John Katko learns the history behind lawmakers using government shutdowns as a political negotiating tool with University of Michigan Professor Donald Moynihan. In the Trapeze, we hear from Mike Christine from the National Air Traffic Controllers Association and New York Representative Mike Lawler about the costs of a government shutdown to the American people, and if it's worth paying.

Government Shutdowns

This week on The OUtlet, our look at the 2025 General Election. A crucial funding decision for disability services is on the ballot for Athens County residents, and a new lawsuit in Nelsonville could decide who can legally hold office this November.

The OUtlet - October 31st, 2025

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Ever wonder why your local NPR station or PBS News sounds so different from your local TV news? It’s not just tone, it’s money, mission, and mindset.

In this episode of Laid Off and Looking, Domenic and Jenna talk with Stan Jastrzebski, longtime public radio news director for KBIA in Columbia Missouri. He's also a journalism researcher and breaks down why there is a  divide between public media and commercial newsrooms. He covers how funding models can shape coverage, who journalists are actually serving, and why both systems are struggling to survive the digital age.

Stan also explains how public media’s civic mission of serving communities and uplifting marginalized voices often clashes with shrinking budgets and burnout, while in commercial newsrooms journalists find themselves chasing clicks, ratings, and advertisers just to stay alive. 

He also dives into the “snowcap effect” inside news organizations, the diversity gap between leadership and staff, and what happens when communities stop trusting the people who tell their stories.

🎙️ In this episode, we get into:

00:00 - Start
04:08 - Public Media Shortcomings
05:33 - Stan Jastrzebski Interview
07:50 - What Makes Public Media Different
11:54 - Why Be In Public Media?
15:39 - But You Can’t Eat Awards
16:30 - Diversity In Public Media
22:03 - We Need More Stories from Member Stations
23:39 - Can Public Media Grow Your Career?
27:47 - What About the Fundraising Model
34:07 - Be In the Community
39:42 - Is The Most Trusted News Enough?
44:01 - State House Reporting
47:55 - The Public Media Sound
50:01 - Why Did You Become a Journalist?

If you care about who controls the story and what happens when the people disappear but the algorithms stay, this episode is for you.

👇 Tell us in the comments: Do you trust public media more than commercial news? Why or why not?

🎧 Subscribe to Laid Off and Looking for more honest conversations about the future of journalism, AI, and the people keeping truth alive.

Public Media vs Commercial News

This week on The OUtlet, a 50-year firefighting career comes to a close. How a first responder’s impact reaches far beyond the station, and the ongoing government shutdown brings new concerns about America's standing in international agriculture.

The OUtlet - November 7th, 2025

This week on The OUtlet, Amesville packs the community center for a night of swing dancing, and Donkey Coffee introduces its new four-legged team member.

The OUtlet - November 14th, 2025

BTS,HalfLife,Garry'sMod,AyaseEriAndRinFan2003: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-C1hYfoQnI&list=PL_YzscmxdrGaSj-mDl8ZGAqqkDZh-G51X&index=18&pp=gAQBiAQB0gcJCQgKAYcqIYzv
Roll Along Thomas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V177Uyogazc&pp=ygUnZW5naW5lIHJvbGwgY2FsbCBzZWFzb24gMTkgaW5zdHJ1bWVudGFs
TankEngineTunes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OUQ1Ysmnd8&pp=ygUnZW5naW5lIHJvbGwgY2FsbCBzZWFzb24gMTkgaW5zdHJ1bWVudGFs

This is something I had to fix and fill with the mixes of both instrumentals of the S19-24 Roll Call instrumentals, Roll Along's instrumental had the 1st and 2nd chorus part reused, so I layered the 2nd chorus part with the different track for Lines 4-5 with the horn section from TankEngineTunes for chorus 2.

Composer
Ed Welch

Rearranged & Performed
Steve D'Angelo  Terry Tompkins  Eggplant LF/POP Sound

Thomas & Friends Series 19 - 24 Roll Call Intrumental (FIXED / PROPER)

This week on The OUtlet, a new mascot helps the community learn to recycle, and a kitchen fire temporarily shuts down Jackie O’s Public House.

The OUtlet - November 21st, 2025

The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie goes deep on the thinkers, doers, and artists who are making the 21st century a more libertarian—or at least more interesting place—by challenging outmoded ideas and orthodoxies.

Today's guest is Ken Burns, the filmmaker who has massively reshaped national conversations about everything from the Civil War to baseball to jazz to immigration to national parks with epic documentary series that have aired on public television.

His latest work is The American Revolution, a 12-hour series about the nation's founding that he codirected with Sarah Botstein and David P. Schmidt. As the nation prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary next year, the American Revolution foregrounds the bloodiness of the war for independence from the British and the high levels of disunity among the colonists before and after the conflict, themes especially noteworthy in a society that is increasingly concerned about political violence and polarization. The series can also be seen as a rebuke to recent, overtly ideological attempts to recast the American experiment as morally irredeemable from its origins (The 1619 Project) or as a Disneyfied morality tale (The 1776 Project).

Burns talks with Gillespie about the role of truth in documentaries and why we should embrace contradictions in historical storytelling. They also debate whether PBS, defunded earlier this year by the Trump administration, should continue to receive tax dollars.

0:00—The American Revolution was a global war

7:52—Slavery in the Revolution and competing narratives

21:48—The logic of the Declaration of Independence

29:14—The impact of Native Americans

32:41—Why the Revolution leaves Burns feeling optimistic

39:09—The importance of New York in the Revolution

46:15—Funding for public broadcasting

53:16—What's next for Ken Burns?

56:26—Why understanding history is important for unity

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What We Get Wrong About the American Revolution

This week on The OUtlet, U.S. soybean deals with China face uncertainty, and our graduating seniors say goodbye to Ohio University and WOUB.

The OUtlet - December 5th, 2025

Award-winning journalists Jenna Flanagan and Domenic Camia found themselves on the wrong side of the news industry's downsizing. Now they take audiences inside the headlines, showing how stories really get crafted and asking who truly shapes what we see and hear. Through candid talks with newsroom veterans and media critics, they explore what's actually at stake when journalism faces major challenges. The news is changing, Jenna and Dom are telling the story!

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