Cincinnati Edition

It’s a great time for sports fans in Cincinnati – the Reds are entrenched in the pennant race and the Bengals are gearing up for the start of a new season. With all that going on, time to bring longtime sports writer Chick Ludwig into The Front Row with Betsy Ross.

The Ohio State Board of Education finds itself once again looking for a new Superintendent. StateImpact Ohio's Ida Lieszkovszky reports:

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Despite the hot, dry Summer which has affected many crops in the Midwest, Ohio's wine grape harvest this year appears to be one of the best in recent history. Bill Rice of Ohio Public radio station, WCPN reports:

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A few years back, Gianni Di Gregorio made a nice little film called Mid-August Lunch. Now that it’s mid-August again, here comes his follow-up feature, The Salt of Life. It’s not quite as good, but still may provide a nice summertime diversion if you’re looking for something other than the latest blockbuster or a kids movie.

Social media updates are a hit with tennis fans at the Western & Southern Open this weekend. Learn how the social media team goes out of its way to tweet player comments and photos, normally not seen or heard by the public. Ann Thompson reports in this week’s Focus on Technology.

Until September 16, visitors to the Taft Museum of Art have the opportunity to enjoy Old Masters to Impressionists: Three Centuries of French Painting from the Wadsworth Athenaeum. Curator Lynn Ambrosini talks about the exhibition and who some of those old masters are in a conversation with Mark Perzel.

Mark Perzel welcomes Jeffrey Brown, who has written and illustrated a charming book, Darth Vader and Son, which takes an amusing look at what would happen if Darth Vader took an active parenting role with 4 year old Luke Skywalker

Dr. Katherine Whitcome, assistant professor of Anthropology from the University of Cincinnati, joins Thane Maynard to discuss her research of lemurs and the unique locomotion capabilities of primates and how those relate to humans.

Jay Hanselman takes an in-depth look at one of the week's top stories.

On the Money with Chris DeSimio welcomes Joe Carlen, whose latest book, The Einstein of Money: The Life and Timeless Wisdom of Benjamin Graham, sheds light on the man who taught Warren Buffet how to invest at Columbia University.