Local Programs

Monday, 15 March 2010
04:29AM

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All Sides with Ann Fisher
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. 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.

The Amadeus Deli with Boyce Lancaster
Monday - Friday, noon - 1pm

Arts Calendar
Christopher Purdy presents the best of the local arts scene as he sees it. These are collected in MP3s that you can podcast.


Arts Unscripted
WOSU's Christopher Purdy and Columbus Museum of Art Executive Director, Nannette Maciejunes, discuss arts in Columbus and around the world.

Bluegrass Ramble

A Pickin' Good Time! WOSU's Bluegrass Ramble airs every Saturday and Sunday on WOSU 820, from 6 pm - midnight (Eastern Standard Time). Listen on-line and in stereo! Join Ramble hosts Rich Baker, Chet DeLong, Chris Johnston, and Steve Brechter for the best bluegrass radio in the country!

Classical Music with Boyce Lancaster

Monday through Friday, 9am - noon

Classical Music with John Rittmeyer

Monday through Friday, 1pm - 4pm

Fridays with George
Boyce Lancaster talks with Maestro Albert-George Schram, the beloved conductor of the Columbus Symphony Pops, about composers, conductors, and the art of music-making.

Health Literacy
Along with the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging and Judith Brachman, former director of the Ohio Department of Aging, WOSU presents a Web site devoted to health literacy.

Movies with Joyce and Rico
Each week WOSU movie critics Joyce and Rico Long review the latest films on WOSU NPR News. Joyce and Rico praise or pan the latest Hollywood blockbusters as well as lesser known independent fare showing in central Ohio.

Music in Mid-Ohio
Christopher Purdy presents Music in Mid Ohio, "the best of local music making" performed in our listening area—and occasionally outside it.

Saturday on Stage
Saturday on Stage with Christopher Purdy offers complete operas and oratorios beginning each spring until the Metropolitan Opera begins in December.

Serenata with Christopher Purdy
Serenata is thirty minutes of song, music for, usually, solo voice and, usually, piano accompaniment. If you despair of choosing among the 500 plus recordings of Schubert lieder or you want to hear Renee Fleming's new jazz/classical album, this is a program for you.

Soundbites Restaurant Reviews

Soundbites is WOSU's occasional look at area restaurants with WOSU Food Critic Rich Terapak and WOSU AM's Marilyn Smith.

Symphony at 7 with John Rittmeyer
Monday - Friday, 7pm - 8pm

Theater Reviews
Each week WOSU’s Theater Critic Joy Reilly previews and reviews live stage performances in central Ohio.



The Man Who Had Everything

This original local production chronicles the life of Louis Bromfield, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, successful Hollywood screenwriter and a true Renaissance man. This film tells the story of a celebrated author and screenwriter who became one of America's most famous farmers. The documentary is narrated by film legend and close friend Lauren Bacall. more...

Symphony at 7

Join host John Rittmeyer for WOSU’s weekday, hour-long program, Symphony at 7, at...you guessed it...7pm! Each evening John will feature a full-length symphony for the full appreciation. Discover what John has in store as he finds significant symphonic recordings to share with you. more...