Spectrum
284 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsSpectrum features conversations with an eclectic group of fascinating people, some are famous and some are not, but they all have captivating stories.
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What does music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs and Donald Trump have in common?
April 04, 2024 18:05 - 1 hour - 92.2 MBBoth Diddy and former President Donald Trump have had their properties searched by law enforcement authorities pursuant to search warrants. Diddy just recently had his properties searched by Homeland Security and in August 2022, Trump had his Mar-a-Lago home searched by the FBI. Both searches took place after judges reviewed sworn affidavits from law enforcement officers alleging that evidence of criminal activity was present at the locations. Judges then issued the warrants for gathering...
Two former judges translate Trump legal cases into simple terms.
March 18, 2024 22:33 - 1 hour - 84.2 MBRetired judges Gayle Williams-Byers and Tom Hodson dissect Donald Trump’s legal issues into understandable terms for the public. In this episode, they examine two recent rulings by Judge Scott McAfee of Fulton County Georgia concerning the dismissal of six counts from the multicount, multiparty Trump indictment. They also explain Judge McAfee’s ruling allowing Prosecutor Fani Willis to remain on the case against the former President and his co-defendants. Judges Byers and Hodson use under...
“One More War to Fight” author Dr. Stephen Goldman talks about the bonding of Civil War Union soldiers after the war.
March 07, 2024 15:15 - 42 minutes - 58.4 MBPsychiatrist and author Dr. Stephen A. Goldman tackles postwar life of Union Civil War soldiers and their commitment to social change. In his book, One More War to Fight: Union Veteran’ Battle for Equality through Reconstruction, Jim Crow and the Lost Cause, Dr. Goldman delves into how Union veterans’ obligation to their country did not end when they returned home. It had only just begun. Using primary sources and firsthand accounts, the book explores the role of military soldiers after re...
Rural Practice Incentive Program brings lawyers to underserved populations.
February 14, 2024 19:15 - 36 minutes - 50.6 MBOhio, like most states, has vast regions that have too few lawyers based upon population needs. In Ohio, 82 of the 88 counties do not have adequate representation. Only the top six urban counties meet the standard of one lawyer per 700 people, says Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy of the Supreme Court of Ohio That leaves 6.5 million people or 56 percent of Ohio’s population without access to attorneys to meet their basic legal needs such as issues related to health care, housing, food assistan...
MIT Technology Review’s 2024 10 breakthrough technologies.
February 02, 2024 17:26 - 59 minutes - 80.9 MBAt the end of each year, the editors and staff of the MIT Technology Review select the top 10 new technologies that will breakthrough in the coming year. The list is prepared and published to give the average person a glimpse of what is on the horizon and what might be incorporated into our daily lives, according to Amy Nordrum, executive editor. Besides being executive editor, Nordrum also is a frequent guest on WNYC and NPR’s Science Friday with Ira Flatow. The Review staff spends month...
News media are obsessed with covering former Pres. Donald Trump.
January 22, 2024 18:13 - 47 minutes - 65.3 MBThere are mutual obsessions between the news media who cover former President Donald Trump and Donald Trump and the news media. Both rely on the other and both benefit from the other. The news media makes money off covering Trump and Trump gets unending publicity from the news media, regardless of his activities or misstatements of facts. This unholy alliance is unhealthy for the true dissemination of news and for our democracy, according to Dr. Michael Bugeja, Distinguished Professor of L...
Local news outlets disappearing at an alarming rate…What’s next?
January 05, 2024 14:47 - 1 hour - 91.5 MBWhile 60 percent of Americans have more trust in local news than national news, local media are disappearing at an alarming rate. We are losing an average of two newspapers per week and by 2025, we will have lost nearly one-third of our local newspapers nationwide, according to a 2022 study done by Northwestern University. Currently about 20 percent of the nation lives in a news desert with little to no access to local news. Will anything replace the dying newspaper population? Local and ...
Political update on both parties from Time Washington Correspondent
December 12, 2023 22:47 - 1 hour - 91.7 MBPhilip Elliott, Washington correspondent for Time and author of Time’s newsletter, D.C. Brief, breaks down the status of national politics as we sit just less than a year away from the 2024 Presidential Election. Although former President Donald Trump is leading in the early polls for the GOP nomination, Elliott reminds us that the first Republican primary in Iowa is always unpredictable. He also says that GOP candidate Nikki Haley is doing well with traditional Republicans and has amassed...
New “National Climate Assessment” says effects of climate change worsening across USA.
