Episodes
May 15, 2025
Corrected - 393: Midwest Pope; Corrupt Government; Pacers & Racers
Episode 393 of Boss Hog of Liberty is out! Jeremiah Morrell, Dakota Davis, Forrest Plank, and Bones Harcourt are the host voices. Zach Burcham is the producer who makes it all sound good. State Road 3 is covered in orange barrels. We have a new pope…From the Midwest. The federal government appears to have gone corrupt. We all pretend to be shocked. The Pacers and racers are in full swing. Pete Rose is probably going to the Hall of Fame. Our program is community supported on Patreon. Do your par...
May 15, 2025
393: Midwest Pope; Corrupt Government; Pacers & Racers
Episode 393 of Boss Hog of Liberty is out! Jeremiah Morrell, Dakota Davis, Forrest Plank, and Bones Harcourt are the host voices. Zach Burcham is the producer who makes it all sound good. State Road 3 is covered in orange barrels. We have a new pope…From the Midwest. The federal government appears to have gone corrupt. We all pretend to be shocked. The Pacers and racers are in full swing. Pete Rose is probably going to the Hall of Fame. Our program is community supported on Patreon. Do your par...
May 7, 2025
392: Indiana Made Electric Truck; Real ID Really, Mini Marathon Debrief
Episode 392 of Boss Hog of Liberty is out! Jeremiah Morrell, Forrest Plank and Bones Harcourt are the host voices. Zach Burcham is the producer who makes it all sound good. A couple more days of gridlock as SR 3 is still shut down. Slate electric vehicles are coming to Indiana. Would you spend $20,000 on a brand new truck? Real ID is finally being implemented. Which host still doesn't have their star on their license? We look back at the Kentucky Derby and Bones explains why our betting went wrong. IndyCar is at Indianapolis this weekend. The Pacers stole game one in Cleveland. Zach tells us about his Mini marathon! Our program is community supported on Patreon. Do your part by chipping into the cause by donating monthly at any level at www.patreon.com/bosshogofliberty and receive even more BONUS coverage and content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 2, 2025
391: Beckwith's unforced errors; Kentucky Derby Preview
Episode 391 of Boss Hog of Liberty is out! Jeremiah Morrell, Betsy Mills and Bones Harcourt are the host voices. Zach Burcham is the producer who makes it all sound good. Indiana Lieutenant Governor, Micah Beckwith had more development in his SUV scandal as his office asked for one with “All the bells and whistles”, he also caught arrows for statements on the 3/5ths compromise, including from Governor Braun. Former Congressional candidate Gabe Whitley is going to federal prison for a few months....
April 25, 2025
390: NFL Draft, Traffic Updates: Mason & Betsy Return!
Episode 390 of Boss Hog of Liberty is out! Jeremiah Morrell, Mason Rottinghaus, Betsy Mills and Bones Harcourt are the host voices. Zach Burcham is the producer who makes it all sound good. This is a “join in progress episode” as Bones missed Patreon as he was at a bourbon lottery, and Betsy joins halfway through. Topics today: SR 3 is shut down, Indiana is balancing the budget with a cigarette tax increase, NFL Draft is happening, we have the Colts pick LIVE. We have odds on the next Pope. Ind...
April 18, 2025
389: Property Tax Reform is Law; Indiana Budget is a MESS
Episode 389 of Boss Hog of Liberty is out! Jeremiah Morrell, Chase Peyton, and Bones Harcourt are the host voices. Zach Burcham is the producer who makes it all sound good. Indiana passed property tax reform. Governor Braun is not getting the expected warm reaction. Local income taxes are likely to increase. School funding is likely to decrease. Indiana is now faced with a 2.4 billion dollar revenue forecast dip as the state budget is being finalized. It is a perfect storm that just might lead ...
April 11, 2025
388: What is a DORA? Tax Relief, Union Schools Closing
Episode 388 of Boss Hog of Liberty is out! Jeremiah Morrell, Forrest Plank, and Bones Harcourt are the host voices. Zach Burcham is the producer who makes it all sound good. State Road 3 has partially washed out and is going to have an emergency closure. New Castle might get a “DORA” district, which could help with local tourism. Indiana Property Tax reform is coming, reviews are mixed, but a local school corporation is getting eliminated because of it. Union Schools has a local enrollment of l...
April 3, 2025
387: Beckwith and Morales SUVgate? April Fools success?
Episode 387 of Boss Hog of Liberty is out! Jeremiah Morrell, Chase Peyton, and Bones Harcourt are the host voices. Zach Burcham is the producer who makes it all sound good. There is a big controversy coming out of the top of state government. The Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of State just got some big money SUVs that many might consider luxury models. The guys decide if its just too much. State Road 3 is set to become a construction zone through the heart of Henry County. There might be an...
