In this week's Now You Know Akron podcast, host Craig Webb and Beacon Journal sports columnist Marla Ridenour are joined by Don Padgett, the executive director of the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship at Firestone Country Club in Akron. They talk about the tournament's relationship with the community, Summerfest at Firestone and Concerts After Play, the Champions Tour and handicap this year's event. 

In this week's episode, host Craig Webb is joined by Beacon Journal reporter Stephanie Warsmith and Akron Police Detective Sandra Ridgeway-Williams to discuss the Akron Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) which uses new investigative techniques such as DNA to help solve sexual assault cold cases.

In this week's Now You Know Akron podcast, host Craig Webb is joined by Beacon Journal reporters Betty Lin-Fisher, Doug Livingston and Columbus Dispatch reporter Jacklyn Borchardt for a roundtable discussion on COVID-19: Where we’re at today, where we have been, and where we’re going. 

In this week’s Now You Know Akron podcast, host Craig Webb and Beacon Journal education reporter Jennifer Pignolet are joined by I Promise Program graduate, Cheyenne Cunningham, and LeBron James Family Foundation Director of Strategy, Tony Montgomery. James started his charitable work with Akron school kids in 2011 with a goal to keep them in class and on a path toward a college degree. Those third graders from 2011 are now graduating as part of the I Promise Program’s first senior class, and the program along with Cunningham's achievements are highlighted in this week’s episode.

In this week's Now You Know Akron podcast, host Craig Webb is joined by Akron Zoo president and CEO Doug Piekarz to discuss the zoo's new Wild Asia exhibit, how the zoo stayed afloat during the pandemic and what's in store for the future.  

In this week’s episode, host Craig Webb and Beacon Journal education reporter Jennifer Pignolet are joined by outgoing Akron superintendent, David James, who is retiring after 13 years at the helm and 30 years at the district. James discusses the challenges of teaching remotely amid the pandemic and the effort to get students back into the classroom. He reflects on his lenghty career.

In the first segment of today's Now You Know Akron podcast, Ohio Attorney General David Yost joins host Craig Webb and Beacon Journal reporter Stephanie Warsmith to talk about unsolved crimes. Yost has added a special investigative unit to the Attorney General's office to look at cold cases. One of the unit's supervisors, Roger Davis, also joins the show to talk about an unsolved case out of Hudson. 

In the second segment, Warsmith, and former Beacon Journal reporter and Ohio Mysteries podcast host/producer Paula Schleis talk about collaborating on their new "Unresolved" series — a cross promotion between the Beacon and Ohio Mysteries. 

Craig Webb talks with Stow couple Scott Drazdik and Gabby Chaffin about their first-time home buying experience, and Beacon Journal reporter Amanda Garrett is joined by Howard Hanna realtor Jaunae Carter to discuss the Akron housing market and how those looking to buy are putting in offers well above the listing price. 

The latest episode of the Now You Know Akron podcast continues the conversation on police tactics and the oversight of internal investigations when there are use of force complaints involving citizens in the city of Akron. 

In the first segment, host Craig Webb and Beacon Journal reporters Sean McDonnell and Doug Livingston are joined by Akron City Council President Margo Sommerville and Akron City Councilman Shammas Malik to discuss their views on police reform.

In the second segment, Clay Cozart, president of Akron’s police union, talks about the challenges facing officers and the lines of communication established between the department and the community.

Now You Know Akron host Craig Webb is joined by Beacon Journal reporters Doug Livingston, Seyma Bayram and Sean McDonnell for a roundtable discussion on police arrest tactics. All three have led the Beacon Journal’s coverage of social justice protests and police reform in Akron since the death of George Floyd last year.