
Above the Fold
*ON HIATUS* Business news shouldn't be boring. Above the Fold is a weekly podcast by the Cincinnati Business Courier, bringing you the week's top news and interviews with the biggest names in Cincinnati.
Episodes
57 episodes
Business Courier's year in review: The biggest stories of 2023
Hosts Andy and Tom are joined by Business Courier reporters Brian Planalp, Abby Miller and Steve Watkins to dissect some of the biggest local news stories of 2023. Those include a record number of restaurants closing in Cincinnati – more than w...
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43:05

Kroger bringing workers back to the office, and a talk with Rich Graeter
Hosts Andy and Tom talk about Kroger's plans to bring its office workers back in four days a week, a public company re-establishing its headquarters in Cincinnati, Coney Island's sale to a music organization to make was for a $118 million conce...
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Episode 56
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46:39

What's going on with downtown Cincinnati real estate?
Hosts Andy and Tom have a look at the uncertain future of the office market downtown, starting with a story on the potential foreclosure of an office tower, followed by GE pulling all of its employees out of its onetime Global Operations Center...
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Episode 55
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43:49

Eastgate Mall's new owner and an interview with serial entrepreneur Rachel DesRochers
Hosts Andy and Tom talk about the sale of Eastgate Mall to a new owner, a Cincinnati marketing exec who was slated to live on a cruise for three years, a local restaurant being named one of the best new eateries in America, the uncertain future...
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Episode 54
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43:27

Inside FC Cincinnati's plans for the West End
Hosts Andy and Tom talk about three new retailers with cult followings opening in the Cincinnati region, a fumble in the $1.6B sale of the Cincinnati Southern Railway, NKU adding six new varsity sports while facing a multi-million dollar defici...
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Episode 53
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47:40

Rhinegeist's new CEO talks possibility of opening new taproom
Hosts Andy and Tom talk about the results of the Nov. 7 election and the surprise passage of the sale of the Cincinnati Southern Railway to Norfolk Southern, objections to new apartment projects near popular neighborhood business districts, FC ...
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Episode 52
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53:40

Black Owned founder Means Cameron talks post-Covid downtown Cincinnati, overcoming impostor syndrome
Host Andy Brownfield and special guest host Chris Wetterich talk about the campaign to convince voters to allow the city to sell the Cincinnati Southern Railway, and its chances of passing; a planned overhaul of Central Parkway into a Champs El...
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Episode 51
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51:19

The health of Cincinnati's downtown, and Elizabeth Pierce of the Cincinnati Museum Center
Hosts Andy and Tom talk about how Cincinnati's downtown hasn't returned to normal since the Covid-19 pandemic, and is faring worse than most other cities; as well as how FC Cincinnati's payroll stacks up against the MLS; a lawsuit against the c...
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Episode 50
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49:56

Rhingeist's new CEO, minor league soccer coming to Cincinnati and the Mercantile Library plans to double in size
Hosts Andy and Tom talk about a new minor league soccer team coming to the region, Rhinegeist's new CEO, an update on Xavier University's plans to bring football back, the more than 200 letters written about P.G. Sittenfeld ahead of his sentenc...
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Episode 49
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43:40

Western & Southern Open here to stay, Sittenfeld sentenced and how to overcome a fear of public speaking
Host Andy Brownfield and special guest host Chris Wetterich talk about the decision to keep the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, P.G. Sittenfeld's sentence for his two corruption convictions, a new hotel tax bringing Hamilton County a...
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Episode 48
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50:03

Judge rules against TQL in big class action, meet the Bengals' sweetest sponsor
Hosts Andy and Tom talk about the more than 50 new restaurants that have opened so far this year in Cincinnati, a class action lawsuit accusing TQL of underpaying employees, protestors striking out against P&G's forestry practices, Amazon g...
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Episode 47
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48:25

Sparring over Sittenfeld's prison sentence, and Main Street Ventures looks at changing how it awards grants
Hosts Andy and Tom talk about the potential sentence former Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld faces when he is sentenced on Oct. 10, as well as Grippo's buying another chip company, the Margaritaville Hotel moving forward, the Bengals'...
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Episode 46
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46:30

