
Indiana Newsdesk, Episode 1321, 11/21/2025
Season 13 Episode 21 | 26m 44sVideo has Closed Captions
College and Walnut corridor safety, free speech guidelines, 1930 horror film
The city is working on two proposals to try to make travel safer through the College and Walnut corridor. IU’s president is encouraging the school to adopt a guideline for free speech on campuses. And lost footage is being used to restore a rare 1930 horror film.
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Indiana Newsdesk, Episode 1321, 11/21/2025
Season 13 Episode 21 | 26m 44sVideo has Closed Captions
The city is working on two proposals to try to make travel safer through the College and Walnut corridor. IU’s president is encouraging the school to adopt a guideline for free speech on campuses. And lost footage is being used to restore a rare 1930 horror film.
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>> PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES.
THEY JUST SHOULDN'T TIE WHEN THEY MAKE A MISTAKE.
>> THIS CORRIDOR IS ONE THE BUSIEST AREAS IN TOWN.
SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS I HAVE SPOKEN TO SAY THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE WALKING OR BIKING IN THE AREA.
THE CITY IS WORKING ON TWO PROPOSALS TO TRY MAKE THE AREA SAFER?
INDIANA UNIVERSITY'S PRESIDENT IS URGING TO ADOPT THE CHICAGO UNIVERSITY PRINCIPLES.
>> THE PRINCIPLES ARE NOT ENFORCEABLE BUT WOULD BE A SYMBOLIC MOVE ON THE CAMPUS RANKED LAST FOR FREE SPEECH.
>> AND LOST FOOTAGE FOUND IN I.U.
'S LIBRARY ARCHIVES IS BEING USED TO RESTORE A RARE 1930 HORROR FILM.
WE'LL HAVE THESE STORIES AND MORE, RIGHT NOW ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK"!
>>> WELCOME TO "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M JOE HREN.
BLOOMINGTON IS COLLECTING PUBLIC INPUT ON TWO PROPOSALS THAT AIM TO IMPROVE SAFETY ALONG THE NORTHBOUND SECTION OF COLLEGE AVENUE AND THE SOUTHBOUND SECTION OF WALNUT STREET.
ISABELLA VESPERINI JOINS US NOW FROM THE CORRIDOR TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT.
>> THANKS, JOE.
CURRENTLY BOTH ROADS ARE ONE-WAY STREETS WHICH SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS SAY ARE NOT SAFE.
BOTH INCLUDE ADDING A PROTECTIVE TRAIL, BUT ONE WOULD KEEP THE ROADS ONE WAY AND THE OTHER WOULD MAKE THE ROADS TWO WAY.
>> THE CITY HOSTED OPEN HOUSES A FEW WEEKS AGO TO GIVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
ONE BIKER EXPLAINED HIS DIFFICULTY ON THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION.
>> I HAVE TO CROSS WALNUT ALMOST EVERY DAY TO GET TO THE B-LINE TRAIL AS MY NORTH SOUTH WAY TO GET AROUND TOWN.
>> HE DOESN'T FEEL SAFE BIKING DOWNTOWN, HE THINKS MAKING THEM TWO WAY WILL MAKE IT LOWER TRAFFIC.
>> I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR US AND PEDESTRIANS AS WELL.
>> BETWEEN 2018 AND 2022, THERE WERE 40 SERIOUS INJURIES.
SINCE JANUARY OF 2019, THERE HAVE BEEN THREE FATAL CRASHES.
THERE WERE 150 ACCIDENTS PER YEAR.
>> WE CAN AIM TO ELIMINATE FATAL AND SERIOUS CRASHES.
PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES BUT THEY SHOULDN'T TIE WHEN THEY DO.
>> LISA RENEE WILSON WHO LIKES TO WALK APPRECIATES THE INCREASED ACCESSIBILITY THE URBAN TRAIL WOULD PROVIDE TO THE AREA, AND IT CAN CREATE A SAFER OPTION FOR PEOPLE NOT TRAVELING BY CAR.
