Columbus Perspective

00:00 Show Intro / Dr. Toni Johnson Liggins, Director of Graduate Medical Education at Mount Carmel Health System, discusses Suicide Prevention Week

17:50 Bridget Bean, an Assistant Administrator for FEMA. September is Emergency Preparedness Month.

26:30 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend covers a number of topics, including the presidential race and how Ohio handles absentee ballots sent in by mail.

44:00 Tracey D. Brown, CEO of the American Diabetes Association, discusses the additional concerns for diabetics because of the pandemic.

00:00 Show Open / Rea Hederman, Executive Director of the Economic Research Center at the Buckeye Institute, talks about Ohio's current economic situation

27:15 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend takes a look at President Donald Trump's recent call for a boycott of Ohio-based Goodyear and the response from workers and elected officials. And Dom Tiberi and Kevin Landers look at the return of high school sports, as well as the restrictions in place due to the pandemic.

38:00 Cheri Jenkins, Executive Director of The First Tee of Central Ohio, explains the organization's mission and how to get involved.

47:00 Duane Casares, CEO of Directions for Youth & Families, provides an update on how his agency is dealing with the pandemic and also discusses the racial tension gripping the nation.

00:00 Show Open / Dr. David Carbone, an oncologist at OSU, talks about lung cancer screenings.

10:30 A portion of Governor Mike DeWine's coronavirus update from Thursday, August 20th, wherein he discusses the 10 counties in Ohio where the virus is most active, as well as the 9 counties listed 'red' on the state's alert map.

19:15 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Kevin Landers and Tracy Townsend recap the decision that the Big 10 made to cancel the fall football season, including thoughts from OSU head coach Ryan Day, and impacts to businesses that will result. They also discuss the upcoming election with Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose and get reaction from Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D-Columbus) to the historic selection of Senator Kamala Harris to team with Joe Biden on the Democratic Presidential ticket.

42:15 Sally C. Pipes, President & CEO of Pacific Research Institute, discusses the recent drop overall in vaccination rates in the U.S. as the pandemic continues and flu season approaches.

00:00 Show Intro / Kerstin Sjoberg, Executive Director of Disability Rights Ohio, which monitors facilities around Ohio for abuse and neglect of the disabled.

25:00 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend takes a look at Governor Mike DeWine's recent positive, then negative, test results for Covid-19. She also talks to Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, and three Central Ohio members of Congress: Democrat Joyce Beatty and Republicans Troy Balderson and Steve Stivers.

48:23 Terry Green, Founder and Executive Director of "Think, Make, Live, Youth" - a local non-profit that helps empower youth, primarily those who have been in foster care or through the legal system.

00:00 Show Open / Susan Choe, Executive Director of Ohio Legal Help, a non-profit that is dedicated to providing information to people dealing with legal issues, including evictions and utility cut-offs that are happening during the pandemic

24:00 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend covers a number of topics. Among them, the scandal rocking the Ohio House and The City of Columbus's Commission on Black Girls.

49:00 Fernando Armstrong, Regional Director of the U-S Census Bureau.

00:00 Show Intro / Comments from Governor Mike DeWine and local attorney Edward Hastie about a new rule forcing bars and restaurants to stop selling alcohol at 10 pm.

10:30 Joe Horvath, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Government Accountability, discusses Ohio's unemployment compensation system.

33:15 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend covers a number of topics and talks with reporters Kevin Landers and Bennett Haeberle about the bribery scandal involving former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder.

52:00 Courtney Jones, Founder of 'Clear The List' - a non-profit effort to help teachers with classroom supplies.

00:00 Show Open / Brian Ross, President & CEO of Experience Columbus

20:30 Ohio Governor Mike DeWine talks about the state's health order to wear a mask and about the arrest of Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder

32:20 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend talks with a number of guests, including Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose and Kimberly Hall, who heads the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services; and Molly Brewer talks with Transit Arts Director Jackie Calderone about gentrification in Columbus.

50:15 Susan Weinstock, Vice President of Financial Resilience for AARP

00:00 Show Open / Steven Martin, Dean of the Raabe College of Pharmacy at Ohio Northern University.

25:00 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend covers topics that include the pandemic and a group that is committed to helping women achieve positions of power in politics; and Dom Tiberi sits down with Governor Mike DeWine.

43:15 Duane Casares, CEO of Directions for Youth & Families, discusses how divisive society has become about so many issues.

00:00 Show Open / Nick Linkenhoker, Executive Director of the Worthington Resource Pantry

13:10 Tracey Brown, CEO of the American Diabetes Association

30:00 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend looks at several issues facing Columbus, including the pandemic, the reopening of schools, and an effort to recall Mayor Andrew Ginther

47:30 Dr. Richard Besser, President & CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and former Acting Director of the CDC

On this week's Columbus Perspective: Ann Zimmerman, Co-Chair of "Small Business for America's Future" and founder/owner of Zimmerman and Associates CPA's in Cleveland and Cincinnati, discusses the bevy of issues small businesses are facing, in the wake of the Coronavirus. Courtesy of 10TV, Scott Light holds a digital roundtable discussion of how social activism is affecting policy in Columbus and elsewhere, around the state; about tuition hikes and job cuts and Ohio's college and universities; and Gov. Mike Dewine weighs in on whether or not Ohio remains a battleground state - even as national polling puts President Donald Trump at a distinct disadvantage in the upcoming election. And Dr. Carlos Del Rio of the Infectious Diseases Society of America speaks about the facts and fiction surrounding COVID-19 pandemic.