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Join CMC and City Beautiful creator, producer, and narrator Dave Amos and Manuel Santana Palacios, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning, The Knowlton School of Architecture, The Ohio State University, as we explore the factors that shape the cities we call home, with host, Belkis Schoenhals, Principal Planner, The City of Columbus
January 17, 2024
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Shannon Isom, President & CEO, Community Shelter Board, Sheli Mathias, Director, The Open Shelter, Bob Weiler, Chairman of the Board, The Robert Weiler Company, and Letha Pugh, Co-Founder, Bake Me Happy, with host Ann Bischoff, Executive Director, Star House.
January 10, 2024
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring, Bill LaFayette, Ph.D., Owner, Regionomics, Ben Ayers, Senior Economist, Nationwide Insurance, and Joyce Chen, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies, The Ohio State University, with host Mark Williams, Business Reporter, The Columbus Dispatch
January 3, 2024
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Bhakti Bania, CEO, BBCO Design, Chris Hermann, Principal, MKSK, Thomas Slack, Administrator, Capital Programs, Ohio Department of Transportation, Benjamin Perryman, Endangered Properties Fund Director, Columbus Landmarks Foundation, and Chris Hune, Immediate Past President, German Village Society, with host, Mark Ferenchik, Columbus Neighborhoods & Urban Issues Reporter, The Columbus Dispatch
December 13, 2023
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Donna James, Board Chair, Victoria's Secret & Co., and Managing Director, Lardon & Associates LLC, and Lydia Smith, Chief Diversity Officer, Victoria's Secret & Co., with host Kimberly Minor, CEO, Bumbershoot, LLC.
December 6, 2023
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Richard D. Kahlenberg, Non-resident Scholar, Center on Education and Workforce, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, Senior Fellow, Progressive Policy Institute, and Author, Excluded: How Snob Zoning, NIMBYism, and Class Bias Build the Walls We Don't See, Shayla Favor, Member, Columbus City Council, and Tehani Mesa-Morales, Move to PROSPER Parent & Program Participant, and Human Resources Generalist, ViaQuest, with host Amy Klaben. President & CEO, Families Flourish.
November 29, 2023
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring David P. Carbone, MD, PhD, Barbara J. Bonner Chair in Lung Cancer Research, Director, James Thoracic Center, and Co-Leader, Translational Therapeutics Program, OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Jasleen Pannu, MMBS, Director of Interventional Pulmonary Translational Research, and Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, OSU Wexner Medical Center, with Cierra Johnson, Anchor and Reporter, WCMH NBC4.
November 15, 2023
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Haley BeMiller, Political Reporter, USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau, and Wendy Smooth, Ph.D., Professor, Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies and Senior Vice Provost for Inclusive Excellence, The Ohio State University, Meredith Freedhoff, Chair, Franklin County Republican Party, and Julie Womack, Head of Organizing, Red, Wine & Blue with host Julie Carr Smyth, Government & Politics Reporter, The Associated Press.
November 8, 2023
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Representative Dontavius L. Jarrells, 1st District, Ohio House of Representatives, Representative Thomas Hall, 45th District, Ohio House of Representatives, Representative Latyna Humphrey, 2nd District, Ohio House of Representatives, and Representative Nick Santucci, 64th District, Ohio House of Representatives, with host Anna Staver, Host, All Sides with Anna Staver, WOSU Public Media.
November 1, 2023
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Zach Klein, Columbus City Attorney, David Tryon, Director of Litigation, The Buckeye Institute, and Thell Robinson III, Founder and CEO, Halt Violence, and Amelia Robinson, Opinion and Community Engagement Editor, The Columbus Dispatch, with Clare Roth, Managing Editor, The Ohio Newsroom.
October 25, 2023
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
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