Columbus Perspective

00:00 Show Open / U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) discusses the infrastructure package approved by the Senate that is now in the House, and also discusses the end of the war in Afghanistan. 08:00 Matt MacLaren, Director of 'Ohio - Find It Here' - provides information on fall attractions around Ohio. 19:00 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend presents information on Afghan...

00:00 Show Open / David Corey, Executive VP of the Bowling Centers Association of Ohio, discusses a proposal at the Statehouse to legalize sports betting in Ohio. 25:00 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Karina Nova presents information about the turmoil in Afghanistan - including comments from an Ohioan who served there and Ohio professors who discuss the plight of Afghan women. She'll a...

00:00 Show Open / Comments from Governor Mike DeWine at a news conference this week, updating Ohioans on the coronavirus. 15:00 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend talks with two Democrats running for Governor, as well as the Republican and Democratic winners of the Congressional Primary held this month for the 15th District in Central Ohio, which opened when Steve Stivers l...

00:00 Show Open / Jo Welsh, President and Co-Founder of Bottoms Up Diaper Drive - a local non-profit that supplies diapers to mothers in need. 19:00 Terry Green, Founder and Executive Director of 'Think Make Live Youth" - a youth empowerment organization in Columbus. 33:00 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend presents the Republican and Democratic winners of the special prima...

00:00 Show Open / Governor Mike DeWine, speaking at a news conference on Friday about the coronavirus. 6:30 Portions of a news conference held on Thursday by public health officials and doctors in Columbus about the coronavirus. 21:30 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend covers topics that include the politics of mask wearing, the water quality in Central Ohio, the crackdown...

00:00 Show Open / Michael Shields, a researcher at Policy Matters Ohio, discusses Ohio's economy and job situation. 17:30 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend provides updates on the bribery scandal in the state legislature, the special election coming up on Tuesday for a Congressional seat in Central Ohio, and the story of a Union County woman who spent more than a week in a...

00:00 Show Open / Sarah McQuaide, Manager of Communications and Marketing for the Columbus Regional Airport Authority, discusses the increase in air travel at CMH. 13:00 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend presents information about controversial changes to voting laws that are being proposed that resulted in an Ohio congresswoman being arrested; the Delta variant and the co...

00:00 / Show Open / Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, Chief Medical Officer for the Ohio Department of Health, and Doctor Andy Thomas with the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, discuss the prevalence of the Delta variant of the Coronavirus in Ohio. 12:00 Dr. Avenel Joseph, Vice President of Policy for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, provides information about the Child Tax Credit rolling out na...

00:00 Show Open / Dan Skinner, a Health Policy Professor at Ohio University, discusses the opioid epidemic. 25:30 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Karina Nova presents information about efforts to expand broadband in Ohio; the income tax cut that was included in the new state budget; and the impact that ending the $300 per week in federal benefits to unemployment compensation will have...

00:00 Show Open / John Barker, President & CEO of the Ohio Restaurant Association. 20:00 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend provides updates on various pieces of legislation at the Statehouse, and presents reports on a court ruling regarding guns at schools and a controversy over the monitoring of residents in homes for the disabled. 46:00 Rick Birt, President of SADD (Stud...

00:00 Show Open / Susan Choe, Executive Director of Ohio Legal Help, discusses how the agency's web site can help people. 12:30 Jessica Petersen, Media and Public Relations Coordinator of Lifeline of Ohio, discusses the importance of organ donations. 27:30 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend presents information about the expulsion of Larry Householder from the Ohio House of...

00:00 Show Open / Kelly O'Reilly, President & CEO of the Ohio Association of Health Plans, discusses the state's effort to get an additional 900,000 Medicaid recipients in Ohio vaccinated by the middle of August. 13:00 Doctor Pampee Young, Chief Medical Officer of Biomedical Services for the American Red Cross, discusses the current nationwide blood shortage. 20:00 Courtesy of our sister station,...

00:00 Show Open / David Adams, architect of the Cincinnati Innovation District, which, like its counterparts in Columbus and Cleveland, has a goal to create 20,000 jobs over the next 10 years. 21:30 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend presents segments about vaccine incentives, legislation to legalize some fireworks in Ohio, and the incoming police chief for the City of Colu...