CVG adds transportation service, and Scripps new COO is overseeing the media firm's reorganization
We're back after a brief hiatus! Hosts Andy and Tom talk about a new on-demand taxi service coming to CVG, an iconic Cincinnati ice cream brand gets a revamp, two downtown skyscrapers take moves toward residential conversions and P&G faces ...
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Episode 45
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40:32

Cincinnati group aims to become national standard to gauge companies' social impact
Hosts Andy and Tom talk about legal troubles facing a Cincinnati university, a successful office development in a highly uncertain era for offices, an early legal victory notched by a local developer suing Huntington National Bank, a supersonic...
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Episode 44
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45:15

Big plans for Cincinnati's malls, and Neal Mayerson, president of the Mayerson Group and founder of positive psychology
Hosts Andy and Tom talk about big plans for Cincinnati's six largest shopping centers, a $100 million project coming to the University of Cincinnati, an overhaul to a busy business corridor in Madisonville, Cincinnati Public Radio's new headqua...
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Episode 43
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52:52

Keeping the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, and the Hard Rock Casino's new president
Hosts Andy and Tom talk about Cincinnati's odds at keeping the Western & Southern Open in the region, Ohio's first Buc-ee's, a startup that promises a personal flying vehicle and what's new at Kings Island for the 2024 season.Interv...
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Episode 42
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42:53

A $23M plan for ex-Saks location, and how a bad taco led to one of Cincinnati's most popular restaurants
Hosts Andy and Tom talk about a $23 million plan to redevelop downtown's deserted Saks Fifth Avenue shop, the death of a $100 million joint venture with Cincinnati Children's Hospital, a group that wants to become the national standard for DEI ...
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Episode 41
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44:44

Music venue planned for West End; CEO talks battle over hybrid work, making the office meaningful
Host Andy Brownfield is joined by special guest host Meg Erpenbeck to talk about a new music venue planned for the West End, the shuttering of a Northern Kentucky institution, a grocery store coming to a neighborhood food desert, a new "city wi...
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Episode 40
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48:11

Closing the convention center, and meet one of Cincinnati's fastest-growing tech firms
Hosts Andy and Tom talk about $20 million in upgrades at Paycor Stadium, why more companies are moving their headquarters to the Findlay Market area, an 18-month closure coming to the Duke Energy Convention Center, a food hall coming to suburba...
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Episode 39
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48:07

Arena Football League plans Cincinnati franchise, and a pickleball powerhouse
Hosts Andy and Tom talk about a new arena football team planned for Cincinnati, a bill targeting institutional investors who snap up single-family homes, plans to convert Central Parkway into a European-style boulevard, Cincinnati Children's bi...
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Episode 38
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42:49

Plans for Carew Tower, and addressing Cincinnati's worker shortage
Hosts Andy and Tom talk about what an application for historic tax credits reveal about plans to redevelop Carew Tower, a new boutique hotel opening in a historic OTR building, the breakdown of a $1 billion deal to take a Cincinnati company pub...
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Episode 37
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41:14

Martin Sheen and Emilio Estévez talk Ohio's movie industry, filming in Cincinnati
Hosts Andy and Tom talk about Cincinnati Children's earning the top spot on a prestigious national list, a new restaurant coming to a storied space at the Banks downtown, Medpace getting a $33 million tax credit for a massive local expansion, m...
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Episode 36
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52:17

Cincinnati's housing market is just crazy at this point, and former mayor Mark Mallory on the Brent Spence replacement bridge
Hosts Andy and Tom talk about the completely bonkers local housing market, Charlotte's latest salvo in an effort to take the Western & Southern Open from Cincinnati, an Amtrak plan to increase train service, the founder of a local distiller...
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Episode 35
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43:05

Turning sports trading cards into a $5M business, and all the beer news
Andy and special guest host Meg Erpenbeck, the Courier's digital editor, talk about MadTree Brewing's third location, a Cincinnati startup's Mach 5 space plane, plans to fill vacant storefronts in OTR, the zoo's $680 million impact and how the ...
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Episode 34
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46:13

Universal basic income in Cincinnati and Prolink CEO Tony Munafo on leaving a legacy
Hosts Andy and Tom talk about Mayor Aftab Pureval's plans for new social programs, including a version of universal basic income in Cincinnati; a Tolkein-inspired brewery opening in Northern Kentucky; a plea deal by an indicted former city coun...
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Episode 33
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46:48
