IBJ Podcast: Pete the Planner on whether buying a home is always a smart investment
It’s not at all necessary to get started right away, and there’s a navigable path for renters in the 40s to end up in a very comfortable situation by retirement.
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IBJ Podcast: ‘It all comes back to relationships,’ says banker turned small-biz owner
Something was missing from her career as a commercial lender, and Cindy Schum found it in a small firm that sold janitorial and cleaning supplies. After early trepidation, she realized she already had the key to entrepreneurship.
IBJ Podcast: She kept her job but hit the road, lived in a school bus and reclaimed her calling
Karmen Johnson explains how she kept her job with an Indy-based credit union while exploring the country—and then added a career in art after a near-fatal accident brought it all into focus.
IBJ Podcast: Who’s afraid of the big, bad FAFSA? Here’s what families can expect this fall.
If you think you’re too well off to receive help paying for college, you’re probably wrong. And the process for filing the FAFSA isn’t nearly as arduous today as its reputation suggests.
IBJ Podcast: Christine Brennan on Caitlin Clark’s cultural influence and the WNBA’s growing pains
The sports broadcasting veteran speaks candidly on her new book about Clark, the WNBA’s flawed handling of Clark’s debut and its continuing struggle with balancing promotion, parity and politics
IBJ Podcast: Indy’s fast-rising chief of community outreach on potholes, curbside recycling, rural roots
In eight years, Butler grad Natalie van Dongen she risen from an internship with the mayor’s office to the city’s point person for addressing the concerns and complaints of nearly 1 million people.
IBJ Podcast: Indiana’s first Miss Basketball on Caitlin Clark and 50 years of progress
Judi Warren explains how girls in the early 1970s had to fight for respect, funding and even decent practice time—and then how quickly attitudes changed after she guided Warsaw to the first state championship in 1976.
IBJ Podcast: ‘Am I crazy for doing this?’ asks attorney turned bookstore owner
Tiffany Phillips discusses how she got Wild Geese Bookshop off the ground, developed a national reputation and fights fears that championing the printed word in retail “doesn’t make any sense.”
IBJ Podcast: Pete the Planner’s advice for Gen X’s retirement dilemmas
Gen Xers who have retirement accounts have saved on average a measly $180,000, and nearly 50% of Gen Xers don’t even have a retirement plan. Among the hot topics: When’s the best time to start taking Social Security, given that it’s headed for a funding deficit in 2033?
IBJ Podcast: Purdue’s plans for downtown Indy and city’s move to fix West Street
IBJ’s Mickey Shuey unpacks Purdue’s high-density strategy to serve 15,000 students per year by 2075. He also digs deep into perhaps the greatest hindrance to growth in the northwest sector of downtown.
IBJ Podcast: CEO of fast-growing Indy housing developer on urban and suburban markets, being ‘a joiner’
Kelli Lawrence of Onyx + East discuss quadrupling revenue in five years, the economics of developing and pricing the firm’s projects and being the only woman in the room early in her career.
IBJ Podcast: Doug Boles on his ‘physically and emotionally draining’ May in dual role for Speedway, IndyCar
Boles discusses delivering bad news to Roger Penske in the glare of high-profile penalties before the Indy 500—plus efforts to improve car inspections and create an independent officiating board. And are TV blackouts really necessary?
IBJ Podcast: How Irsay’s daughters carved out big roles with Colts and could handle succession
Through past interviews with Carlie Irsay-Gordon and Kalen Jackson and new reporting from IBJ’s Mickey Shuey, this week’s podcast explores how the three Irsay sisters became key figures in the franchise and what challenges they soon could face.
IBJ’s new podcast, Beyond Clarkonomics, debuts Friday
IBJ Media’s new podcast, Beyond Clarkonomics, examines how Caitlin Clark’s rise to stardom has sent shockwaves through the franchise, the league and central Indiana.
IBJ Podcast: Explaining the Indy 500 tumult, Team Penske scandal and firings, and what’s important
Longtime motorsports journalist John Oreovicz joins host Mason King to explain the relevance of the latest Team Penske controversy and the firings of three top executives just days before the Indy 500.
IBJ Podcast: Whatever happened to downtown’s elevated People Mover?
The tram recorded roughly 6 million rider trips on a 1.4-mile track running between Methodist Hospital, University Hospital and Riley Hospital for Children. But it came to a screeching halt in 2019.
IBJ Podcast: Pete the Planner on student loan collections, recessions, stagflation (and holding our breath)
As the U.S. economy contracts, consumer confidence weakens and we await the impact of tariffs, millions of student loan holders must redirect their income to payments. Pete Dunn helps us get a footing in this economic limbo.
IBJ Podcast: Inside the Legislature’s wild session on tax breaks, hospitals, IEDC and more
Three journalists who covered the budget-writing session recap the twists and turns of the four-month assembly as lawmakers locked bumpers over ways to save Hoosiers money and hit a revenue sinkhole.
IBJ Podcast: Indiana NIL guru says settlement threatens ‘what we love about college sports’
Pete Yonkman, the founder of two NIL collectives, foresees a blizzard of lawsuits and a college sports landscape in which a relative handful of schools can attract top talent and compete for championships.
IBJ Podcast: UConn champion Kelley Gay applies on-court lessons as corporate VP in Indy
Gay, senior vice president and CMO of OneAmerica Financial, discusses the importance of learning your role in a large organization while understanding how everyone contributes, when to celebrate your wins and when to push your team.