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This episode originally aired on Feb. 22, 2021.Nearly 2.7 million children in the U.S. have a parent behind bars. That’s one in every 28 children.Finding…

The New York Times has described author Anne Lamott as the “lefty guru of optimism” for her no-holds-barred take on life. Through 19 books, she’s…

Nearly 2.7 million children in the U.S. have a parent behind bars. That’s one in every 28 children.Finding a way for incarcerated parents to connect with…

Congressional Democrats are mulling a proposal to expand healthcare coverage by lowering the eligibility age for Medicare from 65 to 60-years-old, an idea President Biden supported on the campaign trail. We look back at the history of the socialized medical program for seniors.

Ohio Republicans are in no hurry to help President Joe Biden get his name on the November ballot.

It happens early on in almost every creation story — the stars and the planets are made and set in motion, leaving us, throughout the eons, to look up at…

Peggy Lowejoined Harvest Public Media in 2011, returning to the Midwest after 22 years as a journalist in Denver and Southern California. Most recently she was at The Orange County Register, where she was a multimedia producer and writer. In Denver she worked for The Associated Press, The Denver Post and the late, great Rocky Mountain News. She was on the Denver Post team that won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news coverage of Columbine. Peggy was a Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan in 2008-09. She is from O'Neill, the Irish Capital of Nebraska, and now lives in Kansas City. Based at KCUR, Peggy is the analyst for The Harvest Network and often reports for Harvest Public Media.

Holiday staples such as turkeys, cranberries and yams may be harder to find this year. That, and higher food prices are two of the challenges awaiting cooks this holiday season. New York Times Food Editor Sam Sifton and WOSU food critic Steve Stover share their insights.

It’s prime gardening time, however, problems can also start to appear. We talk about how to rescue plants and vegetables in distress with Ohio’s Garden Sage Deb Knapke.

A number of lawsuits have been filed challenging congressional district maps as racially discriminatory and illegal under the Voting Rights Act, however, the landmark piece of legislation isn't as strong as it used to be. Today we discuss the history and future of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.