>> WE HAVE FAR MORE PEOPLE DOING THE ELECTRIC BIKES AND SCOOTERS AND ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF MINGLING WAYS OF TRANSPORTATION.
I WANT TO SEE WAYS PEOPLE CAN GET AROUND TOWN OUTSIDE OF CARS IN MORE SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE WAYS.
>> BUT SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT HOW CONSTRUCTION WILL IMPACT BUSINESSES ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
>> JUST KNOWING HOW CONSTRUCTION AFFECTS DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES, LANE CLOSURES, THINGS LIKE THAT, ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD BE DOING TO ALTER THE ROADS, AROUND DOWNTOWN, OBVIOUSLY, WOULD CREATE SOME DISRUPTION, AND THAT WOULD BE FINE TO DO THAT, BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW, TRYING TO INTRODUCE THAT ON TOP OF ALL KINDS OF REASONS THAT BUSINESSES ARE STRUGGLING TO GET PEOPLE IN THE DOOR RIGHT NOW, I THINK, WOULD CREATE TOO MUCH OF A NEGATIVE IMPACT.
>> COMING INTO THE OPEN HOUSE, ROBLING SAID PEOPLE WERE SKEPTICAL OF THE TWO-WAY PROPOSAL BUT LATER WARMED TO THE IDEA.
>> A LOT IS FAMILIARITY.
WE HEAR A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW IT'S BEEN FOR, YOU KNOW, 70ISH YEARS NOW AND THAT'S WHAT I KNOW IT AND HOW I HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN IT.
>> ROBLING SAYS IT SEEMS MORE PEOPLE PREFER THE ONE WAY OPTION BUT THINK BOTH ALTERNATIVES WOULD MAKE TRAFFIC SAFER ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
>> THE VEHICLE SPEEDS ARE HIGHER THAN ARE COMFORTABLE AND THERE'S A LOT OF MOVEMENT AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HAPHAZARD CHANGES, ESPECIALLY UNPREDICTABLE THINGS.
THEY FEEL UNPREDICTABLE WHEN YOU ARE ON THE CORRIDOR.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING TO ADDRESS THOSE IN BOTH DESIGN ALTERATIONS.
>> ONE WAY STREETS PROVIDE THE HIGHEST SPEEDS.
THEY WANT TO DECREASE THE CRASHES BUT MAINTAIN THE SAME BASIC DESIGN.
>> YOU WANT TO SEE MORE BUMP OUTS AND MORE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AND THAT WILL EAT INTO THINGS LIKE PARKING.
>> THE IDEA IS TO SLOW THE CARS DOWN WHILE MAINTAINING THAT ONE WAY.
>> THE MAIN BENEFIT OF MAKING STREETS TWO WAY IS TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC.
>> WHEN YOU FEEL A CAR COMING TOWARDS YOU, YOU INSTINCTIVELY GO SLOWER.
>> THE TWO WAY STREET IS IF SOMEONE IS OBEYING THE SPEED LIMIT, ON A ONE WAY, YOU JUST GO AROUND THAT PERSON.
>> ONCE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ENDS ON DECEMBER 1st, THEY WILL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND RUN IT BY THE CITY OFFICIALS.
CONSTRUCTION ON THE PROJECT COULD START BY 2029.
REPORTING IN BLOOMINGTON, FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M ISABELLA VESPIRINI.
>>> INDIANA GOVERNOR MIKE BRAUN SAYS HE'S EXPLORING ALL OPTIONS TO FORCE THE STATE SENATORS TO CONVENE AND VOTE ON REDISTRICTING INDIANA'S U.S.
HOUSE MAP.
BRAUN AND STATE LEGISLATORS HAVE BEEN UNDER PRESSURE FROM PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO REDRAW THE LINES IN AN EFFORT TO PICK UP GOP SEATS IN NEXT YEAR'S ELECTIONS.
