Behind The Barrels

Environmental Specialist, Brittany Muncy does more than just work with dirt, she plays with it too! Pottery is her past time, and we were all too excited to hear about what she's got heating up in the kiln.

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The site that ODOT and Public Safety sits on has a crazy past. And sometimes the past doesn't stay in the past. Listen to this month's ghostly episode to find out about this former site of the Columbus Hospital for the Insane and the haunted stories of this site now.

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This month's episode is so figgin' good! After months of pop up restaurants and food trucks, Central Office finally has a new, permanent resident in our cafeteria. Bleu & Fig opened at ODOT in April of 2023 and we sit down with owner, Chef Brooke to find out what it takes to make it in the food industry as a woman-owned small business!

Find out more about Bleu & Fig by visiting the lower level cafeteria or by going to www.bleuandfig.com.

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This month we headed to district 12 to speak to Todd Dykes and Brent Kovacks. These guys were the bees knees when it came to talking about their passion for beekeeping and were just sweet as honey to spend so much time with us, sharing their stories.

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This month we talk to aspiring singer and songwriter, Jen Spriggs from the Office of Statewide Planning and Research. Jen is on a journey to become an independent recording artist, while also learning the guitar.

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A family game that was born out of a love of music and sports was the inspiration for the book, "The Bracket". The author of that book is District 10's Eric Reed. Hit play and listen to his story and maybe you'll be inspired to do something you never thought you would do before.

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In this episode, we talk to Jeff Rogers from District 3 about his amazing weight loss transformation and how it has improved his life in many ways.

Kathie Fleck is the Chief of Staff here at ODOT. She's also the newest member of the executive leadership group. But it was clear from the Central Office Annual Meeting survey that not everyone knows who Kathy is yet. We hope to change that.

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This month we're talking to District 8 IT manager, Amber Krieger. Amber tells us what is was like to be a runner in the 2013 Boston Marathon, the year of the bombing. 

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We were honored to sit down with Robert (Bob) Nacci to discuss his combined 49 years (and counting) at ODOT, and what he did in between those years.

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