The City Club of Cleveland Podcast

Beginning July 14, the region will have one more reason to celebrate the arts: FRONT International\'s Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art: An American City opens. Modeled after European-style arts events, FRONT will convene more than 100 artists from around the world to participate in events and installations in Downtown, Ohio City, Akron, and Oberlin. A panels explains.

A conversation on the history of U.S.-Democratic People\'s Republic of North Korea relations and the implications of this current agreement on U.S. foreign policy, with Steven W. Hook, Ph.D., Professor and Past Chair, Political Science Department, Kent State University, Merose Hwang, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History and Program Coordinator, Asian Studies Minor, Hiram College, and moderated by WCPN\'s Tony Ganzer.\r\n

The advent of technology and social media furthers political divisions, allowing each side to reach only their supporters and ignore others, oftentimes creating a stalemate. As a consequence, a 2017 Pew Research Center poll found that trust in the national government reached a historic low of 18 percent. A panel explains.

Over the last several decades, Youngstown and Warren, like many smaller Midwestern legacy cities, have experienced economic and social decline due to expanded poverty, an aging population, disinvestment in neighborhoods, deteriorating housing stock, aging infrastructure, high unemployment, and a work skills gap. Is this momentum sustainable? How can the Valley continue its economic growth? Join us as the Mayors of Youngstown and Warren, along with economic development experts, share their perspectives on the State of the Valley.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Flint, Michigan water crisis research was conducted by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a first generation Iraqi immigrant and Detroit-raised pediatrician, and paved the way for government officials in Flint to acknowledge the extent of the water crisis. Dr. Hanna-Attisha, author of \'What the Eyes Don\'t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City,\' on her fight against environmental injustice, how the residents of Flint have prevailed, and what we can do to prevent future public health.

How can the two countries build on their existing trade partnership? What affect will the unrest in the Middle East - the Arab Spring, the increasingly violent conflict in Syria, the elevation of ISIS as a global threat, and the boycott of Qatar over its alleged support of terrorism - have on the Ohio-UAE relationship? A conversation with international leaders on the future of economic and business relations between Ohio and the UAE.\r\n

National Geographic\'s admission of racism in reporting has stimulated a larger conversation on the importance of diversity in news rooms and role of the media in perpetuating racial stereotypes. Susan Goldberg, the 10th editor in chief of National Geographic - as well as the first one of Jewish descent and the first female - discusses the importance of diversity in storytelling. \r\n

Infant mortality rates, defined as the death of a baby before his or her first birthday, have declined 15 percent between 2004 and 2015. Even so, mortality of African-American babies remains at least twice that of white babies, and progress in reducing these rates overall has stalled. Join us at the City Club for a conversation with Dr. David L. Olds on the intersection of health and poverty and how we can improve outcomes. \r\n

According to a United Nations report, more than half of the world\'s population reside in cities - and, if current trends continue, that number will likely increase to 66 percent by 2050. For many urban areas, this growth will strain existing infrastructure, housing, transportation, and energy resources, potentially resulting in a wider inequality gap between the rich and poor. Malo A. Hutson, Ph.D., discusses the intersection of social justice and urban planning.\r\n

In late April, Business Insider ranked the top 40 U.S. metropolitan areas on economic strength. They used a number of metrics - unemployment rate and average weekly earnings, among others - and the Cleveland-Elyria metro area was ranked last. Jon J. Pinney, managing partner at Kohrman Jackson & Krantz, has emerged as a voice for reversing negative economic trends. Pinney explains ways to address our lagging regional economy.