SENATORS ARE UNLIKELY TO BUDGE.
>> INDIANA'S 50 STATE SENATOR BEST ON TUESDAY FOR ORGANIZATION DAY.
THE CEREMONIAL START TO THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
THEY VOTED AGAINST GOVERNOR MIKE BRAUN'S REQUEST THAT THEY CONVENE EARLY AND REDRAW CONGRESSIONAL LINES.
AN EFFORT THAT LIKELY WOULD HAVE TIPPED ALL NINE OF INDIANA'S CONGRESSIONAL SEATS TO REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATION.
INDIANA STATE SENATORS ARE ELECTED ON FOUR-YEAR TERMS COMPARED TO A TWO-YEAR CYCLE FOR THE 100 STATE REPRESENTATIVES.
>> I THINK PART OF THAT MIGHT BE THE NATURE OF THAT INSTITUTION, THAT SORT OF PERMANENT SENATE MAJORITY, THE OLD TIMERS WHO WERE THERE LONG BEFORE THIS CROWD WAS IN POWER, THE TRUMP AND BRAUN AND THEY WILL BE AROUND AFTER.
>> OF INDIANA'S 40 REPUBLICAN SENATORS NEITHER HALF HAVE BEEN IN THEIR POSITIONS FOR AT LEAST TEN YEARS.
FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M BENTE BOUTHIER.
>> WE'RE JOINED NOW BY UNIVERSITY OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS, WITH MORE ON THE REDISTRICTING FIGHT.
WELCOME TO THE SHOW, LAURA.
SO GOVERNOR BRAUN SAYS HE'S EXPLORING HIS OPTION TO FORCE THE SENATE TO TAKE UP THE ISSUE.
WHAT ARE HIS OPTIONS NOW?
>> WELL, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
LEGALLY THE STATE CONSTITUTION, HE'S EXHAUSTED WHAT HE CAN DO IN TERMS OF LEGISLATION.
HE HAS TWO PRIMARY AUTHORITIES, HE CAN CALL A SPECIAL SESSION AND HE CAN VETO OR SIGN LEGISLATION INTO LAW, BUT THIS IS NO LEGISLATION.
THE STATE SENATE SAID THEY ARE NOTING TO RECONVENE.
THEY GAVELED OUT TO THAT EFFECT TODAY.
WHAT THE GOVERNOR HAS THE ABILITY TO DO IS ASK THE THEM AND USE THE BULLY PULPIT, TRYING TO REACH OUT AND GET THEM EXCITED AND ENGAGED.
MEANWHILE THAT WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY IS STARTING TO CLOSE IN TERMS OF ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO REDISTRICT THE STATE LEGISLATIVE LINES BEFORE FILING STARTS NEXT MONTH.
>> OKAY.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING, IS THERE A DROP DEAD DATE TO GET REDISTRICTING DONE BY IF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SOMEHOW DOES GO FORWARD WITH IT?
>> SURE.
WELL, THEY'RE IN VERY TIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO THIS BY THE TIME THE CANDIDATES FILE AND WE'RE LOOKING IN TERMS OF JANUARY, THAT FILING DEADLINE IS -- THERE'S 30 DAYS, A WINDOW FOR CANDIDATES TO DECLARE THEIR CANDIDACY.
A CANDIDATE CANNOT DECLARE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE A CANDIDATE IF THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT DISTRICT THEY ARE RUNNING IN AND LIKEWISE IT PUTS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE CLERK OF COURTS WHO ARE ABLE TO VERIFY AND QUALIFY A COURT TO SAY, YES, DO YOU LIVE IN A DISTRICT.
SO REALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOT COMING BACK IN DECEMBER, THAT'S THE DEADLINE.
THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY FOR STATE LEGISLATURE TRULY TO BE ABLE TO PASS REDISTRICTING LEGISLATION WITHOUT FORGOING A NUMBER OF RULES THAT WOULD REQUIRE PROCEDURAL VOTES AND OVERCOME AT THIS POINT.