November 27, 2023 20:30 - 54 minutes - 75.2 MBRecently, the fifth National Climate Assessment was released by the US government. It is an interagency effort mandated by Congress to provide the scientific foundation for informed decision making about climate change for the next five years. “The report states that no part of the US is insulated from climate change impacts even if they differ geographically,” says Dr. Geoff Dabelko, professor at the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service at Ohio University and a senior advisor...
Saving Democracy Entails Saving Journalism and Journalists
November 21, 2023 21:06 - 54 minutes - 74.9 MBNewspapers and other forms of news media are disappearing in the wake of more people getting their news through social media, The result, according to the Medill Local News Initiative, is that our democracy is being threatened; civic engagement is declining; political polarization is increasing; and misinformation proliferates. Dr. Janice Collins, multiple Emmy winning journalist and award-winning educator, says that the loss of local news strikes at the bedrock of our society and imperils...
Trump cases’ legal terms are translated to plain English by two former judges.
November 09, 2023 18:15 - 1 hour - 86.3 MBToo often legal terms are used, without definitions, by the news media while covering cases involving former President Donald J. Trump. This leads to public misinformation, misunderstanding and confusion. Periodically, this season, WOUB’s Spectrum podcast will endeavor to translate these key terms and procedures into understandable language so that the average person can keep up with the legal proceedings. Retired judge and legal analyst Judge Gayle Williams-Byers along with retired judge ...
David Collins, award winning producer, gives insights into his career
May 11, 2023 19:07 - 58 minutes - 80.3 MBDavid Collins, an eight-time Grammy award winner, has been producing groundbreaking films, documentaries, television and streaming projects for over 25 years. The common thread to his expansive body of work is that his projects give voice to marginalized populations and feature inclusive and omni culture content. He, with his partner Michael Williams, created Scout Productions in 1994 – just five years after David’s graduation from Ohio University. Scout Productions has gone on to produce...
Family who was robbed of over $230,000 by computer scammers faces turmoil.
May 04, 2023 14:48 - 48 minutes - 66 MBTwo- and one-half years ago, the Goldsberry family was robbed of over $230,000 by international computer scammers who took control remotely of a family computer and emptied several bank accounts. This happened through 14 wire transfers to Thailand from December 16, 2020 to January 11, 2021. During this time, the family noticed strange transactions happening and notified the national fraud department of their bank plus the local bank authorities. To date, however, the Goldsberry family has...
Judges are being trained to develop “anti-racist” courtrooms.
April 12, 2023 19:29 - 44 minutes - 61.8 MBThis fall, the National Judicial College (NJC), located on the campus of the University of Nevada-Reno, will hold its second groundbreaking course to teach judges from across the nation how to develop and maintain anti-racist courtrooms. This four-day course will be held in Montgomery, Alabama. Last years, inaugural course took place in Memphis, Tennessee. “Participants will be challenged to examine their own beliefs, including unconscious beliefs, and consider anti-racist theory with prac...
“Masking” conceals unsafe commercial drivers making roadways hazardous.
March 23, 2023 22:38 - 50 minutes - 69.5 MB“Masking” is a term used for when people with commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) get lenient treatment in our nation’s courts. This allows offenders to hide their traffic offenses and stay on our highways without retribution. Masking, although too often commonplace, is actually a violation of federal law and prohibited and states could get in trouble if their judges do not comply, according to retired Judge Gayle Williams-Byers. Too often, however, a person with a CDL may be cited for a t...
Fran Lebowitz: writer, intellectual and humorist shares her views.
March 12, 2023 15:00 - 14 minutes - 19.5 MBBefore traveling to the Midwest, New Yorker Fran Lebowitz talked with Spectrum’s guest host Emily Votaw and share her views on life, mortality, friends and smartphones. Lebowitz is a writer, humorist and intellectual. A child of the 1950’s, she shares her social criticism with wit, wisdom and a dose of sarcasm. In 1978, her first book of essays “Metropolitan Life” was published followed by another book of essays in 1981 called “Social Studies.” Since then, she has been a frequent talk sho...
WCPO’s Ramsay Fulbright heads the logistics of local television news
March 01, 2023 16:44 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MBLocal television newsrooms are often chaotic with breaking news and even routine stories spreading news crews and reporters across a wide geographic area. All are gathering news for both digital distribution and broadcast purposes with multiple and constant deadlines. Someone must coordinate this mayhem and that person in the tri-state area of S.W. Ohio is Ramsay Fulbright, the Assignment Desk Manager for WCPO 9 News. He daily is sending reporters and photographers to stories across Cincin...
