Around Cincinnati contributor Roberta Schultz has just released her latest poetry chapbook. She joins our Barbara Gray for a conversation about the poems in Touchstones .

Have you visited the new Art Climb yet? Jill Dunne , Director of Marketing and Communications for the Cincinnati Art Museum , shares the information about this public art project and what adornments are yet to come in this conversation with Anne Arenstein.

Walter Thompson-Hernandez , a writer for the New York Times, has returned to his home area of Southern California for a fascinating new book about urban cowboys in one of the most notorious cities in the U.S. He’s with our contributor Yemi Oyediran to talk about to his book, The Compton Cowboys : The New Generation of Cowboys in America's Urban Heartland .

On Around Cincinnati , our literary contributor Kelly Blewett reviews Ibram X. Kendi’ s book, How To Be An Antiracist .

Now that we’re into the early part of June, what is the status of the Cincinnati Parks and what events and activities are they hosting this month? Lou Sand , a region manager for the Parks, joins Elaine Diehl with a full update.

We share the song Infinite Sky from local trio Peaceful Sorrow .

The Ink Spots were one of the most popular vocal groups of the 1930’s and 40’s. With a history that includes singing on Cincinnati’s WLW, we revisit this musical history of The Ink Spots from our friend David Lewis.

Recently, Elaine Diehl had the opportunity to interview Rock Hall of Famer Jorma Kaukonen about his career, including his bands Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. He mentioned that his good friend and bandmate, bassist Jack Casady , would be a good one to talk with about music and his career, so that’s what Elaine has done. Join her for this conversation with one of the most influential bass players in rock history.

We revisit another one of our friend Katie Laur ’s stories in this episode of Memories from the Hills of Home. This one’s about Curly Ray Cline, fiddler for Ralph Stanley’s bluegrass band.

A new novel based in 1950’s Wooster, Ohio tells the tale of a nosy switchboard operator and the lives and loves of the locals. Author Gretchen Berg joins our Barbara Gray via Zoom to talk about her new release, The Operator .