>> THE PRESIDENT AND OTHERS HAVE VOWED TO BACK PRIMARY CANDIDATES FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T GET ON BOARD WITH REDISTRICTING.
IS THERE A DANGEROUS FOR REPUBLICANS?
>> A LOT OF OUR DISTRICTS ARE COMPETITIVE, REALLY IN THE WAY THEY ARE DRAWN.
SO THAT'S WHERE YOU DO SEE THE MOST COMPETITION.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE A CHALLENGER IN A PRIMARY FOR AN INCUMBENT, THAT MEANS YOU WILL HAVE TO SPEND MORE TIME, MORE MONEY, DURING A STATE LEGISLATIVE CYCLE TO CAMPAIGN, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN STAY IN OFFICE.
BUT I WOULD -- I WOULD ADD WHEN WE LOOK AT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE CANDIDATES THAT HE'S SUPPORTED IN PRIMARIES IN THE PAST, HE HAS A MIXED RECORD.
THERE ARE EXAMPLES WHERE DONALD TRUMP HAS SUPPORTED A CANDIDATE AND THEY HAVE WON THE PRIMARY, BUT THERE ARE ALSO THOSE IN WHICH THEY HAVEN'T BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND TYPICALLY INCUMBENCY ADVANTAGE IS HUGE.
SO FOR INCUMBENTS WHO THEY ARE SERVING THEIR CONSTITUENTS.
IF THEY CAN CONVEY THAT THEY ARE DOING A GOOD JOB IN OFFICE, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SURVIVE A CHALLENGER IN THE PRIMARY IN MAY.
>> A NUMBER OF STATE SENATORS HAVE BEEN SWATTED.
CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT.
>> WELL, IT'S HORRIFIC.
SO WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN ARGUABLY TEN.
WE KNOW OF EIGHT.
THE GOVERNOR HAS ALSO BEEN THREATENED WITH THREATS OF VIOLENCE, INTIMIDATION, SWATTING, AND THIS IS, I THINK GENUINELY UNPRECEDENTED AT THE STATE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL.
WE JUST DON'T SEE THIS IN INDIANA.
BUT THESE ARE REAL THREATS.
I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW HARD IT IS FOR ELECTED LEADERS, FOR PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO ARE CHOOSING TO REPRESENT CONSTITUENTS AND MAKING HARD DECISIONS, ITS REALLY PROBLEMATIC.
YOU ARE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THEIR LIVES AND THEIR RISK.
IN CASES THIS HAS BEEN TALKING PEOPLE'S BUSINESSES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR AND VIOLENCE, WE IMAGINE IS INFLUENCED BY RHETORIC, RIGHT, BUT THIS TYPE OF POLARIZATION HAS TO STOP.
WHEN WE SEE IT PERMEATE AT THIS LEVEL, KNOCK ON WOOD, WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYONE HURT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT PAMELA WHIT SEN ASKING FACULTY GOVERNMENT TO DAUNT THE CHICAGO PRINCIPLES, GUIDELINES ABOUT FREE SPEECH ON CAMPUS.
AS ETHAN SANDWEISS REPORTS, IT COULD BE A POSITIVE MOVE FOR A UNIVERSITY RANKED LAST FOR FREE SPEECH.
>> OVER 100 OTHER UNIVERSITIES HAVE ADOPTED TO THE 14 REPORT, WHICH CALLS FOR ADMINISTRATIONS TO LIMIT INTERFERENCE WITH FREE SPEECH AND FOR STUDENTS AND FACULTY TO TOLERATE VIEWS THEY OPPOSE.
ONE PROFESSOR SAYS IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS OUT ON.
>> I THINK WE ARE ON THE PRECIPICE OF A REALLY BEAUTIFUL THING IF WE ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO PROBABLY ASK THAT SOME PEOPLE BACK AWAY FROM SOME CURRENT FEELINGS THEY HAVE.
