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- OKI Wanna Know... What Is Botany Hills?OKI Wanna Know is our regular feature where we try to uncover the truth and history of things that are often overlooked. This week, WVXU's Bill Rinehart visits one Northern Kentucky neighborhood to find out what's in a name?5 min
- OKI Wanna Know: How Did Cincinnati's East Side-West Side Divide Begin?Cincinnatians love to joke about needing a passport to go from the East Side to the West Side and back, but how did that split get started? WVXU's Bill Rinehart looks into the city's great divide in this latest OKI Wanna Know.5 min
- OKI Wanna Know: What's With That Blue Bridge To Nowhere In Walnut Hills?OKI Wanna Know is a chance for you to get an answer about the area that isn't easily googled. This time, WVXU's Bill Rinehart looks into the past and the future of a Walnut Hills bridge that seemingly goes nowhere.4 min
- OKI Wanna Know: Is Speed Checked By Aircraft?Our feature OKI Wanna Know is a chance for you to ask a question that may not be easily answered.5 min
- OKI Wanna Know About The Victory Parkway ShelterOur feature OKI Wanna Know is a chance for you to ask that seemingly unanswerable question. This week, WVXU's Bill Rinehart starts in Avondale and digs into a story that shapes the entire region.5 min
- OKI Wanna Know: Why Does Kentucky Own The Ohio River?Our feature OKI Wanna Know seeks answers to unusual questions. Today we look at the border between Kentucky and Ohio and Indiana. WVXU's Bill Rinehart explains.5 min
- OKI Wanna Know: Who Plays The Organ At Great American Ball Park?Editor's note: This story originally ran in July 2020. John Schutte says he will be back in the ballpark for 2021.5 min
- OKI Wanna Know... East-West Roads In Northern KentuckyOur feature OKI Wanna Know is a chance for you to ask the offbeat questions that don't usually merit headlines. Many questions so far have been about roads and transportation and this week's is no different. WVXU's Bill Rinehart answers a question about roads in Northern Kentucky.5 min
- OKI Wanna Know: Why Does Vine Street Stop Being Vine Street In Corryville?The most common question we get for our feature OKI Wanna Know has to do with street names: Who is honored by a street, or why is it called what it is? This week, WVXU's Bill Rinehart tries to answer why one of Cincinnati's best known streets detours for several blocks.5 min
- OKI Wanna Know: How Many Flying Pigs Went To Market, How Many Stayed Home?Our latest edition of OKI Wanna Know seeks to answer a question about some things that have been around for so long, and are so common, you might not even notice them any more. How many flying pig statues still exist in the Cincinnati area?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!