Dakota Davis

112: All about the Chamber of Commerce

Episode  |  May 17th, 2019  |  1 hr 29 mins

Episode 112 of Boss Hog of Liberty is now available!

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Jeremiah Morrell and Dakota Davis are your hosts. We are joined by Shaun DuFault of the Chamber of Commerce and Purdue student Mason Rottinghaus with an update from President Daniels.

We talk about the role of the Chamber of Commerce vs an Economic Development Corporation. What do local businesses care about and how do all of these pieces fit together in a small community.
Very informative and fun episode!

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111: Student Loan Crisis - Ignored by Trump!

Episode  |  May 9th, 2019  |  1 hr 36 mins

Episode 111 of Boss Hog of Liberty is now available!

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Jeremiah Morrell and Dakota Davis are your hosts. We are joined by attorney Sean Row and Purdue University Student Mason Rottinghaus are the featured guests.

We talk about the cost of college, massive student loan debt, and the prospects for getting rid of it.
Mason is entering his sophmore year at Purdue. Students have to navigate a myriad of programs, loans, and funding sources. Did you know there isn’t an established sticker price for dorm room selection? Who pays attention when picking their meal plan?

The politico’s are starting to pay attention. Serious proposals from Senator Elizabeth Warren and others have started the conversation. Should the federal government fix this? Should the states or universities be responsible. Oregon has an interesting program. Purdue has the “Back a Boiler Program” and tuition freezes for 8 years and counting.

Students sign up for tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands in debt. Eventually, we are all going to pay for it. The question is how and when.

Also have some local updates on 1400 plaza construction and a rant on primary “elections”

Enjoy!

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110: No more welfare? The "Freedom Dividend" - Eric Schansberg

Episode  |  May 2nd, 2019  |  1 hr 37 mins

Episode 110 of Boss Hog of Liberty is now available!

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Jeremiah Morrell and Dakota Davis are your hosts. In the shocker of a lifetime, Chase Peyton has returned for an episode! 10 weeks into two jobs, he found time to grace us with his presence.

Our featured guest is Dr Eric Schansberg, author and professor of Economics at Indiana University. With a broad background in public policy and a history as a political candidate, he is a perfect guest for the program.

Tonight we talked about the theory of Universal Basic Income or as Andrew Yang calls it, the “Freedom Dividend”. A fascinating conversation about how we could see the next 100 years of public policy play out.

In other news, Jeremiah is back from California, the Bears drafted a running back, Dakota struggles with words, and the guys are questioning the need for a non existent primary election to be a city holiday.

Enjoy!

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109: Cord Cutting - Jeremiah wants an Abatement - City Election Troubles?

Episode  |  April 24th, 2019  |  1 hr 46 mins

Episode 109 of Boss Hog of Liberty is now available!

https://bosshog.fireside.fm/122

Jeremiah Morrell and Dakota Davis are your hosts. Fake farmer Kade Koger is the 3rd chair, he should be planting, but it is too moist outside… Editor of The Courier Times, Travis Weik is the featured guest.

Game of Thrones has gripped the public...That got us thinking about how we watch tv now. Does anyone still have cable? Or do we just stream it all? And if so, do you pay for your own content (PRODUCER CHRIS).

Travis recently had an editorial on property taxes and how we fund local government. We went deep down the rabbit hole...Jeremiah wants a tax abatement for his pool, because he claims it drives tourism.

The final segment highlights the local city elections and it looks like a number of the incumbent candidates struggled to meet the deadlines...Still a developing story!

Kade polls the crowd on what we do if we win the lottery. Common theme - the show gets bigger and better.

Enjoy!

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Members will get an invitation to the May 2nd show and book signing with Dr Eric Schansberg!

108: Josh Gideon - Downtown Changes? - Notre Dame Fire

Episode  |  April 18th, 2019  |  1 hr 27 mins

Episode 108 of Boss Hog of Liberty is now available!

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Jeremiah Morrell and Dakota Davis are your hosts. Kade Koger is the 3rd chair. Physical and digital security expert Josh Gideon was here. We talk about his recent book, dealing with worship building security and risk assessments. This pivoted to the Notre Dame fire...Is Jeremiah a terrible person?

We talk about Julian Assange’s arrest; is he a hero or villain? The Nathaniel Hale of our time, or is he a treasonist worse than George Bluth?

Local issues include a potential of the City owning the old Castle Theatre. Local officials are not on the same page. Dakota has STRONG feelings.

Finally Jeremiah notes that it is road paving season and we don’t have a local option because of previous choices.

