All Sides with Amy Juravich

All Sides with Amy Juravich

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All Sides with Amy Juravich episodes

  • National Politics With Ken Rudin
    Members of the U.S. House will decide today whether to remove freshman lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments for espousing false conspiracy theories, including QAnon. Republican leader Mitch McConnell earlier denounced “loony lies and conspiracy theories,” calling them a “cancer for the Republican Party.”
    55 min
  • Wintertime Astronomy
    Winter’s chill is no excuse to stay indoors and miss out on some incredible views of the night sky. Winter affords more hours of night and clearer viewing conditions, when it isn’t raining or snowing, that is.
    55 min
  • Private Prisons
    President Biden signed an executive order last week to halt the use of private prisons at the federal level. This reverses a Trump administration policy and aligns with the policy Obama put in place late in his administration. Opponents of privatization hailed it as an important symbolic gesture and an important first step. Proponents of private prisons say the move undercuts a system that is cost-effective.
    51 min
  • Wellness Wednesday: New COVID-19 Vaccines
    Vaccines being developed by drug makers Johnson & Johnson and Novavax show promising results, potentially adding to the U.S. arsenal of weapons against COVID-19. But both show reduced efficacy against the highly contagious variant first identified in South Africa.
    51 min
  • Tech Tuesday: Email Innovation
    Harvard Business Review in 2019 estimated that the average American worker spent more than a quarter of the workday reading and answering email. One tech innovator has come up with a way to cut through the email with visuals and audio.
    51 min
  • GameStop's Stock Surge And The Future Of Investing
    Individual investors were once dismissed as dumb money. But in 2020 they made their presence felt. They have remained committed to stocks like Tesla despite Wall Street questioning the company's fundamentals. And with GameStop they have caused some to question whether investing is broken.
    50 min
  • Weekly Reporter Roundtable
    For the second time in two years, a national search is underway for a new Columbus police chief. Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther last week announced that Tom Quinlan was out as police chief and would return to his post as a deputy chief of police. The mayor’s decision was backed up by a petition of community members.
    50 min
  • The Future Of Capital Punishment In The U.S.
    This episode originally aired on Jan. 11, 2020. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said in December that there is an unofficial moratorium on capital punishment in Ohio. Like many other states, Ohio can't procure the drugs necessary to carry out lethal injection. At the same time, public opinion is shifting, and some politicians are reevaluating the need for capital punishment.
    50 min
  • Sustainable Gardening With Debra Knapke
    This episode originally aired on Jan. 21, 2020. Millions of Americans took up gardening this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. For new gardeners, how to sustain their new hobby and how to build a garden that is a part of a sustainable environment are important considerations.
    51 min
  • Autocracy And President Trump
    This episode originally aired on Jan. 11, 2020. Continuing his unfounded claim that the 2020 election was stolen, outgoing President Donald Trump earlier this month incited a violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol. A New York University history professor who studies autocratic rulers says the insurrection attempt and the fervent allegiance displayed by Trump’s followers are straight out of the authoritarian playbook.
    50 min

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All Sides with Amy Juravich is WOSU Public Media’s daily news program that dives deep into issues important to Central Ohio. Hosted by Amy Juravich, All Sides explains how the most complicated issues…