Bill O’Neill likes being where the action is. After an excellent (though not winning) campaign for Ohio Supreme Court, O’Neill is challenging Steve LaTourette—serving his 6th term in Congress. Listen to the entire conversation here.

For the September Midtown Brews/Meet.The.Bloggers* Roundtable, Michael DeAloia, formerly of the City of Cleveland’s Department of Development and recently of SchoolOne, talks candidly about his stint with the city—the good, the bad, and the ugly. Listen to the full audio here.

A significant contingent of Northeast Ohio bloggers kicked of the first major interview of the ‘08 Election at Gypsy Beans and Baking Company with Kucinich challenger Rosemary Palmer. You can listen to the entire recording here. A few subjects were covered were: Journalism, economic development, education, and foreclosure.

Recently, several bloggers along with a few non-blogging friends (meet.the.bloggers* interviews are always open to the public) met with Harriet Applegate of the Northcoast Federation of Labor, to discuss unions, solving poverty, and workforce development, as well as the union council’s position on Steelyard Commons and the medical mart/convention center project. You can listen to the entire hour+ podcast here.

Over the years, Jack Ricchiuto and I have logged hundreds of hours of conversation. This is the first one we’ve recorded as a Meet.The.Bloggers* interview. Tim and Gloria Ferris and I could have spent several hours talking about his practice, his work, his writing, etc, etc. Fortunately, we got him to commit to a follow up interview. Listen to the entire conversation here. Check out the book that prompted this conversation here.

The bloggers had an excellent conversation with Joan Perch, who is also the operations coordinator out at Lorain Community College’s Stocker Arts Center. Joan brought along Janet Barlow, the Center’s director, so in addition to talking about the Arts in Cleveland and the Red Dot Project, we talked about the Center and how it’s impacting Lorain. Listen to the entire podcast here.

How do you leverage small grants for high impact when it comes to education? That was the question the Cleveland Colectivo put to a panel of education experts. Listen to the entire audio here.

Joe Marinucci has been doing economic development for 30 years. Currently, he’s focused on improving downtown thru a non-profit, but has done stints for the City of Cleveland as well as the State of Ohio. During the hour we spent with him, the conversation ranged from The Clean & Safe program, to the Ingenuity Festival, to Historic Tax Credits, and Tax Increment Financing. Listen to the full audio here.

One of the best things about Collinwood is a small group of dedicated people influencing the community with their art and creativity. At the center of it is Sarah Gyorki. Listen to our discussion here.

Full audio of the session held at the Downtown Branch of the Cleveland Public Library here. A big thanks to them for partnering with us, and huge props to Sam who ran the AV for making this podcast possible.