2023 Podcasts

 

Dayna Colbert talks about Democrats in Hamilton County and her new job with the state Democratic Party.

 

Jocelyn Vare, David Giffel & Crystal Neumann talk about their unsuccessful campaigns for Fishers City Council and much more in this podcast.

 

 

The Fishers Century club meets every 3 months to gather funds for a chosen tax exempt organization in the Fishers area.  Adam Kallick and John DeLucia join the podcast and talk about the club.

 

Mayor Scott Fadness and Fishers Public Health Director Monica Heltz talk about more funding on the way from the state, and much more, in this podcast.

 

The new Fishers Events Center is under construction and projected to be ready about one year from now.  Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness and Larry McQueary from the Indy Fuel and new Indoor Football League teams join the podcast.

 

Skyler Braun has just celebrated the 6-month anniversary of publishing the local newsletter Fishers Digest.  He talks about that and more in this podcast.

 

Steve Loser of HSE Schools talks about the local school district’s involvement with the Ford Next Generation Learning Program and the Pursuit Institute.

More Than A Phone is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Fishers, which provides cell phones for victims of domestic violence.  Julie Moorehead is the Executive Director and talks about her organization and an upcoming fund-raising event in this podcast.

 

Selina Stoller is running for re-election to the Fishers City Council.  She spoke with Larry about her campaign.

 

Bill Stuart is a Democrat running for the South West District City Council seat.  He talks about his campaign with Larry in this podcast.

 

Advance HSE is the Political Action Committee working to pass the school funding referendum on the fall election ballot.  Matt Kegley and Laura Smoots join Larry to talk about the referendum.

 

 

 

Tiffanie Ditlevson is a candidate for an at-large seat on the Fishers City Council.  She talks with Larry in this podcast.

 

Bill McLellan is running for the Fishers City Council in the North West District.  He joins Larry for a podcast discussion of his campaign.

 

 

John Weingardt says this is his final campaign as he seeks another 4-year term on the Fishers City Council.  He talks with Larry in this podcast.

 

Crystal Neumann is the incumbent North Central District City Council member.  She talks about her campaign for a full 4-year term in this podcast.

 

Lane Skeeters is the Democratic candidate for Fishers City Council, South Central District.  He spoke with Larry in this podcast.

 

 

John DeLucia is running for Fishers City Council, North Central District seat.  He talks about his campaign in this podcast with Larry Lannan & Mike Fassold.

 

David Giffel talks about his campaign for the Fishers City Council Southwest District seat.

 

 

Samantha Chapman is a Democrat running for the Fishers City Council in the Northeast District.  She joins Mike Fassold and myself for a podcast about her candidacy.

 

Howard Stevenson is running for an at-large Fishers City Council seat.  In this podcast, he talks about that with Larry Lannan and Mike Fassold.

 

Jocelyn Vare is running for another term on the Fishers City Council.  She talks about that in this podcast, along with Larry Lannan and Mike Fassold

 

Todd Zimmerman is seeking re-election to his at-large seat on the Fishers City Council  Mike Fassold joins Larry Lannan in speaking with Candidate Zimmerman in this podcast episode.

 

Starting my podcast series featuring candidate for Fishers City Council, incumbent at-large Councilor Cecilia Coble joins Larry Lannan and Mike Fassold.

 

 

Jody Britten is a speaker, writer and researcher with a focus on education.  She travels often and has seen some publicity about her City of Fishers that is not always showing Fishers in a positive light.  She wrote a piece on the platform Medium, which you can read in full at this link.  She contends too many Fishers residents live in a “bubble” and are not aware of the city’s image outside our city limits.

In this podcast, Jody talk more about her piece and what she is trying to say to people living in Fishers.

 

The Geist Half  Marathon & 5K returns in 2023 on September 16.  For more details, and registration, use this link.  For more, listen to this podcast with Tom Britt and Jake Reardon McSoley.

 

Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness has plenty to say about the controversies surrounding the teen book section at the Hamilton East Libraries.  He also comments on the 2025 budget and much more in the podcast interview.

 

With the start of another school year, I invited three top administrators from Hamilton Southeastern Schools to join the podcast – Dr. Yvonne Stokes, Superintendent: Dr. Matt Kegley, Assistant Superintendent and Chief Financial Officer Katy Dowling.

 

Bob Kravitz has written local sports commentary for many years and has now established a Substack site (you can subscribe at this link).  He talks about that and much more in this podcast.

 

Mike Fassold is now retired, but he has a lot to say about his years serving in the military and teaching in the HSE Schools.

 

Monica Heltz is the Public Health Director for City of Fishers, and provides updates in this podcast on the new grading system for restaurant inspections, possible new money from the state and much more in this podcast.

 

 

 

Fishers is once again putting on its summer festival, Spark Fishers.  I spoke with Marissa Deckert, Director the the Fishers Parks & Recreation Department, about the 2023 festival.

 

Fishers has announced a new 105,000 square foot Community Center, projected to open in spring, 2025.  I spoke with two people instrumental in bringing this idea to reality – Fishers City Councilor Todd Zimmerman and Jake Reardon-McSoley, Director of Recreation & Wellness for the City of Fishers.

 

The local nonprofit housing organization, HAND Inc., is breaking ground on its first development in Fishers.  For more on that and other issues, here is my podcast interview with HAND Executive Director Andrea Davis.

 

Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness and his Deputy Mayor Elliott Hultgren talk about a wide range of issues on this podcast.

 

 

Lindsey Erdody and James Briggs join Larry for a discussion about the news operation Axios Indianapolis.

 

As the weather warms, road construction season is heating up.  To talk about that, and more, are the leaders of the Fishers City Engineering Department, Jason Taylor & Hatem Mekky

 

 

Audrey Lash, Teacher of the Year for HSE Schools, joins the podcast

 

 

John Weingardt, President of the Fishers City Council, joins Larry in this podcast.

 

March is Disability Awareness Month and Fishers is busy with a number of activities.  Cecilia Coble and Kelly Hartman join the podcast to talk about it.

 

Bob Hall is a famous comic book illustrator and is scheduled to appear at the Hamilton East Library Saturday, January 21st, as part of the Comic Book in a Day event.  Bob talks about his career in comics as part of this podcast.

 

 

Amy Crell and Stephanie Perry from the Fishers City staff talk about a new food drive tied to the Martin Luther King Holiday