Kade polls the crowd on fighting off canadian geese.

Enjoy!

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107: Mark Brim and the amazing DQ Dreamsicle - Plus some politics

Episode  |  April 11th, 2019  |  1 hr 49 mins

Episode 107 of Boss Hog of Liberty is now available! Back from the WAY too long Spring Break recess.

https://bosshog.fireside.fm/120

Jeremiah Morrell and Dakota Davis are your hosts. Chris Guffey is in the producer’s chair. Sara Morrell is in charge of refreshments!

Featured guest is Mark Brim, Richmond Indiana legend, noted bacon hater, DQ dreamsicle viral videographer, and former DJ at Kicks 96.

We talk Indiana Statehouse updates, Presidential race review, Is President Trump listening to our show? The local Wal-Mart is getting upgrades; and finally Mark Brim hits the post with some classic country music.

Enjoy every minute!

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106: Betsy Mills - Lugar Series - Wind Testimony - Bill Bean Award

Episode  |  March 26th, 2019  |  1 hr 13 mins

Episode 106 of Boss Hog of Liberty is now available!

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Jeremiah Morrell and Dakota Davis are your hosts. Chris Guffey is in the producer’s chair.
Featured guest is Betsy Mills, who is involved with seemingly everything!
We talk about the Lugar Series, Testifying in front of the General Assembly on the wind issue, Road Funding awarded to Henry County, her involvement with the local jail program, and an update with Henry County Memorial Park.

The Henry County Libertarian Party received the Bill Bean Affiliate of the Year award at last weekend’s convention. Dakota and Jeremiah explain what that means for them.
Enjoy!

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105: Kent Benson - Indiana Basketball Legend

Episode  |  March 21st, 2019  |  1 hr 13 mins

Episode 105 of Boss Hog of Liberty is now available!

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Jeremiah Morrell and Dakota Davis are your hosts. Kade Koger makes his return in the 3rd chair. Chris Guffey produces and plays talent booker. In a March Madness miracle, we are joined by Kent Benson, Mr Basketball, Undefeated Champion at Indiana University, #1 Pick in the NBA Draft.

We talk high school hoops, growing up in New Castle, Selecting IU, Playing for Bob Knight, Visiting the White House. Signing a contract as the #1 draft pick, a sucker punch from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, playing in Italy and much more.

Spoiler Alert, Kent has yet to watch Tropic Thunder.

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104: Teacher Pay - Health Departments - Planes Crashing

Episode  |  March 14th, 2019  |  1 hr 31 mins

Episode 104 of Boss Hog of Liberty is now available!

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Jeremiah Morrell and Dakota Davis are your hosts. We Are Libertarians network founder Chris Spangle stopped by to check in on us. Randolph County activist and community leader Kristopher Bilbrey is the featured guest.
Kristopher hosts a Facebook program as a watchdog in his community as there has been massive turnover in the Winchester municipal government over the last four years.

Big topics covered today included Indiana Teacher pay and a major rally at the Statehouse. Henry County Health Department has begun enforcing a more than decade old rule around food pantries. Boeing has had planes crashing, should the government be regulating?

Chase Peyton made a SURPRISE visit, even as he is suspended.

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103: Jordan Page Calls In - Chase Peyton is SUSPENDED

Episode  |  March 8th, 2019  |  1 hr 6 mins

Episode 103 of Boss Hog of Liberty is now available!

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Jeremiah Morrell and Dakota Davis are your hosts. Chase Peyton has an announcement (and gift).
We were joined by musician, Jordan Page (https://www.jordanpagemusic.com/) who is working on a new project around a guy name Schaeffer Cox, who is serving time in an Indiana Federal Prison. Very interesting story about something that we had no idea of its existence. Fascinating!

Producer Chris Guffey has filed to run for office! He is now starting to take meetings and listen to constituents. We did a quick sit down interview to hear what it is like to start a campaign.

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102: Landon Dean - Running Small Towns, Parks, and Law Enforcement & Chase's stupid stunt

Episode  |  February 28th, 2019  |  1 hr 35 mins

Episode 102 of Boss Hog of Liberty is now available!

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Jeremiah Morrell and Dakota Davis are your loyal hosts. We are joined by Landon Dean, Vice President of the Knightstown Indiana Town Council, Memorial Park Board President, and Sergeant for the Henry County Sheriff department. We talk about what it takes to run a small town, keeping streets paved, water on, lights on, and managing wastewater treatment. We chat about tremendous improvements in Memorial Park over the past few years, and we talk about the experiences as a law enforcement officer.

