Contact Interviews

 

Contact, a public affairs discussion
hosted by London Mitchell.

January 9, 2022

Scott Carpenter, Metroparks, part 1

Scott Carpenter, Metroparks, part 2

Scott Carpenter, Metroparks, part 3

January 2, 2022

Dick Eppstein, Better Business Bureau, part 1

Dick Eppstein, Better Business Bureau, part 2

Dick Eppstein, Better Business Bureau, part 3

December 26

Tim Porter, All Aboard Ohio, part 1

Tim Porter, All Aboard Ohio, part 2

Tim Porter, All Aboard Ohio, part 3

December 19

Peter VanderHart, BGSU, State of the economy, part 1

Peter VanderHart, BGSU, State of the economy, part 2

Peter VanderHart, BGSU, State of the economy, part 3

December 12

Kristin Bruce, Zepf Center, Holiday Stress, part 1

Kristin Bruce, Holiday Stress, part 2

Kristin Bruce, Holiday Stress, part 3

December 5

Stuart James, Ability Center, part 1

Stuart James, Ability Center, part 2

Stuart James, Ability Center, part 3

November 28

State Senator Theresa Gavarone

Wendy Pestrue, United Way

Health Commissioner Eric Zgodzinski

November 21

Lou Hebert, Toledo History Museum, part 1

Lou Hebert, Toledo History Museum, part 2

Lou Hebert, Toledo History Museum, part 3

November 14

Erin Thompson, Social Security, part one

Erin Thompson, Social Security, part two

Erin Thompson, Social Security, part three

November 7

Adam Massi, Keep Toledo-Lucas County Beautiful

Adam Massi, part two

Lori Dixon, Great Lakes Marketing

October 31

Lori Dixon, Great Lakes Marketing

Mike Navarre, Lucas County Sheriff

Kara Steele, Life Connections of Ohio

October 24

Elijah Jones, Mental Health & Recovery Services, part 1

Elijah Jones, Mental Health & Recovery Services, part 2

Kimberly Scribner, Lourdes University, Like Me

October 17

Toledo/Lucas County Commission on Disabilities, part 1

Toledo/Lucas County Commission on Disabilities, part 2
Faith McGrain, Columbia Gas, HEAP Program

