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WYSO Weekend: January 31, 2021

Jerry Kenney

In this edition of WYSO Weekend: Inclusion for people with disabilities, a theatre makeover, and shining a light on local governments.

The Paw-paw has more vitamin C than an orange and it tastes - well, it’s hard to describe, as Chris Welter found when he went to visit a paw-paw aficionado last fall, during paw paw picking season, right here in the Miami Valley.

West Dayton Stories is our series highlighting the strength and resilience of Dayton’s African American community. It comes from the Eichelberger Center for Community Voices at WYSO, which highlights the stories of those whose voices often go unheard.

The Akron Civic Theater is undergoing a significant makeover. But the eight-and-half million dollars worth of capital improvements isn’t only focused on the inside of the building. For Ohio Public Radio, WKSU’s Jay Shah reports the Civic is hoping to have a bigger impact on the neighborhood around it.

Have you ever missed a city council meeting and wondered what happened? In Northeast Ohio, a local nonprofit organization is dispatching trained citizens to attend public meetings, in order to shine a light on how local governments work. For Ohio Public Radio, Ideastream’s Jenny Hamel files this report on the Cleveland Documenters.

The pandemic has hammered the nation’s economy. And for people with disabilities, who often have trouble finding jobs, COVID has been devastating. Side Effects Public Media, through its Move to Include project, asked them about working and living with a disability in the biggest public health crisis of our time.

Bill Felker has this week's Poor Will's Almanack.

Jerry began volunteering at WYSO in 1991 and hosting Sunday night's Alpha Rhythms in 1992. He joined the YSO staff in 2007 as Morning Edition Host, then All Things Considered. He's hosted Sunday morning's WYSO Weekend since 2008 and produced several radio dramas and specials . In 2009 Jerry received the Best Feature award from Public Radio News Directors Inc., and was named the 2023 winner of the Ohio Associated Press Media Editors Best Anchor/News Host award. His current, heart-felt projects include the occasional series Bulletin Board Diaries, which focuses on local, old-school advertisers and small business owners. He has also returned as the co-host Alpha Rhythms.<br/>