Episode Details

In the sweltering heat of summer, the Beacon’s Audio Companion returns to full strength. Hosts Jordan, Kevin, and Tim (back from the Poconos) reconvene post-three hours and change of Clippers baseball that left 2/3rds of the crew absolutely fried. (7/24)

* After some vacation recap, the crew reflect on the recent interview with johnn(y)ie co-author Johnny Dawson. Topics include: reinvention, the toll of ambition, addiction, and post-service life. The guys draw parallels between Dawson’s post military recovery, Johnny Dixon’s athletic career pivot, and their own business and creative endeavors and fail-deavors, calling attention to the importance of personal grit and breaking from isolation to embrace the next thing.

* Local matters round out the show. Michelle Crandall’s final week as Hilliard city manager prompts discussion on future city leadership, council dynamics, and the future of representative governance. The hosts consider the slow, necessary shift toward neighborhood-level input and “low-intensity, frequent engagement,” as a process to navigate local issues at the citizen level.

* They wrap with updates on the Bryant Street land trust home, ongoing sidewalk repairs (and speculation about their distribution), a lightning-struck tree, and the arrival of Pickleball Kingdom - approved by a vote of 5-2 amid concerns about income tax yield for that prime corridor spot.

Finally, in true Companion form, a few jabs at axe throwing and a not-so-subtle digression into the latest Epstein insanity.

Music and Production by Tim Hofmann at Franklin Street Studios (doot-dah-doot-dah doooo)

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There's a lot of interesting things happening in Ohio.

It's always drawing us forward even as the larger picture is scaring and abusing us.

So I think it's a challenge to us to find ways to make our contribution as loud as

we can and try to come through some of this noise and chaos that we're facing. - Jordan