It is only February, but boy has 2021 been a year. Dayton Daily News crime reporter Parker Perry and investigative reporter Josh Sweigart break down the Miami Valley’s connections to the Capitol invasion with “What Had Happened Was" host Ameli

What you Need to Know About the Coronavirus Vaccines

Dec 17th, 2020 56m 32s

Are they safe and how do we know? Are they effective? When will you be able to get it?What Had Happened Was host Amelia Robinson asked a panel of local health and vaccine experts reader questions as part of Dayton Daily News Community Conversa

Dayton murder & mayhem: a bayonet shootout, a jealous Royal Albert and a 10-year-old Mead fed only water and beef tea

Oct 28th, 2020 33m 31s

The players have changed, but the murder and mystery sounds the same. “What Had Happened Was” podcast host Amelia Robinson chatted with Woodland Cemetery’s Angie Hoschouer about three of the most shocking cases in Dayton’s history.All are new

Tony Hall on starving for the hungry, football, nasty politics and apologizing for slavery

Oct 12th, 2020 42m 35s

It is one thing to talk about a cause. It’s is another to starve yourself for it.For the latest “What Had Happened Was” podcast episode, Dayton native Tony Hall, a former U.S. Congressman and the United States Ambassador to the United Nations

Actress Felicia Chappelle on her famous brother Dave Chappelle, growing up in Yellow Springs and DC, podcasting and coronavirus

Sep 15th, 2020 37m 5s

When life is your stage you will find a way to perform.Actress Felicia Chappelle chatted with “What Had Happened Was” host Amelia Robinson about her brother Dave Chappelle and what his local comedy shows have meant, growing up in Yellow Spr

Dayton police Chief Richard Biehl on not having a ‘why,’ tears that wouldn’t stop, yoga and police community relations

Aug 19th, 2020 43m 22s

Grief does not care if you wear a badge. In the season kickoff of the "What Had Happened Was" podcast, Amelia Robinson chatted with Richard S. Biehl, the chief of Dayton’s police department. Among other things, they discussed the grief that

Tear gas and calls for change: reporters on covering George Floyd protest in Dayton

Jun 19th, 2020 34m 16s

Times they are a-changin’. “What Had Happened Was” podcast host Amelia Robinson sat down virtually with Dayton Daily News reporters Sarah Franks and Cory Frolik.As part of this episode, they dive into what happened during protests in Dayton

Tear gas and calls for change: reporters on covering George Floyd protest in Dayton

Jun 19th, 2020 36m 1s

Times they are a-changin’. “What Had Happened Was” podcast host Amelia Robinson sat down virtually with Dayton Daily News reporters Sarah Franks and Cory Frolik. As part of this episode, they dive into what happened during protests in Dayton sp

George Floyd killing sparks 'courageous, often intense conversation about race and police in Dayton

Jun 12th, 2020 1h 20m

Some conversations must be had even if they are uncomfortable. What Had Happened Was podcast host Amelia Robinson moderated the first of Dayton Daily News Courageous Conversations: Relations Between Dayton’s Black Community and Police. The virt

Rajeev Venkayya, the Dayton-raised doctor who wrote the U.S. strategy against pandemic

May 11th, 2020 21m 9s

A Skyhawk helped develop the national strategy credited with slowing the spread of coronavirus.Dr. Rajeev Venkayya, a 1985 Fairborn High School grad, was the director for biodefense under President George W. Bush.He helped lead a team of doct

The long way back. Laura A. Bischoff explains how Ohio will reopen from coronavirus and how it will not

Apr 28th, 2020 19m 20s

Laura Bischoff, the Dayton Daily News’ award-winning Statehouse reporter, has been to nearly every press conference given by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, Ohio Health Director Dr. Amy Acton and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted concerning the coronavirus pandemic.

Sara White on mother dead to coronavirus: The monster “literally takes all prisoners ... your organs, and your blood, and your faculties, your extremities.”

