2007 FORUM SHOWS


December 28, 2007 2007:The Year in Review

December 21, 2007 Foreclosures in Ohio, Guests: Beth Deutscher, Director, Home Ownership Center of Greater Dayton; Jim Durham, Professor of Law, University of Dayton; Senator Sherrod Brown, US Senator from Ohio

December 14 , 2007 Stuck in Traffic: The Future of Ohio’s Highways? Guests: Don Spang, Executive Director of the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission; Bob Koehler, Deputy Executive Director for Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana Regional Council of Governments

December 7 , 2007 Restricting the Rights of Illegal Immigrants in Ohio, Guests: State Representative Courtney Combs, George Fee, Attorney and member of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Don Sherman, Executive Director, Cincinnati Interfaith Worker Center

November 30, 2007 The State of Elder Care in Ohio Guests: Richard Applebaum, Director of the Ohio Long-Term Care Research Project and Miami University professor; Chrisopher Wellin, Assistant Professor of gerontology and sociology;
Tim McGowan, Executive Director at The Knolls of Oxford

November 23, 2007 In Memory of Joe Nuxhall, An encore of our multiple award-winning Talk of the Station program, featuring NPR's Neal Conan plus the former play-by-play team of Marty Brennaman and the late Joe Nuxhall. Originally broadcast "live" from Cincinnati's Great American Ballpark May 7, 2004

November 16, 2007 The Future of WMUB: The Miami University Committee Report, Guests: Jeffrey Herbst, PhD, Provost and Executive Vice President of Miami University; Richard Campbell, PhD, Director of the Journalism Program at Miami University; and Cleve Callison, PhD, General Manager of WMUB Public Radio

November 9 , 2007 Art or Free Speech? The Miami Noose Incident, Guests: Jasmine Dixon, student at Miami University;
Janet Miller, President of NAACP Oxford branch; Christine Link, Executive Director of ACLU of Ohio; Dr. James Lentini, Dean of School of Fine Arts at Miami University

November 2 , 2007 Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? The Value of Daylight Saving Time, Guests: Dr. David Prerau, author and expert on DST; Erin Biehl, spokesperson for the Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel; Micah Cooper, Director of Advanced Technology Partnership with IT Services at Miami University

October 26, 2007 An Election 2007 Preview, Guests: Josh Rinaldi, Hamilton City Reporter with the Hamilton Journal News ; Anthony Shoemaker, Assistant Metro Editor at the Dayton Daily News

October 19, 2007 Ask the General Manager, Guest: WMUB General Manager Cleve Callison

October 12, 2007 Examining the Death Penalty in Ohio, Guests: Phyllis Crocker, law professor of Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University; Geoffrey Mearns, Dean of Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University; Rachel Hutzel, Prosecuting Attorney, Warren County, Ohio

October 5, 2007 NPR's Andrea Seabrook, Call in or e-mail your questions for this Earlham College alumna and the new weekend anchor of NPR's All Things Considered

September 28, 2007 The Paradox of Global Climate Change, Guests: Jason Rech, PhD, Assistant Professor of Geology at Miami University; Jason Box, PhD, Research Scientist and Assistant Professor of Geography at the Ohio State University

September 21, 2007 Iraq & Vietnam: Comparing & Contrasting, Guests: Dr. Jeffrey P. Kimball, Professor Emeritus of History, Miami University; Dr. Adeed Dawisha, Professor of Political Science, Miami University

September 14, 2007 Genealogy: The Value of Family History, Guests: Richard Connif, wildlife writer and author of The Natural History of the Rich and The Ape in the Corner Office; Linda Thompson, Records Specialist at the Butler County Records Center and Archives; and Richard Butts, genealogy researcher and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints

September 7, 2007 China Today, Guest: Rob Gifford, NPR London correspondent and author of China Road (Random House). Rob will be WMUB's guest at a public forum and book signing on Sunday, September 23rd.