March 21, 2025
386: Changing Laws; Tariffs direct impact on Indiana's 30 Billion Dollar Industry
Episode 386 of Boss Hog of Liberty is out! Jeremiah Morrell and Zach Burcham are the host voices. Rusty and Ken Eckstein are our guests. They owned Mt Comfort RV in Hancock County, and recently sold the dealership to Camping World. Ken is active in the industry and recently worked to craft a bill with the Indiana General Assembly that will change how dealerships and manufacturers interact. Rusty shares the economic impact of the new federal tariffs on imported items that go into RVs, and how th...
March 14, 2025
385: Bourbon, Canada, McKinley, & the Stock Market Volcano
Episode 385 of Boss Hog of Liberty is out! Jeremiah Morrell, Adam “Mr Bones” Harcourt, Sean Row, and Zach Burcham are the host voices. The trade war has been cranked to 11, with the bourbon industry being turned on its head. That has Bones upset. Canada is threatening to turn off electricity for more than a million Americans. Is the Trump agenda to actually return to 1890s imperialism like the McKinley era? The stock market is down 10% in a month. Sean thinks we are as good at reading the stock...
March 7, 2025
384: Councilman Chad Malicoat & Property Tax Reform
Episode 384 of Boss Hog of Liberty is out! Jeremiah Morrell, Adam “Mr Bones” Harcourt, and Zach Burcham are the host voices. Our featured guest is Chad Malicoat, who just re-joined the Henry County council after a few years away. Indiana is reforming property taxes and we explore the impact that will have on local governments. Additionally, we discuss some possible bonding, needs for EMS, County Fair facilities, and the future of our bridge and culvert funds. Nationally we talk tariffs and the...
Feb. 28, 2025
383: Potholes Taking out Semis; Gene Hackman; DOGE reports
Episode 383 of Boss Hog of Liberty is out! Jeremiah Morrell, Adam “Mr Bones” Harcourt, Forrest Plank, and Zach Burcham are the host voices. We have the ambassador from Tequila Mexico, Alex as well. Knightstown has had all kinds of turnover on the town council and the Police Department. A pothole was so bad that a semi flipped on I-70. DOGE continues, Elon Musk took a pulse of federal workers. The house passed a budget, we might be getting $5000 checks (probably not). Gene Hackman has passed, co...
Feb. 21, 2025
382: Councilman Jerry Walden & DOGE Updates
Episode 382 of Boss Hog of Liberty is out! Jeremiah Morrell, BonesHarcourt, and Zach Burcham are the host voices. We sit down with city councilman Jerry Walden and get an update on the City of New Castle. We talk about potential property tax cuts, EMS and Fire options, new investments in the town, and how they are looking to save some budget money. Jeremiah gives a DOGE report, with Social Security and Department of Agriculture cuts. Delta had a really hard landing in Toronto. Summer Concerts a...
Feb. 14, 2025
381: State Representative Kyle Pierce - Statehouse Update; Super Bowl recap
Episode 381 of Boss Hog of Liberty is out! Jeremiah Morrell, Chase Peyton, Adam Harcourt, and Zach Burcham are the host voices. We continue our statehouse series with State Representative Kyle Pierce. We talk about the budget making process, property taxes, election reform and much more! Jeremiah wants to fix the roads. Chase complains about cameras. Are counties going to be able to invest money differently? What if we used the blockchain to make the government more efficient? And what did ever...
Jan. 31, 2025
380: Henry County Legislator Night; Criswell, Raatz, and Prescott
Episode 380 of Boss Hog of Liberty is out! Jeremiah Morrell, Dakota Davis, and Zach Burcham are the host voices. It’s Henry County Legislator night on the show with State Representatives Cory Criswell and JD Prescott, and Senator Jeff Raatz. Topics include Property Tax relief, Indiana’s improving education test scores, road funding and prioritizing I-70 construction. Is it possible to move from property taxes to sales taxes on service? We talk about the bills they have introduced around School ...
Jan. 24, 2025
379: Trump Inagurated, JFK files are being released; Tobacco Ban; No Fault Divorce getting banned?
Episode 379 of Boss Hog of Liberty is out! Jeremiah Morrell, Sean Row, Bones Harcourt, and Zach Burcham are the voices. We swore in a new president, the JFK assassination is getting declassified. Biden and Trump went wild with pardons this week. Governor Braun is calling everyone back into the office. The Indiana general assembly is talking about banning tobacco for anyone under 21, for LIFE. No fault divorce might be on the way out. What happened to the Detroit Lions? And the racing season sta...