Special skills are necessary to manage a newsroom full of reporters.
February 20, 2023 15:28 - 39 minutes - 53.8 MBIn the third of our Spectrum Podcast series on the inner workings of local television news, Janelle Bass gives us insight on being a managing editor at an urban television station in Cleveland. Bass not only manages the reporters at WEWS News 5, but she also heads an award-winning podcasting project at the station. It is part of local television’s entrée into all forms of digital media: print, social media, podcasting and video. She says every day on the job presents different situations a...
Challenges face News Director in changing news culture in Norfolk
February 10, 2023 23:23 - 34 minutes - 47.1 MBThis the second in a series of episodes of WOUB’s Spectrum podcast focusing on the importance of local television news in our news consumption. Allison Herman is a young news director. She only graduated from journalism school at Ohio University in 2010 yet she has climbed the ranks quickly in the news busines. Already in her brief career, she’s worked in Huntington-Charleston, West Virginia, Louisville, Indianapolis, and Raleigh-Durham until she landed at WTKR-News3 in Norfolk, Virginia i...
Local Television News is trusted far more that national news outlets.
February 03, 2023 03:10 - 38 minutes - 53 MBA study conducted by Gallup and the Knight Foundation has found that local television news is trusted by more people than national news outlets. The latest poll showed the gap between trust in local and national news has grown by three percentage points since Gallup/Knight’s findings on this measure in 2019. “In 2021, Americans were 17 points more likely to say they trust reporting by local news organizations “a great deal” or “quite a lot” than to trust reporting by national news organiza...
Prison reform should include the right to vote, says advocate.
January 12, 2023 15:03 - 47 minutes - 64.9 MBDonald Wiggins is an attorney and an advocate for prison reform, expanding voting rights, and restorative justice. He is working to get prisoners the right to vote, not only in his home state of Ohio but across the nation. If prisoners can vote, they will have a voice in bettering the conditions of the correctional institutions in which they are incarcerated, according to Wiggins. He claims that most prisons are old and generally need major upgrades to correct what he calls deplorable con...
Matt Barnes of NBC4 Columbus shares the secrets to his career.
December 20, 2022 15:38 - 37 minutes - 84.9 MBJournalist, reporter, and morning news co-anchor Matt Barnes has found his career sweet spot in Columbus, Ohio. It also just happens to be his hometown. After graduating from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University and leaving his four years of work at WOUB Public Media, Barnes, in 2008, was convinced his life work would be in sports broadcasting. He headed to his first professional job in Augusta, Georgia at WRDW-TV where he covered local sports and the Master’s golf tou...
“Herbert Corey’s Great War” gives insights into being a reporter in WWI
November 29, 2022 18:53 - 38 minutes - 53.3 MBHidden in the archives of the Library of Congress were two memoirs of an American reporter, Herbert Corey who covered the World War I from its start in 1914 up through the Paris Peace Conference in 1919-1920. He was the American reporter who covered the war the longest, from a full three-years before participation by the United States. The memoirs were discovered by two authors, historians and journalists, John M. Hamilton, and Peter Finn. They decided to edit the memoirs, annotate them w...
Meryl Gottlieb of Insider touts the value of great journalism in today’s world
November 22, 2022 18:35 - 38 minutes - 52.9 MBWhile surveys show that many people are regretting getting degrees in journalism and communication, Meryl Gottlieb, Senior Partner Manager, Business Development at Insider believes just the opposite. She says that the diversity of media and multiple and innovative ways to tell stories has never made journalism more diverse and open to creativity. Gottlieb, a 2016 graduate of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University, is excited about new delivery systems for stories and comp...
Podcaster, Author, & Career Coach talks about Women’s Rights in 2022
November 08, 2022 19:45 - 35 minutes - 48.2 MBBeverly Jones is an executive coach, author, attorney, and host of WOUB’s popular podcast “Jazzed About Work.” Jones also is a long-time veteran of fighting for women’s rights since the 1960’s. She talks with WOUB’s Spectrum Podcast host Tom Hodson about today’s conditions facing women, especially since the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent anti-abortion ruling. She also discusses whether advocacy strategies employed by women and feminists in the 1960’s and 1970’s are still applicable today or ...
Three-time Pulitzer winner discusses new book and the power of investigative reporting.
