Episodes

Episode 463 of Boss Hog of Liberty is available now. Host voices are Jeremiah Morrell, Kaleb Buchanan, Betsy Mills, and Zach Burcham. The candidate series continues with County Councilman Shannon Thom who is seeking re-election to District 3. Angela Mahaffey was also invited, but unable to attend. Henry County is looking at reduced future revenue due to SEA - 1, which is going to impact the next few county budget cycles. Will income taxes be raised again? Will a potential data center change the...

Episode 463 of Boss Hog of Liberty is available now. Host voices are Jeremiah Morrell, Bones Harcourt, and Zach Burcham. The candidate series continues with Senator Jeff Raatz as he seeks reelection to State Senate district 27. Two months out from the devastating floods in Henry and Wayne County, we talk through the flood response by the State and areas things went well, and ways to get improvement. Hot topic issues in Indiana include Data Center regulation, the suspension of the gas tax and the...

Episode 462 of Boss Hog of Liberty is available now. Host voices are Jeremiah Morrell and Zach Burcham. The candidate series continues with Jim Nicholson (R) and David Bockover (D), candidates for Henry County Sheriff. A thoughtful conversation between both candidates over 90 minutes. Topics include Flock Cameras, Department Organization, Jail Operations and inmate safety, with a very high profile death in February 2026. The Henry County Sheriff Department has been the subject of a number of law...

Episode 461 of Boss Hog of Liberty is available now. Host voices are Jeremiah Morrell, Bones Harcourt, and Zach Burcham. The candidate series starts as we move into October. District 54 State Representative is the first race featured, with incumbent Republican Cory Criswell and Democrat Nan Polk, senior member of the New Castle School Board. Topics include the local flood response and what the state and local governments got right, and how things could have been improved. Indiana has suspended...

Episode 460 of Boss Hog of Liberty is available now. Host voices are Jeremiah Morrell, Bones Harcourt, Kaleb Buchanan, and Zach Burcham. Affordability has come to the top of mind for everyone in the last few weeks. Record high diesel prices, rapidly rising gasoline, and other input costs that have everyone just a little freaked out. Indiana has a gas tax suspension, but nothing on the diesel side. Federally there is talk about an export ban, will that work? If fuel prices stay high, how will it ...

Episode 459 of Boss Hog of Liberty is available now. Host voices are Jeremiah Morrell, Bones Harcourt, and Zach Burcham. New Castle and East Central Indiana are a month out from the devastating flooding. Local leader Brenda Grider checks in with us, updating on the response. Brenda is a New Castle native, she tells stories of her past responses in New Orleans from Katrina, Houston flooding, and the tornadoes in Winchester and Henryville, Indiana. Amazing story of how the locals immediately jump...

Episode 458 of Boss Hog of Liberty is available now. Host voices are Jeremiah Morrell, Bones Harcourt, and Zach Burcham. This week author John Oreovicz returns to the show. Currently working at Motorsport Magazine, formerly with ESPN, John has travelled the world covering racing and with a lot of road trips, comes a lot of regional cuisine. Steak N Shake is based in Indianapolis and seems to have lost its soul in the last 20 years. They abandoned their core identity and now seem to be playing ga...

Episode 457 of Boss Hog of Liberty is available now. Host voices are Jeremiah Morrell, Bones Harcourt, and Zach Burcham. This week the podcast guest is Dr Chris Wilkey, Director of the Ball State University of Professional Selling. We discuss the ways that Ball State makes an impact on surrounding communities, including Henry County. His sales program recruits local students into the program, and they leave with a four year degree and great opportunities for jobs in our area, often with nearly s...

Episode 456 of Boss Hog of Liberty is available now. Host voices are Jeremiah Morrell, Bones Harcourt, Forrest Plank, Kaleb Buchanan, and Zach Burcham. We react to the Knightstown primary special election, as Bart Whitsett wins the Clerk/Treasurer race. This was a special election as the May race accidentally included everyone in Wayne Township, and not just the town limits. Dolly Parton passed away at the age of 80, the guys remember her favorite songs and the incredible philanthropy she demons...

Episode 455 of Boss Hog of Liberty is available now. Host voices are Jeremiah Morrell, Bones Harcourt, and Zach Burcham. In the wake of the historic flooding in Henry County, we are joined by Henry County EMA Director Troy Jester and New Castle City Council President Rex Peckinpaugh. Topics include the damage done to the city, Repair plans for Riley Road, Bowrey Brook which may require a massive tunnel relocation project, and the heroic efforts of first responders who evacuated about 350 citizen...

Episode 454 of Boss Hog of Liberty is available now. Host voices are Jeremiah Morrell, Bones Harcourt, Kaleb Buchanan, Betsy Mills, and Zach Burcham. Our featured guest is Allen Migliorini who is from North West Indiana and does work with Shriners charities across the country and the incredible children's hospitals that they operate all over the world. The big story this week is the unbelievable rains that landed on Henry County. 12-17” of rain fell on our county, stressing every piece of infra...

Episode 453 of Boss Hog of Liberty is available now. Host voices are Jeremiah Morrell, Bones Harcourt, Ean Southerland, and Zach Burcham. The Hagerstown Post Office story has concluded with no changes. Congressman Shreve's office was unable to make any progress on installing a ramp. Will anyone champion a change, or is this the end of the story for Ed Bell and his hopes of getting a ramp or elevator installed?Governor Braun has declared a new emergency, allowing another six months of a gasoline ...

