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Indiana's go-to guy for political coverage joins the show for an update. May 11, 2021 Adam Wren, national features correspondent for Insider and repeat Monthly Weekly guest, is a familiar voice to Hoosier readers whether in the pages of Indianapolis Monthly, his features for Politico Magazine, or his scoopy politics newsletter Importantville. In just the first few months of his new role he’s already tackled big stories including Pete Buttigieg’s campaign to remake the Department of Transportation, Republican Sen. Todd Young’s attempts to find bipartisanship in a polarized Washington, an...

The savvy Pacers analyst and reporter joins the Monthly Weekly as the playoffs draw near. April 20, 2021 The end of the COVID-shortened 2020-21 NBA season is roughly a month away, and Caitlin Cooper of the SB Nation Pacers blog Indy Cornrows joins the Monthly Weekly to talk about what the postseason might look like for Indy’s OG pro franchise. Caitlin breaks down the team’s bad injury luck and disappointing on-the-court play, the midseason departure of former IU star Victor Oladipo, and the progress of rookie head coach Nate Bjorkgren, before talking about what it’s been like to cover a...

“Hoosiers” Screenwriter Angelo Pizzo On Bringing Indiana To Life For The Screen The Hollywood veteran joins the Monthly Weekly to tell a few stories from behind the scenes. April 6, 2021 Bloomington native Angelo Pizzo is one of the key creative forces behind iconic Indiana sports films like “Hoosiers” and “Rudy,” and has worked in the entertainment industry now for more than four decades. He joined the Monthly Weekly this week to talk about what it took to bring Hoosier basketball culture realistically to life, what “Breaking Away” got wrong about his hometown, how to sustain...

Indiana University’s Dr. Aaron E. Carroll On Running Schools Safely During COVID-19 The doctor joins the Monthly Weekly to talk about the past, present, and future of the pandemic in Indiana. February 16, 2021 When Dr. Aaron E. Carroll joined the team tasked with ensuring IU Hoosiers’ safe return to school last fall, he knew it wasn’t the science he’d have to figure out, there being a standard playbook in place for managing the spread of diseases like COVID-19 — it would be the logistics and implementation of that playbook, including getting buy-in from a justifiably fearful and ske...

The Indy-based maker talks about how her nonprofit survived and thrived in 2020. February 9, 2021 In December Indianapolis Monthly published a series of first-person essays from various “Heroes of the Pandemic” around the city that included Consuelo Poland, the founder of the Latinas Welding Guild. The Latinas Welding Guild trains minority women to enter a field that’s overwhelmingly (96 percent, according to recent statistics) male. This week, she joins the Monthly Weekly to talk about her experience growing up in a largely white Northern Michigan community, discovering welding through...