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Today: Ty Warner, the executive director of the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission, is on "Regionally Speaking" to review the organization's 2021 annual report, which includes some major transportation projects like the 109th Street corridor between Crown Point and Winfield, environmental projects like continued "brownfield" rehabilitation in Hammond and Gary and the ongoing effort to complete the Marquette Greenway.

Today: Andy Downs, the executive director of the Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics at Purdue University Fort Wayne, is on "Regionally Speaking" to talk about the just-completed General Assembly session. We have another conversation from the Welcome Project at Valparaiso University and Jennifer Olson, director of clinical education with Franciscan Health, talks about the healthcare group's Nurse Internship program which joins with regional school partners like Ivy Tech Community College to help reduce the shortage of nursing professionals.

Today: On this "Reporters' Roundtable Thursday," "Post-Tribune" reporter Alex Kukulka talks about the stories from the Statehouse and elsewhere that she's put out in print and online recently, including the action in the final days of the 2022 General Assembly session. And "Times" contributor and amateur Gary historian Korry Shepard talks about his recent columns about Lake Sandy Jo in the Gary area — its creation, use, misuse and the final steps toward reuse as a place for the city's future industrial expansion.

Join Tom Lounges as he interviews Steve Hogarth, head man of British rock group Marillion. They speak on the newest series of suites released from their newest album "An Hour Before It's Dark" on this international episode of Midwest Beat.

Shep creates a truly American movie monster.

Today: Valparaiso University will host a 90-minute-long conference addressing the issues of isolation in contemporary society called "Loneliness and Solitude," and event organizer Professor Thomas Howard is on "Regionally Speaking" to talk about it. Cedar Lake Historical Association executive director Julie Zasada also talks about an interactive exhibit which is coming to the lakefront Museum at Lassen's Resort next month.

Today: Lisa Daugherty, the president and CEO of the Center for Workforce Innovations, is on "Regionally Speaking" to talk about the WorkPlace Innovation Series, which begins on April 21st at Avalon Manor in Merrillville. The series focuses on speakers who discuss the future of work after the pandemic, and the first event is a breakfast with Sophie Wade, a work futurist, international speaker, author, and authority on future-of-work issues.

Today: On this "Reporters' Roundtable" Thursday, Indiana state Senator Rodney Pol, Jr. (D-Chesterton) is on "Regionally Speaking" to give his assessment of the 2022 General Assembly session and about the bills he sponsored or co-sponsored this past session. Some of the measures will be coming up in summer study sessions. "Post-Tribune" reporter Carole Carlson is also on the program to talk about stories she put out in print and online recently, some of them centered around the Gary Community Schools.

Country artist Andrew Salgado chats on this broadcast about his career, his newest music, and his upcoming return to the Midwest, where he will launch the release of his brand new, full-length vinyl album.

Deborah Bonham is at it again with a brand new British Blues album and she comes on Midwest Beat to chat with Tom Lounges!