This week on Hear Cincinnati, host Maxim Alter, digital editor Meghan Wesley, digital reporter Lucy May and 9 On Your Side anchor Kathrine Nero talk about Fiona's growth, hospitals overcharging local patients, the Cincinnati Zoo's nanny dog retiring, the Mount Adams landslide, the low turnout of the primary election and more.
Max then talks with I-Team reporter Craig Cheatham about his months-long investigation into the use of excessive force by jailers at the Hamilton County Justice Center. Then later on the podcast, 9 On Your Side sports director John Popovich breaks down the Bengals' decision to draft Joe Mixon, an Oklahoma running back who broke four bones in a woman’s face.
Listen to this episode in the player above.
Notable links:
- I-Team: What happens when jail guards go too far?
- Editorial: The Bengals drafting Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon is inexcusable
- The Drafting of Joe Mixon: Maybe it's not so bad after all
- Bengals have history of violence against women
- I-Team: How to make sure hospitals don't overcharge you
- Cranley needs to 'work for every vote' after Yvette Simpson's win
- Blakely, the Cincinnati Zoo's devoted nanny dog, retires
- Retaining wall collapse sends hillside into two Mount Adams homes
- 1:30 - The panel talks Fiona, ridiculous hospital bills, the Cincinnati zoo's retiring nanny dog, low voter turnout for Cincinnati's primary, the Mount Adams landsline, a VR robbery and more.
- 15:00 - Maxim chats with I-Team reporter Craig Cheatham about what happens when officers go too far at the Hamilton County Justice Center.
- 31:00 - 9 On Your Side sports director John Popovich breaks down the Bengals' decision to draft Joe Mixon.
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