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For Evansville Podcast
Conversations with local experts and people who are for Evansville about how we can pursue the flourishing of our city together.
Apr 4, 2022
S2 Ep3: Lederhosen, Giants, and Boxed Stuffing
Take a quiz with us! In this Episode, we test our Evansville knowledge by taking Evansville Living Magazine's "How well do you know...
Mar 21, 2022
S2 EP:2 The City of Opportunity
“Our ceiling is their floor.” Theophilus Akai hails from Ghana, West Africa, and after living in multiple states in the U.S., he settled...
Mar 7, 2022
S2 EP:1 The Elevator Pitch
If you were riding on an elevator with someone and they asked you to describe Evansville, what would you say in that one minute? The For...
Dec 21, 2021
21: More than a Podcast
We hope you've enjoyed Season 1 as much as we have, and we hope the conversations you've heard have motivated you to pursue the...
Dec 7, 2021
20: What’s it really like to experience homelessness?
“Just after 6 o’clock in the morning. It’s 25 degrees. It’s cold. I didn’t sleep all that well. I’m exhausted…It’d be a very different...
Nov 1, 2021
19: What’s your neighborhood vibe?
To like the neighborhood you live in, you have to like the actual people that live there - your neighbors. And to like them, you have to...
Oct 18, 2021
18: These aren't issues, these are human beings that need food
Being involved with over 26 local non-profits, our guest Lisa Vaughan has a good pulse on the needs and dreams of our city. During the...
Oct 4, 2021
17: The Truth Behind Grippos in Evansville
Although the origins to Grippo's have no known connection to the city of Evansville, Indiana, the Bar-B-Q Potato Chip product is...
Sep 15, 2021
16: What skill do you have that others don’t?
Part of our vision is that Evansville becomes a place where everyone has work that provides community value and individual purpose....
Aug 26, 2021
15: These kids could be ambassadors
We're launching this episode a few days early in celebration of HOLA Evansville's Latino Festival this weekend (August 28)! We don't...
Aug 16, 2021
14: When sewage isn't your life passion
Sometimes we don't find ourselves in a dream job, but for Lane Young, it's the personal connections and impact you have with people that...
Aug 2, 2021
13: Are you going to die well?
“If we think about death, then we think about how we’re going to live.” In this episode, we sit down with Social Worker, Therapist,...
Jul 19, 2021
12: Talking Food Culture with Pangea and 2nd Language Founder Randy Hobson
As Evansville foodies ourselves, we love talking about pizza and donuts just as much as anyone. And maybe that was a little bit of our...
Jul 6, 2021
11: The one where we fail our own quiz
We've wrapped up the first half of our season, so Ross, Jonathan, and Adrienne are taking this short episode to recap what topics we've...
Jun 21, 2021
10: Growing the Pie
Our city's economy impacts every person and organization in Evansville in important and complex ways. What does it really take to grow...
Jun 7, 2021
09: Our Surprising Startup Culture and the Future of Downtown
In this episode, we learn how quality places, nurturing relationships, and thriving startups contribute to the flourishing of our city....
May 17, 2021
08: Housing isn't just about housing
What if the most important question you had to answer today was, "Where are we going to live next, since we can't stay here?" In this...
May 3, 2021
07: When Your Neighbor Needs a House
Imagine living in a house that's missing a window or an apartment where the electricity in the kitchen doesn't work. Due to a lack of...
Apr 19, 2021
06: Stronger Families Lead to Flourishing Cities
The best way to help kids face challenges and grow into healthy, resilient adults is to bring stability and love to their home. We talk...
Apr 5, 2021
05: Helping Kids Succeed, Whatever It Takes
Your circumstances growing up can have a huge impact the rest of your life, and kids have very little influence over their own...
Mar 15, 2021
04: Working On Our Mental Health
Mental health is often an unacknowledged factor in our overall health and the quality of our lives and relationships. If we want to...
Mar 1, 2021
03: Becoming a Mentally Healthy City
A person's mental health affects many other aspects of his or her life. Mental health is crucial to the flourishing of individual people...
Feb 14, 2021
02: Living a Racially Reconciled Life
How does our racially-divided society affect each of us as individuals? And what do we stand to gain by pursuing a more diverse circle of...
Feb 1, 2021
01: Pursuing Racial Unity
One of the barriers that keeps our neighbors from flourishing in our Evansville community has to do with ethnic and cultural background....
Jan 25, 2021
Season One Teaser
Do you love Evansville? A core value to everything that we do is listen first. We want to understand our city well. You can’t love what...
Jan 22, 2021
From Awareness to Action
Before we begin hearing from local experts about the needs in our city, we sat down to talk about the value of research and listening...
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