Hoosier History Live

By Nelson Price

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Host Nelson Price, the "connoisseur of all things Hoosier," engages guests in a lively, live conversation about topics relating to Indiana history. Original shows are aired on WICR 88.7fm Saturdays from 12pm-1pm.

Episode Date
Inspiring Women Athletes
Aug 24, 2026
History of the Governor's Mansion
Aug 21, 2026
Invasive Insects and Should the Peony be Indiana's State Flower?
Aug 19, 2026
Marquis de Lafayette
Aug 17, 2026
Former Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard
Aug 14, 2026
Creepy Indianapolis
Aug 12, 2026
Hoosier Food: Another Serving
Aug 10, 2026
100-Year-Old People: Insights from the Greatest Generation
Aug 07, 2026
A'Lelia Walker: Black heiress and daughter of Madame C.J. Walker
Aug 05, 2026
Ask Nelson and Charles Braun
Aug 03, 2026
Studebaker Electric Cars
Aug 02, 2026
Skyscrapers in Indianapolis
Jul 29, 2026
Fire Towers in the State Parks
Jul 27, 2026
Obscure Indianapolis
Jul 24, 2026
Off the Beaten Path In Indiana
Jul 22, 2026
Nazis on the Eastside Pre-World War II
Jul 20, 2026
The History of Indiana Harbor and East Chicago
Jul 17, 2026
Auto Races Before the Indianapolis 500
Jul 15, 2026
Prohibition in Indiana
Jul 13, 2026
Thomas R Marshall: The Hoosier Vice President Who Didn't Seize Power
Jul 10, 2026
Hoosier Food and Dining Preferences
Jul 08, 2026
Latino Heritage in Indiana
Jul 06, 2026
Historic Hoosier Women
Jul 03, 2026
In Memoriam Dan Wakefield
Jul 01, 2026
Caroline Scott Harrison
Jun 29, 2026
Early Days of State Legislature in Indianapolis
Jun 26, 2026
Fight Songs of Bygone High Schools
Jun 25, 2026
Noble Sissle: Trailblazing Lyricist and Broadway Producer
Jun 22, 2026
Ask Nelson and Ed Fujawa
Jun 19, 2026
The Great Tri-State Tornado of 1925
Jun 17, 2026
Architecture in Indianapolis (Part 2): 1870-1900
Jun 15, 2026
Historic True Crime in Indiana
Jun 12, 2026
Indianapolis Public Schools and the Education of Black Students
Jun 10, 2026
Forensic Genealogy
Jun 08, 2026
Architecture in Indianapolis: The 1800s
Jun 05, 2026
Sculpting Famous Hoosiers
Jun 03, 2026
Historic Preservation in Indiana: A Retrospective with Marsh Davis
Jun 01, 2026
The Art of Architectural Salvage
May 29, 2026
James Whitcomb Riley: Some Misconceptions
May 27, 2026
Martinsville Murder of Carol Jenkins in 1968
May 25, 2026
Historic Urban Sites in Indianapolis
May 22, 2026
Horror Movies: Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, and Their Indiana Connections
May 20, 2026
Population Shifts in Indiana: Future Projections and Historic Comparisons
May 18, 2026
Collecting Pop History
May 15, 2026
From the Purdue Archives: 1903 Football Team Trainwreck, Black Students Denied Admission to Dorms in the 1940s, and More
May 13, 2026
Famous People Influenced By Kurt Vonnegut
May 11, 2026
Early Architects in Indiana
May 08, 2026
Ask Nelson and Ray Boomhower
May 06, 2026
Beatles, their 1964 State Fair concerts and more
May 04, 2026
Teddy Roosevelt and Indiana connections
Mar 25, 2026
Invasive pests impacting plants and trees
Mar 25, 2026
Vinyl era of Indiana music: a follow-up
Aug 02, 2024
D-Day and Hoosiers: 80 years later
Jul 25, 2024
Madge Oberholtzer: A follow-up about the woman who helped bring down the KKK
Jul 18, 2024
Busting myths about historic houses
Jul 11, 2024
An acclaimed race driver and a sportswriter: two lives cut short
Jun 27, 2024
Marquis de Lafayette, his farewell tour and Indiana
Jun 20, 2024
Deaths in the White House, including a First Lady
Jun 06, 2024
Hoosiers who claimed to witness Lincoln's assassination
May 16, 2024
Amelia Earhart and her Indiana connections: Encore
May 09, 2024
Some landmark structures in Indy, then and now
May 02, 2024
Civic education: The need for a refresh
Apr 25, 2024
Ask Nelson – and Glory-June Greiff, too
Apr 18, 2024
Lives of musicians post-Indiana Avenue heyday
Apr 11, 2024
Sites along U.S. 40 in Indiana, then and now
Apr 05, 2024
Ellen Munds, a trail-blazer of Storytelling Arts
Mar 29, 2024
