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Here’s the line-up for Radio Free Athens Aug. 12
Radio Free Athens (RFA) is broadcast Saturdays on WOUB 1340 AM and allows community volunteers and Ohio University students to present music and interview content through a format-free, host-driven program…. Read More
The EPA weighs a formal review of vinyl chloride, the toxic chemical that burned in the East Palestine train derailment
By: Matthew Daly | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it could soon launch a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in a towering plume of toxic… Read More
DeWine backs off his earlier suggestion that lawmakers should change Ohio’s abortion policy
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine on Thursday saidnow is not the time for the state to make changes to its abortion policy. That’s a contrast from… Read More
Supreme Court temporarily blocks $6 billion Purdue Pharma-Sackler bankruptcy
By: Brian Mann | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a controversial bankruptcy case involving Purdue Pharma, the maker of Oxycontin, and members of the Sackler family who own… Read More
A key Issue 1 backer says the November vote may not be the last on abortion in Ohio
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — One of the main backers of Issue 1 says the fight over abortion rights likely will not end in November if voters approve the amendment… Read More
Johan Hegg of Amon Amarth talks Viking lore, artistic progression, and touring with Ghost
By: Nicholas Kobe
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WOUB Digital · WOUB Culture interviews Johan Hegg of Amon Amarth CINCINNATI, Ohio (WOUB) – Amon Amarth was formed in 1992 in Sweden, and since then they have become one… Read More
Lorrie Morgan says ‘younger people are appreciating ‘80s & ‘90s country music more than ever,’ 50 years after Opry debut
By: Ian Saint
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WOUB Digital · WOUB Culture interviews Lorrie Morgan WARREN, Ohio (WOUB) – Out of all country artists who still actively tour, Lorrie Morgan’s stake in country music history reaches further… Read More
Sérgio Dias of Os Mutantes talks about making music during a time of oppression and the beauty of performing ‘places in between’
By: Emily Votaw
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Os Mutantes are a musical force forged in a time of great upheaval and change. The band of youngsters were key figures in the Brazilian Tropicália… Read More
Travel on a spectacular journey through America’s first national park. YELLOWSTONE SYMPHONY – Thursday, August 17 at 8 pm
YELLOWSTONE SYMPHONY Thursday, August 17 at 8:00 pm – A Spectacular Visual Journey Through America’s First National Park Set to Classical Music – From the ethereal wonders at Mammoth Hot… Read More