August 31, 2007 Animal Rights in Ohio, Guests: Judge Robert Lyon, Butler County Area 1; Shawn Webster, Ohio House of Representatives, 53rd District; Leland Gordon, Executive Director of the Animal Friends Humane Society

August 24, 2007, Pay to Play in Ohio: High School Athletics On Tight Budgets, Guests: Steve Castator, Athletic Director, Springboro High School; John Dickerson, Assistant Commissioner, Ohio High School Athletic Assn; and Jim Sherard, Athletic Director, Fairfield High School

August 17, 2007 Rhapsody in Junk: A Daughter's Return To Germany To Finish Her Father's Story, Guest: Author Marilyn Walton

August 10, 2007 Children Services in Butler County, Guests: Michael Fox, Executive Director of Butler County Children Services and Timothy Stolitca, Agency Coordinator

August 3, 2007 A Reporters' Roundtable: A discussion of recent area and regional news stories, Guests: Lisa Bernard, staff writer with the Dayton Daily News; Brian Guth, Managing Editor of The Richmond Palladium-Item; Cameron Fullam, City Reporter for The Hamilton Journal News

July 27, 2007 The Dayton Air Show Guests: John Nolan, business & aviation reporter, Dayton Daily News;
Brenda Kerfoot, General Mdayton anager of the Vectren Dayton Air Show; Jim Walsh, with the Wright B Flyer replica club; Keith Bowman, PhD, Chief (Acting), Advanced Composites Branch Materials and Manufacturing Directorate
Air Force Research Laboratory

July 20, 2007 The Month of Harry Potter Guests: Jenna Leitnaker, Children's Librarian, Washington-Centerville Public Library; Monica Rodabaugh, Minister of Magical Events for H-P Ohio; Manda Pommer, Webmaster of H-P Ohio; David Weatherley, Film Commentator for WKMS-FM, Murray, Kentucky; Ann Hoak, Manager of the Kids Section at Books & Company, Beavercreek & Kettering

July 13, 2007 Bicycling for Fun and Fitness, Guests: Chuck Smith, Chair of the Ohio Bicycle Federation; Doug Hamilton, Owner of BikeWise in Oxford; and avid cyclists Carrie Wilson and John Hofmann.

July 6, 2007 From Oxford to Burbank, A special program featuring alumni of Miami University and WMUB including archival clips of broadcasts from 30-or-so years ago. Guests: Rick Ludwin, Executive Vice President of Latenight and Primetime Series at NBC TV; Rick Sellers, Owner and General Manager of KMRY Radio, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Sallie Ervin, CEO & Chief Creative Officer of Ervin Marketing, St. Louis; and William Utter, former General Manager of WMUB Radio and TV

June 29, 2007 Another View of Immigration, Guest: Raul Ramos y Sanchez, author of America Libre: A Novel of a National Nightmare

June 22, 2007 Reporters' Roundtable, Bill Cohen, reporter for the Ohio Public Radio Statehouse News Bureau and William Hershey, statehouse reporter for the Dayton Daily News,
discussing budget and statewide issues.

June 15, 2007 Clearing the Air on Air Pollution, Guests: Brian Huxtable, Regional Air Pollution Control Agency; Heidi Griesmer, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency; Shelly Kiser, American Lung Association of Ohio

June 8, 2007 School Funding in Ohio, Guests: Dr. Frances Fowler, Professor of Educational Administration at Miami University; Steve Steel, School Board President for Toledo Public Schools and State Field Organizer for the Ohio Fair Schools Campaign; and Scott Elliott, Education Reporter for the Dayton Daily News

June 1 , 2007 Ask the General Manager, Guest: WMUB General Manager Cleve Callison, responding to listener questions and comments.