Carnegie Libraries in Indiana
Mar 21, 2024
Black firefighters history in Indy
Mar 07, 2024
Latino Hoosiers during the mid and late 1900s
Feb 29, 2024
Movie and TV directors who aren't household names now
Feb 09, 2024
African American namesakes of Indy parks
Feb 01, 2024
Delphi town history: encore
Jan 26, 2024
Ulen: The vagabond turned CEO and unusual Boone County town: encore
Jan 18, 2024
History of Santa Claus, Ind., and letters from around the world
Jan 11, 2024
State Archives: a follow-up
Dec 28, 2023
Bygone landmarks in Indy
Dec 15, 2023
First cookbook published in Indiana and food fashions of 1840s and '50s- Encore
Dec 07, 2023
Indiana state flag: the back story
Nov 30, 2023
Indiana state flag: the back story
Nov 30, 2023
Naturalization ceremonies: a judge's perspective
Nov 16, 2023
Graverobbing conspiracies of early 1900s
Nov 10, 2023
Frontier conflicts about religion in pioneer Indiana
Nov 02, 2023
Historic architects and their work in Indiana
Oct 26, 2023
Northwest Indiana's offbeat aspects and sites: encore
Oct 19, 2023
Larry Bird: the life and career of an Indiana icon
Oct 12, 2023
French Lick Springs Hotel and former Indy Mayor Taggart
Oct 05, 2023
White River State Park history
Sep 29, 2023
Richmond art: a historic colony, a museum and more
Sep 21, 2023
Circus Heritage, then and now, in Peru, Indiana
Sep 14, 2023
WW II letters from small-town Hoosiers
Sep 07, 2023
Rowdy areas of Indy: some bygone pockets
Aug 24, 2023
Vinyl era of Indiana music heritage
Aug 17, 2023
Digging deep into an early major cemetery on the White River
Aug 10, 2023
Early environmentalists in Indiana
Aug 03, 2023
World War I, Hoosiers and a documentary
Jul 27, 2023
Speedway medical care: a sequel
Jul 19, 2023
The largest Dune and why it's gone
Jul 12, 2023
Before Ellis Island: immigration and Benjamin Harrison - Encore
Jun 08, 2023
World War II monuments, memorials and sites across Indiana
Jun 01, 2023
Geist and Morse reservoirs history: Encore
Jun 01, 2023
Professor Watermelon on getting kids excited in history
Jun 01, 2023
Jewish immigration to Indiana, 1840s-1920s: Encore
May 16, 2023
Ask Nelson and Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, too
May 10, 2023
Civil war generals from Indiana
May 10, 2023
Construction of the Speedway in 1909 and pre-Indy 500 races
May 01, 2023
Who inspired holiday decorations on Monument Circle? An influential architect
May 01, 2023
Ask Nelson – and Charles Braun, too
May 01, 2023
Women of historic Irvington
Apr 10, 2023
Roberts Settlement in Hamilton County: its history and legacy
Apr 10, 2023
Myths and tidbits about high school basketball history
Apr 10, 2023
Calvin Fletcher, first prominent civic leader in Indianapolis
Apr 10, 2023
Delphi town history
Apr 10, 2023
World War II: stories of holiday ordeals, also of goodwill
Apr 10, 2023
Great Depression governor, Paul McNutt
Apr 10, 2023
Terre Haute cemetery and intriguing people buried there
Apr 10, 2023
Funeral business evolution and civic involvement in Indy
Mar 27, 2023
Cathy Morris: Jazz violinist, producer and composer
Mar 27, 2023
Statehouse stories, including basement secrets
Mar 27, 2023
First cookbook published in Indiana and food fashions of 1840s and '50s
Mar 27, 2023
Tuskegee Airmen and their legacy: Indiana Links
Feb 28, 2023
Strawtown myths: Hamilton County's first murder, Chief Straw and more - Encore
Nov 10, 2022
Slaughterhouse and saw factory history in Indy
Nov 10, 2022
Arabs in Indianapolis, then and now
Oct 26, 2022
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum: its evolution
Oct 26, 2022
Covid history in Indiana: an update
Oct 26, 2022
Cemeteries and their historic landscaping
Oct 17, 2022
Parke County: more than covered bridges
Oct 17, 2022
State Archives: what's there and new plans
Oct 17, 2022
White River in Indy: historic navigability challenges
Sep 20, 2022
Northwest Indiana: a return visit
Sep 20, 2022
A history reenactor: pulling back the curtain
Sep 20, 2022
Fireflies and Monarch butterflies: Are they vanishing?
