What does Joe Dimaggio, Muhammad Ali, Rudolph Valentino, Red Grange all have in common? They were all married at the Crwon Point Courthouse in Indiana. Bruce Woods, the Lake County Indiana Historian talks with us about the famous Marriage Mill

Film Director Kendall Goldberg talks about her feature film

Mar 11th, 2020 15m 55s

Indiana has its share of notable filmmakers. Sydney Pollack, Angelo Pizzo, John Hancock, Fred Willamson. You name it. We interview one of the next generation of Hoosier film directors. Kendall started making films in her hometown of Munster, I

Film Director Kendall Goldberg in ININ Ep 202

Mar 11th, 2020 15m 55s

Mont Handley talks entrepreneurship, Pitt Moss and Shark Tank

Jan 16th, 2020 33m 58s

We first heard of Mont Handley while watching the hit show Shark Tank where entrepreneurs pitch their businesses to Mark Cuban and his team of sharks. His product Pitt Moss was amazing and can have a large impact on our environment and how we

Mont Handley of Pitt Moss ININ Ep 201

Jan 16th, 2020 33m 58s

Talking With WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy Valiant the Boogie Woogie Man

Nov 4th, 2018 36m 43s

Few professional wrestlers have had as long and as colorful career as Jimmy Valiant the Boogie Woogie Man. Jimmy grew up in Hammond Indiana and began traveling the wrestling circuit in the late 60s. He gained a strong work ethic from mentors l

Saving the Planet with Green Tree Plastics

Sep 26th, 2018 21m 12s

Plastic. It's been a lifesaver and helped us to progress in ways we couldn't imagine a hundred years ago. It has also become one of our greatest environmental concerns in recent years. For our first Indiana Business spotlight we talk with Bre

Interview with Angelo Pizzo, writer/producer of Hoosiers and Rudy

Jul 25th, 2018 46m 47s

Hoosiers and Rudy are not only great Indiana sports films, they are considered two of the best sports movies of all time. We talk with Angelo Pizzo, who along with director David Anspaugh created both films. He's also written dozens of other sc

Tim Stoddard, MLB Pitcher, State Champ and NCAA Champ

Jul 3rd, 2018 29m 57s

Tim Stoddard had an impressive career as a relief pitcher in the Majors for 13 years but his accolaides don't stop there. Stoddard was also part of the Undefeated state champion East Chicago basketball team and an enforcer on the NC State NCAA

Nobel Laureate in Medicine Ferid Murad

Jun 13th, 2018 31m 14s

Ferid Murad won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1998, but thats not the extent of his accolades. He also won the ALbert Lasker Award for Basic Medical research has earned multiple honorary doctorates and has taken on executive lev

New York Knicks Legend Dick Barnett from Gary, Indiana

May 18th, 2018 33m 2s

Barnett is not just a New York Knicks legend, but a basketball legend. From the historic Indiana state championship game in at the Butler field house in 1955, which was the first time two all black teams competed for the trophy, to his two NBA

Filmmaker John Hancock on Independent Film and Fruit Farms

Apr 27th, 2018 37m

John Hancock is known for many films that could not be more different from each other. His first feature, Let's Scare Jessica to Death, is a cult horror classic. Bang the Drum Slowly, a baseball sports drama, featured a young Robert DeNiro as

Filmmaker John Hancock Talks About Prancer, De Niro and more

Apr 27th, 2018 37m

David Neville, USA Track and Field Olympian

Apr 11th, 2018 32m 41s

Interesting Indiana has a conversation with Olympic runner David Neville who won a Bronze medal in the 400m and Gold medal in the 4x400m relay in the 2008 Olympics. Neville grew up in Highland and Merrillville Indiana and was a standout runner

Astronaut Jerry Ross on NASA and Space Walking

Mar 21st, 2018 44m 6s

Being an astronaut is probably one of the most elite professions in the world. On this episode we talk with Col. Jerry Ross, a Lake County Indiana native and current world record holder in space walks. Mr. Ross helped with the construction of

Interview with Fred "The Hammer" Williamson

Feb 26th, 2018 1h 3m

For the inaugural Interesting Indiana podcast we interview a legend of sports and big screen. Fred "The Hammer" Williamson grew up in Gary, Indiana before becoming a standout athlete at Northwestern University and eventually an NFL legend who

Intereting Indiana 001 Fred "The Hammer" Williamson

Feb 19th, 2018 1h 3m

Interesting Indiana 001

Feb 14th, 2018 1h 3m

On the inaugural episode of the Interesting Indiana podcast we interview one if the key figures in black cinema. Gary native, Fred Williamson first gained national fame as an outspoken defensive back in the NFL. After an exciting career in pr

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