The Boss Hog of Liberty

Jeremiah Morrell, Zach Burcham, and Mason Rottinghaus are your hosts for episode 225. A fun wandering episode. New candidates for a variety of local offices. County Council and Sheriff are going to have all kinds of contested races. Muncie dominates the news. A school board member is arrested, someone got locked in a freezer in a green card marriage that was called off. The Indianapolis airport is...

Jeremiah Morrell, Dakota Davis, Jesse Riddle, and Zach Burcham are your hosts for episode 224. Friend of the show, Tom Saunders is retiring. Some names are already in the mix to run for the seat that will be open in 2022. Significant rumour coming from the internet about the infrastructure bill. Are we going to have mileage based taxes? Privacy concerns, autonomous drivers, free riders. The debate...

Jeremiah Morrell, Dakota Davis, Mason Rottinghaus, and Zach Burcham are your hosts for episode 223. Henry County went “red” again, causing the cancellation of the Fourth Friday’s event this week. Meanwhile, youth sports are still happening. Concerts are occurring all over the state. We dig into the metrics of a “red” county and if it is a fair representation. There is a farmer in Texas who is havi...

Jeremiah Morrell, Jesse Riddle, Mark Fultz, and Zach Burcham are your hosts for episode 222. New proposed legislative maps are out. Jeremiah attempts to explain why the matter; Jesse objects to any of it. Millennials are about to hit 40...We take stock in where they are in life now, compared to Gen X and Boomers. We have a deep debate over summer, is it over? Or what triggers the end of summer? An...

Jeremiah Morrell and Zach Burcham are your hosts for episode 221. Surprise announcement from the Biden Administration mandating employers with 100+ workers to do weekly testing or vaccinate employees, using OSHA. We hear about Vermont troopers who faked cards, a crazy story about Bear Hunting on private property. We dig into the NFL season, and preview the final weeks of the IndyCar calendar. Our...

Jeremiah Morrell, Dakota Davis, Jesse Riddle, and Zach Burcham are your hosts for episode 220. Dakota got his sleeve, Food and Beverage tax money is going to be spent again. Dakota and Jesse want a trail, Zach wants to expand the skate park, Jeremiah thinks they should expand Summit Lake amenities...Nobody remembered to mention that taxation is theft. A football team scammed their way into an ESPN...

Jeremiah Morrell, Dakota Davis, and Zach Burcham are your hosts for episode 219. Zach had a big NASCAR weekend, Cancellations are happening for major events. Garth Brooks has cancelled his stadium tour, including concerts that had already been rescheduled twice. Indiana schools are trending towards virtual again; the State government is looking at changing health departments. The Afghanistan war i...

Jeremiah Morrell, Dakota Davis, and Darrin Jacobs are your hosts for episode 218. Did you know that Dakota loves Gordon Lightfoot? Jeremiah needs to bring him a tee shirt from the shipwreck museum. Darrin grew some peppers that we are afraid of eating. County employees are found to be way underpaid compared to their peers; New York is getting a new Governor; and school dress codes are flaring up i...

Jeremiah Morrell, Dakota Davis and Zach Burcham are your hosts for episode 217. Things are changing again. Some businesses are adding mask requirements again. New York City has introduced a NYC Pass, that is essentially an apple wallet passport card....The predictable outcome. Major events are happening, but for how long? Garth Brooks is potentially putting his scheduled stadium tour on hold. The...

Jeremiah Morrell, Zach Burcham, and Mason Rottinghaus are your hosts for episode 215.  A 5:00 monsoon stole Dakota from us, It looks like a there might be an infrastructure bill coming through Congress. More COVID talk and “guidance” coming from the CDC and locals. The Olympics are happening, but other than one storyline, it does not seem to be connecting with the American viewer. Jeremiah thinks...

Jeremiah Morrell and Jesse Riddle are your hosts for episode 214. Sean Row is your featured guest, Zach Burcham is back in the state and at his post as producer. Fun rapid fire episode; Indiana got sued and has to pay unemployment $300 kicker; Jeff Bezos is an Astronaut, the Olympics are starting; Sean is worried that Conservatives are just the outrage organization now. And there is more vaccine t...

Jeremiah Morrell, Dakota Davis, and Jesse Riddle are your hosts for episode 214. Two big topics tonight. The USA is leaving Afghanistan, and former President Bush is questioning the decision to get out, because of the vacuum it will provide. Dakota attempts to argue the point. Does it work? The Biden Administration has issued an Executive Order on the issue of “Right to Repair” which is wide rangi...

