No Limits

No Limits focus on a program in Indianapolis that aims to connect young people with summer jobs and how that effort works to reduce violence. Our guests will be Indianapolis Deputy Mayor David Hampton, Employ Indy's Marie Mackintosh and Indy Parks Director Linda Broadfoot. Join the conversation today at 1pm on 90.1 WFYI.

This episode of No Limits explores a number of art therapy programs in the central Indiana area and the impact of having these types of programs in different health care settings. Joining the show as guests: Nanette George, Activity Therapist, Eskenazi Health Midtown Community Mental Health, Cassie Dobbs, one of the two art therapists at Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health and Amy Granger, graduate research assistant in Herron's Art Therapy program.

Joining the show is Dan Wakefield. Dan is a best-selling author, journalist and screenwriter, and joins the show to talk about his past works and present projects.

Today we're talking with people on the front lines of green building initiatives in Indianapolis to hear about what is happening and what is changing? Our guests are Dan Overbey, Director of Sustainability from Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf, Dave Forsell from Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Inc. and Karen Haley, executive director Indianapolis Cultural Trail: A Legacy of Gene & Marilyn Glick.

A discussion of progress and setbacks in the effort to push back poverty in Indiana, this show comes ahead of the annual Faith and Action Conference. Our guests include Lindsey Rabinowitch, Faith & Action Project, Jim Humphrey, Goodwill and Nancy Silvers-Rogers, Eastern Star Church.

On this eiditon of No Limits, in light of walkouts around the country, we discuss what teachers in Indiana need and how they are becoming more active and engaged. Our guests include teachers Ronni Moore, Nick Brewer and ISTA President Teresa Meredith.

On this episode of Thursday's No Limits, we discuss what a community's response is and should be to gun violence. Our guests include the Rev. Charles Harrison of the 10 Point Coalition, Jack Pratt and Steve Dunlop.

Using nutritious, healthy food as way to create overall healthier Hoosier lives is a growing movement. Today on No Limits, we'll talk with and listen to some of the players in the 'food as medicine' movement and what programs are in place and on the horizon. We're joined by Dr. Lisa Harris of Eskenazi Health, Nick Fenning of Meals On Wheels, and reporter Leigh DeNoon who is working on a documentary about this topic.

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy's famous speech in Indianapolis that evening. Today on No Limits, we'll explore the meaning of that moment in Indiana's and America's history. We're joined by State Rep. Gregory Porter; former Indiana Supreme Court Justice Ted Boehm, who volunteered on Robert Kennedy's campaign; and Rev. Thomas Brown, a retired pastor of Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church.

On No Limits, we talk with and listen to some of Indiana's finest poets as they talk about and read from their work.

Host Jon Krull is joined by filmmaker Ted Green, publisher Peggy Tierney, and Holocaust survivor Eva Kor to discuss the new WFYI and Ted Green documentary film, "Eva". Eva is a survivor of Auschwitz, and of inhuman experiments by notorious Nazi doctor Josef Mengele. Eva Kor has emerged as a leading global figure in the fight to keep the lessons of the Holocaust alive, delivering a message at once controversial and immensely powerful: A message of forgiveness.

Host Jon Krull has a discussion with author and Indiana native A'Leila Bundles about her great-grandmother Madam C.J. Walker, the Harlem Renaissance and hidden themes of American history. Please tune in at 1 p.m. on 90.1, WFYI, public radio.

This show will highlight the disability community. We will talk with people involved in local and statewide work to promote inclusion, mentoring, health and employment opportunities for people with disabilities in Indiana. Our guests are Christine Dahlberg, Executive Director of Indiana Governor's Council for People with Disabilities , Emily Munson is a Governor's Council spokesperson and John Barth from Managed Health Services.

We spend the hour talking to the Indy Star journalists involved in the investigative reporting on USA Gynmastics that led to Larry Nassar's conviction on numerous charges of sexual assault. Our guests are Indy Star Journalists Tim Evans, Mark Alesia, Marisa Kwiatkowski, and Barbara Shoup of the Indiana Writers Center.

Today on No Limits, we'll discuss the #Me Too movement as more women speak out about sexual harassment and unwanted advancements. We'll touch on the idea of moving from tolerance to respect, appropriate touch and how the movement impacts different communities. We're joined by Dr. Felicity Kelcourse from the Christian Theological Seminary Counseling Center and Lisa Meece a professional cuddler from Indy will be in studio. We're also joined via phone by Jessica Benjamin, NY author and psychologist who will be in town tomorrow to give a speech on this topic.

On this episode of No Limits talking about student activism and its impact on the conversation surrounding gun violence in America. This conversation is anticipation of the national student walkout on Wednesday, March 14. Our guests are student activist Brandon Warren, Tim Nation of the Peace Learning Center, and Jane Henegar with the ACLU of Indiana.

Today our topic is water and charity. We'll discuss the changing the face of charity particularly as it relates to the global clean water crisis and how philanthropy is changing for a new generation of people who give locally and globally. We're joined by Scott Harrison, founder and CEO of charity: water, and Water for Good CEO Rich Klopp.

Today's No Limits will be a conversation about the impact of Mr. Rogers work as it relates to early education, community and neighborhood and the power of television programming. The shows guests are: Dr. Gary Edgerton, Director of Media and Entertainment at Butler, Cameron Radford, Indianapolis Director of Community Outreach and Amy Helton with Early Learning Indiana.

Today we're talking about the Indiana Authors Award, which is celebrating 10 years, and for which the public submission period recently began. No Limits will take a look back at the award program and its impact. We'll also talk to one of the authors being honored. Our guests are Caity Withers with the Indianapolis Public Library Foundation, Elaine Drew who served as Indiana Authors Award researcher and author James Thom who is receiving a lifetime achievement award.

Ahead of the Oscars this weekend, John Krull will focus on the state of movies in Indiana. What successes has the state had in film? What efforts are there to increase the industry in Indiana? What is holding us back from making more films here and what successes are we seeing? Guests are Craig Mince from Indy Film Fest, Teresa Sabatine with Film Indy and John Armstrong of Pigasus Pictures.