Every Sunday from 7–8am, Q102 airs Sunday Morning Magazine with Rodney Lear. The show is produced in-house and examines pertinent issues facing Cincinnati. Recent topics discussed on the program include: Parenting a chronically ill child, innovative educators, preparing students for college, postpartum depression, children of incarcerated parents, the foster care system, getting out of debt, water safety, obesity, illiteracy, family finance, domestic violence, child sexual abuse, suicide prevention, homelessness, military veterans, marriage enrichment, teens and body image, eating disorders, cancer, and race relations.
Listen to the Sunday Morning Magazine podcast on the Q102 mobile app, here on WKRQ.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
Aaron Bley, Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CABVI); Samantha Barlion, Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CABVI); Joe Mumper, Westside Brewery. Braille Ale is back in a bigger can and an even bigger flavor – Tangerine Juicy IPA! Join CABVI and West Side Brewing to celebrate its release on Thursday, August 11th from 5 – 7 PM at West Side Brewing
Aftab Pureval, Mayor, Cincinnati. Aftab Pureval is the 70th Mayor of Cincinnati. He was raised in Southwest, Ohio, the son of first-generation Americans. He is making history as Cincinnati’s first Asian American Mayor. As Mayor, he is committed to serving Cincinnati's 52 neighborhoods.
Joanna Ho is the New York Times bestselling author of Eyes that Kiss in the Corners and Eyes that Speak to the Stars. Joanna discusses her debut young adult novel, The Silence that Binds Us.
Alicia D. Williams is the author of Genesis Begins Again which won the 2020 Newbery and Kirkus Prize honors and was a William C. Morris Award finalist. Williams also won the Coretta Scott King-- John Steptoe Award for New Talent for Genesis Begins Again. Williams joins us to talk about diversity in books.
Katherine Applegate is the Newbery Medal-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous books for young readers Including fan favorites The One and Only Ivan (2013 Newbery Winner), Crenshaw and the Endling series. She joins Sunday Morning Magazine to talk about her newest novel, Willodeen.
Derrick Barnes is the author of the New York Times bestselling picture book Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, which received a Caldecott Honor, Newbery Honor, a Coretta Scott King Honor, the Ezra Jack Keats Award as well as the prestigious Kirkus Prize. Barnes joins us to discuss his new picture The Queen of Kindergarten as well as his much anticipated upcoming graphic novel, Victory. Stand! Raising My Fist for Justice.
Alicia Reece, Hamilton County Commissioner, Cincinnati Black Music Walk of Fame Founder. Alicia Reece will lead the induction of the second class of inductees for the Cincinnati Black Music Walk of Fame on Saturday, July 23, 12-3 p.m. at the new Walk of Fame located in front of the Brady Music Center at The Banks. The 2022 Cincinnati Black Music Walk of Fame Inductees are: Penny Ford, Wilbert Longmire, Midnight Star and Hi-Tek. https://www.cincyblackmusicwalkoffame.org/
Steve Abbott, Executive Director, Cincinnati Cancer Foundation and Sherry Hughes, Director of Strategic Community Engagement, Cincinnati Cancer Advisors. Cincinnati Cancer Advisors exists to improve the care of cancer patients seeking a second opinion so that they walk away with a thorough understanding of their diagnosis and confidence in their plan of care. They believe that great care begins with a great plan and in doing so they hope to take those feelings of chaos out of a cancer diagnosis through their team-oriented, mission-driven approach to making second opinions more accessible.
Ben Feller, Author, Big Problems Little Problems. Mr. Feller is a former award-winning chief White House correspondent for The Associated Press. During his years of covering Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, he was a leader of the White House press corps, traveled aboard Air Force One around the world, and was honored as a “master of deadline reporting.” Now he is writing about his personal passion: being a dad. His latest project is his heartwarming new book, Big Problems Little Problems, which is inspired by his relationship with his son.
Ginger Zee is the chief meteorologist at ABC News, reporting on the nation’s weather on Good Morning America and across ABC News broadcasts and digital platforms. Previously she was the meteorologist for “Good Morning America Weekend.” Additionally, Zee hosts an ABC News original digital series “Food Forecast.” Follow Ginger on Twitter: @ginger_Zee; her Facebook Fan Page is: Facebook.com/gingerzeetv
Hello! My name is Rodney Lear. I was born and raised here in Cincinnati. I have fond memories of going to Riverfront Stadium with the dad and older brother to watch the Big Red Machine in action. My dad, for some odd reason, would always listen to the game on the radio while we were sitting in the nose-bleed section of the stadium (which every fan knows as the “red seats”).
I have been in the media industry for over 30 years. I started my career behind the camera at WCPO-TV. Today, I spend much of my time behind a microphone as Host and Executive Producer of Sunday Morning Magazine with Rodney Lear.
I’m the proud father of two teenage sons. When I’m not at the station, you can find me on the field coaching my boys in soccer, track and field, and baseball.
When I’m not coaching, I’m yelling—I mean cheering—my youngest son on to victory or beaming with pride watching my oldest son play in his high school marching band.
I love music (I need it on most of the time or else I can’t concentrate), enjoy the arts (my favorite artist is Kadir Nelson), like to read (my wife makes fun of me because I read a lot of middle school and YA novels for work). I enjoy walking the king of my house, our scrappy rescue Yorkie Terrier mix, Milo.
