Take a weekly journey across the cultural landscape of the Hoosier state. Host Michael Atwood and a team of award-winning producers explore the places, people and traditions that make Indiana a unique place to live and work. The program profiles interesting Hoosiers, from humble farmers to computer entrepreneurs and folk artists. Across Indiana blends heart, soul, humor and journalistic insight into a unique television program made by, and about, the people of Indiana. More...

A public television series hosted by former First Lady Judy O’Bannon. Produced by WFYI Public Television — an initiative that recognizes and brings attention to the many ways Hoosiers are working to strengthen their communities for the future — "Communities Building Community" will inspire viewers with its amazing accounts of the human spirit.  More...

Since 1999, The Art of the Matter has connected public radio listeners to the central Indiana arts community, presenting lively stories and interviews about the creative work that abounds in our region. In 2013, hosts Sharon Gamble and Travis DiNicola bring these stories of the diverse arts and cultural scene to television, and through enhanced multimedia presentation, to the digital world as well. Both programs will explore the effect the arts have on our lives, and get to the heart of what the arts are all about. And regardless of media platform, The Art of the Matter will answer the eternal question, "What'll We Do?". Production underwriting for The Art of the Matter is provided by Nickel Plate Arts.

In the summer of 2012, 32 Hoosier volunteers, including 28 rural electric linemen, traveled to a remote mountain area of Guatemala. Their mission: to bring electricity to three villages located in beautiful, but treacherous terrain near the Mexican border. The Indiana Statewide Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives organized the largest volunteer contingent ever to participate in a decades-long initiative by the NRECA International Foundation help developing countries connect their citizens to the power grid.

The roots of medicine go back many hundreds of years in China. While medical systems have adopted modern techniques, the old ways are still observed and studied in some Chinese medical schools. These ancient treatments are finding their way into a number of American medical applications, as well. Travel to Guangzhou, China to see how traditional medical continue to have relevance for practitioners all over the world. Produced in coordination with the Confucius Institute at IUPUI.

With stunning footage and imagery and interviews with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Oscar Robertson, Julius Erving, Reggie Miller and many others, Undefeated: The Roger Brown Story brings to life one of the most amazing sports stories never told.

Support for Undefeated: The Roger Brown Story comes from Bankers Life and Indiana Members Credit Union.

China is often seen as a land in cultural conflict with itself, as millennia of ancient practices meet head-on with life in the 21st century. Nowhere is this more apparent than the multi-faceted area of medical practice. Today the Indiana University School of Medicine works closely with Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China, exchanging knowledge, students, and teachers.

Get a peek into the world of ballet through the eyes of its future stars.

The landscape of rural Indiana is punctuated by hundreds, maybe thousands, of old wooden barns. Each of these barns has a story to tell.

Invisible Women sheds light on ground-breaking women artists and their thousands of little-known works. It's a public television special where rediscovery and restoration are the guiding forces behind an extraordinary quest: rescuing art Florence's 'forgotten' women artists.

CSI Shakespeare - In spring 2012, the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI presented the world premiere of a lost 400-year old play by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, "The History of Cardenio." This half-hour documentary highlights the 20-year effort by world-renowned Shakespeare scholar and Distinguished Research Professor at Florida State University, Dr. Gary Taylor, to recreate the play, filtering old texts through modern high-tech databases to reconstruct the original. Viewers travel with Taylor to Shakespeare's New Globe Theatre in London and retrace his academic roots at Oxford University. We then return to Indianapolis to see Hoosier Bard productions, directed by IUPUI Professor of English Drama, Dr. Terri Bourus, reanimate "Cardenio," with a mix of student and professional actors and a haunting original musical score, in the urban university's new theatre.

In The Journey Home: Celebrating 25 Years of Habitat for Humanity in Greater Indianapolis we meet some of the almost 400 Habitat for Humanity homeowners in the Indianapolis area, and we see how owning a home changed their lives, the lives of their families, and more often than not the lives of their entire community.

How much do you really know about charter schools and how they operate? Join us for Outside the Box, a documentary that will help you better understand how charter schools operate and learn why some say charters are helping raise the bar on what is possible in education. We'll talk to a national expert who is helping make sense of the data. We'll discover how charters are monitored and learn who decides if they're not making the grade and if and when to close those that fail. We'll learn some of the challenges of starting a charter school from scratch. We'll also visit some nationally recognized transformational schools closing the achievement gap between rich and poor.