Sep 20, 2022
Birds of prey in Indiana
Aug 21, 2022
World War II: Young children whose parents were killed
Aug 21, 2022
Before Ellis Island: immigration and Benjamin Harrison
Aug 21, 2022
Ask Nelson …. and Ray Boomhower, too
Aug 21, 2022
Trail-blazing Black racing circuit and Charlie Wiggins
Aug 21, 2022
Evolution of family farms and farmers markets with Market Wagon CEO Nick Carter - Encore
Jul 17, 2022
Gardening boom, garden myths and more with Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
Jul 01, 2022
Ukrainian immigration to Indiana
Jun 23, 2022
Northwest Indiana's offbeat aspects and sites
Jun 23, 2022
World War II: children and teens who faced special challenges
Jun 03, 2022
Speedway and medical care: the first 50 years
Jun 03, 2022
Geist and Morse reservoirs history
Jun 03, 2022
First families to arrive in Marion County
Jun 03, 2022
CIA operative during Cold War from Crawfordsville
Apr 28, 2022
Ulen: the vagabond turned CEO and an unusual Boone County town
Apr 28, 2022
Bear pit at Riverside Park and other bygone animal attractions: encore
Apr 28, 2022
Forgotten composer and painter from Hamilton County
Apr 07, 2022
Block's, Wasson's and Strauss: bygone major retailers in Indy
Apr 07, 2022
Jewish immigration to Indiana, 1840-1920s
Apr 07, 2022
Pamela Bliss and outdoor murals across Indiana
Mar 15, 2022
Barbara Shoup, Indy-based novelist and mentor to writers
Mar 15, 2022
Oscar nominations and Hoosiers: 90 years of connections
Mar 15, 2022
African Americans in Indianapolis during the 1800s
Mar 15, 2022
Ask Nelson… and Al Hunter, too
Mar 15, 2022
Winter Olympics of the past and Hoosier links
Feb 14, 2022
The National Road: pioneer highway into Indiana
Feb 14, 2022
Hook's and Haag: drug stores once iconic in Indiana
Jan 29, 2022
WW II pin-up girl, auto engineer in China and more links to Wabash
Jan 29, 2022
A collector's guide to Indianapolis memorabilia: encore
Jan 13, 2022
Spelling bee craze, unusual Civil War soldier and more from Greensburg
Jan 13, 2022
The Green Book and Indiana sites
Dec 26, 2021
Quirky aspects of Indy history
Dec 17, 2021
Gus Grissom and the Liberty Bell: 60 years later
Dec 14, 2021
Jimmy Mack - Indy's version of Dick Clark
Dec 14, 2021
Eugenics in Indiana
Dec 14, 2021
A teacher's insights about engaging kids with Indiana history
Dec 14, 2021
Serial killer Belle Gunness and her La Porte murder farm
Oct 30, 2021
World War I and Hoosiers: their diaries and letters
Oct 30, 2021
Weird and spooky stories from Wabash County
Oct 30, 2021
A flock of bird issues in Indiana
Oct 30, 2021
Where were you on 9-11?
