Nickel-and-Dimed to Death in 2025: Life as a Battery
The Forced Customer If I had to sum up what it feels like to live in America in 2025, I’d say this: every birth certificate should come stamped with two words — Forced Customer. From the moment we’re born, every institution is wired to treat us not as citizens, not as people, but as batteries. […]
Cindi Clayton — Fighting for Families, Schools, and Accountability
In Episode 7 of Gaslit: The Power of Story, I sat down with Cindi Clayton, and what unfolded was less a political interview and more a human inventory of where southwestern Indiana really stands and how we got here. From the opening moments, Cindi made her “why” unmistakably clear. After more than a decade teaching […]
Logan Patberg: The Power of Representation
Logan Patberg: The Power of Representation Tommy J Housman In every conversation we’ve had for Gaslit: The Power of Story, one truth keeps rising to the surface: people are doing everything right and still falling behind. They’re working, raising families, and holding communities together, but the system around them has made survival feel like success. […]
Chris Norrick: Inside the Bill
Chris Norrick: Inside the Bill Tommy J Housman This episode takes us deep into the fine print of how power works, literally and politically. Chris Norrick joins me to unpack what’s really behind the bills that land in our mailboxes every month. For most of us, we just see the total due. Chris considers the […]
Gaslit: Episode 4 — Addison & the Front Line of Need
Gaslit: Episode 4 — Addison & the Front Line of Need Tommy J Housman This one is simple and hard at the same time. Addison Hearrin from 4 Good Community sits down and describes what it looks like when a city’s costs go up faster than its paychecks. Her team’s mission: spread hope, love, and […]
E Is for Enough: Small Business Blackout in Evansville
E Is for Enough: Small Business Blackout in Evansville Tommy J Housman | Gaslit: The Power of Story – Episode 3 In this episode of Gaslit: The Power of Story, I sat down with two small business owners who’ve decided they’re not going to stay quiet anymore: Carl Arnheiter from Arcademie and Adam Morris from […]
We’re All in Survival Mode Right Now
“We’re All in Survival Mode Right Now” My conversation with Sally Busby Tommy J Housman, Host of Gaslit The Power of Story When I sat down with Sally Busby, candidate for Indiana House District 78, I expected to talk about policy. What I didn’t expect was to hear policy described the same way people describe […]
The System Was Built This Way
The System Was Built This Way Tommy Housman, Host of Gaslit: The Power of Story When Kerwin Olson of the Citizens Action Coalition says, “They write the laws, they control the process,” he’s not speaking in metaphor. He’s describing how Indiana’s energy policy has been engineered, line by line, bill by bill, to serve the […]