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How often do opinion polls get it right and zero in on what Americans are actually thinking and feeling when it comes to elections? We've all seen political polls get it wrong, miss the mark and be an inaccurate barometer of public sentiment. With an election looming, polling is in overdrive.

Tech Tuesday: Can AI help make political polling more accurate? A group of researchers at Ohio State is working to find out if AI can play a role in helping to make the results of political polls more accurate.

Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther announced late last week that the city is suspending its use of Flock automatic license plate readers while investigating an officer’s potential misuse of the cameras.

Weekly Reporter Roundtable: City of Columbus suspends use of Flock surveillance cameras A USA Today investigation found that a Columbus police officer searched for a single vehicle’s location more than 200 times using the city’s Flock cameras.

Broad & High host Kate Quickel and All Sides host Amy Juravich say GO BUCKS!
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Fascinating Ohio: Richard Duarte Brown, artist and educator

Duarte is the recent recipient of the The Oshun
Award – a highly prestigious, no-strings-attached financial grant designed to support Black artists and culture workers. It is from local philanthropist Zoe Johnstone and is a part of Zoe’s Fund for Black Artists through the Johnstone Fund for New Music.

He joined us to talk about his art, his community, and his award.

Listen here:

https://www.wosu.org/show/all-sides/2026-09-03/fascinating-ohio-an-artist-an-author-and-a-professor-kidney-donor

What if you turned over almost all your daily tasks to AI? The time-consuming ones. The irritating ones. Would your life be better? Easier?

Author details fully incorporating AI into her life for one year in new book Joanna Stern's experiment is chronicled in the new book, I Am Not a Robot: My Year Using AI To Do (Almost) Everything.

The phrase, "It's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there," sums up some people's feelings about the “downtown” of a city. According to a national study, city leaders' efforts to bring people back downtown have a long way to go.

Does Columbus' lack of identity impact people's view of the city? A nationwide City Pulse survey found that nearly 75% of city residents say their central business districts offer a great experience but less than half visit weekly.

On this week's Fascinating Ohio, we're meeting an arts educator, an author who's highlighting an Ohio sports legend and a professor who gave one of her former teachers a second chance at life.

Fascinating Ohio: an artist, an author and a professor/kidney donor We're talking to an artist, author and professor turned kidney donor on this week's Fascinating Ohio.

Higher education is costing more and some say it's delivering less. In a world of fast-paced technology and micro-credentials, are public universities becoming relics of the past?

How can academic leaders position higher education for the future? A group of experts in higher education, including former Ohio State President Gordon Gee, will gather at Ohio State to discuss ways to modernize universities.