Alex Chambers

1 month ago | indianapublicmedia.org | Alex Chambers

There’s been a lot of talk in the past few months about a range of important issues: the rule of law, checks and balances, free speech on campuses, whether people’s jobs will continue to exist. You know what I haven’t heard people talk about much? Oranges. I’ve heard precious little consideration of what you might whisper to an orange before you peel it. Admittedly, I wasn’t thinking about that either when the basis of this episode got started.

1 month ago | indianapublicmedia.org | Alex Chambers

Even if you’re skeptical that 1950s suburbia was actually great for most people, it’s easy to dream of a simpler, easier life. Wouldn’t it be nice to escape the complexities of the 21st century, our addiction to the internet, the changing climate, the near-impossibility of owning a house if you’re under the age of 40? Why not join a society for creative anachronism, especially if the anachronism is not medieval, but 1950s suburbia? The latest Constellation play dives that question.

2 months ago | indianapublicmedia.org | Alex Chambers

Local newspapers are disappearing left and right. Even when they still exist, they’re increasingly owned by private equity firms or subject to corporate consolidation, making them local in name only. This is a problem. It's a problem for democracy. Research has found that after private equity takes over local papers, voter turnout drops. People are more likely to vote straight ticket for the party they like, instead of voting based on local issues. Political polarization goes up.

2 months ago | ifre.com | Alex Chambers

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2 months ago | indianapublicmedia.org | Alex Chambers

Nathan Dillon is the director of Everybody Rocks. It’s a music education company, and these days, it’s focused on bringing live music to old folks. Another way to describe Nathan’s work is that he drives around and sings at senior centers. He’s been running Everybody Rocks for a couple decades now, and all that time has given him insight into music and memory, the invisibility of old people in most of our society – and what it’s like to live in the gig economy.