Archived Radio Shows

Kids Count Radio Shows 2009

TOPIC: Money Matters- 2009 Youth Investment Award Winner
Janelle Irving—Executive Director 21st CCLC, Project Director/Educational Services Manager Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest Indiana
Stacy A. Januszewski--SVP, Risk Management People’s Bank
Air Date: December 27, 2009

Sponsor: The Dekko Foundation

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Youth Investment Awards

TOPIC: St. Mary’s - 2009 Youth Investment Award Winner
Connie Sherman—St. Mary’s Child Center
Becky Fogler—Teacher and Associate Curriculum Director
Lynne’ McGuire—St. Mary’s Director of Curriculum and Outreach
Air Date: December 20, 2009

Sponsor: Dekko Foundation

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Youth Investment Awards

TOPIC: Parents as Teachers - 2009 Youth Investment Award Winner
Regina Trout—Director of Children and Youth at John Boner Center
Air Date: December 13, 2009

Sponsor: Dekko Foundation

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Youth Investment Awards

TOPIC: Wellspring – 2009 Youth Investment Award Winner
Frank Zirille—Executive Director Wellspring Interfaith Social Services, Wellspring East West
Summer Day Camp
Tyler Jackson—Wellspring Summer Day Camp Alumnus and now on camp staff
Air Date: December 6, 2009

Sponsor: Dekko Foundation

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Youth Investment Awards

TOPIC: Youth Resources Teenpower – 2009 Youth Investment Award Winner
-Emily Strahle—TEENPOWER Manager and University of Southern Indiana Secondary Education graduate.
-Stephanie Roland—TEENPOWER, Teen Advisory Council and U. of Evansville alum, Community Development Officer at Old National Bank.
-Krista Decker, TEENPOWER—Teen Advisory Council and University of Southern Indiana alum, Development Director for Youth Resources.
Air Date: November 29, 2009

Sponsor: Crowe Horwath LLP

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Youth Investment Awards

TOPIC: Jim O’Brien’s Work with Youth
Jim O’Brien—Indiana Pacers Coach
Air Date: November 15, 2009

Sponsor: Crowe Horwath LLP and O'Brien Toyota

TOPIC: Family, Career and Community Leaders of America – 2009 Youth Investment Award Winner
Brenda Osman—FCCLA Advisor at East Central High School and Sunman Dearborn Middle School
Hannah Bush—East Central High School Senior
Andrea Wolfram—FCCLA Alum
Air Date: November 11, 2009

Sponsor: Crowe Horwath LLP

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Youth Investment Awards

TOPIC: PALS — 2009 Youth Investment Award Winner
Fern Bonchek—Founder and Executive Director of PALS, People and Animals Learning Services
Suzanne Donnelly—Parent of a PALS Rider
Air Date: November 8, 2009

Sponsor: hhgregg and Dekko Foundation

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Youth Investment Awards

TOPIC: Hey UGLY
Betty Hoeffner—President and Cofounder of Hey UGLY
Maddie Wojasinski, student at St. Stanislaus Kostka School in Michigan City and a member of the Hey UGLY stop bullying task force
Courtney Hough—Student at LaPorte High School and HUE-MAN Being art project participant.
Air Date: October 25, 2009

Sponsor: hhgregg and Dekko Foundation

TOPIC: Thank a Youth Worker Day
Rev. Brian Durand, Associate Director of Youth, Young Adult, and Campus Ministries The Indiana Conference of the United Methodist Church
Jen McKinney, Children’s Librarian at the Allen County Library
Air Date: October 25, 2009

Sponsor: hhgregg and Dekko Foundation

TOPIC: Hot Topics in Youth Development
Walt Mueller—Center for Parent/Youth Understanding
Air Date: October 18, 2009

Sponsor: Annie E. Casey Foundation and Riley Hospital for Children

TOPIC: New Higher Ed Commissioner
Teresa Lubbers—Indiana Commissioner for Higher Education
Air Date: October 11, 2009

Sponsor: Annie E. Casey Foundation and Riley Hospital for Children

TOPIC: Bringing Up Geeks
Marybeth Hicks—Author of the book, “Bringing Up Geeks (GEEKS stands for Genuine Enthusiastic Empowered Kids): How to Protect Your Kid’s Childhood in a Grow-up-too-fast World,” and co-author of the soon-to-be-released book “What’s Really Cool in Middle School.”
Air Date: October 4, 2009