>> THOSE FEELINGS RUN DEEP ON THE BLOOMINGTON CAMPUS, WHERE FACULTY VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY THAT THEY HAD NO CONFIDENCE IN WHITTEN AFTER THE UNIVERSITY CANCELED OR ATTEMPTED TO CANCEL EVENTS RELATED TO SPEECH ON ISRAEL AND PALESTINE.
THEY ARE NOT POLICIES AND CAN'T BE ENFORCED BUT COULD BE A SYMBOLIC MOVE TO MENDING THE CONTENTIOUS CLIMATE.
THE PERSON WOULD WROTE THE DOCUMENT AFTER A NATIONWIDE OF SERIES OF PROTESTS OF SPEAKERS ON CAMPUS.
>> IT LEAVES OPEN THE ABILITY OF THE UNIVERSITY TO RESTRICT SPEECH ACTIVITY THAT IS INCOMPATIBILITY WITH.
>> STONE SAYS THEY CALL ON THE COMMUNITY TO RESPECT DIFFERENCES OF MONEY WHILE COMPELLING ADMINISTRATORS TO PROTECT FREE SPEECH IN APRIL OPEN AND AGGRESSIVE FASHION.
FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M ETHAN SANDWEISS.
>>> ONCE THE UNIVERSITY FACULTY COUNCIL HAS MADE A RECOMMENDATION ON THOSE PRINCIPLES, WHITTEN HAS ASKED THEM TO SUBMIT IT FOR HER APPROVAL.
>>> WELL, AS SWEATERS, BEANIES AND MITTENS ARE RETURNING FOR THE FALL AND WINTER MONTHS, SO IS SOME DARN GOOD SOUP.
THE BLOOMINGTON FAVORITE IS BACK IN BUSINESS!
>> THANKS, JOE.
DARN GOOD SOUP RETURNED THIS WEEK AFTER FIVE YEARS.
IT HAS NEW OWNERS, BUT THE RECIPES ARE ALL STILL THE SAME.
THE SOUPS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM 11 A.M.
TO 8 P.M.
EVERY DAY AT CHOCOLATE MOUSSE.
THOSE THEY WILL BE PREPARED AT ONE WORLD KITCHEN SHARE.
CO-OWNER PAT EAST, FORMERLY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MILL, SAYS THE IDEA OF OWNING DARN GOOD SOUP DATES BACK TO WHEN HE AND HIS FAMILY WERE CUSTOMERS AND HAS EVOLVED SINCE.
>> SO I ALWAYS HAD THIS NOTION IF THE OPPORTUNITY EVER CAME UP OR I WAS ABLE TO KIND OF ENGINEER IT, I WOULD -- I WOULD DO IT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR.
>> EAST AND HIS WIFE HAVE HIRED A PREVIOUS DARN GOOD SOUP CHEF AND HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNER TO MAINTAIN THE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF THE SOUPS.
>> HAVING THE BEST CHILI IN THE WORLD ISN'T THE POINT BUT, IT'S HAVING THE CHILI THAT EVERYBODY REMEMBERS.
THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WITH THE RECIPES AND GET THEM EXACTLY HOW THEY WERE.
>> DESPITE EAST HAVING EXPERIENCE IN BUILDING BUSINESSES BY SCRATCH BEFORE, EAST SAYS HE LACKS KNOWLEDGE IN FOOD OPERATIONS WHICH IS WHY HE PARTNERED WITH CHOCOLATE MOUSSE.
CHOCOLATE MOUSSE WAS ALREADY THINKING OF ADDING A NEW FOOD MENU AND HAS A ESTABLISHED LOCATION DOWNTOWN.
>> SOUP SALES DIP IN THE SUMMER TIME BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS HOT SOUP IN THE SUMMER.
ICE CREAM SALES ARE HIGH IN THE SUMMER AND VICEA VERSA HAPPENS IN THE WINTER.
