Ray talks to Fox 2 Detroit’s Charlie LeDuff on his book about his hometown: This is one reason Charlie LeDuff is my favorite TV news person: There are countless other examples. Charlie is also dead serious about his hometown of Detroit, as well as his belief that what’s happening in Detroit could happen anywhere else. […]

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Charlie LeDuff: Detroit, An American Autopsy

Ray talks to Thomas Lauderdale, founder of Pink Martini: Two months ago, I had heard of the Pink Panty Pulldown, though admittedly not at all since my college days, but I had not heard of Pink Martini. Pink Martini is a band.  A damn good one, too.  I wish I could tell you what kind […]

Pink Martini & The Von Trapps

My interview w/Chris Plante of the National Organization for Marriage: UPDATE #2 (2/21/2014) If Chris Plante from NOM spoke to “state lawmakers”, my guess is that he did not speak to House Speaker Brian Bosma.  The Speaker said yesterday that there is no way to get any part of HJR-3 on the 2014 ballot.  The […]

Gay Marriage Ban Off The Ballot This Year. Or Is It?

Listen to Ray’s interview with Kenneth Dau-Schmidt, Professor of Labor and Employment Law at IU’s Maurer School of Law: Great talk with the William and Margaret Carr Professor of Labor and Employment Law at the Maurer School of Law at Indiana University (deep breath!).  Frankly, he doesn’t know exactly what is going to happen, because […]

Can college athletes form a union?

Listen: My WIBC report on my visit to a UIndy marketing class to get their take on the new state tourism slogan Dear Indiana Office of Tourism Development, Don’t misunderstand.  I am not trying to play dog-pile on the wabbit.  However, you can’t ignore the criticism of the “Honest To Goodness Indiana” slogan you chose.  […]

“Honest To Goodness Indiana?” Young people don’t think so

Listen to Ray’s interview with Frank Ferrante, star of An Evening With Groucho: Doggone it, I love me some Groucho.  Don’t scoff at Frank Ferrante if you haven’t seen his show on public TV or on YouTube.  He loves Groucho and the Marx Brothers and has spent years perfecting this show. The thing about Groucho […]

Frank Ferrante: An Evening With Groucho, at The Center For The Performing Arts

UPDATE: The Senate passed HJR-3, but with no ban on civil unions – Delph did not offer his amendment after a meeting of the Republican caucus. The resolution passed 32-to-17, with Delph keeping his promise to vote no.  Four other Republicans voted no.  Senator Richard Young was the only Democrat in either the House or […]

Mike Delph On Marriage, Senate Republicans, and Twitter

LISTEN: Louis Erwin, a survivor of the attack on the USS Indianapolis: When I first met Louis Erwin, it was almost like old home day.  Erwin, 88, is a native of East Ridge, Tennessee, right next door to the place of my birth, Chattanooga.  Erwin is also one of 38 remaining survivors of the sinking […]

Louis Erwin, USS Indianapolis survivor, plans on being around for the new movie about the attack

LISTEN: Rev. Charles Harrison w/Ten Point Coalition of Indy: This week, we found out that the murder rate in Indianapolis is now higher than that of Chicago.  Many of those murders are committed by young black men against other young black men.   Rev. Charles Harrison (pictured at the podium) with the Ten Point Coalition […]

Rev. Charles Harrison wonders if anyone cares about black-on-black crime in Indy

LISTEN: Ray Steele with the Big Guy, Ryback, from March 11, 2013: Looky what I found in the archive!  My short but kick booty visit from The Big Guy, Ryback, who is back in town tonight for the WWE live event at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indy.  He was a good Big Guy back then; […]

From the Archives: Ryback, back in Indy with the WWE tonight!

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