Jan. 17, 2025
378: Statehouse is back; Indiana taking over Illinois; Blind Bourbon Tasting
Episode 378 of Boss Hog of Liberty is out! Jeremiah Morrell, Forrest Plank, Bones Harcourt, Ean Southerland, Chad Nguyen and Zach Burcham are the voices. The Indiana General Assembly is back in action. The Speaker of the House is trying to get 33 Illinois counties to join Indiana. Representative Cory Criswell might be creating a transfer portal for high school kids to play sports. Are township governments and fire departments being eliminated? Secretary of State Diego Morales is facing tough qu...
Jan. 10, 2025
377: RIGGz New Album; Travis Weik of the Courier Times
Episode 377 of Boss Hog of Liberty is out! Jeremiah Morrell, Travis Weik, Kaeden Riggs, and Zach Burcham are the voices. Kaeden just released a new album under his creator name “RIGGz”, Travis is the editor of the Courier Times. We talk about content creation, and why paywalls exist. Lots of local news this week around Memorial Park, a “Blizzard”, and last week’s guest just got his big break in Daytona! Our program is community supported on Patreon. Do your part by chipping into the cause by d...
Jan. 3, 2025
376: Presley Sorah racing stories / NOLA, Vegas, Jimmy Carter, and Congress Resets
Episode 376 of Boss Hog of Liberty is out! Jeremiah Morrell, Presley Sorah, and Zach Burcham are the voices. Presley has been running ARCA stock car races, last joining our show before his start at Indy last year. We hear how the racing has gone, and what is next. From iRacing to the race track, driving, crewing, and more. Also have updates in sports with the College Football playoff, attacks in Las Vegas and New Orleans, and some politics updates. Jimmy Carter passed away, and Congress might ...
Dec. 27, 2024
375: Year in Review; Christmas Stories; Jeremiah gets in trouble over hats
Episode 375 of Boss Hog of Liberty is out! Jeremiah Morrell, Betsy Mills, Krista Quesenberry, Sara Morrell, and Zach Burcham are the voices. The post Christmas episode on what feels like the second Monday of the week. We have a year in review looking at the top stories of 2024 in national, statewide, and local news. NCAA playoff review, NFL on Christmas review, and we look at Christmas traditions. Not that many new podcasts this week, so this one is EXTRA long, to help get you through. Our pro...
Dec. 20, 2024
374: Cat rescued from a tree, NFL vs NCAA, Christmas Traditions
Episode 374 of Boss Hog of Liberty is out! Jeremiah Morrell, Mark Fultz, and Zach Burcham are the voices. Slow news week? A cat was stuck in a tree and it was the talk of the town for 6 days; the government is shutting down again? Mark went to Cleveland for the Browns vs Chiefs. NFL and NCAA Football have a ratings war coming up this weekend. We talk about Christmas traditions. What movies and food is a must have for the holiday? Our program is community supported on Patreon. Do your part by c...
Dec. 13, 2024
373: IU / Notre Dame; Luigi is Arrested; YouTubeTV is unaffordable?
Episode 373 of Boss Hog of Liberty is out! Jeremiah Morrell, Forrest Plank, Chase Peyton, and Zach Burcham are the voices. Forrest is heading to the Army / Navy Game, we look at the random college football bowl games, break down the College Football Playoff and price out tickets for IU and Notre Dame next week. Chase professes his love for Boise State, and Jeremiah pulls a name out from the depths of his brain that shocks the room. There was an arrest in the New York City Hilton Murder, and the...
Dec. 6, 2024
372: 2024 Christmas Walk and Talk - Batman, Elks, and Reindeer
Episode 372 of Boss Hog of Liberty is out! Jeremiah Morrell, Dakota Davis, and Zach Burcham are the voices. This is the annual Chamber of Commerce Christmas walk episode, a walk and talk through the streets of New Castle. Air temperature is 19 degrees at the time of recording. We meet Batman, the Elks Club, Mary at BeeHive Body Company, and Dakota interviewed a reindeer handler…And many more surprises along the way! Our program is community supported on Patreon. Do your part by chipping into t...
Nov. 27, 2024
371: Thanksgiving, NCAA Playoff, Formula One to Indiana
Episode 371 of Boss Hog of Liberty is out! Jeremiah Morrell, Adam “Bones” Harcourt, Betsy Mills, and Zach Burcham are the voices. Classic Thanksgiving week episode, travel and food talk *favorites and hard pass items), BHOL alum Mark Brim is now a reporter in Sioux Falls South Dakota, and his report made the Tonight show with Jimmy Fallon this week. Did you know there is a Hoosier cafe in Arizona? IU lost to Ohio State, but looks likely to make the NCAA playoffs. Jeremiah digs into where teams ...