Ohio has made history, and this week, we dive in to debrief the November 2023 election. Hosts James Hayes and Sarah Rodenberg talk about what’s good with Issue 1, welcoming back our very first guest on the What’s Good Ohio podcast, Jordyn Close, as well as Lena Collins, Manager of Social Impact of Ohio Women’s Alliance, to discuss this historic win. We also debrief Issue 38 with Molly Martin from PB CLE.

This week, hosts James Hayes and Sarah Rodenberg speak with Stephen David, an organizer with the Columbus Safety Collective, and Bree Easterling, the Social Justice Outreach and Organizing Specialist at Policy Matters Ohio, about alternative care response programs in Columbus and Cleveland.

This week, hosts James Hayes and Ben Stein speak with Arianna Kelawala, the Educating for Ohio’s Future campaign organizer with OPAWL — Building AAPI Feminist Leadership.

Educating for Ohio’s Future is a campaign advocating for an updated K-12 social studies model curriculum that fully reflects Ohioans' backgrounds and histories.

This week, hosts James Hayes and Sarah Rodenberg speak with Gabriel Mann, Communications Director with Pro-Choice Ohio and Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights. In our first episode, we heard from Jordyn Close about the signature gathering process to get abortion on the ballot, and now reproductive rights is officially on the ballot on November 7 as Issue 1!

This episode, hosts James Hayes and Sarah Rodenberg speak with Molly Martin and Andre White with the People’s Budget Cleveland campaign, which will be Issue 38 on the November 7, 2023 ballot in the city of Cleveland.

This episode, hosts James Hayes and Sarah Rodenberg speak with Petee Talley from Ohio Unity Coalition about her background and path to becoming a great labor and civil rights activist, organizer, and leader in Ohio.

Fresh off the August 8 special election and the defeat of Issue 1, hosts James Hayes and Sarah Rodenberg speak with Petee Talley from Ohio Unity Coalition and Black Ohio Leaders for Democracy, Kyle Marcum from Ohio Citizen Action Education Fund, and Ray Greene Jr, from The Freedom Bloc.

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Hosts James Hayes and Ben Stein speak with Jordyn Close, deputy director of Ohio Women's Alliance, about the signature gathering efforts to enshrine reproductive rights in the Ohio Constitution on the November 2023 ballot.

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