Let's Talk Clermont

Ep. 73 — Holly Brians Ragusa on Lit Cincy, Poetry, Memoir, Writing, Healing, and Cincinnati’s Literary Community  We start this week with news from around Clermont County, including the groundbreaking for a new Veterans Village, brownfield cleanup funding for New Richmond, Clermont County’s new Facade Improvement Pilot Program, safety improvements at the State Route 32 and Herold Road interse...

Ep. 72 — Jack and Samantha Graff on Paradise Brewing, Local Beer, Family Business, Homebrewing, and Building a Community Taproom We start this week with news from around Clermont County, including the 2028 Big Ten Women’s Rowing Championship coming to East Fork State Park, a Union Township rezoning proposal near Clough Pike and Ridge Point Drive, a proposed public safety levy in Union Township, Lo...

Ep. 71 — Teresa Youngstrom on Dementia Care, Memory Loss, Caregiver Stress, and A Better Approach to Memory Care We start this week with news from around Clermont County, including the former Beckjord coal plant site being listed for sale amid coal ash concerns, Clermont County’s 2027 tax budget hearing, Loveland’s zoning code rewrite, Milford Schools’ latest financial update, Bethel’s possible be...

 Ep. 70 — Brenda Woodward on Bethel’s America 250 Celebration, Small-Town Pride, Local History, and Community Life We start this week with news from around Clermont County, including the county’s five-year water and wastewater capital improvement plans, possible federal legal action over water quality concerns tied to the former Beckjord coal plant site, and Loveland’s ongoing review of its d...

Ep. 69 — Ian Schwartz on Ohio House District 62, Affordability, Public Education, and Community-Focused Campaigning We start this week with news from around Clermont County and Ohio, including the growing data center debate at the Statehouse, Governor DeWine’s pause on new data center tax exemption requests, Ohio’s latest property tax reform changes, odor complaints near the Zimmer Landfill in Was...

Ep. 68 — Father Thomas McCarthy on Catholicism, Faith, and Life as a Priest in Clermont County We start this week with news from around Clermont County, including an update on county road and bridge conditions, Milford Schools’ financial report and performance audit recommendations, Milford City Council’s vote on a proposed Management Essentials contract, Milford’s community reinvestment area upda...

Ep. 67 — Joe Loving on Mean Beard, Strongman Training, and Building Confidence Through Fitness  We start this week with news from around Clermont County, including the county’s long-range economic development strategic plan, Maddox Industrial Transformer’s Batavia expansion, Central Joint Fire-EMS service cuts after failed levies, Loveland’s mural approval and zoning code updates, West Clermo...

Ep. 66 — Deidre Hazelbaker on Loveland City Council, Local Government, and Staying Connected to Residents  We start this week with news from around Clermont County and Ohio, including a reported Bigfoot “flap” in Portage County, the Clermont County Genealogical Society’s young writers competition, Batavia’s proposed local business matching grant program, several Batavia development updates, L...

 Ep. 65 — Rick Mahan on the New Richmond Military Museum, Local Veterans, and Clermont County Primary Results  We start this week with Clermont County’s unofficial May 5 primary election results, including outcomes for local school, park, senior services, children’s services, developmental disabilities, fire and EMS, safety services, cemetery, and liquor option issues. We also look at se...

Ep. 64 — Dillon Blevins on the Ohio House District 62 Race, Property Taxes, Development, and the May Primary We start this episode with a rundown of the May 5 primary election issues appearing on Clermont County ballots, including countywide levies for the Park District, Senior Services, Children’s Protective Services, and the Board of Developmental Disabilities. We also cover local issues in Bata...

 Ep. 63 — Anne Gross and Dotty Meier on Clermont County Children’s Protective Services, Child Safety, and the May Levy We start this week with news from around Clermont County and the region, including a lawsuit over a proposed Amazon Web Services data center in Wilmington, Clermont County Public Health’s new three-year Community Health Improvement Plan, a 911/Public Safety Services update, t...

  Ep. 62 — Paul Daniels on New Richmond Schools, District Finances, and the May Levy   This special midweek episode is part of Let’s Talk Clermont’s election week coverage ahead of the May 5 primary. We get into the adjusted release schedule, preview the rest of the week’s election-focused interviews, and then we focus on New Richmond Exempted Village School District and the financial ch...

