If you live in Lakewood, Parma or Cleveland Heights, are you a Clevelander?
After recording our first episode of The Downtowner, my co-host Amy and I got into it with our guest, historian Mark Souther, about what is considered “Cleveland” in our first bonus episode of the podcast.
Some months ago, I got a pitch from my friend Amy Eddings, host of Morning Edition here on WCPN ideastream, Cleveland’s NPR station. She wanted to do a podcast with me. But first, a little backstory…
Almost a year after leaving New York, my new life as a Clevelander is really just beginning.
After lunch with an old family friend from my childhood days, I took a walk around what will soon become my new home, getting a lay of the land and a sense of things. Starting in October, I will be…