Where You Belong!
Where You Belong!
Views: 477 WGTE Town Hall: Low Birth Weight Crisis Bill Harris hosts this important Town Hall, call-in event, originally broadcast on Thursday, November 4th at 8:00 p.m. The program explores how in Lucas County there are huge disparities in birth weight outcomes based on where a mother lives. Suburban newborn weights are within healthy ranges; however mothers in Toledo's inner-city neighborhoods have increased rates of low birth weight births. These babies are at higher risk for physical and developmental problems.
Viewers participated in the discussion by calling 1-866-380-4664, via email at townhall@wgte.org or by texting WGTEPublic with your message to 41411 during the program. You can still participate by emailing the above or making a comment.
Views: 1333 WGTE Town Hall: Alternative Energy The Northwest Ohio region has a multitude of alternative energy stories to tell, including cutting-edge biomass fuel research being developed and tested at the University of Toledo's College of Engineering, and the activities of the many solar energy firms headquartered in the Toledo area (a legacy of Toledo's history as the nation's major glass manufacturer). In addition, Lake Erie is being considered as the site of a future wind farm to capture prevailing winds across the lower Great Lakes region.
Can alternative energy sources realistically replace our reliance on petroleum, coal and nuclear power? Can the Midwest take an aging rust belt industrial tradition and turn it around to manufacture solar panels and wind turbines? Join the discussion and post your questions for our experts to answer.
Views: 151 Deadline Now: Religion and PoliticsFriday, June 29 at 8:30 p.m.
Religion and politics. It's an issue as old as America itself. Does religion have a role to play in the political world? Should we be uncomfortable when clergy take political positions, or does that necessarily follow from what they believe? Is there any evidence of a government-sponsored "war on religion?"
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Views: 124 Deadline Now: David Davis and Fletcher WordFriday, April 20, 2012
Dr. David Davis, Professor of Political Science at the University of Toledo, and Fletcher Word, Editor and Publisher of The Sojourner's Truth, join Jack Lessenberry for a lively conversation about politics -- national and local.
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Views: 124 Deadline Now: David Davis and Fletcher WordFriday, April 20, 2012
Dr. David Davis, Professor of Political Science at the University of Toledo, and Fletcher Word, Editor and Publisher of The Sojourner's Truth, join Jack Lessenberry for a lively conversation about politics -- national and local.
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