In southern Indiana, the frustration isn’t hidden.
It shows up in rising grocery bills.
It shows up in rent that keeps climbing.
It shows up in wages that haven’t moved enough to keep up with either.
And in Indiana’s 66th House District, that frustration is turning into something else:
Action.
In this episode, I sat down with Ryan Price, a candidate who doesn’t come from politics—he comes from the same reality a lot of Hoosiers are living right now.
He’s a husband. A father. A working-class Hoosier trying to make it work in a system that, in his words, just isn’t built for people like him anymore.
And that’s really where this conversation starts.
Not with policy—but with experience.
Ryan talks about what it means to live in a district that sits just across from Louisville’s economy, where people often cross state lines for work, pay different taxes, and still struggle to get ahead.
He doesn’t dress it up.
He calls it what it is.
A system where wages stay low while costs keep rising.
Where corporations get incentives without being held accountable.
Where housing is getting harder to afford—not easier.
We dug into all of it:
💰 Why the current minimum wage isn’t just low—it’s unrealistic
🏠 The reality of trying to buy a home in today’s market
🏫 Public school funding being pulled in directions it shouldn’t be
🏥 Rural healthcare access that depends too much on geography
🚧 Infrastructure challenges, from flooding to outdated systems
🏪 Small businesses trying to compete in a system tilted toward corporations
But what stood out most wasn’t just the policy—it was the tone.
Ryan isn’t promising the moon.
He’s promising to show up.
To be accessible.
To answer his own messages.
To meet people where they are instead of disappearing behind a title.
And honestly, that’s something voters are asking for more and more.
We also talked about something that hit deeper than policy:
His generation.
The group that was told to go to school, work hard, do everything right—and then found out the system didn’t hold up its end of the deal.
That frustration isn’t theoretical.
It’s personal.
And it’s driving people like Ryan to step forward.
Then, as always, we put it to the test with Hold ’em or Fold ’em—where the talking points disappear and the positions get clear.
What you’ll see here isn’t a polished politician.
It’s someone trying to give his district something he feels like it’s been missing:
A voice that actually reflects the people living there.
And in a place like District 66…
that might matter more than anything else.