Ep. 61 — Bill DeHaas on Clermont Senior Services, Aging in Clermont County, and the May Levy We start this week with news from around Clermont County and beyond, including opposition to a proposed data center in Trenton, new chronic wasting disease cases in Indiana near the Ohio line, Clermont County Public Library’s 2026 short story winners, Habitat for Humanity homeownership opportunities in Bat...

Ep. 60 — Josh Torbeck on Clermont County Parks, Trails, and the May Levy We start this week with news from around the county including a Clermont County Public Library Board of Trustees meeting, an open seat on the Clermont County Park District Board, the return of the Loveland Farmers Market, an open council seat in Bethel, and business and community reminders out of New Richmond. Interview — Jos...

Ep. 59 — Dan Ottke on Developmental Disabilities, Local Services, and the May Levy   We start this week with some news from around the county including Mike Gardner’s guilty plea and the new Batavia Village council vacancy, the Olivewood Park development in Batavia Township, a proposed new coordinated development district to replace the old planned development framework, major redevelopment c...

  Ep. 58 — Jennifer Haley on the Batavia Township Fire Levy, plus local news and spring events   We open this week with a local news roundup from around Clermont County before turning to a detailed conversation on one of the bigger ballot issues facing Batavia Township. We cover county property appraisals, a local teacher earning a major honor, a pending Batavia Village hearing involving...

Ep. 57 — One Year In and Kim Georgeton on Data Centers, H-1B Reform, and Ohio Politics   We kick off our one-year anniversary episode with a quick thank you to everyone who has listened, shared, supported, and helped Let’s Talk Clermont grow over the last year.  Then we get into a packed news roundup. We look at two Ohio property tax bills and why they matter for school funding before tu...

Episode 56 — Gary Knepp — True Crime in Clermont County   We start with a couple of school-focused local updates, then Gary Knepp returns to the show for a talk about true crime in Clermont County, including gambling, murder cases, lynchings, and the county’s stranger legal history. We also talk about Gary’s upcoming book on Camp Dennison and why it remains such an important part of local Civ...

 Episode 55 — Malini Vijayan — Clermont County Public Health  We start with a few regional updates, then we sit down with Maalini Vijayan , Assistant Health Commissioner of Community Health Services at Clermont County Public Health , to talk about what the health department actually does day to day, how local public health works with the state, and what trends they’re watching right now....

  Episode 54 — Rep. Adam Bird — Ohio State Representative District 63 In this episode, we look at some local headlines, then sit down with State Rep. Adam Bird to talk development pressure, annexation battles, property taxes, and what “fair” school funding even means in Ohio. Interview — Rep. Adam Bird (Ohio House, District 63)  What a state representative actually does and how Ohio’s pr...

Episode 53 — Mike Desmond — Milford Amateur Radio Club We start with a few local updates, then I sit down with Mike Desmond (W8BEI) from the Milford Amateur Radio Club , the folks behind Cincinnati Hamfest , to talk ham radio, why it still matters, and why it’s one of the most reliable ways to communicate when cell service goes down.  Interview — Mike Desmond (Milford Amateur Radio Club)&nbsp...

Ep. 52 — Off-Grid Texting, Mesh Networks, and Cincy Mesh  We're closing in on one year of Let’s Talk Clermont! We start with some local updates, including Batavia Township’s upcoming fire/EMS levy effort, Milford’s move to acquire key downtown parcels, and progress at New Richmond’s Liberty Landing.  Then talk with Hunter Thornsberry from Cincy Mesh to talk Meshtastic —a LoRa-based, off-...

 Ep. 51 — Brown County Mega Site, Daring Horse Rescue, and an Interview with Greg Roberts. We start with a developing story in Mt. Orab and Brown County, where residents are demanding answers about a 1,000+ acre “mega site” that many suspect is tied to a data center project. NDAs, unclear ownership, and visible site activity have only added fuel to the fire. From there, we zoom out to Ohio Ho...

  Ep. 50 — May Levies + Zoning Explained  We kick off this milestone 50th episode with a quick thank you to the listeners and producers who’ve helped carry the show to almost a full year. Then we hit the latest Clermont County news, including three levies headed for the May ballot, a quick note on the Mt. Orab megasite NDA controversy, and a defense manufacturing contract tied to L3Harri...

Episode 49: Utopia, Floods, and Clermont’s Hidden History Snowpocalypse is here, but we’re still recording. In this episode, we run through a few timely local updates, including a tax update from the Clermont County Treasurer as second half tax bills get recalculated and a reminder that first half real estate taxes are due Friday, February 13, 2026 . We also preview two Batavia Township public hea...