Sep 23, 2021
Population shifts: 2020 Census and Indiana
Sep 23, 2021
Ask Nelson - and Sampson Levingston, too
Sep 01, 2021
Nicknames for Indy and neighborhoods: their origins
Aug 27, 2021
Outlaw gangs of the 1870s and '80s
Aug 20, 2021
African-American students during the late 1800s in Indiana
Aug 06, 2021
Evolution of family farms and farmers markets with Market Wagon CEO Nick Carter
Aug 06, 2021
Strawtown myths: Hamilton County's first murder, Chief Straw and more
Jul 23, 2021
Indiana responders and 9-11 tragedy: anniversary approaches
Jul 16, 2021
The legacy of Indy native James Baskett and Song of the South - encore
Jul 09, 2021
Leland, Mich., and Naples, Fla.: Hoosier getaways
Jul 02, 2021
Paul Page on motorsports broadcasting and some wild rides
Jun 25, 2021
Moravian heritage of Hope, Indiana - Encore
Jun 18, 2021
Car collecting in Indiana
Jun 17, 2021
Bradford pear trees and other invasive trees and plants
Jun 04, 2021
Cicadas: The buzz about their return
May 21, 2021
Phantom bridges, no-stoplight towns and a former military academy
May 21, 2021
Bear pit at Riverside Park and other bygone animal attractions
Apr 30, 2021
Covid history in Indiana
Apr 30, 2021
The 25th Amendment, presidential succession and Indiana connections
Apr 16, 2021
Avriel Shull, trail-blazing home builder and designer - encore
Apr 09, 2021
Fugitives and prison escapees from Indiana
Apr 02, 2021
Madge Oberholtzer: more than victim of a shocking crime in 1925
Mar 26, 2021
Weir Cook and Paul Baer, WWI aviators and former airport namesakes: encore
Mar 26, 2021
Women, the Indiana General Assembly and state officials
Mar 12, 2021
Migration of African Americans during 20th century to Northern states
Mar 05, 2021
The first woman of color to live in frontier Indianapolis
Feb 26, 2021
Ask Nelson and Charlie Hyde about Benjamin Harrison, the 1892 cholera epidemic and more
Feb 26, 2021
A distinctive cemetery and efforts to humanize former Central State patients
Feb 26, 2021
A pop music critic returns
Feb 05, 2021
Jimmy Hoffa, controversial labor leader from Brazil, Indiana
Jan 29, 2021
Reflections of a lieutenant governor
Jan 22, 2021
Early era of the Indiana Pacers: encore
Jan 15, 2021
Indy's "real" 200th birthday?
Jan 08, 2021
House of Tomorrow and other 1933 Chicago World's Fair homes: encore
Jan 01, 2021
Reflections of a pop music critic
Dec 23, 2020
The spirit of painter Bob Ross endures in Muncie
Dec 23, 2020
Rising Sun and Indiana's smallest county
Dec 11, 2020
Have you heard of The Hoosier Hot Shots? encore
Dec 04, 2020
Historic crimes: cases involving the electric chair, "Gun Girl," a mayor and more
Nov 27, 2020
Wilbur Wright's Indiana connections, other aviation pioneers
Nov 20, 2020
The legacy of Ron Spencer and Theatre on the Square
Nov 13, 2020
Musical instrument-making heritage in Indiana
Nov 06, 2020
Influenza epidemic of 1918-19: The second and third waves, recovery
Nov 02, 2020
Haunting tales about historic places and people
Oct 30, 2020
Historic photographers and their studios
Oct 16, 2020
Attica, Ind., and its historic, endangered downtown
Oct 08, 2020
KKK dominance in 1920s Indiana
Oct 02, 2020
Wawasee and Maxinkuckee, resort lakes in northern Indiana: encore
Sep 11, 2020
International opera star Angela Brown, trailblazer
Sep 03, 2020
Women's suffrage in Indiana: the myths
Aug 28, 2020
Drive-in movie theaters
Aug 24, 2020
Olympians with intriguing pre- and post-games lives
Aug 14, 2020
Snakes slithering across Indiana
Aug 07, 2020
Indiana Beach hisory
Jul 31, 2020
Disney animator Bill Peet, illustrator and children's book author
Jul 24, 2020
Astronaut food and other unexpected links between the space program and Indiana
Jul 17, 2020
Racial justice in 1820s Indiana: Slave trial and Fall Creek Massacre - encore
Jul 09, 2020
Confederate monument in Indy and Camp Morton
Jul 02, 2020
A second serving of foods of the pioneers
Jun 26, 2020
Ellis Island, immigration and Indiana: encore
Jun 19, 2020
Early malaria epidemic in Indy, plus past visions for city's future
Jun 12, 2020
Tamika Catchings, history maker - encore
Jun 05, 2020
Hoosiers who competed in early Indy 500s: encore
May 28, 2020
Where did your county's name come from?
