Buckeye Forum
Political news and insight from the public affairs staff of The Columbus Dispatch.Podcasts
Campaign contributions: A Snapshot of the top 16 donors in the past decade
Published: March 4, 2021, 10:45 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 52 seconds
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Democratic National Convention 2020: John Kasich, Michelle Obama and Bernie Sanders
Published: Aug. 18, 2020, 4:57 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 31 seconds
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What we're missing from a digital DNC
Published: Aug. 17, 2020, 7:13 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 39 seconds
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Dr. Amy Acton resigns, and the legislature breaks for the summer
Published: June 15, 2020, 4:27 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 9 seconds
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Sockpuppets, catfishing, and keeping your voting machines safe in the 2020 election
Published: Feb. 14, 2020, 8:58 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 41 seconds
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How reporters uncovered problems with Ohio's voter purges
Published: Jan. 23, 2020, 10:47 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 34 seconds
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Trump launches 2020 campaign in Ohio
Published: Jan. 10, 2020, 10:12 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 36 seconds
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AWP: Three little letters that could affect your health and wallet
Published: Dec. 22, 2019, 5 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 50 seconds
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How Ohios vexing voucher system blew up
Published: Dec. 15, 2019, 5 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 7 seconds
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Guns, Gambling and the Governor's schedule: What's going on in state government?
Published: Nov. 11, 2019, 7:56 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 36 seconds
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Battle for the Burbs 2020
Published: Nov. 3, 2019, 4 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 28 seconds
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Its debate day in Ohio
Published: Oct. 15, 2019, 4:02 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 52 seconds
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What really happened in Ohios voter purge
Published: Sept. 9, 2019, 9:51 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 23 seconds
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VP Mike Pence calls out local workers, fallen soldier in Lancaster speech
Published: July 30, 2019, 9:22 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 32 seconds
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Jim Siegels colleagues remember him a month later
Published: July 12, 2019, 9 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 41 seconds
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Ohio and the abortion controversy
Published: May 31, 2019, 5:30 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 59 seconds
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The great grad debate
Published: May 30, 2019, 8:13 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 37 seconds
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What's going on in Piketon?
Published: May 23, 2019, 7:39 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 35 seconds
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PBM reform goes national
Published: April 29, 2019, 7:46 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 20 seconds
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Why Ohio school funding is still broken
Published: April 25, 2019, 8:56 p.m.Duration: 56 minutes 37 seconds
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The future of Donald Trump
Published: April 19, 2019, 5:46 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 56 seconds
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Gas tax rising, license plates disappearing
Published: April 4, 2019, 8:43 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 8 seconds
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Congressman Steve Stivers joins the show
Published: March 27, 2019, 10:03 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 58 seconds
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Filler up! Should Ohioans pay a higher gas tax?
Published: March 11, 2019, 9:49 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 30 seconds
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Governor Mike DeWines first State of the State address
Published: March 5, 2019, 6:51 p.m.Duration: 44 minutes 29 seconds
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Side Effects: The first shoe drops
Published: Feb. 19, 2019, 11:04 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes
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Ohio Democrat Tim Ryan is considering a presidential run in 2020
Published: Feb. 15, 2019, 12:31 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 42 seconds
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Congressman Troy Balderson joins the show
Published: Feb. 8, 2019, 10:35 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 49 seconds
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Legislative kick off
Published: Feb. 7, 2019, 9:55 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 34 seconds
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Examining Ohios death penalty, an upcoming execution
Published: Jan. 23, 2019, 10:32 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 15 seconds
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Looking at the government shutdown
Published: Jan. 17, 2019, 9:13 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 50 seconds
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Walmart whacks CVS
Published: Jan. 15, 2019, 8:56 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 5 seconds
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Whats going on in the Ohio Statehouse?
Published: Jan. 9, 2019, 9:34 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 59 seconds
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All eyes on Ohios crackdown of PBMs
Published: Dec. 7, 2018, 9:59 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 51 seconds
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CVS Caremark price slash
Published: Oct. 31, 2018, 7:16 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 56 seconds
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Interview: Republican candidate for Ohio auditor Keith Faber
Published: Oct. 25, 2018, 1:24 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 17 seconds
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Interview: Democratic candidate for Ohio auditor Zack Space
Published: Oct. 25, 2018, 1:23 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 40 seconds
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Louise Valentine working to flip 19th Ohio Senate District
Published: Oct. 24, 2018, 4:51 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 47 seconds
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Alternative choices for governor
Published: Oct. 23, 2018, 10 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 56 seconds
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Danny OConnor takes another run at 12th Congressional District
Published: Oct. 18, 2018, 10 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 59 seconds
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Mary Lightbody, veteran educator, running in the Ohio 19th House District
Published: Oct. 12, 2018, 9 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 38 seconds
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Why West Texas matters to the Midwest
Published: Oct. 11, 2018, 3 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 35 seconds
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Listen: Medicaid might pay twice for drug work
Published: Oct. 7, 2018, 7:21 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 27 seconds
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Allison Russo, Erik Yassenoff battle in the 24th Ohio House District
Published: Oct. 3, 2018, 9 a.m.Duration: 53 minutes 57 seconds
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Dr. Beth Liston, Stu Harris battle in the 21st Ohio House District
Published: Sept. 28, 2018, 6:28 p.m.Duration: 56 minutes 8 seconds
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Kathleen Clyde discusses why she is right for secretary of state
Published: Sept. 21, 2018, 4:50 p.m.Duration: 20 minutes 44 seconds
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Frank LaRose respects opponent but disagrees on policies
Published: Sept. 21, 2018, 4:37 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 32 seconds
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Ohio Medicaid ditches PBMs
Published: Aug. 14, 2018, 5:04 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 10 seconds
