A new limited podcast series has been released by WOUB Public Media. Who Lies Beneath: The Asylum tells the true-life stories of people who were buried in numbered graves at an abandoned mental health facility.Host and creator Cheri Russo describes to

A recent Washington Post-Ipsos poll conducted after the killing of 10 blacks in Buffalo in a racially motivated shooting spree indicates that 75 percent of Black Americans are worried that they or someone they love will be attacked because of their race.

The terms comic storytelling and journalism may sound a bit discordant to the average news consumer.Yet, comic storytelling in journalism is rapidly becoming a growing trend to get younger eyes on the news products of mainstream media. It is the m

Veteran comedian Lewis Black is on the road with his Off the Rails tour.While traveling, he took some time to have a conversation with Spectrums guest host Emily Votaw of WOUB.They talked about his philosophy of comedy, the importance of education

Given the current controversy over the incident between Will Smith and Chris Rock at the Oscars, WOUBs Spectrum Podcast wanted to get the perspectives on the issue from two notable black women.Recently, we met with journalist, scholar, and author Dr. J

Ken Burns has been a documentary filmmaker for 45 years and his latest series is a four-hour PBS special about Benjamin Franklin airing on PBS Stations April 4 and 5. He discusses, with guest host Emily Votaw, the complexities and brilliance of Franklin

Policymakers, leaders, and corporate heads need to look at the world through a “population lens,” according to Dr. Jennifer Sciubba, an international expert on political demography and demographic security. Sciubba is an author, associate professor at Rh

Since the Supreme Court of the United States eliminated much of the 1960’s Voting Rights Act in 2013, many states have added restrictions to voting and some are considered draconian. This is especially true after the 2020 Presidential Election and former

While other news media are fading in popularity, local television news programming is gaining popularity across the country. Newspaper staffs have been gutted and cable and network news have been staggering but local news is hiring more people and is bec

In just over a decade, America will face a shortage of up to 124,000 doctors and 200,000 nurses will need to be hired each year, according to the American Hospital Association. Overall, there will be a 3.2 million shortage of healthcare workers by 2026,