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Tribune-Star columnist Mark Bennett talks with author Candacy Taylor about her powerful new book, “Overground Railroad: The ‘Green Book’ and the Roots of Black Travel in America.”

Tribune-Star columnist Mark Bennett speaks with author Larry Tye about his recent book 'Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy' and its impact on Vigo County native Wendell Furry.

Carly Schmitt, president of the League of Women Voters' Vigo County chapter, talks about vote-by-mail and the upcoming general election.

Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, talks to Tribune-Star columnist Mark Bennett about the surge of execution activity at the federal death penalty, and what Americans should know about the federal death penalty and how and why it exists.

Tribune-Star content editor Mark Fitton recently spoke with Indiana Sen. Mike Braun during a stop in Terre Haute in early July.

Tribune-Star editor Max Jones talks to Alex Kor, son of Holocaust survivors Eva Mozes Kor and Michael 'Mickey' Kor of Terre Haute, about the death of his mother on July 4, 2019, and and her continuing legacy of forgiveness.

Tribune-Star editor Max Jones talks with Indiana State University's Dr. Adeyemi Doss, a faculty member of the DEPARTMENT OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDIES, about the impact the first several months of 2020, with a pandemic, economic upheaval and civil unrest, have had on the African American community.

Tribune-Star editor Max Jones talks with Tom Steiger, director of Indiana State University's Center for Student Research and Creativity, on the social impact the USA has seen in the last five months of 2020 with a coronavirus pandemic and social upheaval. 

Tribune-Star editor Max Jones talks with Sister Barbara Battista, Community Organizer/Justice Promoter for The Sisters of Providence at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Tribune-Star editor Max Jones talks with sports editor Todd Golden about his research and series of stories on the Glenn High School boys basketball teams and its struggles with integration in the late 1940s and early 1950s, the team's success and an investigation into an overage player that led to banishment from the IHSAA and the vacating of tournament titles.

Tribune-Star columnist Mark Bennett talks with Dave Leip, originator and manager of the U.S. Atlas of Presidential Elections, https://uselectionatlas.org/. Leip's calculations for the Atlas revealed Vigo County's status as the nation's bellwether county for presidential elections. A majority of Vigo County voters have voted for the eventual winning candidate in every election since 1888, except for 1908 (WJ Bryan instead of Taft) and 1952 (Adlai Stevenson instead of Eisenhower.)

Terre Haute Tribune-Star columnist Mark Bennett talks with Andy Downs, Director of the Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics at Purdue University-Fort Wayne about the upcoming Indiana primary election.

State Rep. Tonya Pfaff (D), IN-43, talks with Tribune-Star editor Max Jones about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on her jobs as a high school math teacher and public servant, Gov. Eric Holcomb's response to the pandemic and how it is impacting the upcoming state primary election.

Welcome to the first episode of Tuesday Talk, a podcast featuring conversations with Wabash Valley newsmakers talking about news topics of the day and community affairs. The podcast is hosted by Tribune-Star Editor Max Jones. Joining Max in this inaugural episode is Robert Guell, professor of economics at Indiana State University in Terre Haute. They discuss data surrounding the current economic crisis sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, what it means to the nation, state and community, and what can be expected going forward as businesses try to recover from the financial shock of widespread lockdowns.