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How rebates raise your drug costs
Published: Aug. 12, 2018, 7:56 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 56 seconds
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Supreme Court says ENOT
Published: Aug. 10, 2018, 7:08 p.m.Duration: 20 minutes 51 seconds
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What you lose when you lose your neighborhood pharmacy
Published: July 15, 2018, 5:24 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 31 seconds
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PBM entanglements
Published: July 7, 2018, 8:29 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 46 seconds
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A firefighters take: A scam on pain cream
Published: June 8, 2018, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 3 seconds
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Keeping cancer patients from their medicine
Published: June 3, 2018, 1:53 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 20 seconds
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Who decides what youre paying for drugs
Published: May 18, 2018, 7 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 31 seconds
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DeWine: Were going to win
Published: May 4, 2018, 4:45 p.m.Duration: 20 minutes 46 seconds
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Tom Steyer on impeaching Trump
Published: March 16, 2018, 8:11 p.m.Duration: 21 minutes 59 seconds
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Sunshine Week: Your right to know
Published: March 15, 2018, 5:41 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 34 seconds
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Political outsider aims for the Senate
Published: March 14, 2018, 10:22 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 8 seconds
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Ohio Democrats fight back in steel country
Published: March 13, 2018, 9:17 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 30 seconds
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Ohios gun conundrum
Published: Feb. 27, 2018, 9:34 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 6 seconds
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Interview | Joe Schiavoni is running for governor
Published: Feb. 27, 2018, 5:59 p.m.Duration: 21 minutes 23 seconds
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A discussion with gubernatorial candidate William ONeill
Published: Feb. 13, 2018, 9:53 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 36 seconds
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Ohio congressional redistricting plan
Published: Feb. 9, 2018, 8:58 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 39 seconds
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Interview | Richard Cordray is running for governor
Published: Feb. 8, 2018, 10:02 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 8 seconds
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A season of scandal
Published: Feb. 6, 2018, 7:09 p.m.Duration: 20 minutes 29 seconds
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The politics of ECOT
Published: Feb. 2, 2018, 10:40 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 46 seconds
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Recap of Trumps State of the Union speech
Published: Jan. 31, 2018, 10:35 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 24 seconds
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A discussion with Dennis Kucinich and running mate Tara Samples
Published: Jan. 25, 2018, 9:46 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 27 seconds
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An interview with Lt. Governor Mary Taylor
Published: Jan. 16, 2018, 9:39 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 37 seconds
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Online giant ECOT faces closure
Published: Jan. 11, 2018, 6:23 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 24 seconds
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Senate shocker and a marijuana mess
Published: Jan. 8, 2018, 8:03 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 52 seconds
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ONeill draws fire for merging politics and court
Published: Dec. 7, 2017, 10:10 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 27 seconds
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Ohio governor races turned on head
Published: Dec. 1, 2017, 9:21 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 1 second
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Politicians behaving badly
Published: Nov. 21, 2017, 6:33 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 42 seconds
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A busy time in politics
Published: Nov. 16, 2017, 6:18 p.m.Duration: 20 minutes 17 seconds
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Whats going on in Washington? No. 161
Published: Nov. 6, 2017, 9:15 p.m.Duration: 20 minutes 47 seconds
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Starting the week with a bang - No. 160
Published: Oct. 30, 2017, 7:44 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 38 seconds
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What's happening in Washington - No. 159
Published: Oct. 23, 2017, 8:51 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 3 seconds
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Tiberi announces resignation from Congress - No. 158
Published: Oct. 19, 2017, 4:39 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 7 seconds
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Statehouse gun show No. 157
Published: Sept. 19, 2017, 8:09 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 53 seconds
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Portmans bill on sex trafficking No. 156
Published: Sept. 19, 2017, 2:19 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 58 seconds
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Congress makes moves No. 155
Published: Sept. 11, 2017, 5:24 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 25 seconds
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Congress returns this week with a full plate No. 154
Published: Sept. 5, 2017, 7:27 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 11 seconds
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Legislature rides over Kasich No. 153
Published: Aug. 23, 2017, 5:21 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 8 seconds
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One life at a time No. 152
Published: Aug. 18, 2017, 8:07 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 2 seconds
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More trouble for ECOT No. 151
Published: Aug. 1, 2017, 7:27 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 33 seconds
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Ohio child-killer Ronald Phillips executed - No. 150
Published: July 26, 2017, 9:28 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes
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Columbus wont re-install red-light cameras No. 149
Published: July 26, 2017, 8:21 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 5 seconds
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Executions resume in Ohio No. 148
Published: July 19, 2017, 8:40 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 39 seconds
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ECOTs very bad day No. 147
Published: July 12, 2017, 8:35 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 17 seconds
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Guns, marijuana and Ohio politics - No. 146
Published: July 7, 2017, 5:23 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 27 seconds
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Lethal Injection Battle - John Kasich's new Book - No. 145
Published: May 1, 2017, 7:08 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 1 second
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The Latest from the Statehouse - No. 144
Published: April 17, 2017, 6:48 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 22 seconds
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Ohio School Testing - Proposed State Budget - No. 143
Published: April 10, 2017, 8:22 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 42 seconds
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The State of the State - No. 142
Published: April 5, 2017, 6:20 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 24 seconds
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Buckeye Forum No. 141
Published: Aug. 27, 2014, 3:55 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 26 seconds
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Buckeye Forum No. 140
Published: Aug. 21, 2014, 6:44 p.m.Duration: 20 minutes 1 second
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Buckeye Forum No. 139
Published: Aug. 13, 2014, 8:28 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 58 seconds
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