The City Club Forum
firmly believes in the free expression of all ideas and the benefits of an open exchange. It is nonpartisan and does not take positions on issues. All speakers must answer unfiltered, unrehearsed questions directly from the audience.
In partnership with The City Club of Cleveland, ideastream broadcasts Friday Forums, panel discussions, debates and other programs on WKSU, WCLV, WVIZ and The Ohio Channel, and archives them on the web.
Broadcast Schedule
Radio
- WKSU: Fridays at 12 p.m.
- WCLV: Sundays at 10 p.m.
Television
- WVIZ: Sundays at 10 a.m.
- The Ohio Channel: Mondays at 4 p.m.
Live Video Stream
- Watch the City Club Forum live during the broadcast - ! Live video stream available during Friday broadcast, 12 p.m. (EST).
Ways To Subscribe
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Join the City Club as John Panza joins in conversation with Patrick Carney of The Black Keys on the band's journey to success, and how we can all support musicians in an increasingly complicated music industry.
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Becoming a successful entrepreneur and maintaining success in a startup business has its own unique set of systemic and structural challenges. What can we learn about the work being done here in Northeast Ohio that is truly breaking barriers and building futures in entrepreneurship?
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As part of the City Club's 2025 Annual Meeting, join us as Thompson Hine's Robyn Minter Smyers leads a conversation with biographer David Greenberg on John Lewis's remarkable life and the lessons it holds for all of us.
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Join us at the City Club as we gather for the fifth annual Deborah Vesy Systems Change Champion Award forum, in partnership with the Deaconess Foundation, to discuss the evolution of AI, the promise of its use in workforce development, and its implications for the future of work.
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Join us at the City Club as we hear from ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½'s Kevin Martin and Tim Isgitt with Public Media Co. on how stations are adapting in a new era of uncertainty, and unpack the future of Public Media.
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As part of the City Club's Local Heroes series, join us as we hear from Executive Director Phyllis Seven Harris on the progress and work ahead for the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland.
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Join us to hear from Baiju Shah, chief executive of the region's chamber of commerce, on his vision for how a mindset change might make possible the future many in Greater Cleveland hope for. He'll discuss the region's growth and how business and civic leaders can work together to unlock the region’s full potential.
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In celebration of the 90th Anisfield Wolf Book Awards and Cleveland Book Fest, Schroeder will discuss Jacobs' narrative and Schroeder's own scholarship with author, historian, and 2021 Anisfield Wolf Book Award winner Vincent Brown.
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What if the conventional narrative of the 1960s civil rights era, by its very nature, limits the success, legal achievements, and persistence of Black Americans for generations? In Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights, author Dylan C. Penningroth maintains that the fight for civil rights didn't begin with famous marches and courtroom cases of the 1960s.