Can you spell these Indiana towns? Oh, okay. Spelling bee. Yes, a little spelling me because I know you're really good at spelling. I'm so traditionally I'm so horrible at spelling. Uh, first one is lo.
Okay. Uh, L O L O G O O T E E. Is that your final answer? Or is it It's It sounds like it spells um Let me Can I spell it now? I think it's Lu T. Run through one more time.
L O G O O T E E L. There might be a second O in the beginning. No, I There's not. There's not. L O G Lo. L O G O O O T E E.
Final answer. There is a second O at the beginning. It's L. Is it L O O G O O T E? Yeah. Like how Mississippi kind of Oh, L O O G O O T E.
Yep. Gosh darn it. Wow. Okay, so I have to be honest. I thought that was going to be the softball of this list. Oh.
Oh lord. Okay. So, uh, next one is Renelier. This one always stumps me every single time. [snorts] I have never spen. It's like It's definitely not Okay, wait.
I need like a pen and a piece of R E N S E A L E R. No. Oh, there's not two E. What was I thinking? I got my feeling. R E N S Rens.
Is it E? Okay. You need to subtract a letter from the last part and add a letter. You actually need to subtract a couple letters from the last part and add a letter. It's a second letter. R E N SS.
R E N SS. Ren. Renelier. Is it Is it S E A? No. Is it S A E?
No. Is it S E L E A R? So close. Oh my gosh. R E N S E L E A R. So close.
A E R E R. A E R. That is insane. That's a hard word to spell. R E N S E L A E R. Yeah, Renelier.
Renelier. That's insane. Yeah, that's hard. That's really hard. All right, the next one is air. Air.
Yeah. Same after an area in Scotland. So or airshshire. I don't know how they say it there, but a think about Scotland like air h. No, no, no. A is right.
A a y r s h i r e. Nice. Come on. Let's go. I don't know how the That's the one you got. I don't know how the one that I do not know how that how you got that one, but I do not.
Where is that at? Uh like southwest maybe. Can we get a I need a loc? Can we get a geo an APB out on air? Bolo. [laughter] Can I get a Can I get a bolo?
It's It is Southwest. Can you show me where? Yeah, it's in Pike County. Ah, yes. Wait, I don't see it. Oh, wait.
There's no It's not like Oh, I didn't see the pin. Oh, air a yr sh by Oakland City. Gotcha. All right. Next word is ligonier. Oh gosh.
Hold on. Let me look up. Whoa. What are you looking up there, bud? Get your fingers off that keyboard. I need to look up the Oakland City High School mascot.
I have to do it every time I think about it. Oakland City. Okay. Waldo J. Wood. Trojans.
Okay. It always gets me for some reason. Ligonier. L I G O N I E R. So close. Flip two letters.
N I N E I R. Nope. L I G O N L I G O E. L I G li O ligma. Liguineer. L I G O I N E R.
Yep. Liguine. But it's Ligonier. Dang, that one's hard, too. Renzelier and Ligonier. Yeah.
Um, Oola. Oh gosh. My aunt and uncle used to live in Oola. O S. Yes. C.
Yes. Os. Yep. Nice job. Wow. So, the only one you really missed was Lot and I'm not going to count wrestling, dude.
We miss Rener, too. Come on. Yeah, not too bad. Which is I thought you those Dude, this is a good That's a good That's a good segment. Yeah, I like that. There's a lot more we can do, too.
Oh, please don't. Not right now. I'm bad. I'm terrible at spelling, but we'll get you started. What do you got for me now? Blind rank these Hoosiers by how famous they are.
Okay. Okay. John Wooden, four. David Letterman two. That's That's what he was. He was my second one.
Uh Florence Henderson. Do you know who that is? Uh Brady Bunch. Mom. Oh, yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. Five. Okay. Uh Jenna Fischer. Three. And Michael Jackson.
Five or one. I love that. I wait. So, Michael Jackson, David Letterman, Jenna Fischer, John Wooden, and and for I might be able to you might be able to convince me that Wooden is more famous than Jen Fischer. Like those two, but it's a blind ranking. Like, get off my back.
Yeah, I uh I felt bad because in when we did musicians, you really you put me at odds there, but it's okay. I did do that. All right, I'm going to send you. So, this unfortunately I couldn't find um a picture of just Indiana, so I had to do it. It's kind of a grainy photo, but you can still get the picture. Um for the most part, it's um from a national map.
Okay. Guess what this map of Indiana represents. H. So, so like what do you Okay, so the Cincinnati Okay. So, what I'm seeing I'm seeing the Cincinnati region, the Evansville or like the Cincinnati region, but like on the Indiana side, the Evansville region, the Fort Wayne region, and what I believe to be Palaski County. Yeah.
