What Had Happened Was: A Podcast For Dayton

Times they are a-changin’. “What Had Happened Was” podcast host Amelia Robinson sat down virtually with Dayton Daily News reporters Sarah Franks and Cory Frolik. As part of this episode, they dive into what happened during protests in Dayton sparked by the slaying of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. The three discuss what they heard, saw and felt on the frontline of the protests and what it might mean to police reform in Dayton. This episode contains audio recorded during Dayton protests that may not be appropriate for all audiences.

Some conversations must be had even if they are uncomfortable. What Had Happened Was podcast host Amelia Robinson moderated the first of Dayton Daily News Courageous Conversations: Relations Between Dayton’s Black Community and Police. The virtual town hall meeting came in the wake of protests here and around the nation following the May 25 police killing of George Floyd, a black man, in Minneapolis. Panelists included: • Dayton Police Chief Richard Biehl • Shenise Turner Sloss of Neighborhoods Over Politics, a training and advocacy organization • Rev. Joshua Ward, Omega Baptist Church • Lawrence Burnley, University of Dayton’s vice president for diversity and inclusion • Springboro Police Chief Jeff Kruithoff • Dayton City Commissioner Jeff Mims • Dayton born activist Zakiya Sankara-Jabar of Brightbeam, a nonprofit network of education activists •Marc DeWitt, Sinclair Community College and Community Police Council >> MORE: https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local-govt--politics/panel-police-relation-pro

A Skyhawk helped develop the national strategy credited with slowing the spread of coronavirus. Dr. Rajeev Venkayya, a 1985 Fairborn High School grad, was the director for biodefense under President George W. Bush. He helped lead a team of doctors and researchers that developed the pandemic response policy that has Americans practicing social distancing today. Venkayya, the principal author of the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza, discussed the coronavirus pandemic and the extreme action taken to slow it with “What Had Happened Was” host Amelia Robinson. “The types of things that are being done now are very similar to what we envisioned in 2007, but they go much further than we expected at the time. We did envision at the time that we would have a situation in which everybody in a community was being encouraged to just stay at home. Everybody,” he said. Now the president of the global vaccine business unit for the Japan-based pharmaceutical company Takeda, the physician is championing a global cause

Laura Bischoff, the Dayton Daily News’ award-winning Statehouse reporter, has been to nearly every press conference given by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, Ohio Health Director Dr. Amy Acton and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted concerning the coronavirus pandemic. In this special episode of the What Had Happened Was podcast, she explains how the governor plans to reopen the state and how he doesn’t, coronavirus testing, why more Ohioans are at high risk than you may think and why she was booed in the press room.

“The 56-year-old woman” who died of coronavirus in Springfield on April 8 was more than that description expresses. She was Angela Faith White, the woman who loved Sara White and her sisters like no one else could. In this special episode of the What Had Happened Was podcast, Sara White, a 31-year-old Miami Twp. resident, explains how the virus that’s causing havoc around the globe ravaged her mother’s body right here in the Miami Valley. Sara explains why warnings about the virus should not be taken lightly and why her mother was one of the most unlikely people to contract COVID-19. Read article Amelia Robinson wrote about Sara White's experience: https://www.dayton.com/news/this-virus-monster-miami-twp-woman-mom-devastating-death-from-coronavirus/SeXG4pXaUif0RGDCUzsTPM/ Find out more about Sara White Leukemia & Lymphoma Society fundraiser: https://pages.lls.org/mwoy/soh/dayton20/swhite

You may not recognize the name, but a ‘Spanish Lady” killed more than 50 million people in 1918 and 1919. An estimated 500 to 675 of those people lived in or near the Gem City. Dayton Daily News and Dayton.com photographer and reporter Lisa Powell with the help of colleague Laura Bishoff and local historians uncovered a little known story of how the Spanish Flu shut down Dayton. In this special episode, Lisa and “What Had Happened Was” host Amelia Robinson dish about the Grim Reaper, pestilent houses, the Vicks Vapor Rub shortage, the media blackout and why one solider probably had his fill of cold, soft boiled eggs. Spanish flu has been compared to the coronavirus pandemic. More on Dayton during the Spanish Flu: *** Coronavirus: Social distancing a lesson learned from Spanish flu pandemic https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/coronavirus-social-distancing-lesson-learned-from-spanish-flu-pandemic/L5NM4pYQnrBCdECy9soNZL/ *** Photos: Newspaper articles offer glimpse at Dayton history duri

Don’t believe in the power of people? You will after listening to “What Had Happened Was” podcast host Amelia Robinson’s chat with Dayton social healer, community activist and sociologist Amaha Sellassie of Sinclair Community College. The pair recorded this episode long before the coronavirus crisis drove people into their homes and threatened our very society, but it is a message that the community needs now. Amelia and Amaha, a leading force behind the Gem City Market, the West Dayton Strong campaign and other community initiatives, talk about strength that helped Dayton through the tragedies of 2019 - the tornadoes, the mass shooting, the KKK rally, etc. - and which will surely be needed in the coming days. Amaha explains the Above Ground Railroad, redlining impact on this city and why he believes in the power of people even when times are tough.