We pass by them nearly everyday without a second look; a handful of heroes criss-crossing Indiana highways in search of a single broken and downtrodden motorist in need of help. And if you need them, there's nothing more reassuring than the sight of their flashing lights pulling up behind you.

The National Barn Dance Tribute Show is a modernday re-creation of the original WLS National Barn Dance; one of the country's most popular -- and longest running -- radio programs.

Search and Rescue Preserving Indiana's Rural Heritage explores the preservation of artifacts from the environment of prehistoric times, actual techniques in practice in the adaptive reuse of rural buildings today, and the strengths of community in rural life. From the restoration of log barns, to transportation by canal, to antique agricultural practices at the Indiana State Fair's Pioneer Village, we meet the folks that find satisfaction and inspiration in exploring and preserving our rural heritage.

The Big Game is gone, but Indianapolis' commitment to remain a "super city" moves into a new phase...taking the promise civic leaders made to the NFL to re-make an underserved neighborhood and using it as a springboard to keep transforming the city. In the first half-hour, host Derwin Smiley explores the problems still facing many of Indianapolis' neighborhoods. In the second half-hour, experts and residents alike convene in the WFYI Studios for a special Indy Talks to discuss lessons learned and dreams awakened by the success of the Super Bowl Legacy Project.

The Lasting Legacy: Indy's Super Bowl Legacy Pt. IV is sponsored by Chase, Citizens Energy Group and the Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership.

On this Indiana Expeditions special, Forests At Work, Rick Crosslin investigates the way our forests are managed in Indiana. Partnering with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources' Division of Forestry, we take a look at the science behind our abundant renewable product, the tree.

Wings Over Indiana is a special one-hour edition of the Emmy Award winning science series Indiana Expeditions. Host Rick Crosslin travels across the state, as well as to the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center in California, to look at Indiana's connections to the history and science of aviation.

Debate still rages in Washington over federal healthcare reforms. In Indiana, Better Healthcare for Indiana is promoting dialog and information sharing to spur innovation in the state. In November, BHI held a statewide conference, linking community leaders with state and national experts. All Healthcare is Local: The Emergence of Healthier Communities offers viewers the opportunity to see the lively exchange of ideas and encouragement about ways to both improve community health and accessibility to affordable health care.

Digital_Man/Digital_World tells the story of Ken Olsen, who, in 1957, founded Digital Equipment Corporation with $75,000 of venture capital. It was a time when computers were inaccessible to most businesses and to nearly all individuals. Olsen and Digital changed all of that - making computers smaller, less expensive, and more accessible. His innovative approach to both computers and business revolutionized the industry. Over the next 35 years, Digital grew to $14 billion in annual revenues and globally employed 140,000 employees.

Indianapolis was one of six cities selected by the Annie E. Casey Foundation to be sites of long-term, intensive investment and intervention in 2001 through its Making Connections initiative. This decade-long endeavor sought to make transformational change in two neighborhoods: The Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood, and the Southeast neighborhood area that includes Fountain Square. After ten years, Kim Jacobs follows up on two documentaries, Neighborhood at the Crossroads and Reviving the Spirit, and explores the changes that have...and haven't...taken place.

How did a city so dead in the mid 1960s that pigeons were hunted with shotguns in the middle of downtown morph into a metropolis vibrant enough to attract the Super Bowl? From Naptown to Super City, a collaboration between the Indianapolis Star and WFYI, puts viewers in the front row of history as it happened, showing how leaders gambled on an unprecedented strategy -- civic development through sports -- and succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. The hourlong documentary includes stunning footage and new interviews with Richard Lugar, William Hudnut, Jim Morris, George McGinnis, Sandy Knapp, Reggie Miller, Ted Boehm and many other key players.

Indianapolis' 2012 Super Bowl effort heads down the home stretch. Host Derwin Smiley shows you how the pace is ramping up for both the Host Committee and volunteers alike. Downtown streets come alive with elaborate venues for out-of-state visitors and 46 murals for Super Bowl 46 dot the urban landscape. The Super Bowl reaches out to young people on the Near Eastside through the Viewfinder Project and our student journalists from Tech High School show us the "Theatre of Inclusion." See these and many more projects on Gametime is Showtime.

Gametime is Showtime: Indy's Super Bowl Legacy Pt. III is sponsored by Chase, Citizens Energy Group and the Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership.