October 24, 2022 14:43 - 35 minutes - 49 MBIn this episode of the Spectrum Podcast, Walt Bogdanich, a three-time Pulitzer Prize winning reporter, emphasizes the importance of investigative reporting while explaining his new book: When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World’s Most Powerful Consulting Firm. Bogdanich and his co-author Michael Forsythe have unveiled the secrets behind one of the world’s most powerful consulting firms, McKinsey and Company. They show how the firms tentacles ensnare and entangle almost...
Former Asst. U.S. Attorney talks about the rule of law, his career, and giving back
October 18, 2022 15:16 - 31 minutes - 43 MBMarlon Primes served more than 30 years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of Ohio before recently joining the law firm of Brennan Manna Diamond handling complex civil litigation. Primes has risen to the heights of the legal profession while at the same time, giving back to his community. He stresses the importance of the rule of law in a democracy and orderly society. He notes that no one should be above the law. His sterling legal career reflects that dedication. He ...
The Midwest is Converting from the Rust Belt to high-tech haven says author
October 04, 2022 15:03 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MBThe Rust Belt of the Midwest is transitioning to the Tech Belt of the heartland and that story is being told by author, CNBC contributor, and media entrepreneur Rebecca Fannin. Her latest book, “Silicon Heartland” paints the picture of “fly-over country” emerging from the depression of the collapsing Rust Belt industries to a new entrepreneurial spirit with high-tech companies. Fannin views this transition with a seasoned journalistic eye. Her career has spanned from New York to Silicon Va...
Chris Witherspoon is an entertainment journalist and entrepreneur
September 27, 2022 13:51 - 27 minutes - 38.3 MBChris Witherspoon has become a powerful entertainment journalist who has interviewed top-level celebrities throughout his career. He also appears as a regular on MSNBC, the TODAY show, the Wendy Williams Show, and NBC’s Nightly News giving his insights on entertainment news. But his latest project shows his entrepreneurial side. He has created PopViewers, a website and an app. According to its website, https://popviewers.com/, “PopViewers is the platform that helps you find what to watch ...
Chris Witherspoon is an entertainment journalist and entrepreneur
September 27, 2022 13:51 - 27 minutes - 38.3 MBChris Witherspoon has become a powerful entertainment journalist who has interviewed top-level celebrities throughout his career. He also appears as a regular on MSNBC, the TODAY show, the Wendy Williams Show, and NBC’s Nightly News giving his insights on entertainment news. But his latest project shows his entrepreneurial side. He has created PopViewers, a website and an app. According to its website, https://popviewers.com/, “PopViewers is the platform that helps you find what to watch ...
TIME Washington Correspondent previews the upcoming mid-term elections
September 14, 2022 18:05 - 1 hour - 95 MBPhilip Elliott, Washington Correspondent for TIME, says the mid-term elections have become a toss-up as to whether the Democrats will lose power in both the House and the Senate. He explains that across the nation surprise Democratic wins in special elections, the rise in President Joseph Biden’s popularity, and the abortion issue have turned the tides from a sure Republican victory in November to races that have become much closer. Elliott, the author of TIME’s newsletter “The D.C. Brief”...
Bringing respect and dignity to the forgotten: “Who Lies Beneath: The Asylum”
July 28, 2022 16:28 - 37 minutes - 50.8 MBA new limited podcast series has been released by WOUB Public Media. “Who Lies Beneath: The Asylum” tells the true-life stories of people who were buried in numbered graves at an abandoned mental health facility. Host and creator Cheri Russo describes to Spectrum host Tom Hodson how she and a team of experts identified those buried in certain graves and fleshed out their lives through the help of voice actors. It is her hope to bring dignity and respect to those who were abandoned by their...
The rise of racism, replacement theory and the growing fear in Black Americans
May 24, 2022 16:40 - 1 hour - 103 MBA recent Washington Post-Ipsos poll conducted after the killing of 10 blacks in Buffalo in a racially motivated shooting spree indicates that 75 percent of Black Americans “are worried that they or someone they love will be attacked because of their race.” In addition, after the attack, “only 10 percent think the problem of racism will improve in their lifetime, while a 53 majority think it will get worse.” The Poll also found that a “70 percent majority of Black Americans think at least h...
"Comic Storytelling" in journalism: a new trend for new consumers
May 12, 2022 14:23 - 45 minutes - 62.1 MBThe terms “comic storytelling” and “journalism” may sound a bit discordant to the average news consumer. Yet, “comic storytelling in journalism” is rapidly becoming a growing trend to get younger eyes on the news products of mainstream media. It is the marriage of drawn images and text to tell serious stories in a series of drawn panels similar to a comic strip. Hannah Good and Rachel Orr of the “Washington Post” are strong proponents and practitioners of this form of journalistic storytel...
