Each episode, we’ll talk to the activists, organizers, visionaries and good-trouble makers coming together to make our state better for everyone—no exceptions.Too often, Ohio makes the national news for all the wrong reasons. We’re out here talking with real Ohioans about what’s good, and how we can make things even better.Whether you’re organizing for a People’s Budget, standing up to militarized police, or fighting for environmental equity, we want to hear about it.In big cities, in farm country, in Appalachia, small towns and suburbs, Ohioans know how to support each other, and we know what keeps us safe.So let’s talk about it. It’s time to tell the world about what’s good, here in Ohio.

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This week, hosts James Hayes and Sarah Rodenberg are joined by Tarrezz Thompson, who runs <a href="https://tthompson331.wixsite.com/liniquechildcare" rel="nofollow">Linique Childcare</a> in Columbus, and Tami Lunan, Care Economy Organizing Project Director from the <a href="https://ceoprojectohio.org/" rel="nofollow">Care Economy Organizing Project</a>, part of the <a href="https://www.ohorganizing.org/" rel="nofollow">Ohio Organizing Collaborative.</a>

What's Good with Childcare

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This week, hosts Sarah Rodenberg and Ben Stein are joined by Kirby Broadnax and Teralawanda Aaron to talk about What’s Good with Cleveland VOTES’ Democracy Collective!

What's Good with The Democracy Collective

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In this episode, hosts James Hayes and Sarah Rodenberg speak with Keisha Krumm, Executive Director and Lead Organizer at Greater Cleveland Congregations, about What’s Good with Prosecutor Races.

What's Good with Prosecutor Races

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This week, hosts James Hayes and Sarah Rodenberg are joined by Isbel Alvarado and Claudia Cortez from the Central Ohio Workers Center (CWOC) to talk about What’s Good with Workers Rights.

What's Good with Workers Rights

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In this episode, hosts James Hayes and Sarah Rodenberg talk about what’s good in East Palestine with Timothea Deeter, a resident of East Palestine and an environmental organizer since the Norfolk Southern train derailment in February 2023.

What's Good with East Palestine

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In this episode, hosts James Hayes and Sarah Rodenberg are talking about what’s good with trans right and activism with Mallory Golski, <a href="https://www.kycohio.org/" rel="nofollow">Kaleidoscope Youth Center’s</a> Civic Engagement &amp; Advocacy Manager, and Cam Ogden, who is the Policy Fellow at <a href="https://equalityohio.org/" rel="nofollow">Equality Ohio</a> and part of the leadership team at <a href="https://transalliesohio.org/" rel="nofollow">Trans Allies of Ohio</a>.

What's Good with Trans Activism

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Welcome to Season 2 of the What’s Good Ohio?! podcast! Hosts James Hayes and Sarah Rodenberg are back and talking about gerrymandering and redistricting reform, specifically the Citizens Not Politicians Amendment, with Mia Lewis. Mia Lewis is the Associate Director at <a href="https://www.commoncause.org/ohio/" rel="nofollow">Common Cause Ohio</a> and is part of the <a href="https://www.fairdistrictsohio.org/" rel="nofollow">Fair Districts coalition</a> and the <a href="https://citizensnotpoliticians.org/" rel="nofollow">Citizens Not Politicians campaign</a>.

What's Good with Redistricting

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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.

What's Good with the November 2023 Election

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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.

What's Good with Alternative Care Response

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This week, hosts James Hayes and Ben Stein speak with Arianna Kelawala, the Educating for Ohio’s Future campaign organizer with <a href="https://www.opawl.org/" rel="nofollow">OPAWL — Building AAPI Feminist Leadership</a>.<a href="https://www.educatingforohiosfuture.org/" rel="nofollow">Educating for Ohio’s Future</a> is a campaign advocating for an updated K-12 social studies model curriculum that fully reflects Ohioans&#39; backgrounds and histories.

What's Good with Ohio Education

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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!

What's Good with Repro Part 2

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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.

What's Good with PB CLE

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This episode, hosts James Hayes and Sarah Rodenberg speak with Petee Talley from <a href="https://www.ohiounity.org/" rel="nofollow">Ohio Unity Coalition</a> about her background and path to becoming a great labor and civil rights activist, organizer, and leader in Ohio.

What's Good with Petee

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Fresh off the August 8 special election and the defeat of Issue 1, hosts James Hayes and Sarah Rodenberg speak with Petee Talley from <a href="https://www.ohiounity.org/" rel="nofollow">Ohio Unity Coalition</a> and Black Ohio Leaders for Democracy, Kyle Marcum from <a href="https://www.ohiocitizen.org/education_fund" rel="nofollow">Ohio Citizen Action Education Fund</a>, and Ray Greene Jr, from <a href="https://www.thefreedombloc.org/" rel="nofollow">The Freedom Bloc</a>.Visit <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/whatsgoodohio.com" rel="nofollow">whatsgoodohio.com</a> for show notes.

What's Good with Democracy

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Hosts James Hayes and Ben Stein speak with Jordyn Close, deputy director of <a href="https://www.ohiowomensalliance.org/" rel="nofollow">Ohio Women&#39;s Alliance</a>, about the signature gathering efforts to enshrine reproductive rights in the Ohio Constitution on the November 2023 ballot.Visit <a href="whatsgoodohio.com" rel="nofollow">whatsgoodohio.com</a> for show notes.

What's Good with Repro

Each episode, we’ll talk to the activists, organizers, visionaries and good-trouble makers coming together to make our state better for everyone—no exceptions.

Too often, Ohio makes the national news for all the wrong reasons. We’re out here talking with real Ohioans about what’s good, and how we can make things even better.

Whether you’re organizing for a People’s Budget, standing up to militarized police, or fighting for environmental equity, we want to hear about it.

In big cities, in farm country, in Appalachia, small towns and suburbs, Ohioans know how to support each other, and we know what keeps us safe.

So let’s talk about it. It’s time to tell the world about what’s good, here in Ohio.