SO THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN DARN GOOD SOUP AND CHOCOLATE MOUSSE MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
>> FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M NATALIE FITZGIBBONS.
>> COMING UP NEXT ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK," MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE SET TO LOSE THEIR AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SUBSIDIES AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
WE TALKED TO AN EXPERT ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT.
>> AND LOST FOOTAGE FOUND IN I.U.
'S LIBRARY ARCHIVES IS BEING USED TO RESTORE A RARE 1930 HORROR FILM.
>> THESE STORIES AND MORE RIGHT HERE ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK."
>>> WELCOME BACK TO "INDIANA NEWSDESK."
AN ESTIMATED 22 MILLION AMERICANS ARE EXPECTED TO SEE THEIR INSURANCE PREMIUMS SKYROCKET NEXT YEAR, THAT'S BECAUSE SUBSIDIES FOR THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ARE SET TO EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31st.
DEMOCRATS AND CONGRESS ARE TRYING TO EXTEND THE SUBSIDIES WHICH AMOUNT TO ABOUT $35 BILLION A YEAR, BUT REPUBLICANS WOULD CONTROL CONGRESS DO NOT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS COME OUT AGAINST EXTENDING THE SUBSIDY SAYS HE WANTS TO SEND MONEY DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE TO NEGOTIATE THEIR OWN HEALTHCARE.
WE'RE JOINED NOW BY KOSALI SIMON, THE ASSOCIATE VICE PROVOST FOR HEALTH SCIENCES FOR PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING ON THE SHOW TODAY.
SO THESE SUBSIDIES SUNSET AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
SO WHAT HAPPENS THEN?
WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE EXPECT?
>> SO, YEAH, PRICES ARE GOING UP AT A TIME FOR HEALTHCARE THAT -- IT'S GOING UP FOR LOTS OF OTHER THINGS.
BUT REALLY, WHAT WE SHOULD KEEP IN MIND IS THAT EVEN WHEN THESE EXTRA SUBSIDIES EXPIRE, GOVERNMENT IS STILL PAYING A LOT OF THE HEALTHCARE COSTS.
SO OF EVERY DOLLAR IN PREMIUMS THAT AN INSURANCE COMPANY CHARGES ON THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT MARKETPLACE, EVEN UNDER THE SUBSIDY SCHEME WE WILL GO BACK TO, THE GOVERNMENT IS PAY 83 CENTS.
CURRENTLY THE GOVERNMENT PAYS 88 CENTS.
SO THIS 5 PERCENTAGE POINT CHANGE DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOT IN SOME SENSE, BUT WHEN YOU COMBINE IT WITH THE FACT THAT IT IS OF A BIGGER TOTAL PREMIUM, THAT'S WHEN CONSUMERS REALLY FEEL THE PRICE INCREASE.
IT'S ONLY 5 PERCENTAGE POINTS, BUT THE ENTIRE COST OF HEALTH INSURANCE IS GOING UP SO MUCH THAT THAT TRANSLATES INTO A LOT OF MONEY.
>> SO PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TOYING WITH THIS IDEA OF ENDING MONEY DIRECTLY TO PEOPLE AND HAVING THEM FIND HEALTHCARE THEMSELVES.
IS THAT FEASIBLE.
>> WE DON'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT OF DETAILS ABOUT THAT PLAN YET.
BUT IN A GENERAL SENSE, THERE ARE CERTAINLY PLUSES TO THE IDEA OF GIVING PEOPLE CHOICE.
SO LOTS TO LIKE ABOUT THE IDEA OF GIVING PEOPLE CONTROL ABOUT HOW THEY SPEND THEIR HEALTHCARE DOLLARS BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE'S RISKS IN US NOT KNOWING WHEN THE HEALTHCARE MARKETPLACE IS SO COMPLICATED, ESPECIALLY IF WE MOVE AWAY FROM THE VERY REGULATED STANDARDIZED PLANS NOW, WILL PEOPLE BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE CHOICES.
