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IBJ Podcast: Indy Pride chair talks festival changes, political backdrop and financial challenges

June 8, 2026
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Alex Richardson discusses Indy Pride’s revamped festival footprint, a $210,000 budget shortfall in 2024 tied in part to reduced corporate sponsorship, and Gov. Mike Braun’s proclamation of June as “Nuclear Family Month.”

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IBJ Podcast: Pete the Planner on why Americans feel broke at $150,000 a year

June 1, 2026
Mason KingMason King

As costs continue to rise at an uncomfortable rate, even well-off households are struggling to maintain their basic lifestyles. Have we normalized overconsumption?

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IBJ Podcast: After firm’s $50M sale, co-founder was done with startups. Then AI pulled him back in.

May 26, 2026 | Mason KingMason King

Santiago Jaramillo discusses why he decided to get back in the game, the reasons why many firms have trouble adopting AI and why the technology shouldn’t be set loose without human guardrails.

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IBJ Podcast: IBJ’s editor on making mistakes, combatting bias, diversifying revenue

May 18, 2026 | Mason KingMason King

Lesley Weidenbener discusses a serious error made by the newsroom earlier this month, the financial health of IBJ’s parent company and avoiding political partiality.

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IBJ Podcast: Indiana Black Expo’s CEO on Circle City Classic’s gridiron shift and creating hoops invitational

May 11, 2026 | Mason KingMason King

Alice Watson details the economic tensions behind the Classic’s upcoming switch from college football programs to Indy-based high school teams. Plus, a breakdown of IBE’s year-round programming.

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IBJ Podcast: Why do some big companies fail at meaningful innovation?

May 4, 2026 | Mason KingMason King

Elliott Parker, CEO of Indy-based Alloy Partners and author of “The Illusion of Innovation,” says the best path to real change is running experiments that are “cheap, fast and weird.”

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IBJ Podcast: Final Four co-chairs debrief on Post Malone, Fan Fest, coach swag and what it all meant

April 27, 2026 | Mason KingMason King

Judith Thomas and Nate Feltman provide behind-the-scenes accounts of the Final Four’s three-year planning process and the unexpected or poignant ways it played out in Indy.

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IBJ Podcast: Indianapolis criminal defense attorney Jim Voyles Jr. (from The Indiana Lawyer Podcast)

April 20, 2026 | Mason KingMason King

Indiana Lawyer reporter Maura Johnson interviews Indianapolis criminal defense attorney Jim Voyles Jr., who reflects on nearly 58 years of practicing law, from representing Indianapolis Colts and Pacers players to serving as local counsel during the Mike Tyson sexual assault trial.

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IBJ Podcast: Indians CEO on putting butts in seats at Victory Field, grinding it out

April 13, 2026 | Mason KingMason King

Randy Lewandowski discusses the minor league team’s revenue streams and the challenge of losing your most marketable players just as they’re hitting their strides.

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IBJ Podcast: Pete the Planner on the chances for recession, plus petrodollars, mortgage rates and TACO trades

April 6, 2026 | Mason KingMason King

Stalled tanker traffic at the Strait of Hormuz has disrupted the global oil market, and stock investors have yo-yoed along with mixed signals from Washington, D.C.

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IBJ Podcast: Mitch Daniels on bringing Purdue biz programs to downtown Indy; plus AI, Social Security

March 30, 2026 | Mason KingMason King

The former Indiana governor and president of Purdue University also addresses one of the biggest political, academic and economic debates of the last decade: What is the value of a college degree?

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IBJ Podcast: Downtown barbershop owner anticipating Final Four, new hotels, ‘big boom ahead’

March 23, 2026 | Mason KingMason King

As Red’s Classic Barber Shop claws its way back from the pandemic years, William Hogg is bullish on downtown development and says safety concerns shouldn’t be overblown.

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IBJ Podcast: What are the opportunities for humans as AI impacts workforce?

March 16, 2026 | Mason KingMason King

Jamie Merisotis, CEO of Lumina Foundation, says we need to focus on how we can complement AI and excel at work best handled with human skills as the technology encroaches on even the C-suite.

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IBJ Podcast: Originally on path to be preacher, Damar CEO leads efforts to aid thousands per day

March 9, 2026 | Mason KingMason King

Over Jim Dalton’s 24 years as a Damar executive, the nonprofit’s annual budget has increased from about $4 million to more than $140 million, and its employee count has swelled from 67 to about 1,400.

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IBJ Podcast: Inside Christel House’s plan to expand its global network of schools

March 2, 2026 | Mason KingMason King

CEO Davis Harris discusses the challenges of continuing Christel House’s mission without its founder and establishing operations in Colombia and Nepal.

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IBJ Podcast: How Mom Water got hot, and the answer to, ‘Am I the best person to be CEO?’

February 23, 2026 | Mason KingMason King

Jill and Bryce Morrison spill on their mom-and-pop leap of faith, the wisdom in handing over the CEO reins, and the creation of their new product based on unsweetened tea.

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IBJ Podcast: Here’s how BiomEdit raised $18.4M in a tough VC year

February 16, 2026

BiomEdit CEO Aaron Schacht talks about the strategy behind the round and the changes the animal health startup had to make to secure the money it needed to bring its first product to market,

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IBJ Podcast: City-County Council’s new chief of staff on role models, soft power and public policy

February 9, 2026 | Mason KingMason King

Once a special assistant to Mayor Bart Peterson, Doran Moreland has returned to the City-County Building to help guide the council as it focuses on policymaking, collaboration and transparency.

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Hancock Health podcast aims to speak to female patients

February 6, 2026 | Daniel Bradley

Jenn Wells, an executive at the Greenfield-based health care system, is trying to make difficult conversations more accessible through a women’s health podcast she started last fall called “Just Jenn.”

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IBJ Podcast: Pete the Planner answers, ‘Stocks are at all-time highs, so why am I terrified?’

February 2, 2026 | Mason KingMason King

Peter Dunn and host Mason King explore the gap between positive economic news on the macro level and the pessimism many consumers are feeling about their personal finances.

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IBJ Podcast: Two perspectives on IU’s championship game in Miami

January 26, 2026

On the podcast this week, guest host Lesley Weidenbener talks with IBJ owner Nate Feltman and reporter Dave Lindquist, who both went to Miami but have different perspectives on the event.

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IBJ Podcast: Explaining the blitz of news about the Bears’ potential move to Indiana

January 19, 2026 | Mason KingMason King

Several surprising developments in the last two weeks show that Indiana is moving quickly to lay the groundwork for a stadium, the Bears are giving the state serious consideration and that some Illinois officials are seriously concerned about losing the team.

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