger persons--in the other party.) 

Eric White, recent president of North Willow Farms neighborhood association, discusses details of this significant volunteer task.   "I loved every minute," he said.  

Sam Rogowski.  His title says it all:  Disabled Veteran Outreach Program Specialist, with The Indiana Department of Workforce Development. Morton and John had no idea that this superb service exists.      

John describes an automobile tour of The Southeast.  Morton then talks about population trends in counties surrounding Terre Haute.

From this podcast we learn:  (1) individuals or groups may not, cannot, demean people they know personally; (2) a bad action by the other side might be just a mistake; (3)  parties must accept inability to get everything they want; (4) corporations can accomodate and accept environmental goals over long periods, but not in the next few months.   To prove these points, mediator Bill Beranek cites real example from Indiana.    

Harold "Tuck" Langland tells us that a slave finished and mounted Lady Liberty on top of the U.S. Capitol, that Lincoln in Washington was prepared by perhaps more than 30 Italian stone cutters, and that he is proud that none of his public works has been vandalized.   Teacher, writer, singer, cook, Tuck has hundreds of works around the nation.  

Beth White is president and CEO of The Indiana Coalition To End Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking.  This powerful conversation considers the challenge and the solutions, as well as the difficult effort to find balance.

Instead of providing only money, The Bail Project acts to insure that people return to court by assisting them in personal matters such as housing, transportation and mental illness. This revelation (at least to us) was provided in this conversation with David Gaspar, director of operations, nation wide, for The Bail Project. Also discussed is the incidences in which a person on bail commits another heinous crime.

Janitor, sound designer, lighting designer, actor, director, producer, and all around leader, Michael Lasley, Executive Artistic Director of our Civic Theatre, joins us in a wide-ranging stimulating conversation, starting with why people act, and ending with life at home.  

A qualified "Great American Song," must be durable and playable in multiple styles, usually in contexts in which the song is important, the performing artist second, a common circumstance between 1900 and 1960, possibly not so much now when the artist and electronics seem to dominate. This is one hypothesis from Chris Lewis, Executive Director of Carmel, Indiana's, Great American Songbook Foundation. For many of us, this conversation is a wonderful walk down memory lane.  

Attorney Scott Yonover describes a national law suit against manufacturers and sellers of vaping devices which are marketed to children.   In Scott's view, school corporations should join as plaintiffs which could result in hundreds of thousands of new dollars for vaping detectors and health advocates.  

Once a child star (sort of), Gary Cohen has become a producer of major Broadway productions such as Come From Away, and a dozen others. Risks and rewards are discussed, as well as (domestic) ventriloquism and the numerous Indianapolis organizations Gary has supported.  

Our periodic guest, former opinion pollster Jeff Lewis, speaks about the business of opinion sampling and the challenge of achieving accuracy.  

Tom Ford is a full-time professional health coach aiming to improve personal health through physical training, primarily in aquatic settings.   Tom also is a professional actor, having performed with Johnny Depp and Diane Lane, among others, as well as in numerous films, commercials and plays. Tom describes both functions and how they contribute to life lessons.  

We conclude our conversation with Tom Hensley, the 1965 graduate of Indiana University, and Neil Diamond's pianist for more than four years, with more stories about kidney stones, the Diamondville crew on the road, and the hair of Paul McCartney. Neil Diamond's poignant "Hello Again," ends this experience.  

In this second of three, Tom Hensely continues with personal and professional stories.   Tom's instrumental version of Kentucky Woman appears at the end.

For over forty years, Indiana's Tom Hensley toured with Neil Diamond.   For some thirty years prior, he navigated central Indiana, and the Midwest, playing for top stars, entertaining at The Embers, and managing the iconic band, Masters of Deceit.  

Partially retired Indiana University Economist Bill Witte describes what it takes to formulate an economic projection from the over 270 data sources of The U.S. Government. He also describes why his forecast for health care services was wrong.