From the Newsroom: Akron Beacon Journal Podcast

In this week’s episode, host Craig Webb and Beacon Journal education reporter Jennifer Pignolet are joined by outgoing Akron superintendent, David James, who is retiring after 13 years at the helm and 30 years at the district. James discusses the challenges of teaching remotely amid the pandemic and the effort to get students back into the classroom. He reflects on his lenghty career.

In the first segment of today's Now You Know Akron podcast, Ohio Attorney General David Yost joins host Craig Webb and Beacon Journal reporter Stephanie Warsmith to talk about unsolved crimes. Yost has added a special investigative unit to the Attorney General's office to look at cold cases. One of the unit's supervisors, Roger Davis, also joins the show to talk about an unsolved case out of Hudso...

Craig Webb talks with Stow couple Scott Drazdik and Gabby Chaffin about their first-time home buying experience, and Beacon Journal reporter Amanda Garrett is joined by Howard Hanna realtor Jaunae Carter to discuss the Akron housing market and how those looking to buy are putting in offers well above the listing price. 

The latest episode of the Now You Know Akron podcast continues the conversation on police tactics and the oversight of internal investigations when there are use of force complaints involving citizens in the city of Akron.  In the first segment, host Craig Webb and Beacon Journal reporters Sean McDonnell and Doug Livingston are joined by Akron City Council President Margo Sommerville and Akro...

Now You Know Akron host Craig Webb is joined by Beacon Journal reporters Doug Livingston, Seyma Bayram and Sean McDonnell for a roundtable discussion on police arrest tactics. All three have led the Beacon Journal’s coverage of social justice protests and police reform in Akron since the death of George Floyd last year.

In our second episode, we discuss what's on tap for downtown Akron in 2021 as the city transitions out of the pandemic. We are joined by Suzie Graham, president and CEO of Downtown Akron Partnership, and Beacon Journal reporter James Mackinnon.  The Now You Know Akron podcast is brought to you by the journalists of the Akron Beacon Journal. 

The debut episode of the Now You Know Akron podcast brought to you by the journalists of the Akron Beacon Journal and BeaconJournal.com.  In our first edition, we explore housing issues in Akron as reported recently in the ongoing Home in Akron series from the Akron Media Collaborative, including the Beacon Journal, Devil Strip, News 5 Cleveland, WKSU and Reveal...

"Game of Thrones," the beloved and acclaimed HBO fantasy show, concluded on Sunday night. But did the show got out strong or meltdown in the end? On this week's Seven Minutes in Westeros podcast, Joe Thomas and Dan Kadar of the Akron Beacon Journal/Ohio.com recap the finale. As always, the podcast is full of spoilers. These topics get covered this week: - The ascent of Bran Stark to becoming Bran...

Bob Woodward tells audience at Kent State University the words of President Nixon about Kent State and other protests of the day recorded on secret tapes: “You know what stops them...kill a few.”

Here's another edition of Seven Minutes in Westeros, our podcast dedicated to the final season of Game of Thrones. After two weeks of building suspense, “The Long Night” delivered a frenetically paced White Walker siege of Winterfell. Scott Shriner, senior copy editor for Kent publications at GateHouse Media Ohio, joins deputy metro editor Joe Thomas with a recap of the episode. The di...

We're back for another edition of Seven Minutes in Westeros, our podcast dedicated to the final season of Game of Thrones. We promise it's faster paced that the first two episodes this season. “A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms” was another episode heavy on character development and emotion while being light on action. Deputy metro editor Joe Thomas joins me again this week to recap the e...