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The Columbus Metropolitan Club

Each week, the Columbus Metropolitan Club hosts a forum discussion on topics that range that gamut, from business to policy to social services and more. The discussions might feature a diverse panel of experts, or it could be an interview with a high-level community or business leader, with our customary audience Q&A at the end. Whether it's something that impacts the local community or has global implications, listeners walk away educated, informed, and engaged. (All forums are recorded live in Columbus, Ohio.)

Nov 30, 2022

This week, we unpack recent events in high-profile criminal cases, in Ohio and nationally, and explain how criminal investigations really work. How do FBI agents obtain search warrants? Does “lawyering up” make you look guilty? How do potential defendants learn they are under investigation?  

The speakers...


Nov 14, 2022

Founded in 1871, The Columbus Dispatch remains the only mainstream daily newspaper in Ohio’s capital. Dispatch leaders have witnessed dramatic changes in recent decades to how news in America is gathered, shared, and accessed by readers. We discuss the future of “Ohio’s Greatest Home Newspaper” and journalism...


Nov 9, 2022

The late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis called states the “laboratories of democracy.” But thanks to gerrymandering and fiercely partisan politics, many Ohioans fear this laboratory is in jeopardy, and the November 2022 elections were run in Ohio with unconstitutional district maps. This CMC forum looks...


Nov 2, 2022

Nannette Maciejunes has steered the Columbus Museum of Art through two decades of growth as its leader, and safely brought the crown jewel of the Columbus art scene through the COVID-19 pandemic.   

As Maciejunes retires at the end of 2022, she leaves CMA and Columbus enriched by art and artists. Today’s panel...