Columbus Metropolitan Club
Saturday mornings at 10, Podcast
With a mission to connect people and ideas through community conversation, the Columbus Metropolitan Club presents weekly town hall-style forums where engaged citizens hear from speakers and panelists on a variety of newsworthy, current, and relevant topics of community interest. CMC has almost 1,400 members of various ages, professions, races, and beliefs. WCBE is proud to partner with CMC to deliver audio of the forums on-air and through this podcast.
Latest Episodes
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This CMC forum features an inside look at how this new era of college sports is playing out on and off the field with Ohio State's Ross Bjork. -
This CMC forum features a conversation with developers, civic leaders, and economic strategists about the future of our city’s core. -
This CMC forum features leaders from across sectors for a candid, forward-looking conversation about how Columbus can grow with intention, avoid common pitfalls, and set a new national example for smart, inclusive regional development. -
This CMC forum features a conversation about visionary thinking, creative place-making, and why dreaming big might be the first step to transforming Columbus’ fashion future. -
With a panel of passionate nonprofit leaders, we unpack the state of Central Ohio nonprofits at one of CMC’s most popular forums of the year. -
With an expert panel, this CMC forum unpacks the results of the new 2025 Franklin County Health Map for a look at what’s worked since the last comprehensive study and the work that remains to keep Central Ohioans healthy. -
This CMC forum explores the education reform strategies state business leaders are backing. -
With key leaders and policy experts, this CMC forum unpacks the impact Medicaid has had on health outcomes in Ohio and the consequences facing patients in recovery if the state’s landmark care expansion is abandoned. -
This CMC forum analyzes Ohio’s relationship with its neighbor to the north and unpacks what trade tensions and tariffs could mean for jobs, industries, and the economic outlook across the state. -
From restructuring policies to rethinking tax breaks, our CMC panel will break down Ohio’s property tax puzzle with a look who pays, who benefits, and what happens next.
