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Thanks to all who came out across the country to say No Kings in America. We saw all sorts of diverse people saying we want the people to have the power in this beautiful place. Dr. Tim Peck is a CoFounder of Project Next. Listen to his speech he gave before working the night shift in the ER. Dr. Peck is also running for Congress Indiana’s 9th district. This is a public episode. If you would like...

Sarah teams up with Scott Aaron Rogers and his Hoosleft show to share what this No Kings event is all about from Salem, Indiana. Sarah interviews Ethan Sweetland-May who is running for State Senate in Southern Indiana, a dinosour, and a frog to see why people came out to say No Kings in America. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bon...

Sarah Blessing saw friends, new people, Republicans, her teenage son’s friends and more at today’s No Kings in Corydon, Indiana. Thanks to Tiffany Garcia and everyone who organized this event. A record 565 people turned out which is the best attended protest since Trump was elected in Corydon. To watch coverage from many other No Kings events across the state, tune into the Hoosleft feed on Facebo...

Get the facts and the success stories behind them when Sarah interviews Dr. Jon Macy about public health. Public health prioritizes prevention and works at the population level. Public Health has one underlying philosophy and one underlying methodology. The impacts of public health work are largely invisible and behind the scenes. There are many success stories in Public Health that we take for gr...

Sarah’s favorite Republican, Christopher Maichin, is back to discuss what online stories he is being fed and how they are different from Sarah’s. How can these two talking help you talk to those who vote differently than you? They discuss Trump, immigration, the war in Israel, No Kings, AOC, bad Indiana dems, and much more. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other sub...

Blythe Potter is running for Indiana Secretary of State, taking on Diego Morales—and now facing a new challenge from within her own party, as Beau Bye, part of the well-known Bye family in Indiana Democratic politics, enters the race. He’s young, well-funded, and backed by establishment ties. But Blythe’s campaign isn’t built on money or name recognition—it’s built on ideas, heart, and a belief th...

New Albany, Indiana has been tied up in controversy over the Providence Mill Dam — the same dam where a fourteen-year-old boy tragically drowned last year. Since then, lawsuits have piled up, deadlines have been missed, and the city council has been pushing for answers about how much taxpayer money has gone into fighting these legal battles. Mayor Jeff Gahan, who’s now in his fourth term, has done...

Indiana News (quotes from linked articles in italics) * Around the Corn * Michigan City Confirms Ransomware Attack * Mayor Angie Nelson Deuitch told the city council on Tuesday that a September 23rd outage that impacted the city’s telephone and computer networks was, in fact, an attempted ransomware attack. * The mayor said no ransom was paid, she’s confident the breach will be fixed internally, a...

What giant festival do you have in your area? Here is Southern Indiana our biggest one is Harvest Homecoming which Sarah has been attending since she was little. Sarah interviews two city council members and Jason Kerberg, the Republican cop running for sheriff. Also catch all the drama as Tim Peck starts the show and never comes back. Ha! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss thi...

Pastor Richard Gainzero of the Resurrection Lutheran Church in Madison, Indiana shares his path to his faith in a teenager in maximum adult prison and strengthened while taking care of dying prisoners for 7 years. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.projectnextindiana.com

Thank you Patricia Scott , jayemmbee , and many others for tuning in on Substack Live! Gonna simulcast on here from now on! Thanks for checking out Project Next Media! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work. US/World News (quotes from linked articles in italics) * FASCISM WATCH * Identification of Enemies of the State * Chicago Under Attack: * Armed Border Patrol agents patro...

Sarah is having some serious anxiety about the state of the country right now. Sarah has an honest conversation about the future of America with her favorite Republican, Christpher Maichin. Are Sarah and Chris seeing the same news? What fear things are being pumped out on the R side? Which ones are true? How can we stop the division to actually help our country? This is a public episode. If you wo...

