Sunday Morning Magazine With Rodney Lear

Summerfair 2021 will be held at Coney Island June 4th, 5th and 6th. Summerfair will feature more than 300 fine artists from all around the country. Summerfair has grown into one of the oldest continuous art fairs. Artists exhibit their art at the fair in categories such as photography, painting, wood, ceramics, fibers, leather and jewelry.

Cate Doty, Author, Mergers and Acquisitions. Doty is a writer and a former editor at The New York Times, where she worked for nearly 15 years, including as a wedding announcements writer, presidential campaign reporter, and a senior staff editor on the Food desk. As a guest on the show, Cate new book Mergers and Acquisitions is a behind-the-scenes debut memoir that takes readers inside the weddings section of The New York Times—the good, bad, and just plain weird—through the eyes of a young reporter just as she's falling in love herself.

Dr. Ian K. Smith, Author, FAST BURN!: The Power of Negative Energy Balance. Dr. Ian Smith is an New York Times bestselling author and new anchor host of the syndicated television show The Doctors. Dr. Ian joined Sunday Morning Magazine to celebrate the releases of his 20th book, FAST BURN!: The Power of Negative Energy Balance.

Deb Haas, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cincinnati; Shannon Sellers, Mike’s Car Wash. Mike’s Carwash teams up with Big Brothers Big Sisters for their 12th straight “Get a Wash, Give a Future” fundraising event on Saturday, May 8th. Benefitting youth mentoring programs in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky, Mike’s will donate half the proceeds of all Ultimate and Works washes sold throughout the day.

Steve Harryman, Author, Char’s Gift: A Remarkable Story of Hope through the Storms of Life. As a guest on the show, Steve Harryman compares his late wife, Char, to a 100 watt bulb who could light up any room. Despite the fact that she spent the last 24 years of her life battling a cancerous brain tumor.

Justin Baldoni, Actor, Film Director and Producer, Author, Man Enough: Undefining My Masculinity. Justin Baldoni is known for his starring role on the CW hit series Jane the Virgin as the director of 2019’s box office hit Five Feet Apart and 2020’s critically praised feature film Clouds. Baldoni stopped by Sunday Morning Magazine to talk about his new book, Man Enough. He says he wrote the book for men who are hurting and need to be reassured that they are not alone, that there is help, connection, and joy in manhood.

Vaccine passports – digital records of an individual’s COVID-19 vaccination status – are on their way. This is likely to be a QR code on your phone, which you scan to enter a flight or event. As with any major new initiative, scammers always find ways to take advantage of confusion and anxiety surrounding the change. Be on the lookout for vaccine passport cons.

Anthony Muñoz, Former Cincinnati Bengal, Member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, The Anthony Muñoz Foundation. The Anthony Muñoz Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2021 Straight ‘A’ Scholarship. Thanks to the Foundation’s partner Mike’s Carwash, the Foundation is awarding $42,000 in college scholarships to 18 Tri-State students. These students will receive a one-time scholarship toward pursuing their college education. One overall male and one overall female Straight ‘A’ Student of the Year will be chosen.

Marc and Angel Chernoff are professional coaches, full-time students of life, admirers of the human spirit, and have been recognized by Forbes as having "one of the most popular personal development blogs." Through their blog, podcast, books, live events, courses and coaching, they've spent the past decade writing about and teaching proven strategies for finding lasting happiness, success, love and peace. The Chernoffs live in Florida, with their young son. Their new book is 1000+ Little Habits of Happy, Successful Relationships. https://www.marcandangel.com/

During this segment of the show we spoke to education experts who provide tips and information to help high school students improve their studying skills. The panelists gave guidelines on how many hours students should spend studying for each school subject. They also discussed how technology is impacting the way young people study today.

Cincinnati Computer Cooperative is a nonprofit which provides low cost, refurbished computers to those in need, with a focus on education.

Great Miami Valley YMCA. Healthy Kids Days, April 10th 10am-2:00pm. The GMV YMCA has got the recipe for a healthy kid! Join us for Healthy Kids Day 2021 at YMCA Camp Campbell Gard. Healthy Kids Day will include fun active play and educational activities to keep kids moving and learning, in order to maintain healthy habits and academic skills to achieve goals and reach their full potential. https://www.gmvymca.org/

Susan May and Nick May, Nick’s New Heart: 30 Years and Counting. Nick May was one of the first successful heart transplants in the United States performed on a 1-year-old baby. In the past, infants with the heart defects that Nick once had invariably died. However, with surgical and medical advances, this sad situation has changed, providing not only life for these children, but a good quality of life.

Andi Johnson, LifeCenter Organ Donor Network. Ms. Johnson joined Sunday Morning Magazine to talk about organ and tissue donation. She discussed the need for donors here in the Cincinnati area.

When Marcus's mother has chemotherapy for her cancer and loses her hair, he tries to find new hair for her to make her well again.

Since 2006, First Tee - Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky has been building experiences to empower kids. We offer golf course programs spring, summer and fall at 6 area teaching locations. But we go beyond the golf course

• Nick Wagner, Executive Director, A Kid Again Southwest Ohio. A Kid Again Southwest Ohio, is an organization with a mission to support kids with life-threatening conditions and their families by giving illness a time-out through year-round adventures.

• Karyn Parsons is best known for her role as Will Smith's cousin Hilary Banks on NBC's The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. After leaving acting behind, Karyn has gone on to found and produce Sweet Blackberry, an award-winning series of children's animated films, to share stories about unsung black heroes in history, featuring narration from stars such as Alfre Woodard, Queen Latifah, and Chris Rock. The videos have been screened on HBO and Netflix, and enjoyed by schools and libraries across the country. How High the Moon is Karyn's debut novel.

Christopher Paul Curtis was born and raised in Flint, Michigan which has been used as a prominent setting in several stories including The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 and Bucking the Sarge. Christopher is also the author of the Newbery Honor book Elijah of Buxton. In the book, Eleven-year-old Elijah is the first child born into freedom in Buxton, Ontario, a settlement of runaway slaves near the American border. He’s best known in his hometown as the boy who made a memorable impression on Frederick Douglass. But things change when a former slave steals money from Elijah’s friend, who has been saving to buy his family out of captivity in the South

Asha Ama Bias-Daniels--The Taft Museum of Art and the Robert S. Duncanson Society welcomes fashion designer Asha Ama Bias-Daniels as the 2021 Duncanson Artist-in-Residence, which will now take place annually each Spring. Bias-Daniels is most widely recognized as the first Cincinnati designer to be a competitor on the television series Project Runway, a finalist on Under the Gunn, and as a returning contestant for the newest All Stars season. As a couture designer, Bias-Daniels is no stranger to runways, creating pieces for a diverse range of artists from Zendaya to Little Big Town and for her own line, Asha Ama.