The Power Grab
WOSU Public Media
The Power Grab will take a tour of Ohio's back rooms and listen in on clandestine FBI recordings of schemes to wrangle power for corporate and personal profits that were at the nuc...
Episode list
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April 11, 2024
15 min
Update: Sam Randazzo found dead amid bribery indictments
This week, former Ohio Public Utilities chairman Sam Randazzo died of an apparent suicide. Power Grab host Renee Fox joins WOSU's Mike Thompson to discuss the latest news in the on...
moreDecember 11, 2023
41 min
The Aftermath
On the finale of The Power Grab we take a look at the cost of corruption and if it has led to any meaningful changes in the state.
moreDecember 4, 2023
33 min
Market Manipulation
FirstEnergy figured they could get their customers to subsidize their poorly performing nuclear power plants. To do so, they paid a $4 million bribe to Sam Randazzo just before Ohi...
moreNovember 27, 2023
34 min
Dark Money
Dark money for political campaigns helped make the Ohio nuclear bailout bribery scandal possible. But that $60 million FirstEnergy doled out to elect Ohio House Speaker Larry House...
moreNovember 20, 2023
36 min
It’s A Setup
Lobbyist Neil Clark was paranoid that he was on the FBI’s radar and he was right for the nuclear bailout bribery scheme.The Columbus lobbyist from humble beginnings had made it far...
moreNovember 13, 2023
38 min
An Unholy Alliance
In this episode, we’ll explore how Larry Householder rounded up votes to become Ohio House Speaker. And, how he strong-armed opponents of the bill he promised to FirstEnergy, known...
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