That's So Cincinnati

This podcast is about you: The Cincinnatian. Let The Enquirer's Beryl Love and guest hosts make the complicated local issues affecting your daily life easy to understand – and have some fun in the process. Our guest list is a who's who of Greater Cincinnati, and we celebrate the quirky awesomeness that defines this place we call home. Why? Because that's SO Cincinnati.

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Update frequency: every 7 days
Average duration: 52 minutes
Episodes: 330
Years Active: 2018 - 2025

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S2 Ep36: That's So Cincinnati: Police union boss Dan Hils ready to 'call out stupid' at City Hall

Concerns are growing inside the Cincinnati Police Department about the possibility of officers being laid off as City Hall faces a monumental $80 million budget deficit in the upcoming fiscal year.

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01:00:41 | Wed 13 May 2020

S2 Ep35: That's So Cincinnati: First family of goetta, and protesters need to get a life

Supermarkets are limiting meat purchases as outbreaks of the new coronavirus has shutdown meat-processing plants across the U.S.

But never fear, Greater Cincinnatians.

"There won't be a shortage of…

01:14:24 | Tue 05 May 2020

S2 Ep34: That's So Cincinnati: Top GOP lawmaker dishes on DeWine, Acton, reopening economy, November election

Bent on reopening the economy, Ohio Republican lawmakers are returning to Columbus next week united around one message:

Convincing Republican Gov. Mike DeWine to start listening more to elected o…

01:09:17 | Thu 30 Apr 2020

S2 Ep33: That's So Cincinnati: Jerry Springer sounds off on Donald Trump and networks for airing president's daily pressers

Jerry Springer knows television and politics — and the proud liberal can't stand Donald Trump.

So how do you get "Judge Jerry" fired up?

Ask Springer whether the networks should be airing Trum…

01:12:20 | Tue 21 Apr 2020

S2 Ep32: That's So Cincinnati: All you need to know about the strangest of elections

Some 50,000 absentee ballots have been cast in Hamilton County since the coronavirus sent the Ohio primary election to the mailbox.

Thousands more are still expected to participate before this unp…

01:01:51 | Wed 15 Apr 2020

S2 Ep31: That's So Cincinnati: 'The handshake is dead,' don't forget about another crisis, top Cincinnati public health expert says

Dr. O'dell Owens wants us all stay focused on a public health crisis.

He's talking about the opioid crisis, Greater Cincinnati's leading public health expert wants everyone to know hasn't gone aw…

01:06:29 | Thu 09 Apr 2020

S2 Ep30: Rob Portman talks Trump, Dr. Fauci, donating salary and helping Ohio companies fight coronavirus

U.S. Sen. Rob Portman hasn't been holding daily press conferences to update Ohioans on the novel coronavirus, but the Greater Cincinnati Republican has been doing critical work to help fight the pand…

01:12:49 | Thu 02 Apr 2020

S2 Ep29: That's So Cincinnati: Gov. DeWine on his phone call with Trump, lessons from Haiti, looking back on election decision

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and two of his granddaughters were walking into a Columbus pub to grab a carryout meal on St. Patrick's Day – and what would've been Ohio's primary Election Day – when his cellp…

01:04:06 | Thu 26 Mar 2020

S2 Ep28: That's So Cincinnati: Cranley's crisis experience, 'media-induced panic,' delayed election, covering coronavirus

Leading in a time of crisis is nothing new for John Cranley.

The Cincinnati mayor told The Enquirer's That's So Cincinnati podcast that he's reflected on his experience of helping the city throug…

01:11:50 | Fri 20 Mar 2020

S2 Ep27: That's So Cincinnati: Primary preview, Betsy Sundermann on the West Side, working with City Council colleagues

Cincinnati's heavily populated West Side finally has a representative on Cincinnati City Council, and Betsy Sundermann has a message for Westwood and the Price Hill neighborhoods:

"I'm listening …

01:04:30 | Wed 11 Mar 2020

S2 Ep26: That's So Cincinnati: Overhauling City Hall, COAST's Curt Hartman, Dem council contenders, road ahead for Tamaya Dennard

The "R" word has been mentioned a lot in Cincinnati politics the past week: Reform.

Should Cincinnati voters implement a recall provision in the city charter?

Should City Council have a mandat…

01:13:40 | Wed 04 Mar 2020

S2 Ep25: That's So Cincinnati: Dennard's possible replacement; all you need to know about Issue 7

Democrats could have an open seat on Cincinnati City Council soon, with the possibility of Tamaya Dennard either resigning or being removed from office amid legal troubles.

Who could be in line to…

00:52:25 | Thu 27 Feb 2020

S2 Ep24: A Keating and a coffee shop owner: Looking at 5 Republicans vying for big local seat

No one knows Cincinnati politics better than Pete Witte, who some jokingly call the "Mayor of the West Side."

The West Price Hill resident and small business owner is plugged in with both Republican…

01:07:17 | Wed 19 Feb 2020

S2 Ep23: That's So Cincinnati: Mann's mayoral flirtation, original 'Gang of Five,' Amy Murray tribute

David Mann sure sounds like he's going to run for Cincinnati mayor.

But the city councilman isn't quite ready to go all in just yet.

"My wife and I are having a lot of conversations, and I'm t…

00:45:40 | Wed 12 Feb 2020

S2 Ep22: That's So Cincinnati: 'Mad Hitchhiker,' calling ICE, scuba diving in the Ohio River

Some say long-time Hamilton County trial Judge Robert Ruehlman is controversial.

There's no doubt he's tough – and can be tough-talking from the bench.

Ruehlman has been in the news a lot in th…

00:55:19 | Wed 05 Feb 2020

S2 Ep21: That's So Cincinnati: King of waffles, addiction in restaurant industry, waterless fire hydrants, 'shock the world'

It's a double-feature of guests this week on That's So Cincinnati.

Jean-François Flechet, owner of Taste of Belgium: He tells the unique story of how he went from crunching data at Nielsen to buildi…

01:08:20 | Wed 29 Jan 2020

S2 Ep20: That's So Cincinnati: 700 WLW's Bill Cunningham on advising Trump, retirement and an apology

It's hard to believe Bill Cunningham was once a Democrat who aspired to be elected judge in Hamilton County.

He's long since become one of the Midwest's top conservative voices, closing in on 40 …

00:59:00 | Wed 22 Jan 2020

S2 Ep19: That's So Cincinnati: Crossroads' commitment to racial healing, 'Mayor' Mingo, goetta first-timer, 'The Farm'

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