The big square. Yeah. Rectangle, if you will. So, yeah. talk me through your thought process about what you think is going on. So, I'm trying to think of like pockets that would be flaming hot in southern Indiana cuz your pattern recognition is A1.
I will have to admit. Yeah. Yeah. Um I can identify these areas. Yeah. Okay.
Now, what am I looking at here? Um, so where my head went to originally was German settlement in Indiana. Okay. But it doesn't go up f far enough from the south. Like it doesn't get enough into like Jasper, that area. But I know that that area down in the bottom right corner, but then up in Fort Wayne is not really at all.
Um, is it like an agricultural production? No, I mean this really gives me nothing to go off of except for that they're really big in parts of southern Indiana, really big in southeastern Indiana, and it's really big uh in northeastern Indiana. It's not really But it's not really big in northeast. It's just a It's a slightly slightly more slightly more than like central Indiana. It's It's really big in Palasky County. It's really big down there on the the Ohio River right there.
And it's really big over by Cincinnati. Mhm. Is this like consumption of something? No. Is it production of something? No.
Is it Can you give me like a You got to steer me in the direct ballpark. Like is there a Sometimes it's better to just trust your instincts. [clears throat] So it has something to do with German settlement. Yeah, I would say that's pretty pretty close. So is it a type of people that settled the state of Indiana? Yes, it is.
Is it like Polish? No, it's people from Germany. Wait, is it actually? Yeah. Like what do you Okay. What do you think?
What do you think? What do you think that this map is showing? I thought that it was like a hot bed of German. It's not a hot bed of German settlements, but it it is about Germans. Sauerkraut consumption. No, it is about German.
Oh. Uh I don't I'm I'm lost a little. It's about Germans. It's about German. Um automotive. No, no, no.
Okay. think just more like uh think more broad. So it's not about German settlements but like when people come like people from Germany they settled here like it's they immigrated it's the percentage of percentage of German influence in Indiana of German citizens clo very close people with German heritage yes people with people that are ethnically German bro that was pretty ood that I initially started there. That's [laughter] why I was like, "Wait, what? This is people of German heritage." Yeah.
So 19. 8% of Indiana is German heritage. Yeah. Is that Duboce County then? Right there. I didn't think they were that far south, but maybe they are.
The other thing that you need to remember is uh uh that looks like it could be Yeah, I think it is. I think it is Duboce County. Yep, that would check out then. Uh, the other thing that you have to remember is here's another map. Oh, yeah, that is. Look at this.
I'll put this up on screen as well if we have time for it in the video. Most counties in Indiana have more German heritage than English heritage. I could believe that. We can't. Yeah. Wow.
So, that was count that was German heritage in Indiana. Mhm. I didn't know that. Actually, that does make sense. Yeah. Wow.
Now, look at the nationwide breakdown. Isn't that interesting how they seem to be grouped in the middle center, northern middle center? Yeah. I didn't realize that like up in that part of the country had such German prevalence. Wonder how they got there. Mitude.
Wow. That's pretty cool. I I mean, dude, can I say that I I had my nose on the track early and uh I mean, I I kind of What did I say? German settlers. I was pretty close. Yeah.
I just wasn't going to give it to you for like I mean that was If you If you were going to get that close at the beginning, you're going to have to get it right. I want to let it be known that I didn't cheat. Like I didn't know. I I smelled that one out. That's pretty cool for me. No, you did not.
You did not cheat. Okay. Sometimes do I w do I amaze you sometimes with my ball knowledge. Yeah. This is like with that one time you asked me is it weird how much I know about the state. This is this is another new segment that we have never done before.
All right. What do you got for me? So you have to pick five things from Indiana that stay and the other five cease to exist. Okay. So there's 10 things on the list. I get to pick five and the other five are gone forever.
Yes. And they never existed. Okay. Okay. Number one is popcorn. Okay, I have to make the call without seeing the full list.
Oh, yeah. No way. You got to let me see the whole list. That's not how it's supposed to work, but we can. Okay. Uh, no.
All right, I'll make the decisions on the fly. Uh, I'm sorry, popcorn, you got to go. I don't know what's coming. I got to get rid of it. I got to trim the fat early. That's a great call.
Uh, the Children's Museum. So these are all, by the way, these are all things that are a lot of them are from Indiana, but if they're not from India, they have very very close. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay.
So here's my thing with this logic. I should have kept popcorn because my logic now on the children's museum is anytime you have the number one thing in the world, you keep it. So like the children's museum has to stay because it's the biggest children's museum in the world. But we are the number one exporter of popcorn in the world. So now I'm kind of going back on that logic and saying like, but I'm I'm going to stick by children. You're welcome.
