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Evansville has the distinction of being a World War Two Heritage City and now 64 locations have been documented as heritage sites. Richard Kuhn and Chris Donahue are the latest guests on Two Main Street with David James. Along with the wartime production locations, the list also features housing, hotels and clubs. David also has a conversation with Jake Adams, director of the Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs. His job is to connect with some 400 thousand Hoosier vets.
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An empire of rags and bones, that's how Dr. Anne Berg, the 2026 Rechnic Holocaust Speaker describes Nazi Germany in World War Two. It was a garbage economy fueled by slave labor and these workers were expendable. Dr. Berg shares chilling examples of these exploited workers and the waste-not frenzy in her book "Empire of Rags and Bones" on Two Main Street with David James.
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After being kidnapped in his homeland in Venezuela, Alfonso Vidal shares his journey to Evansville in a new book "A Long Way from Caracas." It's an adventure story with a shocking twist. Was there divine intervention?
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The newly named Community Foundation of Southwest Indiana serves nine counties and foundation executives Jill Carpenter and Tim Jones join David James on Two Main Street to talk about the foundation's mission and history of charitable giving.
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The new book "The War is Upon Us' gives the reader a snapshot of New Harmony's contributions and sacrifices during the Civil War. On Two Main Street David James talks to the authors Bill Bartelt and Ryan Rokicki about three key characters in the book: Robert Dale Owen who had the ear of President Lincoln, Owens's brother Richard who ran a Confederate POW camp only to be later captured by the rebels and Capt. James Penn Bennet who wrote moving letters home to his wife and children.
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David talks with local author and historian Kelley Coures. His new book is Indignation: A History of Politics and Race in Evansville, Indiana 1870-1950.
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Are you stressed out? Have a question about mental health? Do you need some professional advice? Psychiatrist Jay Fawver is joining the WNIN Channel 9 lineup with his long-running program "Matters of the Mind." David James introduces us to Doctor Fawver on Two Main Street.
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Attention word nerds: Martha Barnette, co-host of public radio's "A Way with Words" joins David James for a lively conversation about Martha's latest book "Friends with Words, Adventures in Languageland."
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Author Lori Cates Hand joins David James for a retro trip to the 70s and 80s in her unapologetic, tell-all-book "Ohio River Valley Girl." What was the social life of a teenage girl? Lori shares her triumphs and misadventures in a narrative set to music. And yes, the reader can listen along..
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David talks with author Craig Fehrman. His new book is This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis and Clark. This book moves beyond the traditional focus on Lewis and Clark, but rather highlights those that travelled with and helped along the journey westward, like York, Sacagawea and Black Buffalo.