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Sunday Morning Magazine with Rodney Lear

Hosted by Rodney Lear, this weekly show examines pertinent issues facing Cincinnati with open and honest discussion. Hear interviews with national celebrities, local leaders, authors, doctors, and experts on a wide range of topics.

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Latest Episodes

Tameka Fryer Brown, Author, Twelve Dinging Doorbells Christmas Literacy Show (12-18-22)

Tameka Fryer Brown, Author, Twelve Dinging Doorbells. Tameka Fryer Brown is a picture book author who writes to sow seeds of self-love, pride, connectivity, and inclusion in the hearts of children. Her books (Brown Baby Lullaby, My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood, and Around Our Way on Neighbors’ Day) have won awards like the Charlotte Zolotow Honor Award and the Anna Dewdney Read Together Award, and have been honored on best book lists by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center, New York Public Library, Bank Street College, NPR, Parents Latina Magazine, The Little Free Library, and more.

Dan Bremnes_Christian Music Artists_Segment #3 (11-14-22)

• Dan Bremnes is an award-winning singer/songwriter, and Curb | Word Entertainment recording artist, hailing from Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada and currently residing in Nashville. His latest album, Into The Wild, featuring single, “Hold You Tight,” is available now.
His music career commenced in 2010, with his album, Your Strength, that was independently released. He then released two independent singles, “Hear Your Voice” in 2012 and “After All” in 2013. During this time, Bremnes released an extended play, Light My Way, which was independently released on September 25, 2012. The extended play and singles got him Covenant Awards at the 35th Annual Awards in 2013 for Male Vocalist of the Year and Music Video of the Year for “This Life”. The subsequent year, Bremnes was awarded at the 36th Annual Awards for having the Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year and Recorded Song of the Year for “Beautiful”, where he received the Male Vocalist of the Year along with Artist of the Year. He signed to Sparrow Records / Capitol CMG, where he released another single, “Beautiful”, in 2014, along with an extended play on April 14, 2015, Where the Light Is. The song, “Beautiful”, charted at a peak of No. 17 on the Billboard magazine Christian Songs chart.

Lecrae_Christian Music Artists_Segment #2 (11-14-22)

Lecrae is a Multi Grammy Award-winning platinum selling artist, New York Times best-selling author, entrepreneur, speaker, thought leader, and philanthropist and CoOwner/President of Reach Records, the recording home of Lecrae, Andy Mineo, Hulvey, 1K Phew, Tedashii, Trip Lee, Limoblaze, WHATUPRG and Wande. His 2014 album, Anomaly, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with nearly 100K copies sold through the first week, the first album to top both the Billboard 200 and the Gospel Charts simultaneously. To date, he has sold more than 3 million copies and been nominated for 7 Grammy Awards including a win for Best Gospel Album, 15 Dove Awards, one Billboard Music Award, and received both a Soul Train Music Award and BET Hip-Hop Nomination.

His new album, Church Clothes 4 Mixtape, is available now.

Luke Smallbone of For King & Country_Christian Music Artists_Segment #1 (11-14-22)

Luke Smallbone, For King & Country. Joel and Luke Smallbone know how to spin a cocoon of sound that envelopes the listener, lace words of truth and use their voices to lift and inspire. For FOR KING + COUNTRY – the quadruple GRAMMY®-winning progressive pop artist-songwriters – what music can do, as a positive and emotional force in people’s lives, is what drives the Sydney, Australia-born, Nashville-based duo. Fearless and searching for not just commonality, but how we all can take the things that scar us and transform them to grow in love, FOR KING + COUNTRY offers rigorous engagement with the world.

Yolanda Adams_Christian Music Artists_Segment #4 (11-14-22)

Yolanda Adams, Singer/Songwriter, Actress. Billboard Magazine Gospel Artist of the last decade, Yolanda, is a five-time Grammy Award-winning vocalist who believes that her music heals, encourages, and inspires others to trust more than themselves. She has triumphantly carried the torch for the contemporary gospel and inspirational music via 13 glorious albums. Stunningly beautiful, exceptionally educated, filled with the spirit, and blessed with one of the most influential voices in any genre of music, this Houston native and one-time school teacher has been a stately beacon of God’s light. She has earned numerous accolades for her shining efforts, including the first American Music Award for Contemporary Gospel Artist and four Gospel Music Association Dove Awards. Her pioneering blend of the modern gospel with R&B, infused with a touch of jazz, continues to inspire her fans and transform the musical landscape.