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Weekdays, 10am to 12noon, 7pm to 9 pm All Sides with Ann Fisher is a two-hour, daily public-affairs talk show designed to – over time – touch upon all sides of the issues and events that shape life in central Ohio. Listeners participate via telephone, e-mail and, very soon, Twitter and text messaging, to add to the conversations. As always at WOSU, the coverage is fair and balanced with a civil tone.
Topics are driven by the top news stories of the day – local, regional, national and international -- and the trends in what we read and what we like to eat, where we worship and play, and more. Local issues and news-related topics will tend to dominate the first hour with larger issues and authors saved for the second.
Guests will include leaders in their fields, the vanguard of their movements, the hearts and souls of the central Ohio community, the authors that make us think.
Your voice matters on WOSU's All Sides with Ann Fisher. Call All Sides at 614-292-8513 or write to All Sides at allsides@wosu.org (N.B. All emails will be read, but the producers may not have time to respond to all of them personally). Please review CALLER GUIDELINES
10:00 AM - Global Flu Pandemic Carla Buckley wrote a novel imagining what it would be like for an ordinary family to try to survive a fictional global flu pandemic. The author and two Ohio State University research scientists: OSU Veterinary Preventive Medicine Professor Richard Slemons and OSU Veterinary Preventative Medicine Assistant Professor Armando Hoet.
10:00 AM - Ohio Politics The latest in Ohio politics with, Ohio Public Radio Statehouse News Reporter Bill Cohen, Columbus Dispatch Reporter Catherine Candisky, and Associated Press Statehouse Reporter Julie Carr Smyth.
11:00 AM - Predatory Lending Predatory practices by debt collectors, consumers rights, and a program to provide legal guidance to consumers in Franklin County, with Ohio Attorney General Consumer Protection Chief Susan Choe, Legal Aid Society of Columbus Staff Attorney Jacqueline Gutter, and Consumers Union Financial Services Senior Attorney Gail Hillebrand.
10:00 AM - Child Poverty At a time when child poverty is growing in Ohio, we’ll hear how long-term mentoring with a caring adult can transform lives, with The Mentoring Center of Central Ohio Executive Director Marilyn Pritchett, Kids Ohio Senior Policy Analyst Ann Bischoff, and Expanding Visions Foundation Executive Director Cornell Lewis.
11:00 AM - Workplace Violence 2010 is the worst year for multiple homicides in the workplace in more than a decade. In light of the recent tragedy at Ohio State University, warning signs and crisis prevention, with workplace violence specialists-- FBI educator and American College President Dr. Laurence Barton and Northwestern University School of Medicine Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Associate Professor Dr. Alan Friedman.
10:00 AM - Underage Drinking With high school proms and graduation approaching, we’ll hear about the problem of binge drinking in the U.S. and parental responsibility for underage drinking, with Koffel & Jump Criminal Law and DUI Attorney Brad Koffel and Drug-Free Action Alliance Assistant Director Marcie Seidel.
11:00 AM - New Media and Journalism The impact of new media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook and the future of journalism, with Ohio State University Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism Director Debra Jasper and Associate Director Betsy Hubbard.
11:00 AM - Books All Sides Weekend with WOSU FM Classical Music Host Christopher Purdy. The best books and reading for spring, with WOSU book critic Kassie Rose, book critic Bill Eichenberger, and Capital University English Professor and poet Kevin Griffith.
All Sides is a forum for civil conversation...we ask that our callers follow certain guidelines while participating:
Callers are welcome to call in every other week. For example, you call and get on the air on Thursday... skip the next week, and you are allowed to call the following week on Monday (or any other day that week).
We appreciate thoughtful, courteous, and civil contributions to the conversation. Our callers respect the opinions of others and engage in meaningful dialogue.
Think about what you want to say before you dial. Please be brief and express your thoughts clearly with the call screener. The same goes for email messages...the more concise the better.
Don't use a speakerphone-the sound quality is inadequate for the radio. Don't call from a cell phone WHILE DRIVING-it's dangerous for you and other motorists.
TURN OFF YOUR RADIO as soon as the screener answers the phone! The 10 second delay on the radio broadcast causes confusion for caller and screener.
Our callers are an integral part of All Sides. The show relies on a steady flow of engaged and thoughtful listeners to keep the program moving. By following these guidelines we'll be sure to hear you on the radio!
View All Sides with Ann Fisher on the Ohio Channel at these times: TBA
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