Lori Hauser, Imagination Station, Issue 2

October 10

Ted Long - 100 Things To Do in Toledo Before You Die, part 1

Tedd Long - 100 Things, part 2

Tedd Long - 100 Things, part 3

October 3

Amanda Waldfogel, Suicide Prevention, part 1

Amanda Waldfogel, Suicide Prevention, part 2

Eric Zgodzinski, Toledo-Lucas County Health Commissioner

September  26

Jill Bunge, United Way, part 1

Jill Bunge, United Way, part 2

Jill Bunge, United Way, part 3

September 19, 2021

Dr. Bruce Vanderoff,  Ohio Health Director

Steve Guinan, Toledo Troopers, part 1

Steve Guinan, Toledo Troopers, part 2

September 12

Mary Westphal, Race for the Cure

Dick Eppstein, Better Business Bureau, part 1

Dick Eppstein, Better Business Bureau, part 2

September 5

Derek Longmeier, Problem Gambling, part 1

Derek Longmeier, Problem Gambling, part 2

Lisa Poiry, Recruiting DSPs

August 29

Lori Dixon, Great Lakes Marketing, part 1

Lori Dixon, Great Lakes Marketing, part 2

Lori Dixon, Great Lakes Marketing, part 3

August 22

Sherry Dunn, Foster Parents

Stacey Franks, Disability-friendly Solheim Cup

Matthew Rizzo, Ohio Overdose Day

August 15

Lou Hebert, Toledo History Museum, part 1

Lou Hebert, Toledo History Museum, part 2

Lou Hebert, Toledo History Museum, part 3

August 8

Val Virag, American Cultural Exchange Services, part 1

Val Virag, American Cultural Exchange Services, part 2

Nick Chupp, Regina Coeli Festival

August 1

Whitney Rofkar, JeepFest

Pete Gerken, Lucas County Commissioner

Laura Koprowski, TARTA

July 25, 2021

Dan Wilkins, Ability Center part 1

Dan Wilkins, Ability Center part 2

Dan Wilkins, Ability Center part 3

July 18, 2021

Ted Long - 100 Things To Do in Toledo Before You Die, part 1

Tedd Long - 100 Things, part 2

Tedd Long - 100 Things, part 3

July 11

Chris Kozak & Dan Zawisza, Dishtory, part 1

Chris Kozak & Dan Zawisza, Dishtory, part 2

Nancy Eames, Summer Read Program

July 4

Eric Zgodzinski, COVID-19 update

Janet Bosserman, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum, part 1

Janet Bosserman, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum, part 2

June 27

Anthony Knopps, author, part 1

Anthony Knopps, author, part 2

Anthony Knopps, author, part 3

June 20

Wendy Pestrue, United Way, part 1

Wendy Pestrue, United Way, part 2

Lucas County Commissioners, Juneteenth

June 13

Nancy Eames, Library Summer Read

Stacy Butts and Tim Tegge, Sight Center, part 1

Stacy Butts and Tim Tegge, Sight Center, part 2

June 6

David Jackson, Professor of Political Science, BGSU, part 1

David Jackson, Professor of Political Science, BGSU, part 2

David Jackson, Professor of Political Science, BGSU, part 3

May 30

Click It or Ticket!

Lindsey Bonds, Bennett Management

Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz

May 23

Adam Cassi, Litter League, part 1

Adam Cassi, Litter League, part 2

Senator Teresa Fedor, SB 183

May 16

Conor Smenner, Ability & Beyond, part 1

Conor Smenner, Ability & Beyond, part 2

Conor Smenner, Ability & Beyond, part 3

May 9

Rick Fishman, Career Coach, part 1

Rick Fishman, Career Coach, part 2

Rick Fishman, Career Coach, part 3

May 2

Scott Carpenter, Metroparks, part 1

Scott Carpenter, Metroparks, part 2

Governor Mike DeWine

April 25

Kate Fineske, National Museum of the Great Lakes, Part 1

Kate Fineske, National Museum of the Great Lakes, part 2

Wade Kapsukiewicz, V Project

April 18

Tim Schneider, Chamber of Commerce

Bill Laranga, Lourdes University

Sam Melden, Toledo City Council

April 11

Julie Malkin, Lucas County Children Services

Kara Steele, Life Connection, part 1

Kara Steele, Life Connection, part 2

April 4

Scott Sylak, Mental Health, part 1

Scott Sylak, Mental Health, part 2

Wade Kapszukiewicz, Street Repaving

March 28

Laura Koprowski, TARTA, part 1

Laura Koprowski, TARTA part 2

Laura Koprowski, TARTA, part 3

March 21

Lori Dixon, Poison Prevention, part 1

Lori Dixon, Poison Prevention, part 2

Lori Dixon, Poison Prevention, part 3
Dick Eppstein, Better Business Bureau

March 14

Kelsie Hoagland, TARTA

Stu Nicholson, All Aboard Ohio

Sara Soper, CATR

March 7

Carolyn Knight, Ohio DD Council, part 1

Carolyn Knight, part 2

Governor DeWine on lifting the mask mandate

February 28

Wade Kapszukiewicz, Office on Disability, part 1

Wade Kapszukiewicz, Office on Disability, part 2

Kristina White, Chuck Ealey Foundation

February 21

Ted Long - 100 Things To Do in Toledo Before You Die, part 1

Tedd Long - 100 Things, part 2

Tedd Long - 100 Things, part 3

February 14

Laura Koprowski, TARTA, part 1

Laura Koprowski, TARTA, part 2

Laura Koprowski, TARTA, part 3

February 7

Kristin Blochowski, Lourdes Univ., part 1

Kristin Blochowski, part 2

Kristin Blochowski, part 3

January 31

Josh Lapp - Move Ohio, part 1

Josh Lapp, Move Ohio, part 2

State Senator Teresa Fedor

January 24

Acoustics for Autism, part 1

Acoustics for Autism, part 2

Coronavirus vaccine rollout

January 17

Governor DeWine on the vaccine rollout, part 1

Governor DeWine, part 2

Dawn Bentley & Heather McVay on Planning for the future for parents of children with special needs

January 10, 2021

Sandra Sieben, Human Trafficking, part 1

Sandra Sieben, part 2

Sandra Sieben, part 3

January 3, 2021

Tim Harrington, Ability Center, part 1

Tim Harrington, part 2

Tim Harrington, part 3

 

 

December 27, 2020

Project V for Victory with Vaccine, part 1

Project V for Victory with Vaccine, part 2

Project V for Victory with Vaccine, part 3

 

December 20

Tedd Long, Forgotten Visitors, part 1

Tedd Long, part 2

Tedd Long, part 3

December 13, 2020

Healthy Lucas County Coalition, part 1

Healthy Lucas County Coalition, part 2

Healthy Lucas County Coalition, part 3

 