Open Door: China in Indiana reveals how this ancient Asian culture has evolved into a relationship that will be a defining force in Indiana's future. The state's economic experts explain why direct relationships with China are crucial to business here at home. Students from Indiana's premier medical school share clinical hours with their Chinese counterparts. Learn why Mandarin is one of the top language courses now embraced by public schools, and see how Chinese and Hoosiers alike are flocking to classes and camps that teach everything from dance to art to calligraphy.

One of the world's grandest sporting events comes to Indianapolis for the first time – and host Derwin Smiley will take you to where the action is happening.

Around 10th Street, the Super Bowl Legacy Project is in full swing as the Chase Near Eastside Legacy Center is taking shape, along with 32 MIBOR Centennial Homes for at-risk families. Downtown, there are murals painted by local artists and the Georgia Street Pedestrian Plaza is nearing completion. And “Super Cure,” a Super Bowl initiative using hundreds of volunteers to help provide the Simon Cancer Center Komen Tissue Bank with the research tools needed to find a cure for breast cancer, is underway.

Two steel beams were escorted in a procession across New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio by thousands of motorcyclists. Interstates were shut down while they passed. Word of mouth brought thousands more to bridges and overpasses to see them. Their destination and final resting place: Indianapolis.

Common threads from the musical African-American cultural experience weave through jazz, spirituals, blues, gospel, pop and soul in this simple, yet engaging, production featuring only the talents of guitar virtuoso Tyron Cooper and world class mezzo-soprano Marietta Simpson.

In the violin world, it's known as The Indianapolis. It's the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, and is considered one of the most prestigious music competitions in the world. Every four years, dozens of the world's top young violinists compete for extraordinary prizes, and the loan of a magnificent Stradivari violin owned by the late Josef Gingold. The Indianapolis: The 2010 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis follows these talented violinists during the 17-day competition. Emmy-winning producer Viki Anderson led a team of producers and videographers, who were granted behind-the-scenes access to the competition.

Transformation: Old Building, New Life chronicles the restoration of the former Central Avenue United Methodist Church in Indianapolis into the home of Indiana Landmarks. This documentary, a year-and-a-half in the making, takes you behind the scenes to witness the skill and dedication exhibited by more than 100 members of the restoration team. From the building's deepest, darkest nooks and crannies, to the brilliant, dizzying, open air heights at the top of the tallest tower, you are there as the workers make sure that even the tiniest detail receives the attention it deserves. In addition, you are taken to remote locations to observe the restoration of the building's magnificent organ and its stunning stained glass windows.

In Self Sacrifice: A Son, A Soldier, A Suicide Gregg Keesling reflects on his family's experience, in hopes of helping us better understand the enormity of the problem of suicide in the military, and what can be done to make this bad situation better.

The Game Changers is the story of a unique initiative to transform American classrooms by focusing on teachers and the universities charged with training them. In 2009, the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation brought to Indiana a unique and new initiative that would identify and select high ability people in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math), fund their training at select universities willing to significantly alter existing teacher training approaches, and create new teacher preparation programs that focus skills and knowledge needed for the future.

The NFL provides seed money for building a youth center in past host cities. But the local Super Bowl Committee's visionary leaders wanted to do things the “Indianapolis Way,” to dream bigger and promise to do something no host city has done before: partner alongside a neighborhood already in the midst of transforming their own community. More Than a Game: The Indy Super Bowl Legacy is a half-hour program chronicling the impact of the upcoming Super Bowl on the city, focusing on a section of Indianapolis that is undergoing profound change.

In the '60s, simplicity was everything. Beatlemania at the Fairgrounds. The tragedy of the Coliseum Disaster. Men walked on the moon. A president was assassinated. Join WFYI for a journey with those who lived it, among them Jane Pauley, George McGinnis, Richard Lugar, and a teen cook at the Riviera Club—Mitch Daniels.

First hand accounts as well as rare archival film and video propel this fascinating look into the past, present and future of the Indianapolis Fire Department. First In, Last Out: A History of Fighting Fire in Indianapolis is a journey inside this dangerous profession.

Rich Lives explores the world of 20th century homemakers, in a stage presentation by Rita Kohn based upon an oral history compiled by Eleanor Arnold. Arnold crafted Voices of American Homemakers from interviews with more than 200 women in the mid-20th century.

