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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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.
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Dayton resident Austin Bentoski has created a street-legal combination of a watercraft and a scooter, which he has dubbed the "boatorcycle."
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For many teenagers, lifeguarding at the local pool was the perfect summer job. But declining pool revenue, combined with rising costs in upkeep, have caused many municipal pools to shut down. The Gaunt Pool in Yellow Springs, Ohio is the last outdoor municipal pool in Greene County and WYSO's Renee Wilde checked in with a group of newly minted lifeguards earlier this summer to see how their jobs were going.
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Everyday People is a new WYSO series that takes a look at the jobs you might not know much about. But the people who do them protect us and often are the glue holding our communities together. First up in our series is the Weights and Measures team with the Montgomery County Auditor’s office.
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The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery has a collection of 200-year-old preserved plants that offer insights into the ecology of Dayton and Ohio during the 1800s.
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Wegerzyn Gardens, a 50-year-old botanical garden in Dayton, Ohio, is celebrating its anniversary this year. The park was founded by local millionaire and amateur gardener, Benjamin Wegerzyn, in 1967. Today, Wegerzyn Gardens features 10 formal gardens, a nature trail, and a Swamp Forest boardwalk.
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Restoration of Dayton's Grotto Gardens by volunteers honors disabled American Civil War veterans' legacy in the "Mother Home."
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David Brandt, a central Ohio farmer and international leader in the conservationist movement, died at the age of 76 after a car crash.
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Experience the artful engagement of Paint-A-Park program at Five Rivers MetroParks in Dayton.