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02/24/2026

AI will never be outrightly rude or racist, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t formulate racist opinions based on harmful stereotypes. This covert racism has major implications from hiring to even legal decisions.

The covert racism in AI has major implications from hiring to even legal decisions.

02/24/2026

Former Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor joins All Sides to talk about judicial independence in a time of partisanship, an effort to nationalize elections, and a movement by chief justices around the U.S. to push back on what some legal scholars view as executive overreach into the judiciary.

Maureen O'Connor served as chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court from 2011 through 2022.

02/24/2026

We talked with three local Muslim community leaders about what it’s like to celebrate Ramadan in Columbus.

Guests:

State Rep. Munira Abdullahi

Mohammed Azhar Masood, executive director, Noor Islamic Cultural Center

Nicol Ghazi, executive director, Muslim Family Services of Ohio

Listen here:

https://www.wosu.org/show/all-sides/2026-02-23/how-do-muslims-observe-and-celebrate-ramadan-in-columbus

02/23/2026

Last night I interviewed author, journalist, and Columbus native Wil Haygood at an event with Gramercy Books Bexley. It was a great night!

If you missed the event but want to learn more about Wil’s new book “The War Within A War” you can listen to the All Sides show with Wil at this link:

https://www.wosu.org/show/all-sides/2026-02-19/journalist-wil-haygood-examines-the-vietnam-war-from-the-perspective-of-black-americans

02/23/2026

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, which began on the night of Feb. 17 and ends on March 19. Muslims across the United States will be celebrating and observing the month through fasting, night prayers and gatherings with their local community.

There are more than 20 mosques in Columbus, and each one hosts their own nightly prayers and community gatherings during the month.

02/23/2026

Ohio State University is fielding hundreds of calls to remove Les Wexner’s name from campus buildings, amid growing anger over his ties to convicted s*x trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. A new term, WEXIT, has been coined by groups pushing for removal. Meanwhile, Gov. Mike DeWine defends keeping Wexner’s name.

Democratic members of Congress who traveled to New Albany last week to depose Ohio billionaire Les Wexner said they found his denial of knowing about Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal conduct hard to believe.

02/20/2026

The time is always right to start a new book. On this edition of All Sides Weekend, host Christopher Purdy and his guests are offering up some suggestions on titles you might want to add to your pile of must read books.

Host Christopher Purdy and his guests are back to share titles that you may want to add to your queue of must read books.

02/20/2026

These layoffs, combined with eroding federal funding, are contributing to an invisible job crisis in America’s nonprofit sector.

COSI and the Ohio History Connection are two local nonprofits experiencing layoffs. We talk about the challenges facing nonprofits and what it means for the communities they’re serving.

02/20/2026

Fascinating Ohio: Meet a Columbus-based social media influencer with tens of thousands of followers. She wears bright colors and clothes that make her happy and she thinks you should too.

Guests:

Jeannette Burchfield, Columbus fashion influencer

Listen here:

https://www.wosu.org/show/all-sides/2026-02-19/fascinating-ohio-a-fashion-influencer-restaurant-owners-and-a-museum-director

02/19/2026

Author, journalist and Columbus native Wil Haygood takes an in-depth look at the Vietnam War from the Black American perspective.

Haygood’s book “The War Within a War: The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home” tells the story of race in America and abroad.

Listen here:

https://www.wosu.org/show/all-sides/2026-02-19/journalist-wil-haygood-examines-the-vietnam-war-from-the-perspective-of-black-americans

02/19/2026

On this edition of "Fascinating Ohio," we will meet a Columbus-based social media influencer, the co-owners of a Cincinnati-based food company and the director of a Cincinnati museum.

On this week's Fascinating Ohio, we're talking to a fashion influencer, a pair of restaurant owners and a museum director.

02/19/2026

Author, journalist and Columbus native Wil Haygood takes an in-depth look at the Vietnam War from the Black American perspective. He traces the lives of Black men and women who were in Vietnam.

Wil Haygood’s book The War Within a War: The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home tells the story of race in America and abroad.