Cincinnati Edition

While a student at the University of Cincinnati, James Avant IV was diagnosed with o bsessive compulsive disorder . To help alleviate his anxiety he turned to baking, and in 2014, James launched OCD Cakes , a bakery with a mental health awareness mission.

The water crisis in Flint, Michigan last year raised awareness of the severe health damage caused by the lack of clean water. And while most communities in the Unites States take clean water for granted, according to a government Indian Health Service report, about 7.5 percent of Native American and Alaska Native homes did not have safe drinking water or basic sanitation as of 2013.

Author Patricia Schultz has almost four million copies of her 1,000 Places to See Before You Die books now in print. She recently released an updated third edition of "1,000 Places to See in the United States & Canada Before You Die," a collection of the many fun, interesting and diverse destinations to be found virtually in our own backyard. She talked with Mark Heyne about this latest edition and how she discovered the places and events she included in her must-see list.

This Friday, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will present the world premier of the exhibition, Mandela: The Journey to Ubuntu . The exhibition commemorates the life and legacy of former South African President Nelson Mandela through the photographs of Matthew Willman .

A team of University of Colorado Boulder engineers has developed a revolutionary process that cools buildings without the use of refrigerants or electricity. The material, described in the journal Science , is a glass polymer hybrid and even under direct sunlight can cool objects.

The extensive care provided to the Cincinnati Zoo 's premature baby hippo Fiona highlights the excellent medical attention the approximately 2,000 zoo animals receive. The zoo has its own veterinarian team , and when extra-ordinary treatment is needed, the zoo calls on local doctors and other medical providers for their expertise.

Jon Else was series producer and cinematographer for the groundbreaking civil rights television series, Eyes on the Prize . The series told the story from the point of view of ordinary people inside the civil rights movement, mostly African American.

Each Friday on Cincinnati Edition we present an in-depth discussion of the developments behind the headlines. This week we'll get an update on the review of taxpayer money spent by the Center for Closing the Health Gap and hear details from the state audit of the Cincinnati Parks Department . We'll also take a look at bills coming out of the Kentucky General Assembly, the top stories in Northern Kentucky, and college basketball.

Sixteen years ago, after retiring as a math teacher, Linda Neenan founded iSPACE , The STEM Learning Place . The non-profit provides engaging Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programs to schools, families and the community.

Eldridge "Redge" Hanes , entrepreneur, Vietnam veteran, politician and author (under the name E.C. Hanes), has just released his latest book, Justice by Another Name . Commenting on his first book, Billy Bowater , Maya Angelou said, "Hanes has captured the human truth and reminds us in this book that nothing human can be alien to any of us…” Mr. Hanes will be in Cincinnati next Tuesday to discuss Justice by Another Name at The Mercantile Library , and he joins us this afternoon. Join Betsy and