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At a recent hearing on an anti-vaccination bill before the Ohio House Health Committee, a priest denied the papacy of Pope Francis. We look at this and other rifts within American Catholicism under Francis and what such divisions mean for society writ large.

A new documentary is raising questions about how Jack Hanna and the Columbus Zoo procured some animals. We talk about the documentary, “The Conservation Game,” with the film’s director and a Columbus Zoo official.

The more contagious delta variant of COVID is working its way through the population, and some state lawmakers last week heard hours of testimony on a bill that would outlaw all vaccine mandates in Ohio. On our Weekly Reporter Roundtable, we take a look at the latest on House Bill 248 and the proposed ban on vaccine mandates.

Columbus is on a list of cities that could become home to Afghans fleeing their country in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal. We talk about the challenges ahead and the lessons learned from previous refugee resettlement efforts in central Ohio.

In his new book, David Page, author and creator of Food Network's “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” takes us on a tour across the United States to discover what makes American food uniquely American.

Last month Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law legislation giving local county commissioners a role in the approval process for large wind and solar projects. We discuss the energy debate that’s playing out in Ohio.

Rapidly rising COVID cases and hospitalizations across the U.S. due to the delta variant are accelerating a nationwide push for vaccine mandates.We talk with experts about the myriad legal and ethical questions surrounding vaccine mandates.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine spent last week fielding questions about when he first learned that FirstEnergy had paid a $4.3 million bribe to the man who later became the state’s top utility regulator. We talk about the growing FirstEnergy nuclear bailout scandal on the Weekly Reporter Roundtable.

While working on an oral history project, author Kaitlyn Greenidge learned about the first Black woman to become a doctor in New York. We talk with Greenidge about how that became the inspiration for her new novel Libertie.

The delta variant has fueled a nationwide surge of COVID cases above 100,000 a day, a 10-fold increase since June. We take your COVID questions on the return of our doctor call-in show.