Jeremiah Morrell and Dakota Davis are your hosts for episode 213. Chris Stayton is your producer. Our featured guest is Chris May, Executive Director of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. We talk through the history of the Hall of Fame, how it landed in New Castle, the exhibits, the bricks out front, incredible guests, and the phenomenal gift that was just received. Another worldwide landmark ri...

Quick update from Mid Ohio Sports Car Course; Jeremiah Morrell, Zach Burcham, Chris Gault and Joey Mulinaro of Barstool sports are taking in the weekend. Zach got a 2 seater ride, Gault rode in a pace car, Joey is covering the race for Barstool. Special visitors at the camp last night, and we have winning picks. Tune into the race on NBC today at noon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...

Jeremiah Morrell, Jesse Riddle, and Zach Burcham are your hosts for episode 212. It was a tough week for the BHOL family, as our friend Steve Horwitz passed away over the weekend. We talked about our relationship with Steve, what he meant to us, and some favorite memories. We also talk about our weekend on the Silver Crown car at Eldora with Kyle Robbins, Independence Day weekend traditions and ar...

Jeremiah Morrell, Jesse Riddle, and Zach Burcham are your guides to episode 211. Darrin Jacobs is our featured guest; the previous zoning administrator for Henry County Indiana. We talk through a recent zoning application that was denied. Why do some uses get approved, why do some fail? We have a great test case in Spiceland township! In sports, the Pacers brought a new coach into town, who is act...

Jeremiah Morrell, Dakota Davis, and Zach Burcham are your guides to episode 210. We have a bittersweet episode with Mark Brim; he is leaving Indiana for the green green pastures of South Dakota. he has launched a new You Tube page called “Clueless Farmer” where we can follow along with his journey. In protest of his departure, Indiana had an earthquake. There was cake, ice cream, and an exit inter...

Jeremiah Morrell, Dakota Davis, and Zach Burcham are your guides to episode 209. Its high school graduation season, and it made Dakota think about High School. Would you want to go back? Would you tell yourself to do something differently? Are reunions ruined by social media? We also talk about some local park upgrades that might be bonded for...And rapid fire; Mike Pence’s new house, where do you...

Jeremiah Morrell and Jesse Riddle are your host lineup for tonight! Making his grand return to the show is Steve Horwitz, the distinguished professor of free enterprise at Ball State University. Zach Burcham is our producer this go around! The economy is off to a clunky re-start. We examine the dynamics of fuel/energy conditions, lumber pricing is wild, homes are off the charts expensive. Labor ma...

Jeremiah Morrell and Zach Burcham are your hosts for the fourth annual Indy 500 race preview episode! Joining us are Mike McKown, Forrest Plank, and in the producer’s chair is Blake McKown, auditioning for BHOL 8 the Ocho. Anticipation is building for the biggest gathering of humans in one place since the pandemic began. Masks are “required” but most folks are only wearing them when walking around...

Local governments are getting millions of dollars in COVID cash. Henry County Indiana is expecting over 9 million, the City of New Castle is expecting 3 million plus. Local communities have until 2024 to spend the funds….We talk through if this should exist at all, what possible uses there are, and what other areas are doing. North Carolina is going to spend 30 million dollars of their windfall on...

Jeremiah Morrell, Zach Burcham, and Jesse Riddle piece things together. Our featured guest is Mark Fultz. Dakota Davis is off saving people from darkness. https://bosshog.fireside.fm/222 This is the episode where all technology decides to break. A rare audio only episode that was off the rails before the show even started. The guys try to pick up the pieces and had a classic fun, wandering episode...

Jeremiah Morrell and Dakota Davis are your hosts, Zach Burcham is the producer. Our featured guest is Darrel Radford, local journalist and author. https://bosshog.fireside.fm/221 We got the chance to talk to recently retired Darrel Radford, who has been covering the local news beat since the 1970’s, topics include the local newspaper industry, how times have changed for the news business. Darrel a...

Jeremiah Morrell and Zach Burcham are your hosts this week. Kyle Robbins returns for third chair duties, and our featured guest is John Oreovicz. https://bosshog.fireside.fm/220 Episode 203 is racing laden as we move into the spring season! John has written a brand new book “Indy Split” that is going to be available at https://octanepress.com/book/indy-split/indy500_CART_IRL_USAC_racing and on Ama...

Jeremiah Morrell and Dakota Davis are your hosts, Zach Burcham is on the producers desk, Chris Spangle is the featured guest. https://bosshog.fireside.fm/219 Episode 202 is the annual review of the BHOL podcast with Chris Spangle, founder of the network coming to town to check up on his pet project. Pat Robertson waved a gun on the 700 club. And the home rule bill was defeated in the statehouse th...