Above the Fold

Business news shouldn't be boring. Above the Fold is a weekly podcast by the Cincinnati Business Courier, bringing you the week's top news and interviews with the biggest names in Cincinnati.

Above the Fold is a news podcast hosted by Cincinnati Business Courier, with 63 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Cincinnati Business Courier hosts Above the Fold, a news show with 63 episodes published.

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  Episode #64

  Amazon Plans $5B Data Center and How Cincinnati Became a Hot Bed for Hollywood

  Aug 17, 202643 min

  Hosts Tom and Nikki discuss plans for a $5 billion data center north of Cincinnati, as well as the massive increase in home sales priced at $1 million or more, a former golf course that will become a mix of homes, apartments and retail space, a $100 million hotel, office and restaurant project planned near Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport and a new restaurant coming soon to Over-the-Rhine that will serve steak frites exclusively. Interview starts at (17:50). Cincinnati is pretty far away from Hollywood, California. But for years, the Queen City has served as a location for dozens of films and shows. Film Cincinnati President and CEO Kristen Schlotman has been leading the effort to bring Hollywood productions to the region since 2002. With the competition for movies remaining intense, Schlotman discusses the benefits Cincinnati offers, and what those productions bring to the region.

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  Episode #63

  A Rare Unicorn Startup Implodes, and Dave Jenike Talks What's New at the Zoo

  Aug 10, 202650 min

  Hosts Andy and Tom talk about a rare Cincinnati unicorn – a startup company worth at least $1B – that abruptly ceased operations. In other news, one of Cincinnati's largest private companies is expanding its downtown headquarters, and bringing back the skywalk; Amazon touts its local impact; P&G is making a $3.8B acquisition; and a James Beard-nominated chef is opening a new restaurant. Interview starts at (23:43) Dave Jenike started at the Cincinnati Zoo as an intern. Now, he's its CEO. He was also part of the duo responsible for its transformation over the last two decades. He views his job as the zoo's chief storyteller, and getting people inspired by nature. He talks about what's new and coming at the Cincinnati Zoo. https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2026/08/07/80-acres-how-why-closed-henry-gordon-smith-layoffs.html https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2026/08/03/divisions-maintenance-group-jobs-downtown-skywalk.html https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2026/08/04/jimmie-lou-reopen-pendleton-jeff-harris-nolia.html

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  Episode #62

  Hyde Park Developer Talks Need for Alignment, why is Cincinnati Nightlife Dead?

  Aug 3, 202650 min

  Nick Lingenfelter is chief development officer of PLK Communities, the developer behind Factory 52 and the upcoming Hyde Park Square redevelopment. He sees the need for more alignment from the region's institutions to promote growth, lest Cincinnati fall behind. He also talks the origins of Factory 52, and the challenges and opportunities of development in Hyde Park. Elsewhere on the podcast, hosts Andy and Tom talk about the death of Cincinnati's nightlife boom, the opening of a new independent hotel downtown, the push from one county commissioner to use stadium funds for other needs and one of the urban core's largest restaurant spaces finding new life. https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2026/07/31/bars-restaurants-post-covid-costs-new-open-w… https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2026/07/28/fidelity-hotel-gwynne-procter-gamble-new-wat… https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2026/07/29/coco-moon-restaurant-brewdog-pendleton-food.…

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  Episode #61

  Port reveals new plan for Crosley Building and Kona Ice CEO chats complexity of shaved ice business

  Jul 27, 202646 min

  Hosts Andy and Tom talk about why Cincinnati’s new $540 million convention center headquarters hotel will not be a JW Marriott, as well as the Port’s plans for Camp Washington, a robotic welding company that was launched by Space X alumni, the most significant moment in a local unicorn’s history and how cool it would be to have a car condo. Plus, we sit down with Kona Ice CEO Tony Lamb who shares how he turned a simple shaved ice concept into the largest mobile food vendor in the world, with thousands of Kona Ice and Traveling Tom’s trucks on the road, by leaning into mobile operations, a patented “flavor wave” system that lets customers create their own combinations and proprietary routing and staffing software born during Covid-19.

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  Episode #60

  Historic OTR Church Acquired and how New Riff Navigates the Bourbon Bubble

  Jul 20, 202647 min

  Hosts Andy and Tom talk about plans for 3CDC to buy the historic St. Francis Seraph church in Over-the-Rhine, as well as the closure of legendary chef Jean-Robert de Cavel's last restaurant, Kroger axing plans to open more Harris Teeter stores and a Krazy new retailer. Interview starts at (18:42). Bourbon is a tricky business. It has to age for several years – New Riff's minimum is four – before it can be bottled and sold, so distilleries have to be very good at forecasting demand well in advance. With so many producers investing billions in ramping up production in recent years, that's led to a glut of product. New Riff CEO Hannah Lowen talks about how her distillery has navigated that, and what's new at the region's largest bourbon producer.

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