Indy 500 ticket sales surge as May approaches, Gleaners Food Bank on hunger and the economic

Host Gerry Dick looks ahead to the Indianapolis 500 with IndyCar and Indianapolis Motor Speedway President Doug Boles, including the rush for tickets, where things stand on the local live broadcast decision and the red-white-and-blue “United We Race” marketing push. The episode also checks in on the IMS Museum and its evolving fan experience, including new engagement plans and talk of a future restoration and event center. The show then turns to the economic and social impact of hunger with Gleaners Food Bank President and CEO Fred Glass on food insecurity, poverty and how hunger affects health, work and communities. In statewide headlines, Portage floats a lakefront stadium district pitch tied to the Chicago Bears talk, Meta begins construction on a major data center in Lebanon and Sweetwater plans a distribution center expansion. Business of Health reporter Kylie Veleta reports on Eli Lilly and Company’s deal for Orna Therapeutics and an Indiana startup’s Bedside Bike technology being studied in hospitals, and the episode also spotlights Jay Leno’s look at Slate Auto plus Dave Calabro’s new IBJ Media Podcast Network show, “Playmakers.”