May 25, 2007 The Art of Science Reporting, Guest:John Nielsen, NPR Science Reporter (an encore from Janury 26, 2007)

May 18, 2007 Fighting Foreclosures in Ohio, Guests: Jim McCarthy, President and CEO of the Miami Valley Fair Housing Center; Bill Faith, Executive Director of the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio and member of Governor Strickland's Ohio Foreclosure Prevention Task Force

May 11, 2007 Changing Models of Motherhood Guests: Three mothers: Amanda Whinery; Rachel Murdock; and Robin Cope

May 4 , 2007 The Value of a College Degree, Guests: Archie Nelson, Director of Admissions for Miami University Hamilton; Morralee Holzapfel, Director of Outreach and Member Services for the Ohio College Access Network; and Aris Yowell, Lead HR Recruiter for Total Quality Logistics, Cincinnati

April 27, 2007 A Reporters' Roundtable: A discussion of recent area and regional news stories, Guests: Joe Giordano - Reporter for The Oxford Press; Brian Guth, Managing Editor of The Richmond Palladium-Item; Cameron Fullam, City Reporter for The Hamilton Journal News

April 20, 2007 Conserving our Green Space, Guests: Larry Frimmerman, Three Valley Conservation Trust; Ted Christian, US Green Building Council, Cincinnati Regional Chapter;
David Nolin, Five Rivers MetroParks

April 13, 2007 Abstinence Education

April 6, 2007 The Art of Independent Filmmaking, A discussion of the 2007 Oxford International Film Festival

March 30, 2007 Civility in America, Guest: Dr. Christopher Wellin, Professor of Sociology and Gerontology at Miami University

March 23, 2007 Traveling with Rick Steves, Guest: Rick Steves, travel author, researcher and radio/TV host, including Travel With Rick Steves, Saturday mornngs at 7:00 on WMUB.

March 16 , 2007 An Agenda for Ohio, Guests: Bill Cohen, reporter for the Ohio Public Radio Statehouse News Bureau and William Hershey, statehouse reporter for the Dayton Daily News, discussing Governor Ted Strickland's first State of the State Address.

March 2 , 2007 Literacy in America Guests: Literacy in America, Guests: Stephen Gordon, Curator, William Holmes McGuffey Museum at Miami University; Dr. Kouider Mokhtari, Professer of Teacher Education, Miami University; Dr. Beth Frye, Assistant Professor of Teacher Education, Miami University; and Chris Earnhart, Executive Director of Warren County Adult New Readers. A special program originating from the Wiliam Holmes McGuffey Museum (encore from September 15, 2006)

February 23, 2007 Fun with Numb3rs: Solving Real World Problems through Computational Analysis Guests: Charlie Peck, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana; and Scott Lathrop, Director of Education, Outreach and Training for TeraGrid, cyberinfrastructure facility

February 16, 2007 From Warsaw to Oxford: A Discussion with Former Polish President Alexander Kwasniewski, Guest: Aleksander Kwasniewski, former president of Poland and Dr. Marek Dollar, Dean of the School for Engineering and Applied Sciences at Miami University and and Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland for the state of Ohio.

February 9, 2007 The Crosley Empire, Guests: Michael A. Banks, columnist, editor and co-author of Crosley: Two Brothers and a Business Empire that Transformed the Nation; Greg Rhodes, historian, writer and Director of the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum

February 2, 2007 Civil Rights Today: Who's Taking the Lead? Guests: Dr.Rodney Coates, PhD, professor of Sociology & Gerontology at Miami University; and Janet Miller, President of the Oxford, Ohio chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

January 26, 2007 The Art of Science Reporting, Guest:John Nielsen, NPR Science Reporter

January 19, 2007 Ask the General Manager, WMUB General Manager Cleve Callison

January 12, 2007 Reporters' Roundtable, Bill Cohen, reporter for the Ohio Public Radio Statehouse News Bureau and William Hershey, statehouse reporter for the Dayton Daily News,

January 5, 2007 Syndicated columnist, commentator and Middletown, Ohio native, Clarence Page. (encore from September 8, 2006)

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