Episode 452 of Boss Hog of Liberty is available now. Host voices are Jeremiah Morrell, Bones Harcourt, and Zach Burcham. The Hagerstown Post Office is in the news for their lack of accessibility. Ed Bell has been raising awareness of the lack of access provided to his local post office. Ed has been confined to a wheelchair for over 45 years due to a violent gun attack. His concerns have gotten the attention this week of the Indianapolis media and the office of Congressman Jefferson Shreve, and t...

Episode 451 of Boss Hog of Liberty is available now. Host voices are Jeremiah Morrell, Bones Harcourt, Betsy Mills, and Kaleb Buchanan. Sara Morrell fills in as guest producer as Zach Burcham is out of town. The big news is the new 18 hole disc golf course that is coming to Memorial Park. Four years in the making, set to open on August 8th. Some local nature organizations have raised environmental concerns, however the park board has voted unanimously to move forward with the project. Indiana h...

Episode 450 of Boss Hog of Liberty is available now. Host voices are Jeremiah Morrell, Bones Harcourt, Chase Peyton, and Zachary Burcham. Our guest this week is Bash Crider, local attorney, downtown business investor, now a restaurant owner. He announced this week that he is opening “Criders Dine In” on Broad Street, in the former Ky’s Bistro location in the Jennings Building. They will feature the locally legendary Crider’s Onion Rings, Fieldhouse Burgers, and the new “Bash Burger” which is a d...

Episode 449 of Boss Hog of Liberty is available now. Host voices are Jeremiah Morrell, Bones Harcourt, Forrest Plank and Zachary Burcham. Our guest this week is Kaleb Buchanan, public information officer for Knightstown Fire Department. THey were one of many departments that responded to the fire at the former Montgomery’s Steakhouse in Spiceland this week. A landmark site with memories for almost all of the hosts, multiple departments turned out to attempt to save the building. As of recording,...

Episode 448 of Boss Hog of Liberty is available now. Host voices are Jeremiah Morrell, Bones Harcourt, and Zachary Burcham. Guests this week are Travis Weik, Editor of The Courier Times, and Payton Cravens, Sports Editor of The Courier Times. America is 250 years old this week and we dig into the importance of having local media in our communities. The 4th estate is considered a protection of this country and there is still a relevance to it in the modern era of media. Payton Cravens tells break...

Episode 447 of Boss Hog of Liberty is available now. Host voices are Jeremiah Morrell, Bones Harcourt, and Zachary Burcham. Local entrepreneur Lee Marcum joins us as he launches his new company, Fresh Line Coffee Co. It is focused on getting customers high quality coffee beans immediately after they are roasted. They ship from central Indiana and the flavor names tell a bit of the story, “Still Standing”, “The Comeback”, “Legacy”, and “Fresh Start”. The company promotes that tomorrow always come...

Episode 446 of Boss Hog of Liberty is available now. Host voices are Jeremiah Morrell, Bones Harcourt, and Zachary Burcham. Kaleb Buchanan joins us as the public information officer for the Wayne Township/Knightstown Fire Department. How do volunteer fire departments function? Who staffs them, how do you know capable people are going to show up when you call 911? The call volume has double in the last decade as the area continues to grow. As the data center has been approved and the fire territo...

Episode 444 of Boss Hog of Liberty is available now. Three host voices this week; Jeremiah Morrell, Bones Harcourt, and Zach Burcham. A new traffic pattern is coming to SR 3 in New Castle. Be prepared for a few days of chaos. Indiana is the one of the first states to declare “Nuclear Family Month”...Public response has been lukewarm. One State Senate candidate is trying to have her election result changed over social media posts, claiming democrats illegally voted in their election. FOrmer Congr...

Episode 444 of Boss Hog of Liberty is available now. Host voices are Jeremiah Morrell, Bones Harcourt, and Zachary Burcham. We review the Indy 500. It was Ean Southerland’s first race day experience. We look at the day through his fresh set of eyes. What a race it was! Amazing pre-race ceremony, helicopters, drones, fireworks, red flags, rain, and the closest finish in the 100 year history of the speedway. Indiana Politics heat up, as there is another name in the Secretary of State Race, Max Eng...

Episode 443 of Boss Hog of Liberty is available now. Host voices are Jeremiah Morrell, Forrest Plank, and Zachary Burcham. It is Indy 500 race week, our guests are IMS Old Timer Mike McKown, ARCA racer Presley Sorah, and first timer Ean Southerland of the Playbook Podcast. We review the Indy 500 qualifying weekend, take note of the remarkably clean month of May, until the Monday practice accident. We note how special it is to have nine Indy 500 champions qualify for the race. Tune in for winner ...

Episode 442 of Boss Hog of Liberty is available now. Host voices are Jeremiah Morrell, Bones Harcourt, and Zachary Burcham. Knightstown appears to be headed towards a special election. How will voter turnout be in a race that only 300 people voted in the first time? The New Castle Preservation District had a contentious meeting that resulted in two board members resigning, and the Mayor indicating that he might disband the board and start over. In Sports, IndyCar is back home in Indiana. We re...

Episode 441 of Boss Hog of Liberty is available now. Host voices are Jeremiah Morrell, Forrest Plank, Bones Harcourt, and Zachary Burcham. The Indiana primary has concluded. We review all the races that were highlighted on this show. The Sheriff and Prosecutor races dominated the headlines, but storylines all the way down the ballot were fascinating. There was a surprise pop in by Jeremiah’s mom and a dozen family members taking a tour of New Castle during the show. Forrest just returned from Ch...