These are scary and unprecedented times, but knowledge is still power. In this special episode of the “What Had Happened Was” podcast, host Amelia Robinson chats with Dr. Randy Marriott, an ER physician and EMS Center of Excellence medical director for Premier Health, which includes Miami Valley Hospital. Dr. Marriott answers your questions about COVID-19, also known as coronavirus, and gives an update on what’s going on in the ER right now. He explains how you can help doctors, nurses and other staff members before the crisis intensifies. Marriott explains the gag-worthy reasons administering the coronavirus test is a risk to healthcare workers and why it is a test you don't want to take unless you absolutely have to. The doctor explains when you should go to the ER and why you should stay away if at all possible and why groups of 10, or more might be one too many. Amelia asks Marriott about gloves, masks and if you can give the coronavirus to your dog.

Put plainly, Jean Johnson doesn’t remember her daughter is her “daughter.”  Deb Wiltshire certainly remembers all the love her mom gave her before  Alzheimer’s Disease assaulted her mind.  As coronavirus cases began to grow in the state, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine closed schools, prohibited mass gatherings of more than 100, and banned visitors at nursing homes and state psychiatric hospitals. Deb hasn't seen Jean since. She is among the thousands upon thousands of family member cut off from relatives now in nursing home. "What Had Happened Was" host Amelia Robinson chatted with Deb about Jean for this special episode. Find Amelia's article about Deb and other family members in her same situation on Dayton.com at http://bit.ly/DaytoncomforJean.

In this special episode, "Dayton Daily News" statehouse reporter Laura Bischoff explains the unprecedented steps Ohio Governor Mike DeWine just took due to the nation's coronavirus emergency. She and "What Had Happened Was" host Amelia Robinson discuss the closing of bars and restaurants, reasons behind the governor's actions and when students can expect to be back in school. Watch for additional updates on this crisis.

As the lyrics go, “breaking up is hard to do.” That’s as true with newsrooms as it is with relationships. Thankfully, not all breakups leave you sobbing in the corner with a Teddy bear. “What Had Happened Was” podcast host Amelia Robinson sat down with Jana Collier, the freshly minted publisher of a newspaper and website group that includes Dayton.com, Dayton Daily News, the Springfield News Sun and the Journal News. They talk about the shocking twists and turns that preceded the newspaper’s split from WHIO Radio, WHIO-TV and the rest of Cox Media Group. In this episode, the pair talk about the future of the Dayton Daily News now that it is back in the hands of the Cox family, journalism, Jana’s not-so-secret secret obsession and pop-star dreams, why Daytonians really ought to love Dayton and telling the community’s stories through a year that saw the Klan, a mass shooting and 15 tornadoes come to the region. The What Had Happened Was podcast is a product of Dayton.com recorded and edited in the

As Executive Director Michael Roediger and Eric Brockman, the museums communications manager, explain, women with baller moves gave birth to the 100-year-old beauty at 456 Belmonte Park N. The men tell “What Had Happened Was” host Amelia Robinson about the socialite who dropped a cool $2 million for the museum’s current building, the director who secured the Monet, the origins of DAI’s Art Ball and Oktoberfest, inclusion and the museum’s next 100 years.

Megan Stalter is not a nurse. This is probably a good thing given she doesn’t like the sight of blood and a series of chiropractor videos gave her wicked nightmares. The proud Daytonian, a Wayne High grad, told “What Had Happened Was” host Amelia Robinson how she studied everything from nursing to teaching before deciding to pursue her real dream: comedy. Megan, a “National Lampoon Radio Hour” podcast cast member, wants to do it all. Others comedians on the sketch comedy podcast include Cole Escola, Jo Firestone,  Brett Davis , Alex English, Maeve Higgins and  guest stars Rachel Dratch, Amy Sedaris, Chris Gethard, Julie Klausner and Jordan Klepper.Megan Megan and Amelia about Pee-Wee Herman, Megan basically being ejected from a Dayton improv class, the woes of the Interwebs and why Megan says she lives in a sitcom. What Had Happened Was” is a podcast for Dayton, powered by Dayton.com and recorded in the WHIO Radio studios. You won't believe the stories that come from right here. Host Amelia Robi

All hell had just broken loose the last time McCall Vrydaghs appeared on the “What Had Happened Was” podcast with Amelia Robinson. This time around, McCall, WHIO’s chief meteorologist, and Kirstie Zontini, her co-host on the “Cloudy with the Chance of Podcast,” join Amelia for a crossover episode that could raise the barometric pressure. They touch on everything from a baby chef who wants what she wants, weather women power and badass tattoos. These weather warriors were even able to explain the difference between "weather" and "climate" in a way that Amelia, a bonafide math-phobic word gal, could understand. They chat about the year that was and its impact on Dayton’s future. Listen to the latest episode of Cloudy with a Chance of Podcast for the first part of McCall and Kirstie’s chat with Amelia: https://cmg-newspaper.streamguys1.com/Dayton/20200102095746-WhathadHappened.mp3 “What Had Happened Was” is a podcast for Dayton, powered by Dayton.com and recorded in the WHIO Radio studios. You won't believe

