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Cincinnati Edition

Weekends at 7 AM
Mark Perzel

Greater Cincinnati enjoys a rich cultural, social and political life and Cincinnati Edition will showcase the wide variety of talented individuals and committed organizations that make Cincinnati special.

Mental Health reporting supported by Rosemary and Frank Bloom

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February 9, 2013
12:30 am
Fri February 8, 2013

The Week in Review

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Jay Hanselman has a look back at some of this week's top stories.


Technology
5:31 am
Fri February 1, 2013

Are smart guns the next silver bullet?

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This 9mm, developed by NJIT, is still in the lab and awaiting commercial funding
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Customers at Target World were open to the concept of personalized weapons but didn't want them forced on people.
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Interest in "smart guns," using biometrics and radio frequency technology, has rebounded following recent gun violence. President Obama has included them as part of his plan to reduce such mass shootings. Who makes these guns? How do they work? And will they catch on? Ann Thompson reports in "Focus on Technology."


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Looking Up with Dean Regas
12:31 am
Fri February 1, 2013

Ira Flatow from "Science Friday"

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By Dean Regas

Ira Flatow is the longtime host of NPR’s Science Friday, which airs at 2:00 every Friday afternoon on WVXU. He takes a few minutes to join our Dean Regas for this edition of Looking Up. He talks about how Science Friday got started, where his love of science came from, and what he hopes listeners take away from each broadcast.


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Celebrating Black History Month
12:31 am
Fri February 1, 2013

Cincinnati's Harriet Beecher Stowe House

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You hear Chris DeSimio each Saturday morning hosting On the Money, but did you know besides being a successful investment counselor, Chris is also the president of the Friends of Harriet Beecher Stowe House? As we begin Black History Month, Mark Perzel turns the tables and interviews Chris about the importance of Harriet Beecher Stowe to the Underground Railroad, and provides information about her family and their home at Gilbert Avenue and Martin Luther King Blvc.  that is now meticulously maintained inside by the Friends group, and the Cincinnati Park Board on the outside.


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Field Notes with Thane Maynard
12:31 am
Fri February 1, 2013

Forensic Entomologist Dr. Greg Dahlem from NKU

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By Thane Maynard

Dr. Greg Dahlem from Northern Kentucky University’s Department of Biological Sciences joins Thane Maynard to discuss his unique field of study, Forensic Entomology, and his current research trying to unravel the evolutionary relationship of flesh flies and blow flies using DNA.


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