Cohost Laura Johnston and I start the podcast talking about Jane Fonda’s continuing ability, at age 82, to polarize and spark discussion. The latest is the controversy over her scheduled appearance at the 50th anniversary commemoration of the shootings of protesting students by the Ohio National Guard. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Feb 20, 2020•1 hr 6 min
Is the record-breaking high water mark of Lake Erie our new normal, is Mike DeWine going to far on distracted driving, and does the Ginn Academy have the solution for Cleveland prosperity? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 15, 2020•8 min
We wonder why the allegations against Jim Jordan keep coming back. We have a roundtable on all we have learned on the China virus. We get Seth Richardson's first handicap of 2020 on the presidential election. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 13, 2020•59 min
How would Northeast Ohio deal with a coronavirus epidemic, when will Ohio embrace helping foster kids after they leave the system and will the next Case president care about Cleveland? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 08, 2020•9 min
Columnist Leila Atassi fills in as co-host for vacationing Laura Johnston, and we get fired up about Leila's watchdog reporting on Cleveland Public Power. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 06, 2020•1 hr 4 min
How far will the China coronavirus spread, how many people will be able to prosper because Cleveland won't prosecute minor marijuana cases and how effective will a countywide bag ban be if it is not countywide See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 01, 2020•9 min
We also talk about in some depth about why Cuyahoga County treats so many juvenile criminals as adults and the seemingly loony behavior of the county’s now-former human resources chief. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 30, 2020•1 hr 6 min
Can the case of Cuyahoga County human resources chief Doug Dykes get any stranger? Can Donald Trump win back women? Why won't the Ohio Supreme Court go all in on bail reform? Should police stop chasing people? Can you crowdsolve an old mystery death? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 25, 2020•9 min
Can the case of Cuyahoga County human resources chief Doug Dykes get any stranger? Can Donald Trump win back women? Why won't the Ohio Supreme Court go all in on bail reform? Should police stop chasing people? Can you crowdsolve an old mystery death? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 25, 2020•9 min
We go deep on the first Great Lakes Poll from Baldwin Wallace University. Women look likely to determine the election, and people are fed up with the electoral college. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 23, 2020•58 min
Are Cuyahoga County finance computers really that lame? How much will we know aboutt any Sherwin Williams incentives? What can state youth prisons and courts do to reduce youth violence See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 18, 2020•10 min
Are Cuyahoga County finance computers really that lame? How much will we know abouyt any Sherwin Willaims incentives? What can state youth prisons and courts do to reduce youth violence See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 18, 2020•10 min
Cuyahoga County screws up the tax bills, the Chapel Hill Mall in peril, Twinsburg police shenanigans, potential secrecy in the Sherwin Williams deal and what's up with the Rock Hall inductees. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 16, 2020•1 hr 6 min
Is race a factor in Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost's prosecution of Cuyahoga County government's human resources chief, How wasteful is the Ohio Department of Transportation, and what's the key question to consider before shrinking Cleveland City Council? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 11, 2020•10 min
Is race a factor in Dave Yost's prosecution of Douglas Dykes, How wasteful is ODOT and the real question about shrinking Cleveland CIty Council See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 11, 2020•10 min
In the first episode of 2020, we use the spiking number of youths who die by homicide and youths who commit violence to ask whether Juvenile Court is failing, we ask whether the bid to shrink Cleveland City Council will subvert its century-old purpose, we ponder why Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish tried to hide the creation of a new high-paid position and we talk a bout the agony of the Browns fans. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choic...
Jan 09, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Do we really need a $130,000 job for spending Cuyahoga County's opioid money, will the Cleveland airport workers ever stop breaching security See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 04, 2020•8 min
Predictions for 2020 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 26, 2019•9 min
As the century's teen years come to a close, the reporters and editors at cleveland.com pick the top 10 news stories of the past 10 years. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 24, 2019•1 hr 5 min
Will Giant Eagle's bold move stop the plastic bag war, is the criminal investigation of Cuyahoga County just an expensive fishing expedition, and can Cleveland provide is does not discriminate See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 21, 2019•8 min
The reporters and editors at cleveland.com discuss the biggest news stories of the year, what they mean and what the future might hold. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 19, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Which Ohio gun measure will prevail, is the Lake Erie wind turbine project dying and can Rob Portman convince his conservative Senate colleagues to help him fight needless evictions See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 14, 2019•7 min
We get into the bona fide reasons for putting the Cleveland Police Headquarters on Opportunity Corridor, strike three for Dave Yost's grab at the opioid cash and the fun tale of the Northeast Ohio guy who set the record for the coast-to-coast Cannonball Run See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 12, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Much-needed answers on the Cleveland Police HQ, a question on how a Cuyahoga County firing was handled, and the Twinsburg guy who set the record for the Cannonball Run See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 07, 2019•9 min•Ep. 6
We’re wondering whether the ease of buying marijuana in Michigan will bring a cultural shift of Ohio, as people in the Buckeye state embrace the convenience of getting their weed legally across the border. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 05, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Questions about Cuyahoga County corruption probe, government dysfunction on plastic bags and what's up with those Hallmark holiday movies See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 30, 2019•9 min
The battle over the shopping bag ban, the inexplicable prosecution of Cuyahoga County's highest ranking African-American official and we try to be thoughtful about Hallmark holiday movies. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 26, 2019•36 min
The top stories of the week, along with lingering questions. Will City Council ask how a police headquarters fits the original vision for Opportunity Corridor? What do prosecutors think Bioenterprise did at the building formerly known as the Med Mart. And does Larry Householder really want to fix school funding? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 23, 2019•6 min
The fifth anniversary of the Tamir Rice shooting and putting a police headquarters on a road designed for economic development See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 21, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Anti-science legislation, Tamir Rice turning point and Play it Loud at the Rock Hall See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 14, 2019•58 min