Comic Storytelling in journalism: a new trend for new consumers
May 12, 2022 14:23 - 45 minutes - 62.1 MBThe terms “comic storytelling” and “journalism” may sound a bit discordant to the average news consumer. Yet, “comic storytelling in journalism” is rapidly becoming a growing trend to get younger eyes on the news products of mainstream media. It is the marriage of drawn images and text to tell serious stories in a series of drawn panels similar to a comic strip. Hannah Good and Rachel Orr of the “Washington Post” are strong proponents and practitioners of this form of journalistic storytel...
Lewis Black discusses his comedy of rage and the importance of education
April 20, 2022 14:55 - 15 minutes - 21.5 MBVeteran comedian Lewis Black is on the road with his “Off the Rails” tour. While traveling, he took some time to have a conversation with Spectrum’s guest host Emily Votaw of WOUB. They talked about his philosophy of comedy, the importance of education in our society and his work with the Kurt Vonnegut Library and Museum. Even though he is known for his outrageous ranting humor on stage, he also professed some cautious optimism that the human condition can improve. He will perform in Cin...
Black perspectives examined over Will Smith hitting Chris Rock at the Oscars
April 13, 2022 18:16 - 1 hour - 88 MBGiven the current controversy over the incident between Will Smith and Chris Rock at the Oscars, WOUB’s Spectrum Podcast wanted to get the perspectives on the issue from two notable black women. Recently, we met with journalist, scholar, and author Dr. Janice Collins and path-setting jurist Judge Gayle Williams Byers for their perspectives They examine the issue from multiple aspects including race. The two women have a wide-ranging conversation on topics from role modeling to the impact ...
Ken Burns discusses his series on Benjamin Franklin plus dissects filmmaking
April 04, 2022 16:01 - 27 minutes - 37.2 MBKen Burns has been a documentary filmmaker for 45 years and his latest series is a four-hour PBS special about Benjamin Franklin airing on PBS Stations April 4 and 5. He discusses, with guest host Emily Votaw, the complexities and brilliance of Franklin and the many different venues in which he excelled. Some call Franklin a genius of his age. Burns describes how he traverses the complexities and nuances of history for his films and how he ferrets out stories and facts previously untold. ...
Demographics Can Shape the World and Contribute to Conflicts
March 25, 2022 18:20 - 46 minutes - 64.1 MBPolicymakers, leaders, and corporate heads need to look at the world through a “population lens,” according to Dr. Jennifer Sciubba, an international expert on political demography and demographic security. Sciubba is an author, associate professor at Rhodes College and a Global Fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. Her latest book, is “8 Billion and Counting: How Sex, Death, and Migration Shape the World.” In it, she differentiates between the 20th Century which was a century of...
New Voter Suppression Laws impact women more than men
March 16, 2022 16:32 - 51 minutes - 71.2 MBSince the Supreme Court of the United States eliminated much of the 1960’s Voting Rights Act in 2013, many states have added restrictions to voting and some are considered draconian. This is especially true after the 2020 Presidential Election and former President Donald Trump and his followers spreading theories that he really won the election, according to Dr. Katherine Jellison, an award-winning history professor and author at Ohio University. Most changes impact women more than men, sa...
Local television newscasts become more popular as other media sinks in ratings
March 01, 2022 23:31 - 51 minutes - 70.3 MBWhile other news media are fading in popularity, local television news programming is gaining popularity across the country. Newspaper staffs have been gutted and cable and network news have been staggering but local news is hiring more people and is becoming more popular than ever, according to Lesley Van Ness, Director of Talent Acquisition at Gray Television. Gray television currently owns 113 local television stations across the country including WOIO Television in Cleveland, OH. Ian ...
Healthcare personnel crisis looming with shortage of doctors/nurses
February 22, 2022 16:24 - 36 minutes - 50.6 MBIn just over a decade, America will face a shortage of up to 124,000 doctors and 200,000 nurses will need to be hired each year, according to the American Hospital Association. Overall, there will be a 3.2 million shortage of healthcare workers by 2026, according to a white paper presented by https://www.mercer.com/. Some of this is attributable to “COVID burnout” by healthcare workers but we also are facing a crisis of both our population getting older and healthcare workers quitting the ...