This is the story about the long-time jazz partnership of saxophonist Frank Glover and pianist Claude Sifferlen. Produced by the late Ben Strout and Vinnie Manganello, Take 2 reveals how the musical collaboration grew into a father-son relationship. The documentary also explores how the two men dealt with Sifferlen's diagnosis of advanced prostate cancer.

Images emerging from Africa are often desperate and dangerous. They many times depict missionaries or medical workers from other continents leading the way with their time, efforts and expertise to improve the lives of Africans. Into Nigeria reverses that paradigm.

Hoosier parents strive to keep their children safe and healthy in the face of hazards. But there is a hidden danger from the past that continues to take a toll on the youngest in our state: lead paint. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention says 13,000 Indiana children suffer from lead poisoning, primarily from ingesting lead paint in their own homes. Learn why lead paint poisoning is reaching across socio-economic barriers to affect the most vulnerable of our population. Find out what you need to know about the lead paint that surrounds us and what must be done to make our environment safe for Hoosier kids.

Doing Virtuous Business explores virtues such as Respect, Courage, Patience, Discipline, Compassion, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Humility, and others, and how these virtues, when put into practice, can reshape priorities, elevate organizational vision and mission, and strengthen economic and social parameters.

In rare occasions, a job title can become a term of reverence. This was the case with legendary basketball coach John Wooden. Players and peers frequently referred to Wooden simply as "Coach." John Wooden: They Call Him Coach offers some unique perspectives on the life and legacy of John Wooden.

There is no new water on planet earth. Instead, the water we have is perpetually recycled. Therefore, how we treat our water today has a direct effect not only on ourselves, but also on the health and wellbeing of our fellow Hoosiers for generations to come.

On June 30, 2010 the landscape of downtown Indianapolis will change, with the dedication of the Glick Peace Walk. This major new public art display, running along Walnut Street, on the north side of the Scottish Rite Cathedral, is a significant development in the evolution of the city's groundbreaking project, the Indianapolis Cultural Trail: A Legacy of Gene and Marilyn Glick.

Despite the economic traumas of the past few years, the American Dream of homeownership is still possible - with appropriate preparedness. Reclaiming the American Dream profiles real people with profound stories of their journeys toward their dream. The 30-minute documentary was produced by WFYI in collaboration with the Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership and funding from Lilly Endowment Inc.

Men and women dream of serving their country with distinction, living a life of adventure and facing danger with courage. Few accomplish it. Edgar Whitcomb, Indiana's 43rd governor, is an exception.

Tough Decisions: Defending the Homeland is a compelling documentary that takes viewers behind-the-scenes during a groundbreaking simulation of a mock terrorist attack.

By traveling Indiana and looking at the lives of older adults in a wide variety of settings and situations, and through insightful conversations with a panel of leading experts, this local production explores the questions: Are there things that we can do to help minimize the rough spots in the aging process? And, are there measures we can take to maximize the opportunities unique to our older selves?

A Penny Saved is a guide for teachers, youth program leaders and parents as they look for the most effective ways to teaching financial literacy in the Hoosier state. Focusing on the lessons taught by the public television series Biz Kid$, as well as Indiana programs and resources, A Penny Saved explores what works and what doesn't in helping kids make "cents" of their future.

The dramatization of Wind Chimes & Promises relates the memories between the Knox family's arrival in Indianapolis in 1919 and the 16th birthday of Prudence Knox Adair, the narrator, in 1926. This is a story of a person who lived in the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood, and a story of the neighborhood and the city of Indianapolis from 1919-1926.

On September 17, 2009 WFYI devoted an entire evening to exploring an essential catalyst for change – the school principal – and the critical nature of leadership where children's futures are at stake. The Good That You Do and Reading, Writing 'n' Relevance were part of this education night.

With exclusive access to record the arrival, inflation and creation of Conner Prairie's 1859 Balloon Voyage exhibit, this documentary looks at the process of putting together a major attraction.

On February 27, 2009, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra premiered Peregrinos, an original commissioned work by world-renowned composer Gabriela Lena Frank. For over two years, Gabriela gathered stories or testimonios from Indianapolis' Latino community to compose the five movements of Peregrinos (The Pilgrims).

A half-hour program concerning assistance for Hoosiers that may lose their homes to mortgage foreclosure. Watch entire program online.

Internationally acclaimed opera singer Angela Brown celebrates the holiday season with Maestro James Caraher, the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, the Indianapolis Opera Chorus and the North United Methodist Church Children's Choir in a memorable holiday concert that's sure to delight and inspire the entire family. This visually and musically stunning performance was recorded in December 2006 at the historic Tabernacle Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis, Indiana, that was regally attired for the holiday season.

