Latest Episodes
Stay Awake or Go to Jail
Newark City Council says they want to make the city safer by enacting a camping ban. Unhoused people have safety concerns of their own.
Counting Votes
Some voters are not confident in the US election system. The workers who run that system have no doubt.
It was just because I stopped
Pam Bice began hunting glass scraps as a way to be alone and grieve. She found connection deep and wide.
Vince and the Art of Caring
He worked the front lines in the hardest days of the HIV-AIDS epidemic. He's still living the lessons he learned.
The Person Next to Us
Peggy became friends with Kirby, a man who was unsheltered. How much time and compassion would she have to give?
Emily and Jack Talk about Trees
Jack tells Emily that her superpower is her ability to identify trees before they have leaves. Emily laughs. The two go for a walk in early spring and celebrate what they know, and what the trees share with them.
The Last Sermon
Karen Chakoian retired from Central Presbyterian church in Granville, Ohio after 23 years in the pulpit. She did so while maintaining a vital spiritual energy. She shares the struggles through which she attained this perspective, and what it’s like to transition into retirement.
Always Moving
Bob Cole has directed the Nutcracker for the Central Ohio Youth Ballet for 28 years. He has a powerful personal story, a drive to infuse ballet with story and drama, and an energy that keeps his productions always moving.
Julie Mulroy sees the connections
Julie Mulroy is a biologist who studies plants and how they relate to each other. She also studies people and how they interact in community. Health issues have limited her mobility, and she often does her observing from a distance, but she keeps watching. And seeing the connections.