The Indiana Century Podcast
What if Indiana didn't just participate in the next century... but built it?
Join the conversation as we transform Indiana from a crossroads into a command center of American innovation. This isn't left versus right. It's forward versus stuck.
Each week, we explore practical, sovereign solutions to our most pressing challenges: from energy independence through next-generation nuclear power, to revitalizing our heartland with high-speed rail and a circular hemp economy, to guaranteeing healthcare access in every county.
This is more than a podcast. It's a blueprint for Hoosier Sovereignty: a vision of state-led investment in public-owned infrastructure that creates permanent competitive advantage. We're talking concrete engineering, detailed financing, and a workforce trained to build what we'll own.
Forget partisan politics. We're building the Indiana Innovation Triangle. Join us as we chart the path from extraction to ownership, from dependence to sovereignty.
Subscribe to hear how we build the next century of Indiana, on our terms.
Topics include: Energy Sovereignty (SMRs/Nuclear) • High-Speed Rail & Connectivity (Fiber Optic Network) • Agricultural Renaissance (Hemp/Carbon Farming) • Healthcare System Overhaul • State Banking & Finance • Workforce Development (Indiana Century Corps) • Community Benefits & Anti-Corruption
For listeners of: Practical infrastructure policy, state politics innovation, energy independence, heartland economic development, and anyone who believes solutions should be built, not just debated.
Episodes
15 episodes
Navy Nuclear Safety Culture | Indiana Century S1E15
The United States Navy has operated nuclear reactors for 70 years. Hundreds of submarines and aircraft carriers. Thousands of reactor years of operation. Zero reactor accidents. Zero meltdowns. Zero releases of radioactive material that caused ...
The Reactor in a Box | Indiana Century S1E14
What if a nuclear reactor could fit in a shipping container? What if it could be built in a factory, shipped by truck or rail, and assembled on site like a giant battery? That is not science fiction. That is the small modular reactor, and it is...
From Tennessee Valley to Indiana Century | Indiana Century S1E13
Before the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Tennessee Valley was one of the poorest regions in America. Only three percent of farms had electricity. Floods destroyed crops every spring. Malaria was rampant. The people who lived there had been le...
Sovereignty's Defense System | Indiana Century S1E12
We've spent eleven episodes building something. Reactors that pay counties ten million dollars a year. Rail lines that turn a region into a neighborhood. Fiber that connects every Hoosier. A bank that keeps our money here. A corps that trains p...
Pets, People, & Public Health | Indiana Century S1E11
Special: In today's episode, I discuss the animals my family adopted and what they mean to us!Animal welfare isn't separate from human welfare. It's the same thing.Stray dogs spread rabies. Feral cats spread disease. Overcrowded s...
The Host Community Fee | Indiana Century S1E10
There's a nuclear plant in Illinois, just across the state line from Indiana. It's been running for decades. Every year, it generates billions of dollars in value. Clean power. Good jobs. Tax revenue. None of that money comes to Indiana. The jo...
How We Pay For It | Indiana Century S1E9
We're already paying. Five billion dollars leaves Indiana every year. Every time you flip a light switch, fill your tank, buy groceries, see a doctor, deposit a paycheck. The money leaves. It doesn't come back.The question isn't "Can we ...
The Indiana Century Corps | Indiana Century S1E8
Who builds America? The roads, the bridges, the power plants, the rail lines. Who pours the concrete and turns the wrenches? Who shows up every day and does the work that makes everything else possible?Right now, the answer is complicate...
The Last Mile & The Light Beam | Indiana Century S1E7
There's a kid in a library parking lot tonight trying to do homework. There's a farmer who can't get the data he needs to make decisions about planting. There's a small business owner losing customers because her website won't load. There's a g...
Not A Train, A Spine | Indiana Century S1E6
The interstate highway system was a marvel. It moved goods faster than ever. It connected cities. It made America an economic powerhouse.It also bypassed every small town it touched.Main streets emptied. Downtowns hollowed out. Th...
Atoms for Prosperity | Indiana Century S1E5
The nuclear power your parents feared and the nuclear power we're building are related in name only.In Episode 5 of The Indiana Century Podcast, host Kory Easterday kicks off the deep dive on Pillar 1: Energy Sovereignty. This is an hone...
Sovereignty, Not Subsidy | Indiana Century S1E4
We've been told there are two paths for a place like Indiana.The first: beg corporations to build here with tax breaks and subsidies. Cut the ribbon. Celebrate the jobs. Then watch, a decade later, as they leave for a better deal somewhe...
The Loneliness of a Broken System | Indiana Century S1E3
We call it the Crossroads of America. But what happens when a place optimized for moving goods forgets how to connect people?In Episode 3 of The Indiana Century Podcast, host Kory Easterday follows the $5 billion extraction from Episode ...
The Crossroads Trap | Indiana Century S1E2
We call ourselves the "Crossroads of America." It sounds strong. Central. Essential. But what if that identity has become a trap?In Episode 2 of The Indiana Century Podcast, host Kory Easterday builds on the diagnostic foundation from 1,...
1,067 Conversations: Hearing Indiana's Truth | Indiana Century S1E1
How do you build a new future for Indiana? You start by listening to the people who live here.In this foundational episode, host and Navy nuclear veteran Kory Easterday shares what he learned from 1,067 recorded conversations across all ...