Marion Jackson described his vision for the book The Natural Heritage of Indiana as "a celebration of Indiana's natural heritage – its natural and human history, its landscape and its life – what it once was, what it is now, and what it promises to be." This television series shares that vision. Documentary filmmaker Samuel Orr is creating a series of programs that combine breathtaking videography with scientific accuracy.

Grab your favorite adventurer's hat and your sense of wonder and head into the amazing world of science with WFYI's new series, Indiana Expeditions! Join one of the state's most honored and respected teachers on a journey to discover how real science impacts our lives every day. Rick Crosslin knows science is cool – now he's teamed up with WFYI to show kids and their teachers just how it rocks our world. From a real-life dinosaur dig to a bizarre suit made from Diet Coke, Crosslin opens eyes to the incredible things taking place around us every day. More... 

Judy O'Bannon's Foreign Exchange takes viewers to fascinating places around the world and introduces them to people who are finding new ways to use mind, body and spirit to help change their world for the better. Through these travels, viewers will have the opportunity to explore issues that are relevant to all of us in this newly evolving global community. More... 

Reviving the Spirit is a story of one of Indianapolis’ oldest neighborhoods. This historically African-American community emerged in the northeast side of Indianapolis as a result of forced segregation in the 1800s, and grew into a thriving and stable environment. The area has experienced economic decline and increased crime, but this locally-produced documentary also focuses on the determination of residents to maintain the pride and stability that are hallmarks of the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood, and to tackle such daunting issues as environmental contamination. More...

Reviving the Spirit: The Story of Martindale-Brightwood was made possible through a grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

Lest We Forget is a personal recollection of World War II from the unique perspective of Columbus, Indiana resident Gustav Potthoff, a survivor of the Japanese slave labor camp responsible for the building of the notorious Bridge over the River Kwai. More...

Well Done, Indiana blends historical photos, soldiers’ letters, reenactments and interviews to portray Indiana’s role in the fight to preserve the Union. More...

The Wabash is Indiana’s river. Its story of beauty and inspiration, of exploration and discovery, is the story of how we became who we are, both as a state…and as a nation. More...

WFYI presents Return of the Cicadas, an original local documentary produced in association with the Indiana University Research and Teaching Preserve. Producer Samuel Orr followed the life cycle of Brood X, which made its momentous ascension in the spring of 2004. It accounted for one of the largest insect outbreaks on Earth. Many different broods exist, on unique 17-year schedules.

The Hope Givers, follows this group of Hoosiers as it makes the journey to the L’Heure Joyeuse clinic half-a-world away, bringing with them a message of help and of hope. It is a message born from the optimism of the Heartland and carried by Hoosier hands willing to work for change. More...

The film explores the little-known heritage of an African-American auto racing circuit known as the Gold and Glory Sweepstakes. Set against a backdrop of racial unrest in the region during the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s, this annual auto race offered African-American drivers and mechanics a venue for competition at a time when social prejudice prevented many blacks from taking part in motor sports events. More...

This award-winning WFYI Public Television production provides Hoosiers with comprehensive coverage of the Indiana legislative sessions. Since its inception in 1981, Indiana Lawmakers has evolved from a series of short field reports to a weekly in-depth examination of the issues and agendas before the state legislature. Host, Jon Schwantes, of Dispatch Broadcasting, heads the production team. Each week he takes you behind the closed doors of the Statehouse and face-to-face with the women and men of state government who make things happen. Indiana Lawmakers is a co-operative production of WFYI TV 20 and the other member stations of IPBS (Indiana's Public Broadcasting Stations). More...

Hoosiers "in the know" are getting their answers from the show that does the talking: Indiana Week In Review. You may watch for the news, but you'll stay for the no-holds-barred debate and discussion. More...

This innovative, fast-paced, one hour weekly program is produced by Grow Indiana Media Ventures in the studios of WFYI. The series focuses on news and issues affecting Indiana business, with special attention paid to the growing technology sector. The series is hosted by Gerry Dick of Grow Indiana Media Ventures, L.L.C. Each episode includes popular segments such as the CEO Profile, Mark Patton's Indiana Stock Report and the Business Spotlight and Inside Technology, a focus on Indiana's role in the new high tech economy. More...