00:00 Show Open / Kim Thiboldeaux, Executive Chair of the Cancer Support Community, discusses June 6th being National Cancer Survivors Day. 11:00 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend presents topics that include housing issues some people are having during the pandemic; efforts to pass anti-hazing legislation in Ohio; and what has happened in Columbus over the past year since...

00:00 Show Open / Lieutenant Dawn Roberts with the Ohio Division of Parks and Watercraft discusses National Safe Boating Week. 19:30 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Angela An presents a number of topics, including incentives to get Ohioans vaccinated, fraud within Ohio's unemployment compensation system, and the issue of racism that Asian-Americans are dealing with. 42:30 Laurie Rubine...

00:00 Show Open / Kayla Griffin, Director of All Voting Is Local-Ohio, discusses proposed changes to Ohio voter laws. 14:00 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend presents segments about Ohio's vaccine lottery, sports betting, the effort to reduce robocalls, and more. 40:00 Dr. Sapna Thomas, a gastroenterologist with University Hospitals of Cleveland, discusses colorectal cance...

00:00 Show Open / Latoya Peterson, Associate State Director of Advocacy for Ohio AARP, discusses health and safety issues in the state's nursing homes. 13:00 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend presents information about candidates running for Congress in Ohio; the Civilian Review Board in Columbus and what it can learn from a similar entity in Cincinnati; and the effort to...

00:00 Show Open / Dr. Parker Huston, a psychologist with Nationwide Children's Hospital, discusses the hospital's "On Our Sleeves" Program, for which he is the Clinical Director. 24:00 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS-10TV, Tracy Townsend has information about efforts to reform police policies; the new Civilian Review Board in Columbus; and presents an interview with Northeast Ohio Democratic...

00:00 Show Open / Dr. Alfiee Breland-Noble, a psychologist based in the Washington, D.C. area, discusses a national campaign aimed at kids who are suffering mentally during the pandemic. 11:00 U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), discusses President Biden's infrastructure proposal and more. 16:00 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Karina Nova presents segments on police reform, as well as...

Dr. Stephanie Zaza, President of the American College of Preventive Medicine, discusses the role of public health agencies in dealing with the pandemic. George Hobor, Senior Program Officer with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, discusses an interactive web site that provides local information about health outcomes covering many diseases and conditions. Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV...

00:00 Show Open / Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose discusses the upcoming May Primary, as well as a program overseen by his office aimed at protecting the privacy of domestic violence victims. 13:30 Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) clashed with Dr. Anthony Fauci in a subcommittee hearing this week. The entire exchange, lasting nearly seven minutes, is here. 21:30 Courtesy of our sister statio...

00:00 / Show Open / Greg Bewwick, Outreach Coordinator for the Fair Game Coalition of Ohio, discusses efforts to bring regulated sports betting to Ohio. 18:30 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Karina Nova covers a number of issues, including a recent controversial tweet from Ohio Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted, information About Covid-19 vaccines and clinical trials, efforts to crack dow...

00:00 Show Open / Becky Pringle, President of the National Education Association. 11:00 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend looks at the fight over health orders issued by Governor Mike DeWine; President Joe Biden's recent trip to Columbus; and more. 33:30 Rick Birt, President and CEO of SADD - Students Against Destructive Decisions. 47:00 Duane Casares, CEO of Directions fo...

00:00 Show Open / Scott Anderson, Problem Gambling Treatment Coordinator with the Ohio Dept. of Mental Health and Addiction Services. 24:00 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS-10-TV, Tracy Townsend has information about Covid-19 vaccines; Kevin Landers talks to State Rep. Scott Wiggam (R-Wooster) about legislation that impacts how health orders are issued or withdrawn in Ohio; and Tracy talks wit...

00:00 Show Open / Dr. Phuong Huynh, a family physician specializing in addiction medicine with the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, discusses the stigma faced by people living with substance abuse disorders. 23:30 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend covers a number of topics, including efforts by Republicans at the Statehouse to limit a governor's power to enforc...