All Sides with Amy Juravich

As the summer season prepares to depart, the leaves are turning and a chill is starting to fill the air.

What better way to celebrate the coming of fall than curling up in a comfy sweater, enjoying some hot cider and reading a good book.

Our monthly book panel joins host Christopher Purdy with their recommendations for your next book club selection or nightstand queue.

Host:

• Christopher Purdy, Classical 101 Morning Host

Guests:

• Kassie Rose, WOSU book critic
• Kris Hickey, youth services manager, Whetstone Branch, Columbus Metropolitan Library

For children and their families dealing with a cancer diagnosis, there are a myriad of variables that have to be navigated.

Ohio is working on helping families with that process, so that no family or child gets left behind. An organization called AngelWorks is also helping to achieve that mission.

As society largely moves to being paperless, ancient methods of paper making contain rituals rich in cultural heritage. Hanji, an ancient Korean way of making paper, is meditative for some and is being kept alive by an artist from northern Ohio.

This Saturday is National Talk Like a Pirate Day. Pirate life is a romantic way to live. A passion for pirates is what inspired two Buckeye Lake residents to start the Buckeye Lake Pirate Festival.

Guests:

• Ellie Hite, director and founder, AngelWorks
• Aimee Lee, award-winning artist and author
• Captain Kelly Collins, co-director, Buckeye Lake Pirate Festival
• Nina Collins, co-director, Buckeye Lake Pirate Festival

Alexis Nikole Nelson, better known as the "Black Forager," is a social media sensation.

And she just happens to call Columbus home.

She joins All Sides to talk about her eagerly awaited first book.

Happy Snacking, Don’t Die! is a one-of-a-kind collection of recipes and foraging wisdom that teaches you how to turn common plants, flowers and fungi into yummy, plant-based meals.

This unique book is basically two books in one. It is a foraging plant guide and a vegan cookbook. It's organized by season to guide you through a year of appetizing discoveries.

We will discuss the new book and Nelson's career as an internet personality. On Tik Tok, Instagram, and YouTube she shares videos about foraging, cooking, and food history.

Guests:

• Alexis Nikole Nelson a.k.a. the "Black Forager"

Touch screens and added safety features are just two reasons cars are more complicated than they used to be. With so many onboard computer systems, it could leave drivers wondering whether they need to call computer repair or a mechanic.

It's also one of the reasons drivers are rejecting new cars for older models. We're looking under the hood, kicking the tires, and learning about what it takes to keep your car on the road.

Guests:

• Nile “Motormouth” Jenkins, mechanic and host of Motormouth’s Morning Drive podcast
• Chris Cozad, president and owner of Alternative Auto Care

Local control has been a bedrock of Ohio governance – with officials elected to represent villages, townships and cities. But if you ask many of those officials today, they’ll tell you that decisions they once made for their residents are increasingly being made by state lawmakers.

As they watch data centers reshape their communities, hear candidates talk about property tax rollbacks, and wonder what kind of authority they still have. We'll discuss what's on the minds of municipal leaders.

Guests:

• Kent Scarrett, executive director of the Ohio Municipal League
• Matthew T. Starr, mayor of Mount Vernon, Ohio
• Kyle Brooks, executive director of the Ohio Township Association

When the Nancy Grace Roman Space telescope recently blasted into space, a group of Ohio State professors and students traveled to Florida and watched a project they’d worked on soar skyward toward a destination about 1 million miles away.

One of the biggest media formats for anyone who attended school in the 20th century was the film strip. Now there’s a race against time to preserve these culturally important artifacts.

And phone-mania: a new foldable phone, a new iPhone 18 Pro, plus a retro tin phone. We'll tell you all about them.

It's all coming up on this week's Tech Tuesday.

Guests:

• David Weinberg, distinguished university professor, department of astronomy, Ohio State University
• Mark O'Brien, founder, Uncommon Ephemera
• Russell Holly, director of commerce content, CNET

photo: Joel Kowsky / NASA / AP

Not only is Columbus State Community College transforming its campus, it’s changing downtown Columbus as well.

New buildings and partnerships are happening at a rate the school hasn’t experienced before.

From the Columbus Promise to the Buckeye Bridge, more students have access to higher education.

At the helm of this transformation is CSCC President David Harrison. We’ll talk with him about how the school is evolving and what it means for central Ohio.

Guest:

• David Harrison, president, Columbus State Community College

Studies have shown that parent engagement in schools has a positive impact, including better school attendance and increased individual and classroom test scores.

Parent involvement also provides protective factors for children, including less substance abuse.

Organizations like the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) and the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) strive to build stronger relationships between parents and the schools their children attend.

The Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center has family engagement programs in which they teach parents how to be present in their children's education and help them create their own programs.

Many books have also been written, including a book that was published this year titled “Family Engagement in Education: Inclusive Approaches for Creating Collaborative and Equitable School Communities.”

Guests:

• Barbara Boone, Ph.D., program director for Family Engagement Programs/
• director, Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center
• Holly Williams, family engagement leader, Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center
• Maura Atwater, family engagement leader, Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center
• Joseph Passi, PhD., assistant professor of special education at Purdue University Northwest

Will the promise of $5,000 to every adult American secure a Republican victory in the November mid-terms?

Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno says he’ll push to make President Donald Trump's $1 trillion promise a reality.

We'll have an update on the governor's race.

Ohio farmers sound off on tariffs and rising prices.

It's all coming up on this week's reporter roundtable.

Guests:

• Karen Kasler, bureau chief, Ohio Public Radio Statehouse News Bureau
• Shane Stegmiller, reporter, Hannah News Service
• Susan Tebben, reporter, Ohio Capital Journal

photo: Julio Cortez / AP

There’s no chance that a person who’s been to Columbus hasn’t come across a building designed by the firm Moody Nolan.

The Schottenstein Center, Ohio Union, a few Columbus Metropolitan Library branches, and even the new terminal at the John Glenn Airport have all been designed by the Moody Nolan firm.

The business was started by Curtis Moody, and now his son, Jonathan Moody, has carried on his father's legacy as CEO since 2020.

Independent bookseller Linda Kass is known for bringing top literary talent to town to discuss issues of the day.

An author in her own right, Linda’s latest novel is set in Columbus in the pivotal year of 1969, at a fictional high school where students are navigating real-world events that reverberate today.

Good storytelling is important because it shows the world that we are more similar than we are different. Not a single group of people is a monolith, and everyone contains multitudes.

Filmmaker Damon Mosley tells stories through his love of music, his community, and his sneakers.

We're talking to these unique individuals on this week's Fascinating Ohio.

Guests:

• Jonathan Moody, CEO, Moody Nolan
• Linda Kass, author, World News from Waverley High/founder and owner, Gramercy Books
• Damon Mosley, writer, producer and filmmaker