Even though I have no kids, I'm keeping the children's museum. Okay. And I'm getting rid of popcorn. Okay. Uh do if you remember that the original gas pump was invented in Indiana. Gas pump out.
All right. So that means to fill up your 30-gallon Tundra tank, you got to scoop it up into a bowl and just Yeah. Dump it in. Yep. Absolutely. I'll just use my intern and he'll spit it in there.
[laughter] Gas pumps are gone. All right. Uh, anything made out of limestone. Anything at all. Limestone is staying. We are known for limestone.
I'm keeping limestone. Two to two. Um, the world's largest ball of paint in Alexandria. [laughter] Oh man, I love that ball of paint. It's a great ball of paint. It is truly a great ball of paint.
And I love anytime you have the [sighs] I'm gonna waver from my logic because I said anytime you have the world's best or the world's biggest, you should keep it. [snorts] But unfortunately, we're going to get rid of the world's ball of paint. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I wish it didn't have to be like this. Uh, that might have been a good call because next up is Michael Jackson's entire discoraphy.
We're keeping you. Where's he at? [snorts] Find you. Oh, he's over there. We're keeping MJ. MJ gets to stay.
Three to three. Basketball. So, why am I thinking so hard about that? We're going to keep basketball. We're going to keep basketball. In 49 other states, it's basketball.
But this is Indiana. Uh corn. So like sweet corn. Oh, feed corn. Whatever. And we [clears throat] have three things, two things left besides corn.
Yes. Two of which you might have a good idea of what's coming down the pipe, but you don't know. Yeah, I know one that's coming. Listen, this is a pro-aggriculture podcast. It pains me what I'm about to say. I will regret it into the deepest, darkest recesses of my soul, but we're getting rid of corn.
All right, fair enough. Next up is the pork tenderloin sandwich. I knew this was coming and I think I might have an idea of what is left to come, but I'm keeping the pork tenderloin sandwich to round out my five. What am I getting rid of, Will? You already know what you're getting rid of. What is it?
Say it. The Indianapolis 500. [laughter] [snorts] Which is crazy. I don't know. Mistakes were made. [laughter] Yeah, mistakes were made.
Wow, dude. That's crazy. I mean, I cut the fat, dude. I can't believe you just killed the Indy500. That's crazy. I'll never forgive myself.
I mean, what would I Okay, so I had Michael's Jack. Like, let me go back and reook this. Can I Can I see the list? Yeah. If I could go back. Sorry.
Just don't scroll up or down. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Uh, I mean, here's what I'm doing. I'm probably going Indy500, Pork Tenderloin, Basketball, Michael Jackson's Discoraphy.
Disography. Discoraphy. Yeah. I'm probably keeping Indy500, Pork Tenderloin, Basketball, MJ, and then you have to come down between anything made of limestone or the Children's Museum. Dealer's choice on that one. Fair enough.
I cannot believe I did that. I knew that was coming, too. Did you like that list, though? Good list, huh? All right, the next one is a very fun one. I can't believe it took us this long to do this, but guess the top five counties that have the most tornadoes.
Oh, so quick thing. So, this is from Noah, uh, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Association, I think is the last word, administration. Anyway, so this is from Noah and I deliberately chose it from 1996 onwards because be pre like the just the general 1990s um storm tracking was not as good as it is today. Okay. So it was mostly based on eyewitness accounts. So Marian County had a very skewed number of tornadoes.
M so since for like for like 1950 to 2026. Another fun thing I'll have you do is guess when the last actual recorded tornado was. Okay. So top five counties for tornadoes. I'm going to say Delaware. Delaware count is not on this list.
Uh actually the last three are a three-way tie. They have the same number since 1996. Since 96. Um so the numbers go 13 11 and then 38. Johnson. No.
Monroe. No. I need general vicinity. Like, give me some segments of the state. Uh, north. North.
Mhm. North. East. Potentially a county that someone here knows a lot about. Marshall County. No.
Oh, sorry. That came up way more. Oh, Montgomery County. No. Yeah. Actually, what two counties that people couple people here might know a lot about?
Typic county. Typic county is number one with 13. Typic county. Mhm. Oh, okay. So, typic one.
Um, is there more in that general vicinity? Yeah, kind of. Um, like not directly next to it like Cass County. Uh, no. White County? No.
Think more um Miami County? No. Think more north central. Northeast Warren County. Northeast. North Central.
North Central. Northeast. East. And then there's a wild card one. The number two is a wild card. It's uh southwest.
You can believe it. Uh Posie County. Nope. Starts with that letter though. Pike County. Pike County is number two with 11.
Pike is two. This is crazy. I thought they'd be kind of like around each other. So typic one. Pike counties, too. Adams County, uh, Wells County.
No. Uh, keep thinking north central northeast. Wabash County. Dude, what? Kaziasco County. Think larger cities.
