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Now Available: Season 1, Episode 6 for February 20, 2009

Saturday, February 21, 2009 – 1:09 am

Today’s episode of Explore Cincinnati is now online.  Refresh your Podcasts in iTunes (or subscribe now) to receive the latest episode, or listen in your browser below.

I started out responding to “The Beacon Challenge,” a series of “10” questions asked of me by Mr. Haap.  At about the 22:30 mark in the show, we begin to discuss the Glencoe/Inwood Village project, featuring an interview with Mr. Mark Miller from COAST. I discuss the new Chase Elementary School in Northside, Mayor Mallory’s trip to Washington to meet with Obama, and a few other stories as well.

Season 1, Episode 6 of Explore Cincinnati for February 20, 2009:

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Edit (2/21/09): At about 19:25 in the program, I accidentally said “Between 2000 and 2005, Ohio lost 100,000 people between the ages of 20 and 24.”  I meant to say “…between the ages of 20 and 44.”  Sorry for this mistake.

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Streetcar Debate Video

Thursday, February 19, 2009 – 10:39 am

I have finally finished editing and encoding the video from last Thursday’s Streetcar debate. You can watch it right here:

If you’d like to embed this video on your website, feel free to use the following code to do so. A link back, crediting ExploreCincinnati.com for the video, would be appreciated.

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Once again, thanks to Zach Mueller, Aleksandar Jovic, Kevin Bush, and Phillip Royal for their help filming and recording the debate. The video also uses still photography from Jake Mecklenborg, features moderator Jim Uber and participants Jason Haap and John Schneider.

If you would like me to burn you a DVD copy of the debate, mail me a DVD-R and I will gladly do so. Email travis@explorecincinnati.com for the address.

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Cincinnati Beacon responds to Explore Cincinnati

Monday, February 16, 2009 – 1:03 am
Jason Haap, a.k.a. The Dean of Cincinnati

Jason Haap, "The Dean of Cincinnati"

Last week, Explore Cincinnati played back the debate between Jason Haap and John Schneider on the topic of the Cincinnati Streetcar proposal.  Both I and my guest Jake Mecklenborg added in our own comments as well.

Mr. Haap, who is the publisher of the Cincinnati Beacon and goes by the pen name “The Dean of Cincinnati,” has responded critically to our coverage of the debate.  He has published an article titled “Bearcat Radio Bias! The Streetcar Debate.”  (Incidentally, the name of the station is actually Bearcast Radio.)

We invite you to read Haap’s comments and then listen to the show this week, when we will respond to his points.

Update (2/16/09): Haap says that he intends to publish a list of questions that he wants us to respond to on this week’s show.  I will certainly respond to some of these, but I want to mostly focus on the accusations that my show is biased and unprofessional.  Our show’s slogain is “covering everything going on to make Cincinnati an even better place to live,” and we discuss the Streetcar project because we believe it will do exactly that.  Of course we add our own opinions into the show.  No one ever claimed that this show was “the news,” except for several former UC radio alumni who have decided to waste their time bashing UC’s current radio station.  All of this being said, I plan to have guests with a variety of opinions on my show, including some who are anti-Streetcar.

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Now Available: Season 1, Episode 5 for February 13, 2009

Friday, February 13, 2009 – 7:57 pm

Today’s episode of Explore Cincinnati is now online!  In this episode, we played back yesterday’s Cincinnati Streetcar debate between John Schneider and Jason Haap.  Jake and I also weighed in with our own arguments in response to the points brought up in the debate.

You can listen via our podcast, or listen below in your browser.

Thanks to Zach Mueller for his help in recording yesterday’s debate!

Season 1, Episode 5 of Explore Cincinnati for February 13, 2009:

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Tomorrow’s Show

Friday, February 13, 2009 – 12:41 am

Today, we recorded the Streetcar debate that took place on campus between Jason Haap and John Schneider.  We will be airing the debate on this week’s show.  Jake and I will also be adding our own commentary to the points that both presenters raised.  I would like to encourage anyone listening to the show live (Friday 10am EST) to please call in and share your own comments about the arguments raised on — I will announce our studio number on air when we’re ready for callers.

We also filmed the debate and will be posting the video version online early next week.  I’d like to thank Zach Mueller, Aleksandar Jovic, Kevin Bush, and Phillip Royal for helping with the recording/filming process.

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Streetcar Debate This Thursday

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 – 2:46 pm

This Thursday, February 12, the Center for Sustainable Urban Environments at UC will be hosting a debate about the Cincinnati Streetcar proposal.  John Schneider and Jason Haap will be giving opening remarks about the project and then taking additional questions from the audience.  The debate will start at 4:00 PM in 500 Swift Hall on UC’s campus.

Explore Cincinnati is currently trying to secure permission to record or film the debate.  If can can do so, we will be playing it back on this Friday’s episode of the show.  Any video will be posted to our site as well.

Update (2/11/09): Explore Cincinnati will be recording the event and paying it back on this week’s show.  We will also be filming the event and posting it online as soon as we can get it edited.

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