May 21, 2020
Population and demographic shifts in Indiana
May 16, 2020
Columbus icon J. Irwin Miller's life and impact
May 15, 2020
Sears Roebuck catalog and Sears kit homes: encore
May 01, 2020
Epidemics in Indiana history: encore
Apr 24, 2020
Foods of the pioneers
Apr 18, 2020
Tree planting crusades in Indy, beginning in 1850s
Apr 10, 2020
Farmwives of the mid to late 1800s
Apr 03, 2020
Earliest years of Indiana basketball
Mar 20, 2020
Women's Suffrage: strides, setbacks and a first lady's role
Mar 13, 2020
Flourishing at 90-something: encore
Mar 06, 2020
Vonnegut and an array of misconceptions
Feb 21, 2020
The life and impact of Rev. Boniface Hardin
Feb 14, 2020
Studebakers: the brothers, the cars and the legacy
Feb 07, 2020
A collector's guide to Indianapolis memorabilia
Jan 31, 2020
Women's suffrage crusade in Indiana and beyond
Jan 24, 2020
The legacy of Indy native James Baskett and Song of the South
Jan 18, 2020
Centennial of Indy in 1920, Bicentennial era in 2020-21
Jan 18, 2020
Restaurants: the old, the new and their souvenirs
Jan 03, 2020
Early railroads in Indiana: encore
Dec 27, 2019
Meridian Street mansions in Indy history
Dec 27, 2019
The Case of the December Bride and other crimes from Indy police files
Dec 13, 2019
James Whitcomb Riley: Before he was famous - encore
Dec 06, 2019
Eugene V. Debs: Hoosier Socialist, five-time presidential candidate
Dec 03, 2019
Rare plants and animals in Indiana
Dec 03, 2019
The Census: Tips for using in historic research
Nov 15, 2019
Racial justice in 1820s Indiana: Slave trial and Fall Creek Massacre - encore
Nov 08, 2019
Another plunge into the White River
Oct 25, 2019
Police department history in Indy
Oct 18, 2019
Adventures in DNA testing - encore show
Oct 04, 2019
Ask Nelson - And Reid Duffy, too
Sep 27, 2019
Historic homes - Tips for buying, restoring and maintaining
Sep 20, 2019
On the road to Lincoln-related sites
Sep 06, 2019
Breaking Away at 40 with Dave Blase
Sep 06, 2019
Bootleg King and his Indiana connections
Aug 30, 2019
Breaking Away at 50 with Dave Blase
Aug 23, 2019
Indianapolis Indians history with Max Schumacher and Mark Montieth
Aug 16, 2019
Reno Brothers, notorious train robbers: encore
Aug 09, 2019
Hoosier horticultural history
Aug 01, 2019
White River history
Jul 19, 2019
Electoral College upset, souvenir hunters and no campaigning: 1888 and 1892 presidential races
Jul 12, 2019
Violent early era of Fishers: encore
Jul 05, 2019
The Indiana Dunes
Jun 28, 2019
Earliest settlers of Indy
Jun 21, 2019
German freethinkers in Indy
Jun 14, 2019
Influential women in 1920s: Their enduring vision for culture and children in Indy
Jun 07, 2019
From pathology building to medical history museum
Jun 07, 2019
Brothels and streetwalkers in pre-1920 Indy: encore
May 24, 2019
Willy T. Ribbs on making Indy 500 history
May 18, 2019
Lakes, lakes and more northern Indiana lakes
May 11, 2019
A tour guide's fun facts about Indy 500 and pageantry
May 03, 2019
Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Randy Shepard on historic preservation
Apr 26, 2019
An artist who confronted segregation
Apr 19, 2019
Distinctive historic homes
Apr 19, 2019
A multi-talented composer called Sinky
Apr 04, 2019
Claypool Hotel and Hotel Lincoln: bygone Indy landmarks
Mar 29, 2019
Ask Nelson - plus the founding of Heartland Film Festival
Mar 29, 2019
Interstate highway construction and its impact on Indianapolis
Mar 22, 2019
Historic women in science - encore
Mar 08, 2019
Former Indy Mayor Ballard on electric car history and more
Mar 01, 2019
Movies with obscure Indiana connections
Feb 25, 2019
Roots Tracing for African Americans
Feb 15, 2019
French Lick, West Baden and the Wright Brothers
Feb 08, 2019
Indiana's Civil War governor and his historic house
Feb 01, 2019
Rev. Martin Luther King's visits to Indiana
Jan 25, 2019
Avriel Shull, trail-blazing home designer and builder
Jan 12, 2019
Tip of the hat to New Year's celebrations of yore, supper clubs and more
Jan 07, 2019
Rock and roll across 1960s Indiana with Jimmy Mack
Dec 28, 2018
Iconic signs across Indiana
Dec 21, 2018
Cryptology, Kindergarten and Farmwife Advice
Dec 06, 2018
Covered bridges across Indiana - encore presentation
Nov 09, 2018
Have you heard of the Hoosier Hot Shots?
Oct 18, 2018