Here in Southern Indiana a fast-growing program called LifeWise is pulling public-school kids out of class during the school day for off-campus Bible lessons. Lawmakers in Indiana have made it easier for districts to allow this, but families are seeing the real-world trade-offs—library time cut, specials disrupted, and kids who don’t go sometimes left with busy work. Supporters say it’s legal and...

With new medical recommendations by the President (a politician), the medical community is weighing in the facts. Come hear what the clinical evidence does and does not say about the use of Tylenol in pregnancy from Carrie Rouse, MD and Kelsey Pape, MD - two of Indianas’ OB/GYN specialists in Maternal Fetal Medicine. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscriber...

Indiana News/Around the Corn (quotes from linked articles in italics) * Around the Corn (quick headlines) * Nancy Leonard passes away * Nancy Leonard, the wife of former Indiana Pacers coach and general manager Bobby “Slick” Leonard who was considered the matriarch of the team, has died at the age of 93. * Maternal mortality rates improved, but… * Over a dozen people spoke to the state’s Interim S...

Humane World for Animals is changing the world for animals, fighting to end animal cruelty and suffering across the globe. Today, Sarah Blessing is joined by Samantha Chapman, Indiana state director and policy volunteer Jessica Irvine for Humane World for Animals. Humane World is working to advance laws at the federal, state and local levels to eradicate animal cruelty at its source. Currently, Hu...

Scott Johanningsmeier co-authored a beautiful book coming out September 23 called "Jesus Was". Scott was inspired to write this after the January 6th riots on the capital. What was Jesus actually like? How is that relevant now when our country is deeply politically divided? Sarah wouldn’t normally invite a pastor on her show because she has some religious trauma from her teenage years. However, sh...

Indiana News/Around the Corn (quotes from linked articles in italics) * Department of Corrections * Resumes $6.1M in jail payments to 41 counties * [DOC spokesperson Annie Goeller] explained that two separate streams of payments are at issue: * funding tied to Level 6 felony diversions, and per diem reimbursements for state prisoners held in county jails awaiting transfer. * Goeller said the outst...

MadVoters stands for Mutually Assured Democracy. This group of volunteers are on the frontlines fighting for a fair government, thriving families, promising futures, and freedom for all. They are hosting local civics literacy labs all over the state of Indiana. Find out how you can join, or if you live in another elsewhere, does your state have something similar? Veronica Combs joins Sarah to talk...

Sarah Blessing and her favorite Republican, Christopher Maichin, discuss the extremely powerful way propaganda on both political sides is making the fear, hate, and division of this country worse. How do we identify this, get ourselves out of it, and work together to save our great nation? Sarah and Chris discover fascinating ways the propaganda shows us serious issues differently. They dive into...

Today we’re taking on an issue that doesn’t always make headlines, but it impacts more Hoosier families than many people realize. When we talk about gun policy, the focus often lands on crime or mass tragedies. But in Indiana, the leading cause of gun-related deaths isn’t what most expect — it’s self-harm. We’re joined by Dr. Jon Macy, a public health professor at Indiana University and an expert...

Indiana Stories (quotes from linked articles in italics) * How social media played part in 1/3 of youth gun homicides in Indianapolis * Over several months, reporters from Axios Indianapolis and Chalkbeat Indiana reviewed hundreds of pages of court documents and interviewed key stakeholders to better understand what is driving youth gun violence in the city. * Since 2020, nearly 200 kids have been...

Today we’re joined by State Representative Carey Hamilton, who serves District 87 on Indy’s northside and is the Democratic Caucus Chair in the Indiana House. First elected in 2016, she sits on Utilities, Energy & Telecommunications, Roads & Transportation, and Ethics, and she founded the bipartisan Legislative Trails Caucus. This year she authored a bipartisan bill—HEA 1289—expanding workforce de...

Indiana Stories (quotes from linked articles in italics) * Fever star Caitlin Clark ruled out for rest of WNBA season * Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark has been ruled out for the remainder of the 2025 WNBA season due to injury, she announced on social media Thursday night. * Clark, the 2024 No. 1 pick, had been limited to 13 games this season and hadn't appeared since July 15 when she suffered a...