All Episodes

From the Purdue Archives: 1903 Football Team Trainwreck, Black Students Denied Admission to Dorms in the 1940s, and More

Famous People Influenced By Kurt Vonnegut

Early Architects in Indiana

Ask Nelson and Ray Boomhower

Beatles, their 1964 State Fair concerts and more

Teddy Roosevelt and Indiana connections

Invasive pests impacting plants and trees

Vinyl era of Indiana music: a follow-up

D-Day and Hoosiers: 80 years later

Madge Oberholtzer: A follow-up about the woman who helped bring down the KKK

Busting myths about historic houses

An acclaimed race driver and a sportswriter: two lives cut short

Marquis de Lafayette, his farewell tour and Indiana

Deaths in the White House, including a First Lady

Hoosiers who claimed to witness Lincoln's assassination

Amelia Earhart and her Indiana connections: Encore

Some landmark structures in Indy, then and now

Civic education: The need for a refresh

Ask Nelson – and Glory-June Greiff, too

Lives of musicians post-Indiana Avenue heyday

Sites along U.S. 40 in Indiana, then and now

Ellen Munds, a trail-blazer of Storytelling Arts

Carnegie Libraries in Indiana

Black firefighters history in Indy

Latino Hoosiers during the mid and late 1900s

Movie and TV directors who aren't household names now

African American namesakes of Indy parks

Delphi town history: encore

Ulen: The vagabond turned CEO and unusual Boone County town: encore

History of Santa Claus, Ind., and letters from around the world

State Archives: a follow-up

Bygone landmarks in Indy

First cookbook published in Indiana and food fashions of 1840s and '50s- Encore

Indiana state flag: the back story

Indiana state flag: the back story

Naturalization ceremonies: a judge's perspective

Graverobbing conspiracies of early 1900s

Frontier conflicts about religion in pioneer Indiana

Historic architects and their work in Indiana

Northwest Indiana's offbeat aspects and sites: encore

Larry Bird: the life and career of an Indiana icon

French Lick Springs Hotel and former Indy Mayor Taggart

White River State Park history

Richmond art: a historic colony, a museum and more

Circus Heritage, then and now, in Peru, Indiana

WW II letters from small-town Hoosiers

Rowdy areas of Indy: some bygone pockets

Vinyl era of Indiana music heritage

Digging deep into an early major cemetery on the White River

Early environmentalists in Indiana

World War I, Hoosiers and a documentary

Speedway medical care: a sequel

The largest Dune and why it's gone

Before Ellis Island: immigration and Benjamin Harrison - Encore

World War II monuments, memorials and sites across Indiana

Geist and Morse reservoirs history: Encore

Professor Watermelon on getting kids excited in history

Jewish immigration to Indiana, 1840s-1920s: Encore

Ask Nelson and Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, too

Civil war generals from Indiana

Construction of the Speedway in 1909 and pre-Indy 500 races

Who inspired holiday decorations on Monument Circle? An influential architect

Ask Nelson – and Charles Braun, too

Women of historic Irvington

Roberts Settlement in Hamilton County: its history and legacy

Myths and tidbits about high school basketball history

Calvin Fletcher, first prominent civic leader in Indianapolis

Delphi town history

World War II: stories of holiday ordeals, also of goodwill

Great Depression governor, Paul McNutt

Terre Haute cemetery and intriguing people buried there

Funeral business evolution and civic involvement in Indy

Cathy Morris: Jazz violinist, producer and composer

Statehouse stories, including basement secrets

First cookbook published in Indiana and food fashions of 1840s and '50s

Tuskegee Airmen and their legacy: Indiana Links

Strawtown myths: Hamilton County's first murder, Chief Straw and more - Encore

Slaughterhouse and saw factory history in Indy

Arabs in Indianapolis, then and now

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum: its evolution

Covid history in Indiana: an update

Cemeteries and their historic landscaping

Parke County: more than covered bridges

State Archives: what's there and new plans

White River in Indy: historic navigability challenges

Northwest Indiana: a return visit

A history reenactor: pulling back the curtain

Fireflies and Monarch butterflies: Are they vanishing?

Birds of prey in Indiana

World War II: Young children whose parents were killed

Before Ellis Island: immigration and Benjamin Harrison

Ask Nelson …. and Ray Boomhower, too

Trail-blazing Black racing circuit and Charlie Wiggins

Evolution of family farms and farmers markets with Market Wagon CEO Nick Carter - Encore

Gardening boom, garden myths and more with Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Ukrainian immigration to Indiana

Northwest Indiana's offbeat aspects and sites

World War II: children and teens who faced special challenges

Speedway and medical care: the first 50 years

Geist and Morse reservoirs history

First families to arrive in Marion County

CIA operative during Cold War from Crawfordsville

Ulen: the vagabond turned CEO and an unusual Boone County town

Bear pit at Riverside Park and other bygone animal attractions: encore

Forgotten composer and painter from Hamilton County