St. Joseph County. Yes. St. Joseph County is one of the three that's tied for eight. Okay, that's north central.
Yes. And now there's a northeast Allen County. Close. Uh super duper county. The Calb County is the other one that's tied for eight. Okay.
And then there's one east east central. Henry County. Henry County is another one that's tied with eight. Wow. So it's Typicanu 13, Pike 11, Dalb Henry St. Joseph 8.
Wow. And so that's from um 1996 to present. Yeah. Yep. Yep. Yep.
So cool. Do you want to guess the estimated total amount of property damage? All of Indiana since 1950. Oh. Uh 10 billion. 1.
7. 1. 7 billion. Oh, wow. Tornadoes. Silent killer.
Thought that was heart disease. That is heart disease. All right. Next. [laughter] Uh, okay. Oh, it's another map.
[clears throat] Map. It the map. He's the map. All right. And texted it to you. [clears throat] Oh, this is a fun one.
This is a very fun one. Incredulously fun. All right. Wow. All right. Take take me through what you're thinking and what you're seeing.
[sighs and gasps] A lot of pink. Uh something that is prevalent around Evansville and a couple places along the Ohio River and then leads up and is not prevalent in Hendricks County or Marian County, but then wraps around and then goes up to northern Indiana, but is very nonprevalent in the bottom right corner. corner or top is does that mean St. Joseph is the least on this entire map? St. Joseph looks like it is white.
Standby. Sorry, I'm looking. Yes, St. Joseph would be the least. Oh, okay. So, what does all of southwestern Indiana have in common with Oh my gosh, that's like Putnham, Montgomery, Boone, Hamilton, Howard, Madison.
So, this is data tracked from um 2004 to 2023. Uh, so the counties that are the darkest, the number you're looking at is 13. And for St. Joseph County, the number you're looking at is 10. So they're similar. 13 makes it that dark and 10 makes it that white.
Yeah. Is it have something to do with weather? It does have something to do with weather. Is it just like precipitation? No. Is it is it thunderstorms?
Close. Severe thunderstorms. Severe weather watches per year. Severe weather watches per year. So you're telling me Hold on. So isn't that interesting?
Severe severe weather watches per year. You're telling me that St. Joseph is like one of the safest weather communities in the state? Yeah. So for example, it has 209 total from 04 to 2023. Mhm.
But then places like Green County Mhm. have 261. Now, here's a question. Are they just more Are they quicker to ring the bell in southwestern Indiana when it comes to severe weather? It's a good question. Have they been burnt before and now they're very vigilant?
If you have the answer, please let us know. Cuz it's interesting like how would the I don't know how weather really works, but it's interesting that it skips over that central pocket in southern Indiana and then jumps over there then skips Floyd County. They do not they do not watch for severe weather in Floyd County and then it goes to Clark County. Yeah. So it's like maybe um they just get less on average so they report more because like St. Joseph County is like no no we know what like actual severe weather looks like.
Yeah. Like, hey, this also we know a thing or two cuz we've seen a thing or two. Yeah. All right. Wow. Good map.
What does this map represent in Indiana? 1002 1,00 1 to 99. Decline. Like decline to answer the question or decline. I'm not at liberty to say unfortunately. Buddy, buddy, buddy.
Buddy, buddy, buddy. Is it something to do with education? No, it's something that So, this is why I'm surprised because Okay. Well, let me send you another one that may help you out a little. I'm on the edge of glory. So this the one the first one I sent you is a little older and this one's a little bit more recent.
Okay. So Typicano and Monroe both rolled off. It's very prevalent in Boone and very prevalent in Clark as well as Hancock. Mhm. Growth. Population growth.
Yeah. Population change. Population change. Yeah. Oh, so like So it could be leaving or going. So you can see where Wow.
Oh, I put that together. Okay. Yeah. So, you can see where people are like staying mostly and where people are, you know, shifting around a bit. So, anything that's white means that people have left that area. Uh, I think less than 0.
0%. I think that means that it's staying relatively No, if it's less than if it's a less than 0% change, that would mean it would be negative. Oh, yeah. Yeah. So, there's 26 counties where it's down. Yeah, you're right.
41 counties, that's up by less than 1%. 157. So, three counties. So, it's Clark, Hancock, and Boone that are growing pretty well. Um, then there's a, you know, there's seven counties that are in that one to two and then 15. Wow.
Look at St. Joseph, though. Isn't that crazy? Just losing people. Yeah, I think they are. Uh I don't know where they're go.
Maybe Elcart, maybe Marshall, maybe Kaziasco. I'm not really sure. That is crazy. Wow. That's a good That's a good graph. Good job.
That was my last John for the day. All right, that's a wrap. Are people You want to see more like this? Nick, make sure you subscribe.