Tuesday Talk

Episodes

1. 14

   Candacy Taylor

   Tribune-Star columnist Mark Bennett talks with author Candacy Taylor about her powerful new book, “Overground Railroad: The ‘Green Book’ and the Roots of Black Travel in America.”

   Sep 1, 2020

   45m
2. 13

   Larry Tye

   Tribune-Star columnist Mark Bennett speaks with author Larry Tye about his recent book 'Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy' and its impact on Vigo County native Wendell Furry.

   Aug 17, 2020

   21m
3. 12

   Carly Schmitt

   Carly Schmitt, president of the League of Women Voters' Vigo County chapter, talks about vote-by-mail and the upcoming general election.

   Aug 3, 2020

   22m
4. 11

   Tuesday Talk: Ep 11, Robert Dunham

   Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, talks to Tribune-Star columnist Mark Bennett about the surge of execution activity at the federal death penalty, and what Americans should know about the federal death penalty and how and why it exists.

   Jul 20, 2020

   29m
5. 10

   Sen. Mike Braun (IN-R)

   Tribune-Star content editor Mark Fitton recently spoke with Indiana Sen. Mike Braun during a stop in Terre Haute in early July.

   Jul 13, 2020

   21m
6. 9

   Alex Kor

   Tribune-Star editor Max Jones talks to Alex Kor, son of Holocaust survivors Eva Mozes Kor and Michael 'Mickey' Kor of Terre Haute, about the death of his mother on July 4, 2019, and and her continuing legacy of forgiveness.

   Jun 27, 2020

   22m
7. 8

   Adeyemi Doss

   Tribune-Star editor Max Jones talks with Indiana State University's Dr. Adeyemi Doss, a faculty member of the DEPARTMENT OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDIES, about the impact the first several months of 2020, with a pandemic, economic upheaval and civil unrest, have had on the African American community.

   Jun 22, 2020

   35m
8. 7

   Tom Steiger

   Tribune-Star editor Max Jones talks with Tom Steiger, director of Indiana State University's Center for Student Research and Creativity, on the social impact the USA has seen in the last five months of 2020 with a coronavirus pandemic and social upheaval.

   Jun 16, 2020

   39m
9. 6

   Sister Barbara Battista

   Tribune-Star editor Max Jones talks with Sister Barbara Battista, Community Organizer/Justice Promoter for The Sisters of Providence at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

   Jun 9, 2020

   22m
10. 5

    Glenn High School basketball team

    Tribune-Star editor Max Jones talks with sports editor Todd Golden about his research and series of stories on the Glenn High School boys basketball teams and its struggles with integration in the late 1940s and early 1950s, the team's success and an investigation into an overage player that led…

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    Jun 2, 2020

    38m
11. 4

    Dave Leip, U.S. Atlas of Presidential Elections

    Tribune-Star columnist Mark Bennett talks with Dave Leip, originator and manager of the U.S. Atlas of Presidential Elections, https://uselectionatlas.org/. Leip's calculations for the Atlas revealed Vigo County's status as the nation's bellwether county for presidential elections. A majority of...

    May 26, 2020

    27m
12. 3

    Andy Downs and the Indiana primary election

    Terre Haute Tribune-Star columnist Mark Bennett talks with Andy Downs, Director of the Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics at Purdue University-Fort Wayne about the upcoming Indiana primary election.

    May 19, 2020

    29m
13. 2

    State Rep. Tonya Pfaff (D) talks about COVID-19 impact

    State Rep. Tonya Pfaff (D), IN-43, talks with Tribune-Star editor Max Jones about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on her jobs as a high school math teacher and public servant, Gov. Eric Holcomb's response to the pandemic and how it is impacting the upcoming state primary election.

    May 11, 2020

    21m
14. 1

    The economics of the COVID-19 pandemic

    Welcome to the first episode of Tuesday Talk, a podcast featuring conversations with Wabash Valley newsmakers talking about news topics of the day and community affairs. The podcast is hosted by Tribune-Star Editor Max Jones. Joining Max in this inaugural episode is Robert Guell, professor of...

    May 4, 2020

    23m