iHeart Cinci with Sandy Collins

Guest is Mary Copenbaker is the Assistant Solid Waste Manager at Hamilton County ReSource. Free programs available to businesses and residents to reduce the amount of waste and unwanted items thrown in the landfill. 

Hamilton County businesses throw away an estimated 138,050 tons of food scraps every year — worth about $312 million in wasted value. A new 2025 study found that 64–84% of what local businesses discard could be diverted from landfills, depending on the industry.

Hamilton County ReSource — a free county resource — helps businesses waste less through on-site consulting, customized plans, and grant funding. In April 2026, they launched the Sustainability Pledge: a free, public commitment any Hamilton County business can sign online. All three Hamilton County Commissioners signed at the kickoff.

You don’t have to figure this out alone. ReSource does the work with you, at no cost.

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Guest is Christopher Parent, is the author of Fragments of a Decent Man and his writing has appeared in Across the Margin, Dappled Things, The Good Men Project, and Points in Case. Chris earned undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Notre Dame and a master’s degree from the Elliott School of International Affairs. Prior to attending law school, he was a journalist, defense analyst and speechwriter. He has served as Chief Trademark Counsel for several Fortune 500 companies. Chris was born and raised in Fairfield, Connecticut, and is devoted to his wife, Melissa, and two daughters, Mimi and Sophie. They have lived in Denver, Seattle, Manhattan, and Zurich, Switzerland but currently call New Hampshire home.

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Guests are Megan Park, Marketing + Communications Manager at Bethany House Services, and Naeyah Woods, a resident and mother of four at Bethany House 

Bethany House is the largest provider of family homelessness services in Greater Cincinnati, serving more than 2,500 people each year, two-thirds of them being children

BHS is the only local organization that addresses every stage of housing instability, offering prevention programs, emergency shelter, and post-shelter support to help families achieve lasting stability.

Since BHS’s founding in 1983, they have provided life-changing services to more than 39,000 people, including 25,000 children

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Guest is Jennifer Loeb, CEO. Ronald McDonald House of Greater Cincinnati and Dayton have merged to form Ronald McDonald House Southwest Ohio and together are now the largest Ronald McDonald House in the country. What this merger really means is more families with critically ill children will have a place to stay, right next to the hospitals where their kids are being treated. 

The organization as a whole is also making a fresh start with its name, dropping "Charities" and leaning into what it's always really been: a home. Their new motto is "Family Stays.” It’s about keeping families together during the hardest moments of their lives.

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Jake Young is the grandson of the man who started Paul Young Funeral Home in Cincinnati. Young explains what people need to know about the complex and confusing decisions required when a loved one is facing the inevitable. Young shares the options people have, how to start the conversation, how to safely make plans, and how to avoid scammers. A free informational session is available May 19, 2026 by calling Paul Young Funeral Home.

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Jonathan Adee, Executive Director of Keep Cincinnati Beautiful details their new facility and how KCB's quest to be the Cleanest City in America is doing it. 

Click here for free waste disposal info and more

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A Cincinnati college graduate working in Baltimore makes one error in judgment, sharing a recreational drug with one of his best buddies after a night out with the guys. Neither one of them woke up. Fentanyl mixed in with the drug was the culprit. Jack Quell's life ended too soon and his parents, Tom and Stephanie Quell, have made it their mission to educate young people and parents about the real danger in even occasional drug use. Do It for Jack's new billboards are seen around Cincinnati. Say the F Word. The Quells want that to spark more conversations about fentanyl and how it's killing more people between 18-49 years old than any other cause of death. 

Click here for the Jack Quell Foundation

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The Comprehensive Children's Injury Center is a part of Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Their dedicated team work daily to educate adults about how to prevent injuries, and treat kids who need their expertise. Guest is Stephanie Lyons, Program Manager of CCIC. 

Cincy Children's Hospital - Comprehensive Children's Injury Center

CCIC Child Safety Resources

513-636-7865, Option 1

email: [email protected]

[email protected]

3333 Burnet Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45229

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Superintendent Dr. William Sprankles discusses the more than 120 career and technical programs offered to Butler County students and adults who want to get the certifications and education needed to become and stay competitive in today's ever-changing career landscape. 

Butler County and Miami University's Partnership

Meet Dr. William Sprankles, Superintendent

Adult Education Programs - Butler Tech

Adult Education: 513-645-8200

Central Office: 513-868-1911
3605 Hamilton Middletown Rd
Fairfield Township, OH 45011

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Guests Lana Uhrig and Natalie Ciulla share details about "Wine, Women & Shoes", a benefit for the Cincinnati Cancer Foundation. 

Info & tickets for Wine, Women & Shoes

Wine, Women & Shoes benefiting Cincinnati Cancer Foundation. 

May 7, 2026
6-10pm

Cincinnati Union Terminal 

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