Caregivers take care of us. That’s the job. But in a pandemic, who cares for the doctors and nurses – who cares for the caregivers? The answer is doctors like Francoise Adan from University Hospitals. I spoke with Dr. Adan because I wanted to k

I did everything I could

May 15th, 2020 34m 14s

Some people step up. Like the individuals at Cleveland Pandemic Response. I learned about CPR’s mutual aid efforts through a report from News 5’s Jordan Vandenberge. In a nutshell, you can use the Cleveland.recovers.org website to request somet

Our last great pandemic

May 12th, 2020 33m 24s

This isn’t Cleveland’s first pandemic. It is the first big one in a long time. You have to go all the way back to 1918-19 to find one this bad. I’m talking about the Spanish Flu, which killed 50 million people worldwide, 675,000 of them in the

Want a surefire way to help the world right now?

May 6th, 2020 28m 19s

Maybe it’s something you’ve considered – adopting a foster child. Maybe you’ve never given it a passing thought. Adoption is one of the kindest acts, one of the most meaningful things any of us can do. It’s a service to a human and to humanity.

An unexpected way to end the school year

Apr 26th, 2020 22m 47s

A few days ago, the governor of the state of Ohio closed Ohio’s schools for the rest of the year. March, April, May and June – no going to school. Only remote learning. What’s that like for the students? Their families? The teachers? I knew who

Reinventing your business on the fly

Apr 23rd, 2020 18m 49s

What do you do when your livelihood is tied to large public events, and the state of Ohio, its counties and cities cancel all of the large public events? If you’re Dan Molnar, owner of the SWAT food truck, you reinvent your business on the fly.

Where the pandemic is hitting hardest

Apr 22nd, 2020 36m 3s

Terry Pluto is one of my favorite sportswriters. And this is how most of us know him – as the Plain Dealer columnist who makes sense of whatever the Browns, Indians and Cavs are up to. But there’s another side to Pluto, one that exists outside

When the music stopped

Apr 14th, 2020 30m 31s

The coronavirus has silenced one of Cleveland's most treasured institutions -- the Cleveland Orchestra. Cellist Martha Baldwin joins Joe Donatelli to discuss the sudden disruption of the orchestra's season, isolating with your family (when you

Why we're doing this

Apr 14th, 2020 2m 30s

Host Joe Donatelli introduces COVID-216, a look at how the coronavirus has impacted life in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. This brief introductory epiode was recorded in a closet in Joe's home on the East Side of Cleveland. These are truly unusu

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