OKI Wanna Know
Perhaps the most hyper-local and Cincinnati-specific of NPR radio station WVXU’s original podcasts, OKI Wanna Know is a write-in show which directly engages with its listeners, answering their nagging questions about stubbornly unexplained things in the Greater Cincinnati area. No other NPR podcasts can tell you as much about your backyard in Ohio, in Indiana or in Northern Kentucky!
Bill Rinehart, local host of WVXU’s broadcast of All Things Considered, dives deep into researching the backstory of each crowdsourced mystery and reports back with his findings.
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Not to mention, how does it get cleaned?
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OKI Wanna Know answers questions about the Cincinnati area, and this time digs up a story before the French and Indian War.
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Plus, why do some buildings have names?
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A concrete structure looms over White Oak, on Cincinnati's West Side. A listener wants to know what it was used for.
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A listener wants to know why a city community center has a church steeple sticking out of it.
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Guerilla art is all over the place, if you look for it.
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A listener looked up before a concert at Music Hall and what he saw sparked this week's question.
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There are plenty of neighborhoods in Hamilton County that aren't officially recognized. Parkdale is one of them.
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The process for filling a vacant seat due to a lack of candidates varies from state to state, and in some cases, from political subdivision to subdivision.
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As Cincinnati voters ponder whether to keep or sell the city's Southern Railway, some wonder why a municipality owns a railroad in the first place.