No Limits

May is Foster Care Month, and today on No Limits we look at the challenges of finding care for some of Indiana's most vulnerable children. What does it take to become a foster parent in Indiana? What systems are in place to remove roadblocks to matching children with good homes? Our guests are Katy Quay, a Foster Care Consultant for the Indiana Department of Child Services, who is also a foster parent and adoptive mother; Guenevere Kalal, director of Damar Foster Care Services; and LaRhea Langdon, a licensed foster parent.

Graduation season is here, and whether a student is graduating from high school or college, chances are good that student debt is a looming part of the future. What should students and their families know ahead of time when it comes to keeping future student debt under control? Our guests have some insightful answers to that question. We're joined by Joe Wood, President and CEO of INvestEd and Bill Wozniak, Director of Marketing for INvestEd, as well as Peter Dunn, also known as Pete the Planner, a co-creator of Smart Money U.

2017 is, by mayoral declaration, the Year of Vonnegut in Indianapolis. Today on No Limits, how Kurt Vonnegut's childhood home became this year's Decorators' Show House, open to tours right now. We'll also hear from one of the residents of the home and what sort of surprises were in store. Plus an important update on the status of the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library, after plans to move to a new location were halted. Our guests are Kathleen House of the St. Margaret's Hospital Guild, Julia Whitehead of the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library, and Vaughn Hickman.

Talking about what is often seen as the two enemies of historic preservation: time and money. Indiana Landmarks just awarded the Cook Cup for Historic Preservation this past weekend, while also releasing its annual list of the 10 Most Endangered places. Plus, the iconic German church of German Church Road was thought to be saved - but now faces a Thursday deadline to beat the wrecking ball. Our guests are Marsh Davis, President of Indiana Landmarks; Sarah Halter, executive director of the Indiana Medical History Museum, a previous 10 Most Endangered site, and a champion of old Fire Station 18, on the new list; and April Fisher, Cumberland town manager, to talk about the German church.

This weekend Reverend Baskerville-Burroughs will be ordained as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis, the Episcopal Church in central and southern Indiana. Baskerville-Burrows is the first black woman in the Episcopal Church's history elected to lead a diocese.

Legislative wrap-up - we'll debrief with John Ketzenberger of the Indiana Fiscal Policy Insitute, Shaina Cavazos of Chalkbeat Indiana, and Rachel Hoffmeyer of thestatehousefile.com.

Today on No Limits, the new Indy Food Drop initiative. What happens to perfectly edible food if it can't be delivered stores and restaurants? Often it's simply trashed. Now, a new plan is designed to make it easy for those carrying the foodstuffs to deliver it where it's needed most. Our guests are Kate Howe from Indy Hunger Network, Jennifer Vigran from Second Helpings, and John Whitaker from Midwest Food Bank.

Hoosier history is rich with pioneers in the STEM fields - Science Technology Engineering and Math - and the future is ripe with potential. Today on No Limits, we learn more about the new campaign by Indiana Humanities to celebrate STEM in Indian with the new Quantum Leap initiative. Filled with opportunities from intimate dinner conversations to tours to author meet-and-greets, guests Keira Amstutz of Indiana Humanities and Suzanne Wasson of Dow AgroSciences show how the humanities and the sciences are inextricably linked in Indiana.

Today on No Limits we focus on the topic of the mental health of military veterans with Dr. Roger Brooke of Duquesne University and Dr. Felicity Kelcourse of Christian Theological Seminary.

For the first half hour, discussing the proposed cigarette tax. Show guests are Monique French of the American Lung Association's "Raise It for Health" campaign and Rep. Ed Clere, R - New Alabany. The second half hour focuses on solar net metering, specifically rolling back the credits of homeowners and others with solar to near-wholesale rates rather than the current retail credit they currently enjoy. Guests are Jesse Kharbanda of the Hoosier Environmental Council and Mark Maassel of the Indiana Energy Association (by phone).

April 4, 2017 marked the 49th anniversary of Robert Kennedy's powerful speech to an Indianapolis crowd on the assassination of Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As of April 2017, major plans are underway for the memorial park for the 50th anniversary of the speech. Joining the show as guests will be Amy DiStaulo, Executive Director, Kennedy King Memorial Initiative (KKMI); Billie Breaux, Marion Co Auditor and former Indiana State Senator; and Jim Trulock. Billie and Jim attended Kennedy's speech.

To kick off National Poetry Month, No Limits visits with five Hoosier poets. Chris Forhan, Rachel Sahaidachny, Kyle D. Craig, John, Natalie Solmer, Callista Buchen read their own pieces, offer insights into the sources of their works, and answer the big question - why poetry? From inspirations personal to universal, you may recognize yourself in the poems these Hoosiers share with everyone.

A conversation with beloved Hoosier authors James Alexander Thom and his wife Dark Rain, famous for their works of historical fiction. Books such as "Follow the River" and "Warrior Woman" have earned them accolades and fans, while they continue to live quietly in a rural Indiana cabin. Learn how the research process changed them personally, how the books changed their lives, and what it was like to engage another famous Hoosier author, Kurt Vonnegut, in dinner conversation.

This show is the bookend to the September 22, 2016 show done at the beginning of the project. We look ahead to the wrap-up symposium in April and the new Big Brain Sculptures that were installed on the Butler campus in April 2017. Guests: Dr. Ena Shelley, Dean of the Butler College of Education; Bob Postlethwait, Butler trustee and former president of Lilly's Neuroscience Product Group

A visit with author Thomas Frank. Frank will be giving a presentation about his new book, "Listen, Liberal!" at the United Steel Workers 1999 Thursday evening, March 23, 2017.

We revisit producer Gary Harrison's documentary "Over, Under, Gone" (which premiered fall 2016). "There's a killer in our streams and rivers. It hides within the falling waters on the downstream side of a dam. Thousands of these "low head" dams are scattered across our country, and while the name implies low hazard/low impact, nothing could be further from the truth." Guests are Manuela Johnson, CEM, Administrator State Disaster Relief Fund, Indiana Department of Homeland Security; Kenneth Smith, with Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Water; and Lt. Col. Terry Hyndman, Indiana Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division. All are members of the Indiana Silver Jackets Low Head Dams Initiative Team.

The New Harmony Project's Evening with Playwright Robert Schenkken at the IRT. Ed Fry of the NHP will join us for the first half hour in-studio; at 1:30, Schenkkan himself will join the conversation by Skype.

Indianapolis Symphonic Choir 80th Anniversary/Music in Our Schools with IPS - Guests: Terion Cooper, IPS music teacher; Andrew Black: CICF Senior Community Investment officer; Michael Pettry, Executive Director of the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir. The anniversary concert is March 17, 2017.

Protection for student journalists, looking at Indiana House Bill 1130, which provides protections from censorship for student journalists, both at the high school and (state public) collegiate levels. Guests: Diana Hadley, Executive Director, Indiana High School Press Association (located at Franklin College); Mike Klopfenstein (adviser at Southport High School) and Southport HS student journalist Andrew Tapp.

Transgender issues, at the federal and state levels. Guests are Ken and Krizstina Inskeep, actively engaged on behalf of their transgender child, and Chris Paulsen, Freedom Indiana.