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The Pitt is a hit HBO series that covers one 15 hour shift at a fictional Pittsburgh hospital. Sarah just finished season 1 and is obsessed. How is this show like real life in a busy ER? Well…Sarah asks Tim all about his different experiences in ERs across the country. Also, Tim had his first day of being the Chief Medical Resident at a Harvard Hospital the day of the horrific Boston Marathon Bomb...

Thank you to everyone who tuned into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. Indiana News (quotes from linked articles in italics) * Around the Corn * Randy Novak, former chief of the Michigan City Fire Department and president of the LaPorte County Council, was sworn in on Wednesday as the state representative for Indiana House District 9, filling the seat previously held by ret...

The Helpful Hippie quit her job to focus on the resistance after the 2024 election. She has had to keep her identity private for her own protection since becoming an Indiana leader. The other side has relentlessly bullied and harassed her as well. But at this past No Kings rally, Hippie and some friends took time to talk to the Maga protestors and listen to their views. They realized they had a lo...

Today on Project Next, we’re sitting down with Indianapolis City Councilor Jesse Brown — a bold, independent Democrat who’s made waves by challenging the establishment and standing up for accountability. Jesse was elected in 2023 to represent Indy’s East Side, running a grassroots campaign that rejected corporate and developer money. He’s quickly become known for his willingness to speak truth to...

Every Monday from 5-7pm at the Salem Presbyterian Church the Washington County Warming Station provides a delicious meal and offers supplies to our unhoused community. Also, this church basement is open on days that are 35 degrees F or colder. This group also provides transportation to a white flag shelter. Here at Project Next we would like to thank every single individual and group that helps Th...

Ethan Sweetland-May might have been your garbage man. Now he is running for Indiana State Senate. Why is he doing this? Why would he be better than the other guy in charge? Find out during this beautiful speech at No Kings this past Saturday in Southern Indiana. Follow Ethan for State Senate on all major platforms to learn more about this fantastic human standing up for basic human rights. This is...

Thank you to everyone who tuned into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. 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

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...