Issues & Ales

WBOI's Issues & Ales is an award-winning panel discussion event focused on issues important to the community.
We take your questions (in-person, through email or via social media), and our panelists work on the answers while you relax with a bite to eat or a drink.
It's free and completely open to the public.
Our next event is coming up at 7 p.m. on Oct. 7 at the Botanical Conservatory as part of Botanical Brews.
Our featured discussion will include will look at what to expect in the upcoming midterm elections, with local political experts.
Panelists are:
- Fred McKissick, Editorial Page Editor at The Journal Gazette
- Mike Wolf, Professor and Chair of Political Science at Purdue Fort Wayne
- Gayla Sorenson, Vice President of the League of Women Voters in Fort Wayne
We hope to see you there!
Meet our team:
Rebecca Green, News Director
Zach Bernard, Content & Programming Director
Julia Meek, Program Host/Producer
Ella Abbott, Multimedia Reporter
Tony Sandleben, Reporter/Host
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Issues & Ales has been recognized by the Associated Press, and won the Indiana Broadcasters Association's Cardinal Award for Community Service.
Past discussion topics included:
- Higher Education and the Jobs Outlook in Northeast Indiana
- Greener Urban Growth
- The Craft Beer Revolution
- The working poor; “Working Hard, Falling Short”
- Homelessness in Northeast Indiana
- Immigration Issues in Northeast Indiana
- Northeast Indiana’s Civic Health
- Riverfront Development
- Single County Executive Proposal
- The Arts Community and Influence in Northeast Indiana
- Civic Involvement in Indiana
- Combatting Opioid Abuse in Fort Wayne
- Single County Executive Proposal
- The Arts Community and Influence in Northeast Indiana
- Downtown Development and Downtown Living
- Fort Wayne's Sports Identity
- Future of Fort Wayne Transportation
- Election Analysis
- Healthcare Access in Rural Communities
- Indiana labor unions
- Religion in Fort Wayne