Renee Wilde
Community Voices ProducerRenee Wilde is an award-winning independent public radio producer, podcast host, and hobby farmer living in the hinterlands of southwestern Ohio. Her series Everyday People on WYSO is a reminder to step back and appreciate the people who do the jobs that form the fabric of our everyday lives. She produced Women’s Voices from the Dayton Correctional Institution - national winner for best long-form documentary (PRNDI), County Lines, which takes listeners down back roads and into small towns throughout southwestern Ohio, and the Grounded Hope podcast exploring the past, present and future of agriculture through a regenerative lens. Her stories have been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered and Morning Edition, Armed Forces Radio, Harvest Public Media, 51%, Indiana Public Radio, and public radio stations across Ohio and the U.S.
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Renee Wilde traveled to the Stephen Bell Elementary school in Bellbrook at lunch time to talk to the cafeteria staff who the students, and parents, call "Lunch Heroes."
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Renee Wilde goes searching for rare cave salamanders in southwestern Ohio. She joins a researcher who helps keep track of and preserve the state's endangered amphibian population.
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Renee Wilde travels along the backroads of Clark County to talk to a traffic flagger who works for a company that paves country roads.
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'Everyday People' is WYSO’s series that highlights the workers and jobs that form the fabric of our everyday lives but that often get overlooked or under-appreciated. This story was suggested by listener Colleen Badenhop.
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A new exhibit at the Cincinnati Museum Center uses the museum’s world-class fossil collection to transport visitors four hundred and fifty million-years back in time. It’s called “Ancient Worlds Hiding in Plain Sight.” The exhibit also features the work of Hamilton artist James Herrmann. His bronze sculptures allow visitors to see, and touch, the past. Renee Wilde spoke with Herrmann at his studio.
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With everything that’s going on in the world right now we can all use a little more kindness. Amanda Rutan is using her family's farm and her skills as a gardener to help spread smiles to her community. Her act of kindness is growing and taking root in other communities.
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The Boston Public Library, which opened in 1854, is generally considered the first public library. Its statement of purpose basically says: Every citizen has the right of free access to community-owned resources. That’s still the founding principle among today’s public libraries, but their role has also changed to evolve with the current needs, as Renee Wilde found out during a chat with three Dayton Metro librarians
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WYSO’s Renee Wilde takes a ride on the Greene CATS bus in Xenia, Ohio.
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A Seattle-launched app similar to Airbnb is gaining traction among dog owners, offering private yard rentals as dog parks. In Groveport, Ohio, WYSO's Renee Wilde visits a Sniffspot and talks to its operators.
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Meet the folks who maintain the roadways, traffic signals and road signage in Greene County, and learn a cautionary tale about why you shouldn’t try to steal street signs.