Page Count, presented by the Ohio Center for the Book at Cleveland Public Library, features interviews with authors, librarians, booksellers, illustrators, publishing professionals, and literary advocates in and from the state of Ohio.
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All Sides with Anna Staver is WOSU Public Media’s daily news program that dives deep into issues important to Central Ohio. Hosted by veteran journalist and proud policy nerd Anna Staver, All Sides explains how the most complicated issues affect our lives. Anna and her guests explore all sides of an issue and reflect all sides of life in Ohio.All Sides connects with listeners on air, on-line or on-demand via the All Sides podcast.
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Welcome to Black Girl Reads, the ultimate book club podcast celebrating the power of literature from a black perspective! Join us as we dive into the rich and diverse world of books written by diverse authors or discussed from a black perspective, spanning across all genres, from mesmerizing fantasies to gripping memoirs and captivating historical fictions. Get ready for engaging discussions, unfiltered emotions, and, of course, spoilers! Consider yourself warned. If you're a book lover alwa ...
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We launched this podcast in late 2020 to share OSU’s knowledge and expertise with the world, and to help us stay in touch with our own community of scholarship in and outside of OSU. We hope the information will unlock many of the common terms and ideas you hear in news about the Middle East straight from Ohio State’s in-house experts. Get insider information on their current projects, the courses they offer, library materials, opportunities to experience the Middle East, and so on. Please a ...
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Many of the struggles of pastoral ministry go unseen. Along with the joys of serving our churches come the challenges of conflict, fear, and criticism. In the midst of these, pastors care for souls, preach the Word, and attempt to live healthy lives with our families and friends.On The Art of Pastoring, join Jared Wilson and Ronnie Martin as they reflect on their decades of experience in ministry, engaging in frank and vulnerable conversation on lessons learned and pathways discovered as the ...
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On this edition of All Sides Weekend, Classical 101 Host Christopher Purdy and his guests suggest some titles that you might want to consider adding to your stack of must reads.WOSU Public Media
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From Dublin Coffman to the Dallas Wings, learn how Jacy Sheldon is reshaping basketball development as she takes on a new role with Ohio State.WOSU Public Media
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We’ll talk about changing traffic patterns in Ohio’s metropolitan areas and new methods of monitoring traffic.WOSU Public Media
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We’re breaking down what librarians are seeing and the changing role they’re taking on in our communities during this hour of All Sides.WOSU Public Media
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At the center of the debate is the increasingly popular Hilliard-based LifeWise Academy, which runs in more than 500 schools in 23 U.S. states.WOSU Public Media
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Last week, with the use of DNA, researchers revealed that long-held assumptions missed the mark, providing tantalizing details of life before Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D.WOSU Public Media
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New investments in housing and development have taken place on Columbus’ South Side in recent years.WOSU Public Media
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Asking Chat GPT a question uses more power than you think. A single query consumes 10 times the electricity of a google search, which is exponentially more power.
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Ohio voters handed President-elect Donald Trump a decisive win and created a vacancy in the U.S. Senate.
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In 2003, Ohio native Steven Polovick was delivered by bush plane with seven other men to the Kahiltna glacier in Denali Nation Park.A landscape of ice and snow with dangerously low temperatures. It was all part of an adventure organized by The Veteran’s Adventure Group.
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We’ll bring you the latest news from the election, historical context for where we are today and where we go from here.
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We're hearing from some figures in Ohio's political landscape who will discuss the election's impact during this hour of All Sides.
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Republican Bernie Moreno has unseated Ohio’s last statewide Democrat Sherrod Brown.
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Tuesday is Election Day.WOSU Public Media
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The word ballot comes from the Italian word for ball, which is how we used to pick our leaders. We’d drop a ball or bean or eventually a piece of paper into a container.
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Have you ever enjoyed a restaurant meal and thought, “I’d sure like to try this at home?”
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Author and illustrator Julia Kuo discusses her picture book Luminous: Living Things That Light Up the Night, which won the 2024 Floyd’s Pick Book Award. She shines a light on bioluminescence, the mysteries of the open ocean, squids and glowworms and jellyfish, illustration career paths, her journey to becoming an author, and the art of making our o…
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R.L. Stine, the author behind the legendary "Goosebumps" horror series, hails from Bexley.
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Early voting has begun and candidates, including Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, have been making lots of media appearances to appeal to voters they hope to win over.
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Ohio will devote an upcoming week in November to the topic of healthy soil in hopes of getting more farmers on board.
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Halloween is right around the corner, so grab your pumpkin spice lattes and join us as we explore Ohio’s cemeteries with Ian Adams, Randall Lee Schieber, and Robin L. Smith, the photographers and author, respectively, of This Place of Silence: Ohio’s Cemeteries and Burial Grounds. Our guests discuss the process of photographing and writing about ce…
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Page Count hit the road in July to record a panel interview with authors and podcasters Rob Harvilla, Libby Kay, and Alex Rowland in front of a live audience at the Columbus Book Festival. Listen in as Rob, Libby, and Alex discuss their work, offer tips for other writers and podcasters, define “podcast princess,” share mistakes and lessons learned,…
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In celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University, David Hassler, the Bob and Walt Wick Executive Director of the Wick Poetry Center, sheds light on the Center’s history, programs, and community impact while also sharing a few poems and discussing highlights from the recent anniversary events. Robert Wick…
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Brian Schoen, Ph.D., and Timothy G. Anderson, Ph.D., the editors of Settling Ohio: First Peoples and Beyond, discuss Ohio’s history, the inspiration for and genesis of Settling Ohio, their process for putting the book together, academic publishing, and more. Settling Ohio: First Peoples and Beyond was Ohio Center for the Book’s 2024 Great Reads fro…
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Chiquita Mullins Lee and Carmella Van Vleet, authors of the picture book You Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce!, discuss the life, art, and significance of Elijah Pierce, a celebrated, self-taught Black folk artist known for his wood carvings. They share how their book grew out of Lee’s play about Elijah Pierce, their collaborative writing process, their exper…
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Poet Sara Moore Wagner takes listeners on a deep dive into the life and legend of Ohio-born sharpshooter Annie Oakley. As the subject of Wagner’s latest poetry collection, LADY WING SHOT, Oakley appears as an allegorical figure whose stories are built on both fact and fiction—a woman irrevocably connected to the myth of the American West, the cult …
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What do ghosts, unicorns, The New Yorker, and wild wallpaper patterns have in common? James Thurber, of course. Laura and Don take Page Count on the road to give listeners an audio tour of the Thurber House in Columbus, where Leah Wharton, operations director, and Steve Andersson, a docent and educator, shed light on the life and work of the Americ…
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It’s summertime, and writers, you know what that means: it’s conference season! To celebrate, we’re speaking with Leah Stewart, the director of the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, one of the best and most prestigious writing workshops in the country. Stewart shares how the conference works, the changes she’s made since taking the reins as director, ti…
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Straight from “the mothership of all libraries,” Guy Lamolinara, head of the Library of Congress Center for the Book, joins Laura and Don to discuss how his career evolved from aspiring dentist to journalist to thirty-four-year veteran of the Library of Congress, his formative years in Cleveland, the network of Center for the Book state affiliates,…
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