Dayton was hit square in the jaw over and over again in 2019, but no matter how hard the blow, the Gem City stood up together. Community members share stories of struggle, survival and strength in this special episode of the “What Had Happened Was" podcast. Dayton-area residents were invited to the Dayton Metro Library a few weeks ago to tell stories related to the terrifying Memorial Day tornadoes, Oregon District mass shooting and community unifying events that include a KKK rally. They told podcast host Amelia Robinson and Dayton Daily News reporter Cornelius Frolik tales of courage, generosity and personal pain. Participants range from a video game obsessed pre-teen who lost everything in the tornadoes to a football coach who rushed to pick his son up from the Oregon District after nine people were murdered. This episode is part of the Dayton Strong Storytelling Sessions. Additional stories will be shared as part of a WHIO-TV special. Link to story about Latesa Williamson's youth poetry program: h

This is second episode of a two part series about Dayton's strength. The Gem City was hit square in the jaw over and over again in 2019, but no matter how hard the blow, the Gem City stood up together. Community members share stories of struggle, survival and strength in this special episode of the “What Had Happened Was" podcast. Dayton-area residents were invited to the Dayton Metro Library a few weeks ago to tell stories related to the terrifying Memorial Day tornadoes, Oregon District mass shooting and community unifying events that include a KKK rally. They told podcast host Amelia Robinson and Dayton Daily News reporter Cornelius Frolik tales of courage, generosity and personal pain. Participants range from a video game obsessed pre-teen who lost everything in the tornadoes to a football coach who rushed to pick his son up from the Oregon District after nine people were murdered. This episode is part of the Dayton Strong Storytelling Sessions. Additional stories will be shared as part of a WHIO-T

Trespassing and damaging property are crimes, but the punishment is rarely death. “What Had Happened Was” host Amelia Robinson and Dayton Daily News reporter Cornelius Frolik dive deep into one of the most controversial Dayton cases of 2019. Property owner Victor Santana was just indicted on murder charges for allegedly fatally shooting Javier Harrison and Devin Henderson in their backs on Aug. 28. Prosecutors say the 17 year olds and a friend were smoking marijuana in Santana’s detached garage before shots rang out. The case is expected to be the first local test of Ohio new self-defense law. During this episode, Cory, a Pittsburgh native, also explains why he loves the Gem City and covering city hall. He and Amelia discuss the rigors of sharing stories about the tornadoes, Oregon District shooting and the community’s grit. The What Had Happened Was podcast is sponsored by Premier health and recorded in the WHIO Radio studios.

Dion Green knows far too personally how hurtful 2019 has been to Dayton. The Northridge resident’s house was hit hard by the worst of the 15 Memorial Day tornadoes that rocked the Dayton area. Weeks later, Dion and his family took an even deeper blow when what started as a beautiful night in the Oregon District turned into a nightmare. Dion’s dad and right-hand man Derrick Fudge died in his arms in the heart of Dayton on Aug. 4. The massacre that claimed nine lives was the worst mass shooting in Ohio’s history. It and the tornado are among a string or traumas to hit the Dayton area, including the recent killing of Dayton police Det. Jorge Del Rio. Dion and “What Had Happened Was” host Amelia Robinson talk about the impact the tragedies have had, but this episode is also about hope. Dion shares the adversities he has faced, the forgiveness he’s extended and the faith that has helped him through a very dark year. The What Had Happened Was podcast is sponsored by Premier health and recorded in the WHIO Radio stu

The twist and turns of Brooke Skylar Richardson’s trial are explored in this bonus episode of the "What Had Happened Was" podcast. Lauren Pack has covered some of the most talked about court cases in the Miami Valley. One of the biggest was that of former cheerleader Brooke Skylar Richardson. Richardson was on trial on charges she murdered her infant daughter after concealing her pregnancy and the child’s birth and death. This special episode was produced by WHIO Radio’s Jeremy Ratliff and features journalists Lauren Pack, Jim Bebbington and Kyle Nagel.

Nylons aren’t just nylons. No sir. No ma’am. In the proper hands and when placed over a camera lens, they can transport an audience back to old Hollywood. At least that's what Ms. Demure hopes you think. What Had Happened Was host Amelia Robinson chats with Miss Demure, the outrageously unique and totally sincere host of DATV’s “Harper’s Bazzaroworld presents The Ms.Demure Show.” They dish about Pride, dating and not dating, forgiveness, acceptance, old Hollywood, the Legendary Misty Knight and Tina Hightower. Hightower is set to receive the first-ever Legendary Misty Knight Legacy Award at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8. The What Had Happened Was podcast is sponsored by Premier Health and recorded in the WHIO Radio studios.