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Guest Peggy Daly-Masternak coordinates a neighborhood coalition opposed to a proposed expansion of I-475 west of Douglas Road in Toledo. 

The annual CommUNITY FilmFest will be August 20 at the Maumee Indoor Theater. This event features videos created by individuals with developmental disabilities discussing their successes in community integration. It is an inspiring event. In this episode we chat with the chair of the event, Lori Balogh.

This week we are talking about climate change and what each of us can do to fight the harm an ever warming Earth is facing. My guest is Robert Clark-Phelps, a volunteer with Citizens Climate Lobby .

We continue our discussion with Joe Boggs, author of Prohibition's Proving Ground - Cops, Cars and Rumrunners in the Toledo-Detroit-Windsor Corridor.

Guest Joe Boggs' book Prohibition's Proving Ground discusses a new perspective on why rum running was so prevalent in the Toledo-Detroit-Windsor corridor during prohibition. Our chat looks at the tremendous impact of the automobile.

More and more children are being raised by their grandparents. Marsha Rose, the supervisor of the Kinship Navigator program of the Area Office on Aging discusses services that are available to grandparents.

Abbigale Rose is a local entertainer who has written a song about domestic violence. She plans to give the profits to the YWCA and the Family and Child Abuse Prevention Center.

With the end of the Covid-19 emergency what can we expect? We have audio from a news conference with Dr. Bruce Vanderoff, director of the Ohio Department of Health. 

My guest, Sean Piatz, is part of the team developing a newly released gaming app helping raise awareness about veteran mental health. With Them: Frontlines

April is Child Abuse Protection Month.  The discussion continues on how the community can address this issue and services available through Lucas County Children's Services .

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. Guests for this installment are from Lucas County Children's Services : Donna Seed, interim director, and Shelby Cully, chief counsel. While much of the work of Children's Services is intervention, the focus is on prevention.

We continue the discussion with University of Toledo educational psychologist Lisa Pescara-Kovach , co-author of the new book "White supremacist Violence: Understanding the Resurgence and Stopping the Spread." Her goal is to stop the spread of the hate movement and domestic terrorism.

Dr. Lisa Pescara-Kovach is an educational psychologist at the University of Toledo. Her career is focused on protecting school children and exploring the driving forces of mass violence. Her new book is titled "White Supremacist Violence: Understanding the Resurgence and Stopping the Threat."

Lori Dixon, PhD, is the immediate past chair of National Poison Prevention Week . She offers some new tips on how to keep our kids safe.

Angie Goodnight, in her role with the Ability Center of Greater Toledo, discusses why individuals with disabilities should be self-advocates . Angie is also the chair of the Toledo/Lucas County Commission on Disabilities.

Flag City Honor Flight gives military veterans the opportunity to visit the memorials in Washington, D.C. that honor their military service and the sacrifices they made for America’s freedom. Guest Steve Schult is the president and flight director.

We chat with Allison Aey, the executive director of Nature's Nursery on its mission to provide medical care to injured, orphaned or ailing wild animals, and conduct conservation educational outreach programs for children and adults.

With guest host Cliff Smithers we pay tribute to longtime Toledo area radio personality and friend Gary Shores. 

Parents whose children are diagnosed with autism can find support through ASNO, the Autism Society of Northwest Ohio . My guest is the executive director ASNO, Kate Schwartz. 

We chat with Donna Christian, the president of the Toledo History Museum , on the influence the city had on the total American picture, especially the auto industry.

The Toledo area is a great place for test marketing. We talk with Lori Dixon, owner of Great Lakes Marketing , about why Toledo and why market research is so important to both businesses and politicians.

We have a responsibility that as gambling is expanded, we promote responsible gambling principles and provide ample treatment services for those negatively affected by gambling. We talk with Derek Longmeier, Executive Director of the Problem Gambling Network of Ohio .

Rick Busselle , Associate Professor at Bowling Green State University, discusses the rise of so-called fake news and its influence on our society.  His research focuses specifically on engagement with narratives, perceived realism of stories, and the social construction of reality through media.

Food insecurity is a growing problem.  In his latest book But We Only Have One Grape, Anthony Knopps looks at this serious problem through the eyes of a second grader. Our discussion points out that 15 percent of American households with children are considered "food insecure."

It's often said that we human beings have evolved to be highly imperfect creatures. But, is that really so? In this episode we continue our discussion with author Steve Laufmann, an expert on engineering in biological systems. His new book is Your Designed Body .