IBJ Podcast: Pete the Planner on new rules for retirement
The change in the so-called “4% rule” has podcast host Mason King worried, and so he and Peter “Pete the Planner” Dunn dive into the details in search of clarity.
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IBJ Podcast: Buy your gifts now (and other tips for the 2021 holiday shopping season)
Retailing expert John Talbott tells host Mason King that the supply-chain issues that have plagued commerce since the start of the pandemic are expected to complicate gift buying and limit stock for some products. You won’t get any second chances.
IBJ Podcast: Martha Hoover (Part 2 of 2) on how the restaurant industry is broken
Hoover—known for restaurants including Cafe Patachou, Public Greens and Napolese—tells host Mason King that the industry has historically put too much emphasis on quantity and price at the expense of quality, as well as the people making the food.
IBJ Podcast: Patachou’s Martha Hoover on surviving the pandemic, prepping to expand (part 1 of 2)
Hoover tells host Mason King—in the first of a two-part interview—that Patachou is now “very healthy,” in part because she and her leadership team started making some tough decisions pre-pandemic to streamline and become more efficient.
IBJ Podcast: ‘Old-school’ agent Matt McLaughlin hits $1 billion in career home sales for Tucker
Host Mason King sat down with McLaughlin to learn how he closed so many sales, what makes his approach different and what he thinks about central Indiana’s red-hot real estate market.
IBJ Podcast: Indiana’s workforce leader talks unemployment, labor markets and minimum wage
Host Mason King talks with Fred Payne, commissioner of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, about what the state is doing to help more Hoosiers find jobs and more companies find workers.
IBJ Podcast: Can you afford to quit your job and be part of the Great Resignation?
Host Mason King talks with Peter “Pete the Planner” Dunn about how to prepare financially to leave your job. Plus, Pete offers a prediction about the stock market as the year comes to a close.
IBJ Podcast: Driverless race cars to compete in first-ever challenge at Speedway
The Indy Lights-style cars will be outfitted with sophisticated sensors to recognize their (quickly changing) surroundings. The cars then will rely on their programming to navigate the oval at speeds expected to reach 100 miles per hour.
IBJ Podcast: Will a joint men’s and women’s Final Four solve the NCAA’s equity problem?
Host Mason King talks with IBJ sports business reporter Mickey Shuey and with Michelle Perry, a former NCAA executive and now a sports consultant, about what a combined Final Four event could mean for the city of Indianapolis, women’s basketball and the sport’s fans.
IBJ Podcast: Baby-delivering biz shifting with Riley’s $142M maternity tower
IBJ health reporter John Russell toured the facility and talks with host Mason King about what he saw and how the tower fits into the increasingly competitive business of maternity care.
IBJ Podcast: Here’s how to keep the Great Resignation from hitting your company
Host Mason King talks with IBJ workplace columnists Garrett Mintz, founder of consulting firm Ambition in Motion, and Mandy Haskett, a leadership consultant at Carmel-based Advisa, about how companies can engage with workers in a way that encourages them to stay in their jobs.
IBJ Podcast: Pete the Planner explains how to pay (and how not to pay) for college
Host Mason King talks with Peter “Pete the Planner” Dunn this week about when parents need to start saving, what savings vehicles to use and whether parents should go into debt to fund their kids’ education.
IBJ Podcast: Dale Neuburger explains what Indy can learn from the Tokyo Olympics
IBJ sports business reporter Mickey Shuey talked with former Indiana Sports Corp. President Dale Neuburger about his experiences as the competition director for swimming in Tokyo.
IBJ Podcast: Why did IBJ Media buy Inside INdiana Business?
IBJ Media CEO and co-owner Nate Feltman joins Gerry Dick, now president of the new Inside INdiana Business division of IBJ Media, to break down what the deal means for subscribers, other news consumers and the business community in general.
IBJ Podcast: Will the Prosecutor’s Office move to the new Community Justice Campus?
Host Mason King talks with IBJ reporters Leslie Bonilla Muñiz and Mickey Shuey about why Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears is hesitant about moving to the Twin Aire site and why the mayor wants the office at the campus.
IBJ Podcast: How is the Big Car arts group changing the Garfield Park neighborhood?
Host Mason King talks with Big Car CEO Jim Walker about the art campus the organization has developed in the neighborhood and how the group is trying to ensure artists aren’t eventually priced out of being there.
IBJ Podcast: Why are emergency rooms sending ambulances to other hospitals?
On July 26, at least 10 hospitals across the Indianapolis area issued messages to ambulance drivers that their emergency rooms needed to limit incoming patients. Please try to find another destination, hospitals said. This is an extreme example of a phenomenon that has become much more common in recent months—ambulance diversions.
IBJ Podcast: Climate change could scorch and soak Indiana while reshaping key industries, Purdue center says
Indiana isn’t seeing the intense heat waves and flash-flooding that other parts of the world are experiencing this summer, but models show our winters will dwindle, our summers will have many more days above 95ºF and rainfall will continue to increase.
IBJ Podcast: Indy Chamber’s shift in focus pays dividends
Guest host Lesley Weidenbener interviews Indy Chamber CEO Michael Huber and the group’s director of economic development, Vincent Ash, about the programs that won it Chamber of the Year honors.
IBJ Podcast: Downtown hotel projects pipeline largely intact despite pandemic
Host Mason King chats with IBJ real estate reporter Mickey Shuey about the state of the hotel industry in Indy and which projects are completed, underway and on hold.