Arts & Culture

Songwriters in the Round on Excursions

Niki Dakota and Sam Bodary — Fri, 24 May 2013 18:34:37 +0000

Kevin Milner, Daniel Dye, and Tim Pritchard stopped by the WYSO studios today to share a couple big laughs and great songs. Niki Dakota hosted as they all told stories and played from the heart.

"Finding Kind" producer and local Girl Scout on Excursions

Niki Dakota and Kijin Higashibaba — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:03:56 +0000

Local Girl Scout Troop 30349 from here in Yellow Springs is hosting a showing of "Finding Kind," a documentary about girls bullying girls. Niki Dakota interviewed Molly Stroud, one of the films producers and Victoria Osborne, one of the members of the troop, about the film and the issues it highlights.

E Ryan Roth and Colleen Badenhop on Excursions

Niki Dakota and Kijin Higashibaba — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:37:38 +0000

Niki Dakota had E Ryan Roth and Colleen Badenhop on Excursions for preview of the event they are playing at World Bar-B-Que in Dayton tonight. Due to technical difficulties the interview begins with a song; Badenhop sings "On the Inside."

Boy Scouts of America Lifts Ban on Gay Scouts

Jerry Kenney — Fri, 24 May 2013 05:26:15 +0000

On Thursday, May 23, 2013, the Boy Scouts of America National Council voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as scouts. But, as WYSO’s Jerry Kenney reports, not all of the controversial issue was settled.

About 1,400 voting members of nation's leading youth organization, cast their ballots at an annual meeting in Dallas, Texas. More than 60 percent of those voting supported the proposal to life the ban.

Book Nook: The Red Book, by Deborah Copaken Kogan

Vick Mickunas — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:24:20 +0000

Deborah Copaken Kogan's most recent novel, "The Red Book," was recently issued in paperback.