December 6, 2020

Cheri Patula, Columbia Gas

Katie Shelley, Ability Center

Governor's briefing on pandemic

 

November 29, 2020

Scott Sylak, Mental & Recovery Board, part 1

Scott Sylak, part 2

Lisa Poiry, need grows for Direct Service Professionals

 

November 22

Toledo-Lucas County Board of Health, Stay-at-Home Advisory

Toledo-Lucas County Board of Health, part 2

Toledo-Lucas County Board of Health, part 3

November 15

Bob Clark-Phelps, Citizens Climate Lobby, part 1

Bob Clark-Phelps, Citizens Climate Lobby, part 2

Bob Clark-Phelps, Citizens Climate Lobby, part 3

November 8, 2020

Wade Kapszukiewicz, Mayor of Toledo, on Issue 4

Tina Wozniak, Lucas County Commissioner

Tina Wozniak, part 2

November 1

Dick Eppstein, BBB, online scams, part 1

Dick Eppstein, part 2

Dick Eppstein, part 3

October 25

Eric Zgodzinski, Health Commissioner

Lori Dixon, Great Lakes Marketing

Julie Malkin, Children Services

October 18

Kara Steele, Life Connection, part 1

Kara Steele, Life Connection, part 2

Gregg Schwartz, Exercise Physiologist

October 11, 2020

Tedd Long, Forgotten Visitors, part 1

Tedd Long, part 2

Tedd Long, part 3

October 4, 2020

Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz, Issues 3 and 4

Joe Fausnaugh, Metroparks Toledo, Issue 17

Kevin Milliken, Children's Services, Issue 18

September 25

Dave Zenk, Metroparks Toledo, part 1

Dave Zenk, part 2

Dave Zenk, part 3

September 20

Laura Rubin & Pete Bucher, Health of Lake Erie, part 1

Health of Lake Erie, part 2

Peggy Daly, Widening of I-475

September 13

Stacey Butts and Tim Tegge, Sight Center

Sight Center, part 2

Aaron Hamilton, Cleveland Clinic

September 6

Dick Eppstein, Better Business Bureau, scam phone calls

Sarah Brunner, Junior League, Diaper Dash

Governor Mike DeWine, Traffic Safety

August 30

Mary Westphal, Komen of NW Ohio, part 1

Mary Westphal, part 2; Martin Ramirez, part 1

Martin Ramirez, UPWU Local 170

August 23

Sister Suzette Fisher, it Double ARC Center for FASD at A Renewed Mind, part 1

Sister Suzette Fisher, part 2

Sister Suzette Fisher, part 3

August 16, 2020

Markie Miller, Toledoans for Safe Water, part 1

Markie Miller, Toledoans for Safe Water, part 2

Sam Melden, Toledo City Council

August 9

Wade Kapszukiewicz, Mayor of Toledo, part 1

Wade Kapszukiewicz, Mayor of Toledo, part 2

Wade Kapszukiewicz, Mayor of Toledo, part 3

August 2

Bob Clark-Phelps, Citizens Climate Lobby, part 1

Bob Clark-Phelps, Citizens Climate Lobby, part 2

Bob Clark-Phelps, Citizens Climate Lobby, part 3

July 26, 2020

Robin Reese, Children Services, part 1

Robin Reese, Children Services, part 2

Daniel Woodcock, TARTA

April 19

Kate Schwartz, Autism Society

Kate Schwartz, Autism Society, part 2
Lori Dixon, Great Lakes Marketing

Lori Dixon, part 2

April 12

Wade Kapszukiewicz, Toledo Mayor, part 1

Wade Kapszukiewicz, Toledo Mayor, part 2

Wade Kapszukiewicz, Toledo Mayor, part 3

April 5

Dick Eppstein, Better Business Bureau, part 1

Dick Eppstein, Better Business Bureau, part 2

Governor Mike DeWine

March 29

Senator Rob Portman, Federal Relief Legislation

Senator Rob Portman, part 2

Governor Mike DeWine

March 22

Governor Mike DeWine, Coronavirus Response

Health Director Amy Acton, part 1

Health Director Amy Acton, part 2

March 15

Lori Dixon, Poison Prevention, part 1

Lori Dixon, part 2

Bill Hemmel, Shining Stars

March 8

Markie Miller, Toledoans for Safe Water, part 1

Markie Miller, Toledoans for Safe Water, part 2

Wade Kapszukiewicz, Mayor of Toledo 

March 1

JoRita, SALUTE, DD Awareness Month

Nate, SALUTE, DD Awareness Month

Cassandra, SALUTE, DD Awareness Month

February 23

Sam Melden, Ability Center, part 1

Sam Melden, Ability Center, part 2

