Episodes

  • Gem City Gamble: Dayton’s history of police corruption, organized crime and the downfall of Pete Rose

    Gem City Gamble: Dayton’s history of police corruption, organized crime and the downfall of Pete Rose
    Jan 27 2025
    Former Dayton police Detective Dennis Haller’s career spanned a dark time for the Dayton police department, giving him a front seat to the city’s criminal networks and questionable law enforcement tactics. Haller was a source for Dayton Daily News reporter Wes Hills — who retired in 2004 after 30 years at the paper — and agreed to share information with Hills on the condition it stay confidential until Haller’s death, which happened in 2023. This series uses Hills’ interviews and notes to shed new light on the largest police corruption scandal in city history, and how police wiretapping and a spurned bookie may have contributed to the downfall of baseball legend Pete Rose.
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    15 mins
  • Mythbusting Ohio’s history for a better future with Neenah Ellis

    Mythbusting Ohio’s history for a better future with Neenah Ellis
    Aug 23 2024
    Over the past several months, The Ohio Country, a new series from local non-profit, public radio station WYSO, has been challenging the history of Ohio that many Ohioans likely learned in school. According to their website, the series “puts the experiences of Miami, Shawnee, Wyandotte, and other American Indian people at the center of a refreshed version of the state’s complicated past and undecided future.” Community Impact Editor Nick Hrkman sat down with Neenah Ellis, who worked on the series for several years, to learn more about what she discovered while producing it and what our region can do to better understand its history and the people who had lived here long before the arrival European settlers.
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    36 mins
  • Community Conversation: Reclaiming Education

    Community Conversation: Reclaiming Education
    Aug 1 2022
    We’re connecting local educators and parents as we approach the new school year. From concerns about academic performance, and the loss of learning over the summer, to hiring and retaining educators and support staff, and fears about school safety and mental health, we are listening to local experts to build local solutions.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Community Conversation: Historically high inflation

    Community Conversation: Historically high inflation
    Jul 5 2022
    Gas prices hit record levels. Monthly electric bills are soaring. The cost of essentials like food and housing keeps going up as the local economy gets squeezed. Find out what historic inflation means for your family in a Community Conversation on Wednesday, June 29.
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Eric Spina on leading "The University of the Common Good"

    Eric Spina on leading "The University of the Common Good"
    Jun 2 2022
    Eric Spina is the 19th president of the University of Dayton and a member of the Dayton Daily News Community Advisory Board. For the Path Forward Dayton podcast, we're interviewing members of our Community Advisory Board, a group of leaders from around our region who help inform our coverage.
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    43 mins
  • Community Conversation: How federal relief money is being spent

    Community Conversation: How federal relief money is being spent
    May 23 2022
    Billions of federal dollars and hundreds of local decisions are transforming our communities and fueling recovery from the COVID downturn. In addition to asking local governments to show how they’re spending taxpayer money and keeping an eye out for waste, fraud, abuse or mismanagement, we’re asking our readers to see how you want to see this money spent in your communities. That’s why we hosted a Community Conversation at noon on Wednesday, May 18 to discuss plans from around our region. The discussion was co-hosted by Dayton Daily News Community Impact Editor Nick Hrkman and investigative journalist Josh Sweigart. The panel included experts and decision-makers from around the area.
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Maha Kashani discusses energy prices and her family's journey to Dayton

    Maha Kashani discusses energy prices and her family's journey to Dayton
    Apr 29 2022
    Maha Kashani is a senior account manager at IGS Energy, 2022 Dayton Daily News Community Advisory Board member and past president of the Dayton Arab American Forum. For the Path Forward Dayton podcast, we're interviewing members of our Community Advisory Board, a group of leaders from around our region who help inform our coverage.
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    30 mins
  • Immigration in the Miami Valley

    Immigration in the Miami Valley
    Apr 15 2022
    In 2017, Dayton was the first city in the United States to earn the status of Certified Welcoming in recognition of inclusiveness and integration of immigrants through programs such as Welcome Dayton. What are the social and economic effects of immigration? What does the future hold for immigrants and refugees in Dayton and Montgomery County? The discussion included experts from around the area.
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    59 mins