Sponsor: Annie E. Casey Foundation and Riley Hospital for Children

TOPIC: Drug Use in Indiana
Jon Macy—Project Director of the IU Smoking Survey in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Ruth Gassman—Director of the Indiana Prevention Resource Center at IU
Air Date: September 27, 2009

TOPIC: Making College Challenging
Matt Chingos—Co-author of the book, “Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America’s Public Universities.”
Air Date: September 20, 2009

Sponsor: hhgregg and the Dekko Foundation

TOPIC: Responding to Sexting
Jim Hancock—Author and Host of Upcoming IYI Webinar on Sexting
Air Date: September 13, 2009

Sponsor: hhgregg and the Dekko Foundation

More on this topic:
IYI Monthly Column: Sexting
IYI Issue Brief: Teen Textuality
IYI Library Bibliography: Healthy Relationships and Social Skills
IYI Library Bibliography: Technology and Youth Programs
IYI Webinar: Teen Textuality: What Youth Workers Need to Know about Sexting
IYI News Release: Flirting with High-tech Trouble: Sexting is a Growing Problem among Adolescents

TOPIC:  Raising Drug Free Kids
Elizabeth Planet, VP and Director of Special Projects for the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. Co-wrote “How to Raise a Drug Free Teen"
Air Date: September 6, 2009

Sponsor: Annie E. Casey Foundation and Riley Hospital for Children

TOPIC: Rose Hulman Homework Hotline
Susan Smith— Rose Hulman Homework Hotline Director
Heman (Hay man) Rootz— Rose Hulman Student and veteran hotline tutor from Shoals, Indiana
Air Date: August 30, 2009

Sponsor: Annie E. Casey Foundation and Riley Hospital for Children.

TOPIC: The State of Rural Youth
Tasha Snyder of the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire—Co-Author of The New, Longer Road to Adulthood, Schooling, Work, and Idleness among Rural Youth. William O'Hare of the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire—Author of The Forgotten Fifth, Child Poverty in Rural America.
Air Date: August 23, 2009

Sponsor: Annie E. Casey Foundation and Riley Hospital for Children

TOPIC: Parents and Education
Jackie Garvey—Parents and Partners in Education
Dr. Vince Bertram—Superintendent of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation
Air Date: August 16, 2009

Sponsor: Indiana Criminal Justice Institute

TOPIC: Bullying
Rosalind Wiseman, author of “Queen Bee Moms and Kingpin Dads”
Sarah Ketterer--Program Coordinator Clarian Bullying Prevention Program
Air Date: August 2, 2009

Sponsor: NIPSCO

More on this topic:
IYI Monthly Column
IYI Kids Count Radio Show
IYI Issue Alert
IYI Webinar Recording
IYI Library Bibliography

TOPIC: High School and College Hazing
Dr. Elizabeth Allan—Professor in the University of Maine's College of Education and Human Development and co-author of two recent studies on hazing.
Dr. Mary Madden—Professor in the University of Maine's College of Education and Human Development and co-author of two recent studies on hazing.
Air Date: July 26, 2009

Sponsor: NIPSCO

TOPIC: Digital Distraction
Maggie Jackson--author of "Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age".
Air Date: July 19, 2009

Sponsor: Key Bank

TOPIC: Girls and Body Image
Dara Chadwick, author of "You'd Be So Pretty If...: Teaching Our Daughters to Love Their Bodies – Even When We Don't Love Our Own"
Air Date: July 12, 2009

Sponsor: Key Bank

TOPIC: Teen Depression News
Dr. Jim Gangwisch, assistant professor of clinical psychiatric social work at Columbia University Media Center and the New York State Psychiatric Institute.
Ryan Wisecarver, TeenScreen Program Coordinator in Indiana
Air Date: July 5, 2009

Sponsor: Vectren Corporation

More on this topic
IYI Audio Conference: Preventing Hoosier Teen Suicide
IYI Bibliography: Teen Depression and Suicide
IYI Radio Show: Teen Depression News

TOPIC: Arby’s and Mentoring
Greg Hawkins— Senior Vice President, Community Partnerships and the Arby's Foundation
Craig Truelock—Vice President of Operations of Huse Incorporated, a management corporation that currently operates 38 Arby’s restaurants in the Midwest.
Air Date: June 28, 2009

Sponsor: Vectren Corporation

TOPIC: Why Don't Students Like School?
Daniel Willingham—Author, "Why Don't Students Like School?"
Air Date: June 21, 2009

Sponsor: Crowe Horwath LLP and O'Brien Toyota

TOPIC: Eliminating Poverty
Scott Miller—Author, "Until It's Gone"
Todd Lare—Director: South Central Community Action Program
Air Date: June 14, 2009

