This Is Ohio 2020

Filmmaker and podcaster Pete Brown crisscrosses the Buckeye state interviewing voters from all walks of life ahead of the 2020 Presidential Election

About the show

This is Ohio 2020 is both a podcast and a documentary film project chronicling my efforts to escape my bubble in the year leading up to the 2020 election, to meet and interview my fellow Buckeyes from all walks of life – especially those most different from my own.

I want to hear your stories: how you grew up and came to be the person you are today. And I want to understand how those stories influence how you think politically.

The portrait of the Buckeye electorate that we create is one that begins in the personal and leads to the political.

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Episodes

  • Kelly Barry: My country and my government is at stake...

    October 30th, 2020  |  51 mins 32 secs
    2020 election, beto, biden, buttiegieg, democrats, electoral college, harris, ohio, politics, president, presidential election, primaries, republicans, sanders, steyer, trump, warren

    Kelly Barry of Delaware, Ohio has lived all over the United States and has been all over the political map. She discusses her journey with Pete and explains why she is more politically engaged now than ever before in her life.

  • Joe Warner: From the Farm to the Classroom to the Ballpark

    October 28th, 2020  |  36 mins 6 secs
    2020 election, beto, biden, buttiegieg, democrats, electoral college, harris, ohio, politics, president, presidential election, primaries, republicans, sanders, steyer, trump, warren

    Retired schoolteacher Joe Warner sits down with Pete and shares his journey from the farm to the classroom to the ballpark, and how these experiences affect how he thinks politically.

  • Ryan Kulik: Always Wednesday...Donald Trump, The Ohio Problem and What Comes Next

    October 26th, 2020  |  1 hr 11 mins

    Pete visits Loveland, Ohio resident and political consultant Ryan Kulik to size up Ohio as we head into the final week of the election. Ryan breaks down what went down in 2016, singles out why Democrats have always had 'an Ohio Problem,' and ultimately advises us to lean into what comes next after the ballots are cast on November 3.

  • Cody Cook: Faith and Liberty, Liberty and Faith

    October 22nd, 2020  |  1 hr 5 mins
    2020 election, beto, biden, buttiegieg, christianity, democrats, electoral college, faith and politics, harris, jo jorgensen, libertarian, libertarianism, ohio, politics, president, presidential election, primaries, republicans, sanders, steyer, trump, trump campaign, warren

    Pete sits down with libertarian Cody Cook to learn his story of faith, a libertarian's take on life, the pandemic and the election, and why he's voting third party.

  • Mary Anne Christie: Politics is power...the power to solve problems

    October 18th, 2020  |  1 hr 26 mins
    2020 election, beto, biden, buttiegieg, democrats, electoral college, harris, ohio, politics, president, presidential election, primaries, republicans, sanders, steyer, trump, warren

    85-year-old Mary Anne Christie has a lifetime of experience in politics in Ohio...in this episode, she shares the wisdom of her years, the lessons learned, and talks about the upcoming election.

  • Quick Project Update

    September 3rd, 2020  |  11 mins 13 secs
    2020 election, donald trump, joe biden, kamala harris, mike pence, ohio, politics, president, presidential

    Our ambitious project ran into the brick wall of Covid-19 and deaths in the family. Pete provides a quick update on what to expect here on the podcast feed between now and November.

  • Storm E: That's Not My Name

    January 24th, 2020  |  46 mins 4 secs
    apollo, cleveland, craig ehlo, desmonf jones, donald trump, east cleveland, karamu house, michael jordan, ohio democrats, shaw high school, showtime at the apollo, stephanie tubbs jones, steve harvey, storm e, storm e weather, the shot, whistleblower

    From an East Cleveland childhood to Showtime at the Apollo, Desmond “Storm E” Jones and I talk poetry, photography, and politics.

  • Why Ohio? "A loyalty and dedication to place..." with Dr. Suzanne Marilley

    November 12th, 2019  |  33 mins 15 secs
    biden, columbus crew, craft beer, crops, drought, gm, independents, lordstown, prexies, trump

    Pete breaks down the demographics of modern-day Ohio and visits with political scientist Dr. Suzanne Marilley on Ohio's role in past elections and how 2020 might shape up. Plus: What saving the Columbus Crew tells us about Ohioans.

  • Pete and the Perils of B-roll

    November 5th, 2019  |  23 mins 11 secs
    2020 election, beto, biden, buttiegieg, democrats, electoral college, harris, ohio, politics, president, presidential election, primaries, republicans, sanders, steyer, trump, warren

    One year before Ohio votes in the 2020 Presidential election, filmmaker and podcaster Pete Brown sets out to learn the stories of his fellow Buckeye voters. In this introductory episode, you'll learn all about the This is Ohio 2020 project and its host. Before you meet Ohio, you need to meet Pete.

  • Introducing This is Ohio 2020

    October 15th, 2019  |  8 mins 12 secs
    biden, buckeyes, climate change, clinton, democrats, donald trump, economy, elizabeth warren, gm, guns, hillary, interviews, issues, jobs, lordstown, nra, obama, ohio, politics, republicans, state of ohio, trump, voters, warren

    This trailer previews This is Ohio 2020, a podcast and a documentary film project chronicling my efforts to escape my bubble in the year leading up to the 2020 election, to meet and interview my fellow Buckeyes from all walks of life – especially those most different from my own.