All Sides with Amy Juravich

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, which began on the night of Feb. 17 and ends on March 19.

Muslims across the United States will be celebrating and observing the month through fasting, night prayers and gatherings with their local community.

The Columbus Muslim community has their own traditions and practices. There are more than 20 mosques in the city, and each one hosts their own nightly prayers and community gatherings during the month.

Ramadan is not just about fasting. The month signifies a time to reflect, give charity and increase acts of service.

We’ll be speaking with three local Muslim community leaders about what it’s like to celebrate Ramadan in Columbus.

Guests:

• State Rep. Munira Abdullahi
• Mohammed Azhar Masood, executive director, Noor Islamic Cultural Center
• Nicol Ghazi, executive director, Muslim Family Services of Ohio

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(photo: Mahesh Kumar A. / AP)

Ohio State University is fielding hundreds of calls to remove Les Wexner’s name from campus buildings, amid growing anger over his ties to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

A new term, WEXIT, has been coined by groups pushing for removal. Meanwhile, Gov. Mike DeWine defends keeping Wexner’s name.

Meanwhile, Democratic members of Congress who traveled to New Albany last week to depose Wexner said they found Wexner’s denial of knowing about Epstein’s criminal conduct hard to believe.

In other news, a judge has removed the chairman of the state’s second-largest pension for violating his fiduciary duties.

We'll talk about what we’re learning from the First Energy trial.

It's all coming up during this week's Reporter Roundtable.

Guests:

• George Shillcock, reporter, WOSU Public Media
• Jo Ingles, senior reporter, Ohio Public Radio Statehouse News Bureau
• Laura Bischoff, politics and state government reporter, The Columbus Dispatch
• Jake Zuckerman, reporter, Signal Ohio

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The time is always right to start a new book.

On this edition of All Sides Weekend, host Christopher Purdy and his guests are offering up some suggestions on titles you might want to add to your pile of must-read books.

Host:

• Christopher Purdy, Classical 101 Morning Host

Guests:

• Kassie Rose, WOSU Book Critic
• Kris Hickey, youth services coordinator, Columbus Metropolitan Library
• Michelle Herman, professor emerita creative writing, Ohio State University

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Author, journalist and Columbus native Wil Haygood takes an in-depth look at the Vietnam War from the Black American perspective.

He traces the lives of Black men and women who were in Vietnam.

The racial divide of the 1960s and 1970s did not stay on American shores, it followed these men and women all the way around the world.

Haygood’s book The War Within a War: The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home tells the story of race in America and abroad.

And he connects the war in Vietnam to the racial tension the United States continues to grapple with today.

The Pulitzer Prize-nominated author joins us for this hour of All Sides.

Guest:

• Wil Haygood, journalist/author, The War Within a War: The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home

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What does it mean to flourish, to find meaning and joy in life and be fulfilled?

How do we create meaning, especially now, in times of division and struggle for many families?

On this hour of All Sides, we’re talking to an author who literally wrote the book on the topic.

New York Times bestselling author Daniel Coyle joins us to discuss his new book Flourish: The Art of Building Meaning, Joy and Fulfillment.

Guest:

• Daniel Coyle, author, Flourish: The Art of Building Meaning, Joy and Fulfillment

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What would drive someone to physically hurt someone they love?

Domestic violence homicides in Ohio are way up, along with murder-suicides. Why?

Those who study and work in the field note that victims and perpetrators are trending younger.

And the cases aren’t exclusive to intimate partner relationships, but reflect a rise in family-on-family violence.

Officials in Columbus and Franklin County have new initiatives meant to address the root causes and save lives.

Guests:

• Rena Shak, executive director, Office of Violence Prevention, City of Columbus
• Lisa DeGeeter, senior director for policy and prevention, Ohio Domestic Violence Network
• Diana Williams, founder and CEO, Ohio Women Against Domestic Violence
• Lt. Jason Garner, domestic violence unit, Columbus Division of Police

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(Photo: Louis-Paul Photo / Adobe Stock)

The Winter Olympics are underway in Milan, and people across the world are watching their countries' teams compete.

The way that people watch the games has changed with new technology.

From drones to real-time replay to AI technology, viewer experiences are being enhanced.

We will talk about more Olympic news and pivot to the Paralympic games that will begin next month. Technology is at the heart of the Paralympics. We will discuss adaptive sports technology that enables athletes to compete.

We'll hear about the latest in wireless earbud technology and it’s expensive.

Plus, can soil testing help keep your indoor plants alive longer?

We're talking about all these topics on this week's Tech Tuesday.

Guests:

• Mila Fiordalisi, journalist, WIRED Italia (pre-taped)
• Theresa Berner, rehabilitation clinic manager, Assistive Technology Center, Ohio State University School of Health and Rehabilitative Sciences
• Russell Holly, director of commerce content, CNET

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Thirty states, including Ohio, require high school students to complete a personal finance course to graduate.

In some cases, schools are taking creative approaches with real world consequences.

We’ll learn about one high school using endowment money to give each student $1,000 to invest and track throughout high school.

We’re talking about new ways of teaching teens about money on this hour of All Sides.

Guests:

• Joann Lublin, regular contributor/former career columnist, Wall Street Journal
• Jason Savage, business teacher, Worthington High School
• John Pelletier, director, Center for Financial Literacy, Champlain College

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At the start of the year, economist Bill LaFayette and the Columbus Metropolitan Club predict what Columbus’ economic forecast may be.

Will jobs grow, will housing stay affordable, and will new industries make moves in Ohio?

With big changes on the national scale, such as immigration crackdowns, tariffs and more, how will central Ohio be affected?

How will these changes affect the average Ohioan and the big businesses that work here?

We’ll find out more in Columbus’ economic forecast during this hour of All Sides.

Guests:

• Bill LaFayette, owner and economist, Regionomics, LLC
• Benjamin Ayers, senior economist, Nationwide
• Doug Buchanan, editor in chief, Columbus Business First

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