Posted December 5, 200816 yr I am planning a weekly radio show that will discuss urban issues and development in Cincinnati. It will also cover some economic issues, politics, local events, and Ohio/Midwest issues as well. It will broadcast live every week on Bearcast (UC's student Internet radio station), Fridays from 10am-Noon [time has changed], and will also be podcasted so you can download it later if you can't listen live. I'm a follower of UrbanOhio and lots of Cincinnati development blogs, but I'm certainly not an expert in Urban Planning or anything like that. Therefore, I will be enlisting the help of several local respected bloggers, journalists, and experts. I hope to have a rotating panel on the show to discuss the week's topics, as well as interviews with project developers, local business owners, and maybe even politicians. I am putting the final touches on the details of the show now, so any suggestions or comments anyone has would be very helpful! I am also looking for creative ideas for the title of the show. Thanks in advance for your feedback!
December 5, 200816 yr Oh so that was you I got the email from. I'm still willing to help as best I can...good luck.
December 28, 200816 yr The show will be called Explore Cincinnati and have an accompanying blog at explorecincinnati.com. I've met with Rando, jmeck, and Kevin (buildingcincinnati) and we generated a long list of topics to discuss on the show. My question for everyone here is, what do you want to see discussed? Is there a certain project that you want weekly coverage of? Is there a specific topic that you want discussed, such as bicycling in Cincinnati or businesses selling locally-made products? Or guests that you want to hear from, such as business owners, developers, or politicians? Your feedback will help shape this show! Thanks, Travis
January 7, 200916 yr Every week should dedicate a decent amount of time for a specific chosen project. You could also do small updates of what's going on in the city. There isn't much that you shouldn't cover, more items discussed makes if more marketable.
January 8, 200916 yr Sounds like a great idea. If you're looking for suggestions, I would like to see a show that focuses on Cincinnati's built environment and transportation issues specifically. Maybe do a segment on different Cincinnati neighborhoods every show.
January 10, 200916 yr I think it would be cool to talk to residents about their neighborhoods, get their perspective on where they live. You could probably just walk around a neighborhood, find a random resident and ask them about their experiences. Kind of like making "found" essays. Katherine Durack does something like this for the Xavier NPR station except hers is more "poetic," if that's the proper term, and totally from her perspective. Sounds like a wonderful project, good luck!
January 12, 200916 yr Thanks everyone. The first episode is this Friday and the main topic is going to be the urban population, in addition to the week's latest news.
January 15, 200916 yr Here's a preview of tomorrow's show: http://explorecincinnati.com/2009/01/15/season-1-episode-1-preview/
January 16, 200916 yr I was unable to listen in. Is there going to be a podcast available? Yes, taestell should know when it will be up and either he or I will link to it here.
January 16, 200916 yr The podcast is up! The forum won't let me link to it from here, but the URL is: itpc://pod.explorecincinnati.com/podcast-low.xml Paste that into your browser's address bar, or in iTunes, go to Advanced > Subscribe to Podcast and paste that URL. Just click on this link to open the podcast in iTunes. Then click on "Subscribe".
January 19, 200916 yr Travis I just got the podcast to work and listened to it. Great job organizing this first show and I think you did a great job keeping the discussion moving.
January 19, 200916 yr The podcast sounds great. It's all that extra compression I put on everyone's voice before I put out the podcast. :D
January 23, 200916 yr Here's a preview of tomorrow's (today's -- it's 1 AM!) show: http://explorecincinnati.com/2009/01/22/season-1-episode-2-preview/ If you have any comments while the show is going on (live, of course, not the podcast), send me an AOL IM at "DJ Bearcast". I might even open up the phone line for some calls, depending on time. Joining me on the phone for part of the show is "UncleRando" himself!
January 23, 200916 yr Today's episode is now available: http://explorecincinnati.com/2009/01/23/now-available-season-1-episode-2-for-january-23-2009/
January 30, 200916 yr Today's show is now online: http://explorecincinnati.com/2009/01/30/now-available-season-1-episode-3-for-january-30-2009/ It was a short episode today because I'm sick and also didn't have any guests. But lots of good stuff covered, I think.
February 6, 200916 yr Today's show is online: http://explorecincinnati.com/2009/02/06/now-available-season-1-episode-4-for-february-6-2009/ Thanks to jmeck for joining me in the studio today.
February 13, 200916 yr We're going on the air at 10AM on BearcastRadio.com to play back and discuss last night's Streetcar debate. Please IM me your comments at DJ Bearcast on AIM, or call in and we'll put you on the air. (Podcast will be available later tonight.)
February 14, 200916 yr Today's show (featuring the Streetcar debate) is now online: http://explorecincinnati.com/2009/02/13/now-available-season-1-episode-5-for-february-13-2009/
February 14, 200916 yr Travis, thanks for your work recording the debate and having another well-organized show.
