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Spectrum

Adam Rich

Spectrum features conversations with an eclectic group of fascinating people, some are famous and some are not, but they all have captivating stories.

Episodes

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What does music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs and Donald Trump have in common?

Both Diddy and former President Donald Trump have had their properties searched by law enforcement authorities pursuant to search warrants....

67:07Apr 4, 2024

Two former judges translate Trump legal cases into simple terms.

Retired judges Gayle Williams-Byers and Tom Hodson dissect Donald Trump’s legal issues into understandable terms for the public. In this epi...

61:18Mar 18, 2024

“One More War to Fight” author Dr. Stephen Goldman talks about the bonding of Civil War Union soldiers after the war.

Psychiatrist and author Dr. Stephen A. Goldman tackles postwar life of Union Civil War soldiers and their commitment to social change. In hi...

42:30Mar 7, 2024

Rural Practice Incentive Program brings lawyers to underserved populations.

Ohio, 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 a...

36:48Feb 14, 2024

MIT Technology Review’s 2024 10 breakthrough technologies.

At 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...

59:00Feb 2, 2024

News media are obsessed with covering former Pres. Donald Trump.

There are mutual obsessions between the news media who cover former President Donald Trump and Donald Trump and the news media. Both rely on...

47:31Jan 22, 2024

Local news outlets disappearing at an alarming rate…What’s next?

While 60 percent of Americans have more trust in local news than national news, local media are disappearing at an alarming rate. We are los...

66:38Jan 5, 2024

Political update on both parties from Time Washington Correspondent

Philip Elliott, Washington correspondent for Time and author of Time’s newsletter, D.C. Brief, breaks down the status of national politics a...

66:46Dec 12, 2023

New “National Climate Assessment” says effects of climate change worsening across USA.

Recently, the fifth National Climate Assessment was released by the US government. It is an interagency effort mandated by Congress to provi...

54:45Nov 27, 2023

Saving Democracy Entails Saving Journalism and Journalists

Newspapers and other forms of news media are disappearing in the wake of more people getting their news through social media, The result, ac...

54:34Nov 21, 2023

Trump cases’ legal terms are translated to plain English by two former judges.

Too often legal terms are used, without definitions, by the news media while covering cases involving former President Donald J. Trump. This...

62:48Nov 9, 2023

David Collins, award winning producer, gives insights into his career

David Collins, an eight-time Grammy award winner, has been producing groundbreaking films, documentaries, television and streaming projects...

58:29May 11, 2023

Family who was robbed of over $230,000 by computer scammers faces turmoil.

Two- and one-half years ago, the Goldsberry family was robbed of over $230,000 by international computer scammers who took control remotely...

48:02May 4, 2023

Judges are being trained to develop “anti-racist” courtrooms.

This fall, the National Judicial College (NJC), located on the campus of the University of Nevada-Reno, will hold its second groundbreaking...

44:58Apr 12, 2023

“Masking” conceals unsafe commercial drivers making roadways hazardous.

“Masking” is a term used for when people with commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) get lenient treatment in our nation’s courts. This allows...

50:35Mar 23, 2023

Fran Lebowitz: writer, intellectual and humorist shares her views.

Before traveling to the Midwest, New Yorker Fran Lebowitz talked with Spectrum’s guest host Emily Votaw and share her views on life, mortali...

14:10Mar 12, 2023

WCPO’s Ramsay Fulbright heads the logistics of local television news

Local television newsrooms are often chaotic with breaking news and even routine stories spreading news crews and reporters across a wide ge...

27:34Mar 1, 2023

Special skills are necessary to manage a newsroom full of reporters.

In the third of our Spectrum Podcast series on the inner workings of local television news, Janelle Bass gives us insight on being a managin...

39:09Feb 20, 2023

Challenges face News Director in changing news culture in Norfolk

This the second in a series of episodes of WOUB’s Spectrum podcast focusing on the importance of local television news in our news consumpti...

34:18Feb 10, 2023

Local Television News is trusted far more that national news outlets.

A study conducted by Gallup and the Knight Foundation has found that local television news is trusted by more people than national news outl...

38:37Feb 3, 2023