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OKI Wanna Know
OKI Wanna Know episodes
- OKI Wanna Know: What's on the ceiling of Music Hall's Springer Auditorium?A listener looked up before a concert at Music Hall and what he saw sparked this week's question.5 min
- OKI Wanna Know: What is Parkdale and where did it come from?There are plenty of neighborhoods in Hamilton County that aren't officially recognized. Parkdale is one of them.5 min
- OKI Wanna Know: What happens if there's an election but no candidates?The process for filling a vacant seat due to a lack of candidates varies from state to state, and in some cases, from political subdivision to subdivision.5 min
- OKI Wanna Know: Why does Cincinnati own a railroad?As Cincinnati voters ponder whether to keep or sell the city's Southern Railway, some wonder why a municipality owns a railroad in the first place.5 min
- OKI Wanna Know: How many Winhold Reiss murals are there around Cincinnati?A German-born painter made his name in the American West, and his work helped change America's impression of Cincinnati.5 min
- OKI Wanna Know: Who wanted to honor Confederates in Ohio?This week's question is about the John Hunt Morgan Trail from Indiana across Ohio.5 min
- OKI Wanna Know: What are the pipes jutting out of the levee?The pipes were installed in the 1950s, but the reason they're there is because of what happened in 1937.4 min
- OKI Wanna Know: Why does Cincinnati have so many streets named 'Kemper'?We take another dive into Cincinnati history in our feature OKI Wanna Know.5 min
- OKI Wanna Know: Why do some Cincinnati neighborhoods have randomly numbered streets?Street names are the most popular of all the questions asked of OKI Wanna Know.5 min
- OKI Wanna Know: What are the dents in the ground in the forest?A listener wants to know if the pits in Miami Whitewater Forest are Civil War foxholes or something else.5 min
About OKI Wanna Know
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Perhaps the most hyper-local and Cincinnati-specific of NPR radio station WVXU’s original podcasts, OKI Wanna Know is a write-in show which directly engages with its listeners, answering their nagging…
questions about stubbornly unexplained things in the Greater Cincinnati area. No other NPR podcasts can tell you as much about your backyard in Ohio, in Indiana or in Northern Kentucky!