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Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita has been described as a moral fable, a moral outrage, a censor’s temptation, a formal maze, a parody, an exposé of male desire, a resplendent romance, a catalog of sexual abuse, a redemption tale, and a black comedy. How do you deal with all that? Ken Honeywell asked writers Susan Neville, Dan Barden, Anne Laker to give it a try on this month’s meeting of Radio Free Book Club.

Lee Alig and Steve Mannheimer talk to Scott Travis, vice president of development for Simon Property Group, They discuss the 50-year evolution of retail design and development, from urban/suburban to total live-work-play destinations.

HIGHEST 2 LOWEST | guest: Jarrod Dortch | air date 9/13/25 | FLICK FIX | WQRTDr. Dortch offers some tough love for both Spike and Denzel in a wide-ranging confab with Anne re: HIGHEST 2 LOWEST (2025, dir. Spike Lee) — an action-packed moral quagmire of class, money, and murky redemption.Jarrod’s *YOU'VE NEVER SEEN* pick is HIGH AND LOW (1963, dir. Akira Kurosawa), Spike Lee’s springboard for his 21st-century reinterpretation.

On this month’s episode, Ken Honeywell reunites the team of Radio Free Book Club members Robin Beery, Jen Bingham, and Alex Mattingly to deal with the many bad decisions made by the cast of Jess Walter’s latest novel, So Far Gone. Have you read it? Join us for the discussion.

Indianapolis-based visual artist Jamila Martin discusses her ongoing photographic project, Caregiver’s Journey, and the 2025 Aurora Workspace Residency with Mary Goodwin, Director at Aurora PhotoCenter. Caregiver’s Journey documents the lives of those who care for loved ones with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. Jamila Marin has a BFA in Photography, with additional studies in Psychology and Art History, from Indiana University, South Bend. She is also the sole proprietor, designer, and photographer for the company Eye4Design.

In this episode of Create Hear, Big Car Collaborative Co-founder & Director of Programs & Exhibitions Shauta Marsh speak with guest curator Yashi Davalos about her practice and curating her upcoming exhibit SOMA at Tube Factory artspace.

Flick Fix: SORRY, BABY

 

Artists Megan Hart and Rachel Leigh huddle with Anne to dish on the dark corners, goofy laughs, and flat wit of SORRY, BABY (2025, dir. Eva Victor), a no-filter, post-#MeToo story of will, irony, and healing on one’s own terms in a world of friends, strangers, and stray cats. And also a mouse.

 

Lens-based artist Shawn Bush speaks with Mary Goodwin from Aurora PhotoCenter about his series Land, Sea & Air, his August 2025 Aurora + Herron Residency in Indianapolis, publishing photobooks, and being an artist/educator/father. Land, Sea & Air uses layering and collage techniques to explore how corporations and governments use visual media to shape public opinion and policy regarding critical issues, including climate change, while simultaneously downplaying the dangers and their own role in creating crisis. 

Flick Fix: SORRY, BABY

 

Artists Megan Hart and Rachel Leigh huddle with Anne to dish on the dark corners, goofy laughs, and flat wit of SORRY, BABY (2025, dir. Eva Victor), a no-filter, post-#MeToo story of will, irony, and healing on one’s own terms in a world of friends, strangers, and stray cats. And also a mouse.

Lee Alig and Steve Mannheimer talk to Bill Brooks, editor and publisher of the downtown Indianapolis newsletter, Urban Times. “The lowdown on Indy’s historic neighborhoods” is now in its 31st year. They discuss urban sociology and the evolution of downtown Indy through the lens of a newsman.