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Our new media center is here! Visitors will be greetd by our digital welcome mat, and can see themselves on U•TV, an interactive exhibit where you can explore the art and science of television production. You can also take a peek inside our new studios. more...
Did you miss one of Fred Andrle's interesting guests? Do you want to hear one of his engaging conversations again? Now you can listen to the program of your choice using this archive.
Of course, you can catch Fred live weekdays, 10 am to 12 noon and 7-9 pm on WOSU 820. Current week's show schedule
Open Line Podcasts - If you want to download Open Line, visit our podcasts page. Additionally, a podcast archive can be found at our podcast archive page.
Note : The archive stream and podcasts may begin with the last portion of WOSU 820's local newscast.
10:00 AM The business and politics behind the decisions of the FDA—the federal agency that regulates the safety of America’s food and drugs, with journalist and former Institutional Investor Senior Contributing Editor Fran Hawthorne.
11:00 AM Charges that the U.S. tax system unfairly benefits the super rich at the expense of everyone else, with New York Times investigative reporter David Cay Johnston.
11:30 AM Charges that the U.S. military is using a false diagnosis of “personality disorder” to deny medical and disability benefits to some soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, with journalist Joshua Kors.
10:00 AM a storyteller’s return to the Midwest to discover his roots and to explore the history of the early settlers, with author and Indiana University Distinguished English Professor Scott Russell Sanders.
11:00 AM Charges that extreme Christian fundamentalism poses a threat to American democracy, with journalist and former New York Times foreign correspondent Chris Hedges.
11:00 AM Charges that “market fundamentalism” threatens our ability to improve the lives of ordinary American women and their families, with Longview Institute Senior Fellow Ruth Rosen.
10:00 AM American soldiers with post traumatic stress disorder and how the U.S. military responds to the mental health needs associated with the trauma of war, with clinical psychologist and U.S. Army colonel Kathy Platoni.
Special encore presentations of the “Best of Open Line”: 10:00 AM A revolutionary treatment for children with autism, with Cure Autism Now Foundation founder Portia Iversen.
11:00 AM Charges that the U.S. food industry undermines American’s health, with health policy expert and University of California, Berkeley Law Professor Michele Simon.
11:00 AM The history, culture and diversity of the American Midwest—twelve states that constitute the American heartland, with Ohio State University Provost and Political Science Professor Emeritus Richard Sisson, Ohio State University English Professor Christian Zacher, and Miami University History Professor Andrew Cayton.
11:00 AM the American home from 1775 – 1840—how the places we lived reflect the lives of Americans in the early days of our nation, with museum scholar and historian Jack Larkin.
10:00 AM The potential of human society to move from “empire to earth community,” with People-Centered Development Forum President and co-founder David Korten.
11:00 AM During the bicentenary of the British Parliament’s abolition of slavery, we’ll hear how an organized citizens’ movement freed hundreds of thousands of slaves around the world, with historian Adam Hochschild.
Join guest host Bob Singleton 10:00 AM President Nixon’s historic trip to China that opened the door to trade and led to the present complex relationship between the U.S. and China, with University of Toronto History Professor Margaret MacMillan.
11:00 AM Good reading and good books for spring, with Columbus Metropolitan Library New Albany Branch Manager Christopher Korenowsky, Columbus Metropolitan Library Collection Development Manager Robin Nesbitt, and Columbus Metropolitan Library Martin Luther King Branch Manager Jodi Lee.
10:00 AM Charges that the U.S. government is unprepared for the next terrorist attack or natural disaster, with Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow Stephen Flynn.
10:00 AM How shame dominates our culture and how we can transform feelings of shame into courage, compassion and connection, with University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work Researcher Brene Brown.
Saturday afternoons on WOSU 89.7 The Met launches its 2006-07 Radio Broadcast Season on the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network. Live backstage interviews and dynamic new content will revitalize iconic broadcast series to appeal to a broader audience. Season launches with Mozart’s Idomeneo on Saturday, December 9, 2006 and runs through Saturday, May 5, 2007. more...
