Podcasts about Cincinnati, Ohio

Most of what plays here is someone arguing about a Cincinnati team. The Reds draw the heaviest coverage, the Bengals are close behind, and FC Cincinnati, the Bearcats and Xavier each have a show that rarely looks elsewhere. The same voices move between them: Paul Dehner Jr. is the guest on Mo Egger and has an episode of Sports Intoxication named for him, Mo Egger sits on a mock-offseason episode of Hear That Podcast Growlin', and Corie Blount turns up on both That's So Cincinnati and Sports with strawberry ice. The scene outside sports is smaller but varied: a public-radio interview program, a television station's debate audio, the zoo, two beer shows and an amateur-radio noticeboard.

What Cincinnati is

Cincinnati sits on the Ohio River in the southwest corner of Ohio, facing Northern Kentucky across the water, with a metro area that takes in both states. It is home to the Reds, the Bengals and FC Cincinnati, and to the University of Cincinnati and Xavier University, and the shows here treat those institutions as the city's common language.

The Reds from four directions

The Riverfront: A Cincinnati Reds Show is a panel of invested fans thinking out loud. Its clips have Billy DeVore relaying an insider's verdict that Eugenio Suárez can stand there on defense, which the panel decides is fine given the three-run homers; a host arguing ownership should spend the way the federal government does because winning teams draw fans; and a long imagining of Kyle Schwarber coming home to finish his career with the Reds. Locked On Reds treats each game as evidence: Jeff Carr counts 44 players used at home since June 2023 with only six reaching 100-plus games, and the hosts reconstruct which ones. The New Nasty Boys ranges furthest from the box score, to Tony Clark's resignation and the owners' reported $2.25 billion war chest for a possible 2027 lockout, before coming back to Chase Burns's nine strikeouts in "The Cincinnati Reds SWEEP The Texas Rangers!". The Reds also surface on the Opening Day broadcast carried by Bill Cunningham on 700WLW, where Lance McAllister splits the record by runs scored (four or more, 65-25; fewer, 18-54) and Marty Brenneman projects 85 wins, and on That's So Cincinnati, where Gordon Wittenmyer argues the Reds could be a top-heavy contender with Elly, Suárez and Francona.

Bengals: the draft and a defense to fix

Mo Egger, on ESPN1530, gives the draft argument its sharpest form: Paul Dehner Jr. says Cincinnati has not earned the right to make Jeremiah Love a luxury pick at number ten and needs defensive playmakers more urgently than another running back. Sports with strawberry ice gets to similar ground by a looser route; its voice profile describes a live hangout where the topic list is planned and the path through it is not, opening on weather, back pain or a fake tweet. In the clip that plays here, Jesse James calls Brian Cook a clear upgrade because he and Jordan Battle combined for 47 missed tackles, and the room settles on one premise: fix the defense and nobody scares them.

Hear That Podcast Growlin' is a duo with reporting instincts, and its playable episodes are from early 2024: a mock offseason in which James Rapien wants Christian Wilkins as a step up from DJ Reader and Mo Egger says the team could run it back with Higgins, Chase and Burrow, plus a clip on the Dan Pitcher offensive-coordinator plan making the point that saying words into a headset is not calling plays. On the Sidelines adds week-to-week texture, Joe Burrow taking a full Wednesday practice and Lindsey Patterson arguing the snowy-seat controversy was about how customers were treated rather than the snow. Bengal Bites: Cincinnati Bengals News & Analysis is the solo version, a fan-analyst talking through each game with the box score open, its titles paired previews and recaps.

FC Cincinnati, the Bearcats and Xavier

Cincinnati Soccer Talk is the fan-produced FC Cincinnati show. Its clips catch Evander booed from the moment he stepped off the bus in Portland, a bonus episode on Brenner's return, and a Jersey Swap episode in which the host previews New York City FC in a put-on New York accent; the recent run pairs Jersey Swaps with Toronto FC and Red Bull New York podcasters. BCJ Podcast is the Bearcats show, all shorthand, conference math and transfer logic: top portal big men priced at four to five million dollars, Connor Blue's 18.2 innings with two earned runs, and why taking two of three from Baylor matters. Sports Intoxication, four friends with drinks, gives Xavier the same treatment in clips from a 2022 episode: Sean Miller pulling Cam Craft after a poor decision, and a goal of nothing more than returning to the NCAA tournament after four seasons away. The Cincinnati and Dayton Sports Podcast ranges wider, to Ohio high school winter sports and Damar Hamlin's $2,500 toy-drive goal reaching $4,679,060.

Politics and public life

Cincinnati Edition, from Cincinnati Public Radio, is the measured end of the page. Its clips are the OH-1 primary interviews: Holly Adams citing a Warren County rape case to argue for stripping sanctuary-city funding, and Damon Lynch IV explaining a January 6 Facebook post and calling his Trump vote a protest, opposite Rep. Greg Landsman. The recent titles are civic housekeeping, "Preparing for the next flash flood", "How to revive a flooded garden", cyclosporiasis in Hamilton County. WLWT News 5 carries the station's debate audio, the GOP Senate primary with LaRose, Moreno and Dolan, plus an eclipse chaser on why totality has no comparison. That's So Cincinnati sounds like a newsroom table with microphones on, and its clips are reporting: police arresting 39 people and towing 65 cars after the Woodward High School takeover, and a special edition ten years after the Pike County murders tracing how Jake Wagner's plea led investigators to the weapons and the false-bottom truck. Bill Cunningham's Sunday-night broadcasts run hotter and further afield, with a clip on Iranian civilians blocking roads while U.S. forces extracted an injured F-15 weapons officer. Sunday Morning Magazine with Rodney Lear is live radio that wants to be useful first: a heart-transplant patient matched three days after going on the list, Sarah Jane Glenn on the extra degree women need to earn what men earn.

Beer, animals and the airwaves

Cincinnati's beer scene has two shows here, and they share a title run: both Cincy Brewcast and Craft Parenting Podcast worked through Higher Gravity's Beervent Calendar. The Gnarly Gnome's Brewcast follows openings and festivals, "Bacchus Brewfest And Beyond Is Back!" adding Cider Boys, Northside Distillery and Willow Run Bourbon, Alexandria Brewing heading for West Chester. Craft Parenting is Joe and Caroline folding the same scene into family life, a bottle share with the 513 Craft Brew Group at Third Eye Brewing in Sharonville. Cincinnati Zoo Tales has Jenna Wingate and Sam Kornau interviewing zoo staff, and the clips are keeper detail: snakes that will overeat if allowed, vultures recorded at around 36,000 feet beside an airplane. AB4WS Radio Show is Jack Prindle's noticeboard for amateur radio across greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, reading out the Hamshack Hotline sunset and a tool for lobbying Congress on HOA antenna rules. "What Gives" is Erin Satzger's philanthropy show at the Northern Cincinnati Foundation, with Matt King on technology and Ron Rosenbeck on building Republic Wire.

Where to start

• For the Reds: The Riverfront: A Cincinnati Reds Show for the panel argument, Locked On Reds for the numbers behind it.
• For the Bengals: Mo Egger with Paul Dehner Jr. on the draft, then Sports with strawberry ice for the same debate with the polish off.
• For the city itself: Cincinnati Edition's OH-1 primary interviews and That's So Cincinnati on the Woodward High School takeover.
• For something other than a scoreboard: Cincy Brewcast or Cincinnati Zoo Tales.

The Cincinnati feed on this page plays clips from these shows.