Sponsor: Crowe Horwath LLP

Mark Hyman, Author of Until It Hurts

Air Date: June 7, 2009

Sponsor: Crowe Horwath LLP

Rep. Greg Porter, (D) Indianapolis, Author of HB 1581 requiring mandatory financial responsibility education in grades 6-12. Governor Daniels signed it into law May 12.
Kristina Uland—Director of Development for the Networks Financial Institute at Indiana State University
Air Date: May 31, 2009

Sponsor:  Crowe Horwath LLP

TOPIC: Communities in Schools
Vivian Ashmawi—Communities in School Richmond
Brian Jenkins—Mentor
Jerry Moore—Student and mentee of Brian Jenkins
Air Date: May 24, 2009

Sponsor: NIPSCO

TOPIC: Youth Issues with Walt Mueller
Walt Mueller—Center for Parent/Youth Understanding
Air Date: May 17, 2009

Sponsor: NIPSCO

TOPIC: Young Author’s Advice Books
Alec Greven, Author, How to Talk to Moms and How to Talk to Dads
Air Date: May 10, 2009

Sponsor: Dekko Foundation

TOPIC: Parenting Teens
Dr. Mike Bradley, Author, When Things Get Crazy with Your Teen
Air Date: May 3, 2009

Sponsor: Dekko Foundation

TOPIC: Video Game Addiction/Alternative Games
Asst. Professor Doug Gentile, Video Game Researcher www.DrDouglas.org
Scott Strother, the author of The Adventurous Book of Outdoor Games
Air Date: April 26, 2009

Sponsor: Dekko Foundation

TOPIC: Sexting
Sgt. Mike Hornbrook—Indianapolis Metropolitan County Police Department, cyber crimes unit
Chris Wagner—Research Assistant for the Center for Parent Youth Understanding
Air Date: April 5, 2009

Sponsor: Riley Hospital for Children

More on this topic:
IYI Issue Alert: "When Push Turns to Shove: How to Help Bullies and Their Targets."
IYI Library Bibliography: Bullying and Bullying Prevention

More resoureces can be found here.

TOPIC: Teen Birth Rate Rises
Shanna Coon—Former teen mom and student at Teen Parents Succeeding
Melissa—High School student and a current TPS client
Miranda—High School student and a current TPS client
Keri McCall—Director, Teen Parents Succeeding
Air Date: March 29, 2009

Sponsor: Riley Hospital for Children

TOPIC: Kids' Stress and the Economy
Dr. Amy Rexroth—Licensed Clinical Psychologist—Woodview Group
Air Date: March 22, 2009

Sponsor: Riley Hospital for Children

TOPIC: Sofa Boy/Minor Tobacco Sales
Aaron Jones—Operations Coordinator for the Tobacco Retailer Inspection Program (TRIP) at the Indiana Prevention Resource Center
Air Date: March 15, 2009

Sponsor: Key Bank

TOPIC: Teen Driving Bills
Sen. Travis Holman, R--Markle, Author Senate Bill 16
Missy Lundberg—State Farm Insurance Spokesperson
Air Date: March 8, 2009

Sponsor: Key Bank and O'Brien Toyota

TOPIC: College Finances in a Recession
Dave Murray, Murray and Associates
Sherrie Nicholson, parent of college students
Jodi Golden, Executive Director Indiana Education Savings Authority
Air Date: March 1, 2009

Sponsor: Vectren Corporation

TOPIC: Ivy Tech
Tom Snyder—President, Ivy Tech Community College
Air Date: February 14, 2009

Sponsor: hhgregg

TOPIC: Disproportionality in Indiana
Mike Patchner—Dean Indiana University School of Social Work
Angela Green— Deputy Director of Practice Support Department of Child Services
Air Date: February 8, 2009

Sponsor: hhgregg

More on this topic:
IYI Issue Alert        In Spanish
IYI Monthly Column
WFYI Radio Interview

TOPIC: 2008 Youth Investment Award Winner — Bridges Outreach
Travis Taflinger, Casey Cline, from Bridges Outreach
Ron Harper, President- Community Foundation of Howard County
Air Date: January 18, 2009

Sponsor: Annie E. Casey Foundation

More on this topic:
IYI Press Release
Youth Investment Awards

TOPIC: Ethics of American Youth
Michael Josephson, President and Founder of the Josephson Institute
Dr. Mike Thomson
Air Date: January 11, 2009

Sponsor: Annie E. Casey Foundation

More on this topic
Kids Count in Indiana Conference 2008