THERE'S CHOICE OVERLOAD.
SO REALLY HARD SET OF CHOICES TO TRY AND MAKE SENSE OUT OF.
>> IS THERE A FIX FOR THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT?
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE DONE?
>> SO I WANT TO GET AT HOW THE REAL PROBLEM IS ABOUT THE COST OF CARE.
RIGHT?
WHETHER WE HAVE THE GOVERNMENT, TAXPAYERS OR INDIVIDUALS PAYING, THERE'S A LOT AT STAKE, OF COURSE, FOR INDIVIDUAL POCKETS, BUT OVERALL, AS A NATION, WE'RE STILL PAYING THOSE HIGH COSTS.
SO TRYING TO GET THE CONVERSATION MORE TOWARDS WHAT ARE THINGS THAT WE COULD LOOK AT TRYING TO FIX IN GETTING HEALTHCARE COSTS DOWN.
NOW, OF COURSE THAT'S THE HARDEST PROBLEM OUT THERE, AND IT'S NOT CLEAR WHO EXACTLY THIS IS GOING TO INVOLVE CHANGING BEHAVIOR.
>> ANY CHANCE CONGRESS EXTENDS THE SUBSIDIES POST DECEMBER 31st?
>> -- PAST DECEMBER 31st.
>> IT SEEMS POSSIBLE THAT THERE WILL BE SOMETHING, BUT IT MAY BE A WAY TO CHANGE HOW THAT ENTIRE BILL IS RISING RIGHT NOW, REGARDLESS OF WHO IS PAYING FOR IT.
>> KOSALI SIMON, I APPRECIATE YOU BEING ON THE SHOW.
>> A UNIQUE PIECE OF FILM HISTORY HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES.
THEY ARE USING IT TO RECREATE A HORROR FILM THAT DATES BACK TO 1930.
>> THE 1930 HORROR FILM THE CAT CREEPS HAS BEEN A LOST FILM FOR OVER 90 YEARS.
ONLY TWO MINUTES OF FOOTAGE WERE KNOWN TO SURVIVE.
THE REST THOUGHT TO BE DISCARDED OR DESTROYED.
THAT IS UNTIL I.U.
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, RUSSELL McGEE SUBMITTED A REQUEST IN 2021.
>> WHEN THE IMAGES CAME BACK AND THEY DID A COUPLE OF STILLS WITH -- UNDER A MAGNIFIER SO I COULD ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THE FOOTAGE WAS, I CROSS REFERENCED THAT WITH SOME PRODUCTION STILLS FROM THE ACTUAL FILM THAT WE KNEW WAS SURVIVING.
AND THAT IS HOW WE WERE ABLE TO VERIFY IT WAS, INDEED, LOST FOOTAGE FROM THE CAT CREEPS.
>> McGEE SAYS ANY DISCOVERY OF LOST FOOTAGE IS EXCITING BUT THIS FILM HOLDS SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE AS -- >> THE VERY FIRST SOUND HORROR FILM THAT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS PRODUCED, EVEN BEFORE DRACULA AND FRANKENSTEIN.
>> IT'S A MURDER MYSTERY THRILLER SET IN A HAUNTED HOUSE AND HELPED TO INSPIRE MANY OTHER FILMS IN THE GENRE.
WHILE THE VIDEO FOUND BY McGEE IS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE VERSION OF THE CAT CREEPS KNOWN TO EXIST, IT'S NOT YET A COMPLETE FILM.
>> IT IS SEGMENTS, SCENES, CLIPS FROM THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE FILM.
SO THOUGH IT'S NOT COMPLETE, IT DOES GIVE US AN OVERARCHING VIEW OF HOW THE FILM LOOKED FROM START TO FINISH.
>> RHODES IS A FILM HISTORIAN WHO SPECIALIZED IN HORROR MOVIES.