Sam Melden, Ability Center, part 3

February 16

Stacey Butts & Tim Tegge, Sight Center, part 1

Stacey Butts & Tim Tegge, Sight Center, part 2

Stacey Butts & Tim Tegge, Sight Center, part 3

February 9

Runaway Project, part 1

Runaway Project, part 2

Runaway Project, part 3

February 2

Wade Kapszukiewicz, State of the City, part 1

Wade Kapszukiewicz, State of the City, part 2

Wade Kapszukiewicz, State of the City, part 3

January 26

Matt Rizzo, A Renewed Mind, part 1

Matt Rizzo, A Renewed Mind, part 2

Matt Rizzo, A Renewed Mind, part 3

January 19

Kathy Schnapp, Harbor, part 1

Kathy Schnapp, Harbor, part 2

Matt Rizzo, A Renewed Mind

January 12

Cynthia Brown-Chery, Mental Health Board, part 1

Cynthia Brown-Chery, Mental Health Board, part 2

Cynthia Brown-Chery, Mental Health Board, part 3

January 5, 2020

Donna Seed & Julie Malkin, Children Services, part 1

Donna Seed & Julie Malkin, Children Services, part 2

Donna Seed & Julie Malkin, Children Services, part 3

 

December 29, 2019

Tedd Long - Unholy Toledo Tour, part 1

Tedd Long - Unholy Toledo Tour, part 2

Tedd Long - Unholy Toledo Tour, part 3

December 22

Susan Ross Wells, Flag City Honor Flight

B.J. Duckworth, YMCA

Steve Kapela, Zepf Center

December 15

Dustin Watkins, Bittersweet Farms, part 1

Dustin Watkins, Bittersweet Farms, part 2

Dustin Watkins, Bittersweet Farms, part 3

December 8

Dick Eppstein, Better Business Bureau, part 1

Dick Eppstein, Better Business Bureau, part 2

Dick Eppstein, Better Business Bureau, part 3

December 1

Paula Bueher, online safety, part 1

Paula Bueher, online safety, part 2

Old News Boys paper sale
What is VoIP

November 24

Lights Before Christmas

Old Newsboys

Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz

November 17

Cheri Pastula, Columbia Gas

Steve Kapela, Zepf Center, part 1

Steve Kapela, Zepf Center, part 2

November 10

Sherry Dunn, Foster Parents, part 1

Sherry Dunn, Foster Parents, part 2

Kaitlin Plate, #WithdrawTheStraw

November 3

Marty Sutter, Credit Card Safety, part 1

Marty Sutter, Credit Card Safety, part 2

Marty Sutter, Credit Card Safety, part 3

October 27

Bob Clark-Phelps, Citizens Climate Lobby, part 1

Ellie Sparks, Citizens Climate Lobby, part 2

Kara Steele, Life Connections

October 20

Mallory Crooks and Dawn Bentley, Ability Center, part 1

Mallory Crooks and Dawn Bentley, Ability Center, part 2

Kathy Schnapp, Harbor

October 13

Paige Reyes, March of Dimes

Kara Steele, Life Connections

Candace Bishop, Anne Grady Center

October 6

Todd Crandall, Race for Recovery

Susan Ross Wells, Honor Flight, part 1

Susan Ross Wells, Honor Flight, part 2

September 29, 2019

Julile Dangelo, Issue 8 for Senior Citizens

Meg Delaney, Re-Opening the Main Library

September 22

Erin Connolly & Kathy Schnapp, Opioid Crisis Book Club

Sarah Diesch and Lisa Poiry, Speakeasy Gala

Ruth Moeller, Walk to Defeat ALS

September 15

Cynthia Brown-Chery, Mental Health Board, part 1

Cynthia Brown-Chery, Mental Health Board, part 2

Cynthia Brown-Chery, Mental Health Board, part 3

September 8

Sister Suzette Fisher, FASD Awareness, part 1

Sister Suzette Fisher, FASD Awareness, part 2

Sister Suzette Fisher, FASD Awareness, part 3

September 1

Tedd Long - Unholy Toledo Tour, part 1

Tedd Long - Unholy Toledo Tour, part 2

Tedd Long - Unholy Toledo Tour, part 3

August 25

Cheri Pastula, Columbia Gas

August 18

Reem Su1bei and Mechelle Zarou, Welcome Toledo-Lucas County, part 1

Welcome TLC, part 2

Welcome TLC, part 3

August 11

Marty Sutter, Credit Card Safety, part 1

Marty Sutter, Credit Card Safety, part 2

Marty Sutter, Credit Card Safety, part 3

August 4

Lori Dixon, Ask Toledo, part 1

Lori Dixon, Ask Toledo, part 2

Lori Dixon, Ask Toledo, part 3

 