February 15, 200916 yr The Dean has posted his response to this Friday's show: http://www.cincinnatibeacon.com/index.php/contents/comments/bearcat_radio_bias/
February 17, 200916 yr This week, I will be interviewing Mark Miller from COAST about their opposition to the city's investment in the Glencoe/Inwood Village project. If you have any questions for them, email me at [email protected]
February 19, 200916 yr The Dean has posted a list of question for me to answer on my show: http://www.cincinnatibeacon.com/index.php/contents/comments/hey_explore_cincinnati_djs_take_the_beacon_challenge/ BTW, thanks for waiting until 24 hours before my show before sending me these questions. My Thursday evenings aren't busy enough. :|
February 19, 200916 yr No problem. With a full time job and two small kids, I have nothing but time. ;-)
February 21, 200916 yr 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. http://explorecincinnati.com/2009/02/21/now-available-season-1-episode-6-for-february-20-2009/
February 21, 200916 yr Quote from my radio show: "Our popular culture has depicted buses as a place for creeps and weirdos." (Specifically referring to this anti-bus ad for the Chevrolet Cavalier, although, admittedly, I did not reference this ad during my show.) Haap's response: Bearcast Radio DJ tags buses for “creeps and weirdos” Here's an analogy. Person A: "Pop culture cares about what Paris Hilton is up to. I don't care about Hilton, and wish people didn't waste their time caring about such irrelevant celebrities." Person B: "Obviously you care about what Paris Hilton is doing." Person A: "That doesn't make sense. I specifically stated that that I don't." Person B: "But by repeating pop culture's view, you must agree with it!" Definition of non sequitur: "Latin for it does not follow. In formal logic, is an argument where its conclusion does not follow from its premises."
February 28, 200916 yr Yesterday's show is online! http://explorecincinnati.com/2009/02/28/now-available-season-1-episode-7-for-february-27-2009/ At about 27:00, jmeck calls in from Portland, Oregon!
March 1, 200916 yr Who is this Dave Keaton cat? His answer was roads?! Whaaaaaa??? Haha. He's a Bearcast sports guy and I wasn't planning on having him discuss any of the development stuff. He's a great guy but he obviously hasn't done the basic research behind the Streetcar project... saying that it will take 5 years to build (not true), cost $400 million dollars (about double the actual cost), and go up Vine Street (which may or may not happen). He also cited Bill Cunningham, and he wasn't aware of the fact that this project is trying to encourage development in OTR and Uptown, not just run a Streetcar through the existing neighborhood and be done with it. I think his level of knowledge on this particular project was fairly obvious.
March 2, 200916 yr I sounded pretty coherent for being seriously sleep deprived. That morning had absolutely spectacular sunlight so thanks a lot for motivating me to get out of bed early.
March 11, 200916 yr Friday's show is up: http://explorecincinnati.com/2009/03/11/now-available-season-1-episode-8-for-march-6-2009/ Jake reports back about his trip to Seattle and Portland, plus lots more.
March 13, 200916 yr It's been a slow news week! So if you have something you want to talk about... a project in Cincinnati, a project in Ohio, or even something across the country... call into the show today. Starts at 10am today. http://bearcastradio.com/
March 13, 200916 yr Quickest turnaround ever... today's show is up: http://explorecincinnati.com/2009/03/13/now-available-season-1-episode-9-for-march-13-2009/
March 18, 200916 yr I subscribed to the podcast, and friggin' LOVE IT! Fantastic stuff...listened to the most recent show first (the 12:00 one, which despite its short length did give me a good recap and update of current projects and issues), and then started back with the January shows, working my way forward. You do a great job hosting, and Jake and Randy are both fantastic guests...I'll give more feedback as I listen to more episodes, but yeah, this is some great stuff!
March 19, 200916 yr ^Yeah Travis does a great job, and thanks for the kind words about my guest appearances...I'll be back on the show more often once I get back from Greece in early April.
March 31, 200916 yr I subscribed to the podcast, and friggin' LOVE IT! Fantastic stuff...listened to the most recent show first (the 12:00 one, which despite its short length did give me a good recap and update of current projects and issues), and then started back with the January shows, working my way forward. You do a great job hosting, and Jake and Randy are both fantastic guests...I'll give more feedback as I listen to more episodes, but yeah, this is some great stuff! Thanks for your kind words! Feel free to give any feedback, I'm always looking for ways to improve the show. I finally got around to posting the most recent episode, talking about my tour of the commercial spaces of the Gateway Quarter. Also, for those of you who listen to the show live (as opposed to the podcast), the show's time slot will be changing for Spring Quarter. It's not finalized yet, but I will let you know as soon as it is. If you subscribe to the podcast, nothing will change; you will continue to get all of the episodes as you do now.
April 4, 200916 yr Anyone who listens to the show live -- our time slot is moving to Wednesdays 2-4pm starting next week. If you listen via podcast, you don't have to change anything; you will continue to get future episodes normally as you do now. The goal for this quarter is to focus several episodes on individual Cincinnati neighborhoods, and have a guest who can talk about some of the major projects happening there. I hope to represent Downtown, OTR, West End, CUF/Heights/Corryville, Clifton, Northside, and move out from there as I find guests to talk about their neighborhoods. As always, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! (Reply here or email [email protected]).
April 9, 200916 yr Today's show is online: http://explorecincinnati.com/2009/04/08/now-available-season-2-episode-1-for-april-8-2009/ Randy Simes came in and we discussed just about everything we could have discussed.
April 18, 200916 yr Now Available: Season 2, Episode 2 for April 15, 2009 http://explorecincinnati.com/2009/04/16/now-available-season-2-episode-2-for-april-15-2009/ This week’s Explore Cincinnati is now online. Refresh your Podcasts in iTunes (or subscribe now) to receive the latest episode, or listen in your browser below. Today I was joined by Randy Simes and we discussed The Banks, the Reds, Cincinnati Water Works’ possible spin-off, Complete Streets, casinos in Ohio, the Enquirer’s smaller format, UC’s new farmer’s market, and other tidbits.
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