Shake off the “Winter Blues” and kick the “February Doldrums” at work
February 02, 2022 16:56 - 44 minutes - 60.5 MBAuthor, career counselor, podcast host and executive coach Beverly Jones explains to WOUB’s Spectrum Podcast how we can chase away the “Winter Blues” and shake ourselves out of those “February Doldrums” at work. She gives us tips on how we can improve of emotional, spiritual, and physical wellbeing during these dull days of isolation from weather and the COVID pandemic. She outlines concrete steps for us to improve your purpose, your people skills, and your performance. Jones is a strong ...
Dr. Janice Collins, author, journalist, & educator talks student empowerment
January 19, 2022 00:53 - 55 minutes - 76.1 MBDr. Janice Marie Collins is an author, journalist, documentarian, educator, and humanitarian. Her most recent book is Teaching Without Borders: Creating Equity, and Inclusion with Active Centralized Empowerment (ACE). She also authored, 250 Years and Still a Slave. Dr. Collins says that people, and especially students, can feel marginalized, trapped, and enslaved through lack of diversity, inclusion, and empowerment. She is a strong advocate for giving students power and opportunities in...
‘QKatie’ gives update on her book “Cheese, Wine, and Bread” and its success.
December 28, 2021 18:51 - 54 minutes - 74.4 MBAuthor, food journalist, content creator and social media celebrity Katie Quinn just finished her first personal book tour in the United States to promote her book “Cheese, Wine, and Bread: Discovering The Magic of Fermentation in England, Italy, and France.” She recently spent time in Manhattan and made some personal appearances in the Midwest before heading back to her current home in Italy. This was her first time to promote her book in person in America since it was published by Harper ...
Earl Johnson helps people find comfort after trauma and gives us his insight
December 22, 2021 00:26 - 55 minutes - 76 MBEarl Johnson trained as a pastor at Yale’s Divinity School, worked for anthropologist Margaret Mead in African and observed firsthand violence in London and in Jerusalem. He then returned to a church in Columbia, Missouri but was restless. He then made major life decisions. He took a sabbatical from his church, came out as a gay man, and moved to New York City. While in New York, he was discovered by agents, and he became a world-renowned model for high-end men’s clothing designers in Euro...
“Joe Nuxhall: The Old Lefthander and Me” delivers pitcher/broadcaster’s insights
December 14, 2021 20:35 - 43 minutes - 60.1 MBJoe Nuxhall was a famous pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. He also was a highly popular broadcaster for the club for over four decades. Radio fans loved him for his colorful stories about his career and the game he loved. He was the youngest pitcher ever to pitch in a major league game at age 15, toiled in the minors, and then became a stalwart part of the Reds’ pitching staff. Later, he remained batting practice pitcher while holding his place in the broadcast booth. All the time he was ...
Washington gridlock is likely to continue as Trump’s GOP power grows stronger
December 08, 2021 18:33 - 1 hour - 89.9 MBFormer President Donald Trump’s power over the GOP is not waning, instead it is growing stronger. Trump’s influence surges as Democrats and President Joseph Biden tries to find ways to push their agenda through a gridlocked Congress, according to Philip Elliott, Washington correspondent for TIME and author of TIME’s weekday newsletter “The D.C. Brief”. Elliott tries to unravel some of the current Congressional complexities and make them understandable. He also charts what we might expect ...
The impacts of the Rittenhouse acquittals are analyzed by a judge and legal analyst
November 23, 2021 18:28 - 1 hour - 88.7 MBJudge Gayle Williams Byers, a black female judge in Northeastern Ohio, and Tom Hodson, Spectrum host and legal analyst, break down the impact of the Kyle Rittenhouse acquittals on the judicial system, on the black community and on the future of peaceful protest. While both respect the sanctity of the jury’s verdicts, they highlight advantages in the trial process that were given to Rittenhouse. They discuss the judge’s behavior and some of his rulings along with the inherent racism and whit...
Career coach, author, podcaster Beverly Jones touts being ‘Happy at Work.’
October 29, 2021 17:56 - 39 minutes - 54.4 MBWhile many of us have been mired in malaise about our careers during the COVID-19 pandemic, executive coach, career consultant and author Beverly Jones tells us how we can “Find our Happy at Work” in a new book that helps us get unstuck, move past boredom, and discover fulfillment. Jones, in short pithy chapters, lays out 50 ways to turn your tedium into active steps to take control of your emotions and actions and to make work much more enjoyable and less dreary. She says if you hate your...