July 28, 2019

Tim Sherman and Mike Stock, Motorcycle Safety

Amy Mohr, TARTA's new transit hub, part 1

Amy Mohr, TARTA's new transit hub, part 2

July 21

Sherry Dunn, Foster Parents, part 1

Sherry Dunn, Foster Parents, part 2

Kaitlin Plate, #WithdrawTheStraw

July 14

Mike Ferner, Great Lakes Bill of Rights, part 1

Mike Ferner, Great Lakes Bill of Rights, part 2

Mike Ferner, Great Lakes Bill of Rights, part 3

July 7

Donna Seed & Julie Malkin, Children Services, part 1

Donna Seed & Julie Malkin, Children Services, part 2

Donna Seed & Julie Malkin, Children Services, part 3

June 30

Erin Thompson, Social Security, part 1

Erin Thompson, Social Security, part 2

Erin Thompson, Social Security, part 3

June 23

Tedd Long - Unholy Toledo Tour, part 1

Tedd Long - Unholy Toledo Tour, part 2

Tedd Long - Unholy Toledo Tour, part 3

June 16

Patti Powers, Easter Seals

B.J. Duckworth, Ohio Business Week

Meliss Klorer, Ohio Children's Defense Fund

June 9

Wendi Huntley, Connecting Kids to Meals

Earl Mack, Toledo Buffalo Soldiers, part 1

Earl Mack, Toledo Buffalo Soldiers, part 2

June 2

Paulette Kilmer, University of Toledo, part 1

Paulette Kilmer, University of Toledo, part 2

Paulette Kilmer, University of Toledo, part 3

May 26

CEDAW, part 1

CEDAW, part 2

CEDAW, part 3

May 19

Sherry Dunn, Foster Parents, part 1

Sherry Dunn, Foster Parents, part 2

Kaitlin Plate, #WithdrawTheStraw

May 12

Lance Dasher, TMACOG

Steve Kapela, Zepf Center, part 1

SteveKapela, Zepf Center, part 2

May 5

Tim Sherman and Mike Stock, Motorcycle Safety

Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz, part 1

Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz, part 2

April 28

Paige Reyes, March Dimes

Bill Gill, Train Day

Tim Porter, Northwest Ohio Passenger Rail

April 21

Donna Reyfelt, Toledo History Museum, part 1

Donna Reyfelt, Toledo History Museum, part 2

Donna Reyfelt, Toledo History Museum, part 3

April 14

Stacey Butts and Tim Tegge, Sight Center, 1

Stacey Butts and Tim Tegge, Sight Center, 2

David Rohr, United States of Ohio

April 7

Meliss Klorer, Children's Trust Fund, part 1

Meliss Klorer, Children's Trust Fund, part 2

Meliss Klorer, Children's Trust Fund, part 3

March 31, 2019

Erin Thompson, Social Security, part 1

Erin Thompson, Social Security, part 2

Erin Thompson, Social Security, part 3

March 24, 2019

Lori Dixon, Poison Prevention, part 1

Lori Dixon, Poison Prevention, part 2

Lori Dixon, Poison Prevention, part 3

March 17

Steve Kapela, Problem Gambling, part 3

Steve Kapela, Problem Gambling, part 4

Steve Kapela, Problem Gambling, part 5

March 10

Steve Kapela, Problem Gambling, part 1

Steve Kapela, Problem Gambling, part 2

Deetra Mitchell, Summer Inclusion Fair

March 3

Katherine Hunt Thomas, Ability Center, part 1

Katherine Hunt Thomas, Ability Center, part 2

Katherine Hunt Thomas, Ability Center, part 3

February 24

Mike Ferner, Advocates for a Clean Lake Erie, part 1

Mike Ferner, part 2 - Steve Schult on filing taxes, part 1

Steve Schult on fling taxes, part 2

February 17

Mark Tooman, Outstanding Senior Volunteer Program

Stacey Butts, Sight Center, part 1

Stacey Butts, Sight Center, part 2

February 10

Paulette Kilmer, University of Toledo, part 1

Paulette Kilmer, University of Toledo, part 2

Paulette Kilmer, University of Toledo, part 3

February 3

Bob Clark-Phelps, Citizens Climate Lobby, part 1

Bob Clark-Phelps, Citizens Climate Lobby, part 2

Bob Clark-Phelps, Citizens Climate Lobby, part 3