WCBE Podcast Experience

Executive communication coach and TEDx pioneer Ruth Milligan explains how leaders can transform complex information into one clear, audience-centered idea, supported by the right evidence, strengthened through story, and memorable enough to be repeated after the meeting ends.

In this episode of The Internet Says it's True, Michael Kent traces the life of Army Specialist Richard Leroy McKinley, the tragic SL-1 nuclear reactor accident, and the extraordinary engineering that created the only radioactive grave in Arlington.

This CMC conversation brings together nonprofit leaders, business executives, and community builders to explore a simple but urgent idea: what if the path to stronger organizations—and a stronger region—starts with businesses and communities working side by side?

John Glenn International, Rickenbacker International, and Bolton Field are the region’s front doors — a first impression for visitors, a critical link for global businesses, and a major piece of the critical infrastructure needed to support Central Ohio’s next chapter of growth.

Tech doesn’t create great organizations; leaders do. In this episode of Innovating Leadership Co-Creating Our Future, Amazon executives Sandy Gordon and Scott Dresser share how human-centered systems, continuous learning, and thoughtful technology design enable one of the world's largest organizations to scale while keeping people at the center. Discover practical leadership lessons for navigating AI, organizational change, and the future of work.

Did a Japanese admiral really say America could never be invaded because there would be "a rifle behind every blade of grass?" In this episode of The Internet Says it's True, Michael Kent follows the trail back through wartime records, biographies, and historical research to discover where the quote actually came from, why historians reject it, and how one sentence became more famous than the evidence behind it.

Central Ohio’s future promises growth, momentum, and opportunity. But as the region adds more people, ages, diversifies, and faces mounting pressure on housing, health care, and human services, a harder question is emerging: will the systems we rely on be able to keep up? Learn more in this CMC forum.

There might be more public language for mental health than ever before — awareness months, workplace posters, crisis lines, wellness apps, and hashtags. But when someone’s real life falls apart, many of us still don’t know what to say, what to do, or how to show up. This CMC forum looks at mental health not only as a medical issue, but as a community issue.

In this episode of The Internet Says it's True, Michael Kent explores the true story behind the Pepsi Points promotion, the courtroom battle that followed, and why one joke commercial is still taught in law schools today.

This CMC explores several questions. How can nonprofits rise from financial strain to innovation and possibility? What would it look like to fund nonprofit work in ways that are faster and more flexible? How are philanthropy, government, and community organizations rethinking partnership, risk, and investment? And if nonprofits are essential civic infrastructure, what kinds of funding models will it take to make sure they can keep delivering—not just survive?