Apr 20th, 2020 34m 22s

“The 56-year-old woman” who died of coronavirus in Springfield on April 8 was more than that description expresses. She was Angela Faith White, the woman who loved Sara White and her sisters like no one else could. In this special episode of

The ‘pest house,’ Grim Reaper and how the ‘Spanish Lady’ brought the Gem City to its knees

Apr 10th, 2020 21m 59s

You may not recognize the name, but a ‘Spanish Lady” killed more than 50 million people in 1918 and 1919.An estimated 500 to 675 of those people lived in or near the Gem City. Dayton Daily News and Dayton.com photographer and reporter Lisa Po

Amaha Sellassie on the old guard’s last stand, the power of people and the Above Ground Railroad

Apr 2nd, 2020 29m 31s

Don’t believe in the power of people? You will after listening to “What Had Happened Was” podcast host Amelia Robinson’s chat with Dayton social healer, community activist and sociologist Amaha Sellassie of Sinclair Community College. The pai

Calm before an unprecedented storm: ER Doc Randy Marriott answers your coronavirus questions

Mar 20th, 2020 23m 16s

These are scary and unprecedented times, but knowledge is still power. In this special episode of the “What Had Happened Was” podcast, host Amelia Robinson chats with Dr. Randy Marriott, an ER physician and EMS Center of Excellence medical dir

Coronavirus in Ohio. “It might slow me down, but it might kill her," daughter of nursing home patient says.

Mar 16th, 2020 14m 18s

Put plainly, Jean Johnson doesn’t remember her daughter is her “daughter.” Deb Wiltshire certainly remembers all the love her mom gave her before Alzheimer’s Disease assaulted her mind. As coronavirus cases began to grow in the state, Ohio

"This is not a drill." Reporter Laura Bischoff explains dramatic steps Gov. Mike DeWine's just took against coronavirus in Ohio

Mar 15th, 2020 16m 43s

In this special episode, "Dayton Daily News" statehouse reporter Laura Bischoff explains the unprecedented steps Ohio Governor Mike DeWine just took due to the nation's coronavirus emergency. She and "What Had Happened Was" host Amelia Robins

Jana Collier on the big breakup, pop-star dreams and the future of the Dayton Daily News

Mar 5th, 2020 22m 18s

As the lyrics go, “breaking up is hard to do.” That’s as true with newsrooms as it is with relationships.Thankfully, not all breakups leave you sobbing in the corner with a Teddy bear. “What Had Happened Was” podcast host Amelia Robinson sat

The ‘kickass’ women who gave Dayton Art Institute its shine

Feb 18th, 2020 28m 39s

As Executive Director Michael Roediger and Eric Brockman, the museums communications manager, explain, women with baller moves gave birth to the 100-year-old beauty at 456 Belmonte Park N.The men tell “What Had Happened Was” host Amelia Robins

Comedian Megan Stalter on landing ‘National Lampoon Radio Hour’ and being booted out of a Dayton improv class

Jan 24th, 2020 28m 10s

Megan Stalter is not a nurse.This is probably a good thing given she doesn’t like the sight of blood and a series of chiropractor videos gave her wicked nightmares. The proud Daytonian, a Wayne High grad, told “What Had Happened Was” host Ame

“This is my home, these are my people.” Cloudy with a Chance of What Happened with McCall Vrydaghs & Kirstie Zontini

Jan 9th, 2020 29m 32s

All hell had just broken loose the last time McCall Vrydaghs appeared on the “What Had Happened Was” podcast with Amelia Robinson.This time around, McCall, WHIO’s chief meteorologist, and Kirstie Zontini, her co-host on the “Cloudy with the Ch

Struggle, survival and strength Part 1: Dayton shares stories from year of terror

Dec 12th, 2019 57m 43s

Dayton was hit square in the jaw over and over again in 2019, but no matter how hard the blow, the Gem City stood up together. Community members share stories of struggle, survival and strength in this special episode of the “What Had Happene

Struggle, survival and strength Part 2: Dayton shares stories from year of terror

Dec 12th, 2019 1h 7m

This is second episode of a two part series about Dayton's strength. The Gem City was hit square in the jaw over and over again in 2019, but no matter how hard the blow, the Gem City stood up together. Community members share stories of stru

The Dayton garage killings

Nov 29th, 2019 29m 43s

Trespassing and damaging property are crimes, but the punishment is rarely death. “What Had Happened Was” host Amelia Robinson and Dayton Daily News reporter Cornelius Frolik dive deep into one of the most controversial Dayton cases of 2019.

An extremely hurtful year: Dion Green on pain, grief and fighting through the Dayton mass shooting and tornadoes

Nov 14th, 2019 35m

Dion Green knows far too personally how hurtful 2019 has been to Dayton.The Northridge resident’s house was hit hard by the worst of the 15 Memorial Day tornadoes that rocked the Dayton area.Weeks later, Dion and his family took an even deepe