That's So Cincinnati

After throwing years of popular LGBTQ-friendly tea dances, Richard Cooke embarked on opening a bar in Over-the-Rhine, which he envisioned as a place to "dance in a safe and welcoming place." The pandemic hit as the Procter & Gamble alum readied to open the bar. But there was only one thing to do, Cooke said: Stay the course.  e19 Lounge Bar & Discothèque, located across the street from Rhi...

No one knows the history of University of Cincinnati football better than Jim Kelly, a member of the school's athletics hall of fame and long-time radio analyst. Whether as a player, broadcaster, son of a former assistant coach and athletic department administrator or fan, Kelly has attended nearly 500 Bearcats football games in his lifetime. None will be more significant than Saturday's showdown...

Findlay Market CEO Joe Hansbauer highlights the improvements made to the market over the last 20 years on The Enquirer's "That's So Cincinnati" podcast this week.  The market house was re-done and is bustling. The nearly 18 storefronts along Elder Street, are nearly full. There is Findlay Kitchen , a non-profit food business incubator, where 60 businesses are operating and now, Findlay Launch , wh...

Tom Brinkman, a longtime conservative state lawmaker, talks about why he decided to tackle corruption at Cincinnati City Hall. 

Sam Adams' Jim Koch joins us on this week's episode of That's So Cincinnati.

700 WLW host and ESPN college football analyst Rocky Boiman joins That's So Cincinnati podcast. 

Britney Ruby Miller wasn't just handed the keys to her father's steakhouse empire in spring 2020. She earned it – and her experience of having worked her way up from server to CEO of Jeff Ruby Culinary Entertainment immediately paid off as Ruby Miller tackled head on the challenges of the pandemic had on the restaurant industry.  Ruby Miller was not only a leader for her company. She was a leading...

3CDC's Steve Leeper says the next major Downtown development priority needs to be the area around the Duke Energy Convention Center. The aging convention center is surrounded mostly by blighted properties and surface parking lots. The old Millennium Hotel is in the process of being demolished, but there's no plan for a new convention center hotel. Leeper, the development organization's president a...

Rosemarie Moehring, marketing director for Cincinnati-based concert promoter Music & Event Management, Inc., joins That's So Cincinnati podcast. 

Two years ago when Hamilton County Commissioner Stephanie Dumas voted against putting $1.3 million in earnest money toward purchasing the Millennium Hotel for redevelopment purposes, the Democrat faced criticism for standing in the way of progress. The deal got done anyway in a 2-1 vote. Today, as the hotel comes down with no plan to replace it with a new convention hotel , Dumas said about her vo...

Cincinnati restauranteur and bar owner Bob Deck, a managing partner at Four Entertainment Group, joined The Enquirer's That's So Cincinnati podcast this week to chat about:  Jeff Ruby's impact on Deck's career   4EG's role in the revitalization of Downtown and Over-the-Rhine The struggles of being a bar and restaurant owner during a pandemic Expansion, including opening the Ernest Hemingway-inspir...

Bengals punter Kevin Huber has been an All-American and an All-Pro in his football career. Big awards, no doubt, but they’re not his most unique accomplishment. Huber is the rare athlete who’s been able to play every level of football in his hometown. Huber talks about his journey from McNicholas High School star to University of Cincinnati All-American to being the longest-tenured player on the B...

You probably don't know Tom Tsuchiya. But you know his work.  From molding creek clay in his backyard to building statues of Cincinnati icons like Pete Rose, learn about the life of a sculptor. 

Fifty West Brewing founder Bobby Slattery talks about growing his company into Greater Cincinnati's family friendly brewery; expansion into Southeast Ohio and West Virginia; and whether the region is oversaturated with breweries. 

Legendary college basketball coach Bob Huggins is introspective in a wide-ranging, in-depth interview with "That's So Cincinnati" podcast.  Ahead of his return to Cincinnati on June 14 to raise money for cancer research, the West Virginia University basketball coach discussed:  His late mother's legacy and the effort to honor through the Norma Mae Huggins Cancer Endowment Fund  His coaching style...

The folks who select the Pro Football Hall of Fame classes will be calling Anthony Munoz soon. And the Bengals' only member in the Hall of Fame will tell them the same thing he always does. "I always pivot when I'm talking to senior selectors, and I say, 'Let's talk about Ken Anderson,' " Munoz said. "I dominate the conversation because I'm one of the biggest advocates for Ken Anderson. He should...

That’s So Cincinnati: Buddy LaRosa shares the not-so-secret ingredient in the sauce that makes his pizza so special

Pam Kravetz is fun, effervescent, vivacious. Take your pick of how to describe the Cincinnati artist and suburban high school art teacher. They all fit. She's so fun, in fact, that her family and friends held a parade in Over-the-Rhine for her 60th birthday last weekend. A few hundred people, including a who's who from the local arts and entertainment scene, converged on Washington Park wearing co...

Sharon Kennedy grew up in Colerain Township watching police dramas on television and dreaming of becoming a cop.  She achieved that goal -- and much more. Kennedy is now in her second term as an Ohio Supreme Court justice.  The Butler County resident talks about how her teachers and mentors, including former U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, inspired her to run for statewide elected office.  Kenned...

Vivek Ramaswamy isn't really known in his own hometown. But that's likely going to change.  The 35-year-old St. Xavier High School graduate is surging onto the political scene after recently leaving his lucrative career as a biotech executive. Ramaswamy is viewed in national political circles as a leader in shaping the debate about the future of the conservative movement. The author of the upcomin...

Carl Lindner III sat down with The Enquirer's That's So Cincinnati podcast to reflect on the road to bringing Major League Soccer to Cincinnati and what his dad, Carl Lindner Jr., would think if he were still alive.

Can Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley lead a Democratic resurgence in Ohio? How did Indiana native go from chemistry major to running for Ohio governor? And what's it going to be like facing good friend John Cranley in the 2022 primary?  Whaley has the answers and more on The Enquirer's That's So Cincinnati podcast.

Total Quality Logistics isn't a household name in its hometown, but it has quietly become a booming nationwide success. The Greater Cincinnati-based freight brokerage corporation is now looking to take on a higher profile at home. TQL is going big, too, with Wednesday's announcement that the company has purchased naming rights to FC Cincinnati's new West End stadium. In an interview with The Enqui...

Dr. Lakshmi Sammarco admittedly knew nothing about politics when the  nationally renowned neuroradiologist was appointed Hamilton County coroner nine years ago. But the Democrat is pretty good at the politics now. An elected official can't get a major project done without having political savvy, and Sammarco has relentlessly led efforts to get a $55 million, 90,000-square-foot crime lab built in B...

The Cincinnati Fire Department is short staffed and working so much overtime firefighters are exhausted. This year has brought a high number of fire deaths for residents – six so far compared to two in 2020.   Both things mean the Cincinnati Fire Department needs resources: additional firefighters to staff the city's 26 firehouses and more than the current six fire specialists, who conduct safety...