HE FOUND TRACKS IN THE UCLA FILM AND TELEVISION ARCHIVES SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND IS WORKING TOGETHER WITH McGEE TO SYNCHRONIZE THE FOOTAGE WITH THE SOUND.
>> ONE THING RESTORATIONISTS DO, SOMETIMES WHEN FOOTAGE DOESN'T EXIST BUT PHOTOS DO, THEY WILL USE PHOTO, MAYBE ADD DIGITAL ZOOMS, PANS, WIPES AND SO FORTH TO THEM, TO GIVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE SCENE WAS LIKE.
>> McGEE EXPECTS DISCOVERIES OF LOST FILMS LIKE THIS ONE TO BECOME MORE COMMON DUE TO THE HARD WORK OF ARCHIVISTS.
>> LIBRARIES LIKE THE I.U.
LIBRARIES DO DO A GREAT JOB OF ARCHIVING THE MATERIAL AND THEN DOCUMENTING IT SO THEN RESEARCHERS AND ENTHUSIASTS, FILM HISTORIANS ARE ABLE TO HONESTLY LOOK WORLDWIDE TO SEE WHAT IS AVAILABLE.
>> FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M EDDIE STEWART.
>> RHODES AND McGEE HOPE TO HAVE A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FILM COMPLETED BY THE FILM'S 96th ANNIVERSARY IN THE FALL OF 2026.
>> CARDINAL SPIRITS IS RELEASING ITS OLDEST WHISKEY AND THE OLDEST MADE IN BLOOMINGTON.
I WAS THERE TO WITNESS THE FIRST BARREL DUMP.
JEFF WUSLICH TELLS US MORE ABOUT THE STRAIGHT SINGLE MALT WHISKEY.
>> THIS IS A CRAFT DISTILLERY.
AND ONE THE THINGS YOU WANT TO MAKE IS GREAT WHISKEY.
THAT'S WHAT WE DID.
TO MAKE WHISKEY, YOU NEED TO GET GRAIN AND FERMENT IT AND COOK IT AND DISTILL IT.
AND THEN YOU PUT IT IN A BARREL AND PUT INDIANA IN A BOTTLE.
AND KIND OF ALL OF OUR CRAFT AND ALL OF OUR SKILL, YOU KNOW, OVER THOSE YEARS IS GOING TO BE REFLECTED IN THIS BOTTLE.
>> THIS WILL BE A SINGLE MALT, AS OPPOSED TO A BOURBON.
SO BOURBONS HAVE TO BE MOSTLY CORN.
AND PUT INTO A NEW AMERICAN OAK BARREL, MADE IN THE UNITED STATES AND DISTILLED TO A CERTAIN PROOF.
IN THIS CASE, WE'RE USING BARLEY INSTEAD OF JUST MOSTLY CORN.
>> ONE, TWO, THREE.
AND SO IN THIS CASE, THAT WHISKEY WAS GOING IN AND OUT OF THE CHAR AS THE SEASONS CHANGE AND IN AND OUT OF THAT WOOD, AND IT BRINGS THAT BEAUTIFUL COLOR.
WE'VE GOT A LIMITED AMOUNT BECAUSE EACH YEAR YOU LOSE SOME PERCENTAGE OF THE BARREL TO EVAPORATION.
PEOPLE CALL IT THE ANGEL SHARE.
AND OVER TIME, BECAUSE OF THE EVAPORATION IT GETS TO BE A HIGHER AND HIGHER PROOF.
SO IT ALMOST BECOMES SUPER CONCENTRATED.
SO WE DUMPED IT FROM THE BARREL.
HE TRY IT AT BARREL STRENGTH.
-- WE TRY IT AT BARREL STRENGTH.
BUT WE THINK IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT BETTER LOWER, BELOW 100 PROOF, PROBABLY CLOSER TO 90.
HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE READY AROUND THANKSGIVING OR THE HOLIDAYS.
>>> THAT'S THE END OF THIS PROGRAM, HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.
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