All the while, co-host Chase Peyton is trying to drink an entire gallon of milk, live on the air….Nobody knows why. He makes it through, but needed a “break” so surprise guest, Aaron Dicken joined us to update his testimony to the Henry County Council and a potential collaboration between the City and County.

Chris Guffey has a BIG announcement at the end.

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101: Joey Mulinaro - IU/Purdue fans - Primary Cancelled - Solar Energy

Episode  |  February 22nd, 2019  |  1 hr 42 mins

Episode 101 of Boss Hog of Liberty is now available!

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Jeremiah Morrell and Dakota Davis are back for another episode! We talk about the news story that Chris Guffey broke – Henry County CANCELLED its primary election, saving about $30,000. Could it be used to join a regional planning group?

The state is talking about changing the rules again for solar generation at home. Dakota explains why we don’t want net metering, even though it makes sense up front. Everyone else tries to understand.

Joey Mulinaro of Espresso Radio is in the house. Great video and podcast content coming from their show. Joey helps us understand the IU/Purdue rivalry, and Chase gets ANIMATED defending the IU fan base over their student section chats.

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100! Valentines Special - 100th Episode - Vaccinations?

Episode  |  February 14th, 2019  |  1 hr 27 mins

The Milestone Episode is here! Episode 100!

Valentines special! Jeremiah and Dakota are joined by their brides, Sara and Audrey! Sara plays bartender and has a custom cocktail for each host. Patreon members were here to celebrate. Kristi Avery and Nancy Dietz stopped by for a champagne toast! Chris Guffey makes it all sound good!

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It sounds like the government is staying open. The magic formula was just a little more spending. National debt has reached 22 Trillion. Chris Guffey thinks that Mitch McConnell is a badass.

News out of Ohio, a 18 year old had turned against his mom and got vaccinated. We went down the rabbit hole. We don’t know if we found the other side.

BIG news locally. Local businessman John Montgomery has announced that he plans to open a hotel next to his steak house. Plenty of excitement to have a name brand hotel in the community.

Support our program by joining at Patreon at www.patreon.com/bosshogofliberty for all of the bonus content! Hear about Jeremiah’s upcoming appearance on the Rob Kendall show on WIBC and the new anti health vape tax that Indiana may pass.

99: Economic Development - Corey Murphy - Trumps State of the Union

Episode  |  February 7th, 2019  |  1 hr 14 mins

Episode 99 of Boss Hog of Liberty is now available!

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Jeremiah Morrell and Dakota Davis are your hosts. Chase Peyton is in the third chair….Strangely drinking Budweiser tall boys.

Corey Murphy is the featured guest. Corey serves as the CEO & President of the New Castle Henry County Economic Development Corporation. We learn about the role they play between government and the private sector in business development. Dakota pitches the idea of using the county shell building for a jail. Corey also shared his recent experience travelling to Japan, meeting with some of the home offices of companies that have business in Henry County.

Finally, the guys break down the highs and lows of the State of the Union.

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98: Can Downtowns and Newspapers Survive?

Episode  |  February 1st, 2019  |  1 hr 39 mins

Episode 98 of Boss Hog of Liberty, sponsored by Montgomery’s Steakhouse is now available!

https://bosshog.fireside.fm/111

Jeremiah Morrell and Dakota Davis are your hosts. Kade Koger returns to the 3rd co-host chair!
We are joined by friend of the program, Travis Weik. Travis recently became the editor of The Courier Times. In this new age of digital media, and layoffs at big national and statewide newspapers, how does the local paper compete? Great conversation about choosing local headlines over national.

Travis also operates Saved Games Library and Shop in Downtown New Castle. We discuss the future of our downtowns. Are they the future of small communities?

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97: Rob Kendall Governor? Covington Catholic - Government Shut Down

Episode  |  January 25th, 2019  |  1 hr 39 mins

Episode 97 of Boss Hog of Liberty, sponsored by Montgomery’s Steakhouse is now available!

https://bosshog.fireside.fm/110

Jeremiah Morrell and Dakota Davis are your hosts. Rob Kendall of 93 WIBC joins us to talk about Indiana State politics. Is the Governor’s mansion in his future? Rob navigates the tax increases of the Holcomb administration and questions the effectiveness of the current Republican leadership.

We also get into the Covington Catholic DC story, Indiana’s liquor industry has a new investor, and Rob tells us what the shutdown is REALLY about.

In sports, Chase Peyton gives us a hunting update. Chris Guffey has the New Castle city election primer….One name is still missing in the primary!

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