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Carl Lisek, host of "Green Fleet Radio," talks with Jennifer Birchfield, the Natural Resources Planner at Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC).

Carl Lisek, host of "Green Fleet Radio," talks with Monica Vasquez, Director of Transportation at the Crown Point Community School Corporation.

John Cain, host of "Eye on the Arts," talks with Brandon Johnson, Gallery Coordinator at South Shore Arts.

The Lake County Prosecutor's Office has been awarded a $25,000 grant from Indiana University Office of Research Administration to conduct a bias study for traffic and misdemeanor cases. Indiana University Northwest School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) associate professor Monica Solinas-Saunders is on “Regionally Speaking” to discuss the multi-year study of bias for traffic and misdemeanor cases. Later we hear from Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter as he discusses how his office will collect data on pretrial justice to study prosecutorial discretion at charging, bail, diversion, plea negotiations and sentencing for traffic and misdemeanor cases and share the information with Indiana University. Chris Sautter directed and produced the film “The King of Steeltown: Hardball Politics in the Heartland”. He joins us to discuss the movie about Robert Pastrick, a key figure in East Chicago politics for three decades.

This week on ART ON THE AIR features the Chicago-based La Tosca - Chicago (Italian Mambo Ensemble) with its founders Andrea Falcone and Stephanie Pielok. Our spotlight is on the Dunes Summer Theatre next production “God of Carnage."

It’s June 6th, 2022, the 78th Anniversary of D-Day, in which allied forces landed on the beaches of occupied France, in Normandy. I’m Tom Maloney… today, on Regionally Speaking, we’ll talk with Mitch Barloga about the new location and plans for the World Wars I and II and Holocaust Memorial in Crown Point, as well as the impact World War II had on Indiana’s economy with Indiana University Professor Jim Madison, and we’ll hear how Northwest Indiana companies are adjusting to their employees working from home.

Today: Alfred "Chip" Cooke, the Agent In Charge for northern Indiana for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, is on "Regionally Speaking" to discuss the latest provisional report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which shows that in Indiana, the number of overdose deaths hit a record high for a second year in a row to an estimated 2,755. Eighty-five percent of those Hoosier OD deaths were due to fentanyl. He emphasizes once again the dangers of fentanyl, especially the illegally-created version which is being mixed into other substances. "Times" chief political reporter Dan Carden is back to talk about the stories he's put out lately in print and online, most of them stories centering around a possible General Assembly special session if the U.S. Supreme Court authorizes states to further restrict or ban abortions.

This week ART ON THE AIR features musician, composer, recording engineer/producer, music publisher, David Kowal. Our spotlight is on the Lassens Resort and Museum’s Dewey Line Steamboat rides available this summer on Cedar Lake.

Today: Peter Novak, CEO of the Greater Northwest Indiana Association of Realtors, is on "Regionally Speaking" with the latest report of home sales and prices in the seven counties the GNIAR represents. He also looks ahead to the rest of 2022 and compares the regional housing market to the reports he sees from other regions of the country. Aetna Manor Revitalization Program leader Penelope Love talks about the recent volunteer effort to get more residences in the eastside Gary neighborhood equipped with smoke detectors, and of other improvements planned for the future — along with what she sees as the positive impact that the South Shore Line's "Double Track" project will have on Aetna residents.

Carl Lisek talks with Thomas Dow, Director of Transportation at Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC).