Google is facing criticism over its latest plans to bring artificial intelligence into classrooms.

Schools may soon have to choose between allowing AI-generated answers in a Google Search or restricting students' access to the search engine altogether.

Cyberattacks across Europe are targeting an unlikely piece of infrastructure: supermarket freezers. Hackers have reportedly manipulated refrigeration temperatures, spoiling food and raising concerns about the security of everyday connected devices.

We're looking at cybersecurity risks in smart homes, a major Bluetooth upgrade next year and Sony's revival of its classic Walkman headphones.

It's all coming up on this week's Tech Tuesday.

Guests:

1. Paresh Dave, senior writer, WIRED
2. Raphael Satter, investigative journalist, Reuters
3. Russell Holly, director of commerce content, CNET

photo: Peter Morgan / AP

Across the country, communities are citing the need for more affordable housing.

Where to place this housing remains in question as the issue can become a "Not in My Backyard," or NIMBY, situation.

Plans are underway to make the Bexley apartments the first Columbus suburb to welcome a new affordable housing development.

We'll learn about the complex and the impact it could have on the future of affordable housing in central Ohio.

Guests:

1. George Tabit, senior vice president, Community Builders
2. Ben Kessler, executive director, Columbus Partnership Regional Housing Coalition
3. Tiffany M. Johnson, community life district manager, Community Builders, Chicago

photo: Jesse Migneault, The Community Builders

The main stage event returns on Nov. 20 and the theme for this year is "Make Room."

The speakers will talk about making room for the ideas, people and conversations shaping what's next.

Columbus was one of the first cities in the nation to begin hosting an annual TEDx event, a licensed version of the global TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) conference.

The goal of TED and TEDx events is to elevate important community voices and stories, spark meaningful conversations and create opportunities for strangers to become friends and allies.

We will hear from TEDxColumbus' founder about this year's event, and we will meet two featured speakers.

Guests:

1. Ruth Milligan, founder and curator, TEDxColumbus
2. Yohannan "Yogi" Terrell, founder and executive director, Columbus Fashion Alliance
3. Dr. Alexa Meara, rheumatologist, educator and patient advocate, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

A shakeup is coming to the Ohio General Assembly in January.

The state will have a new Democratic governor (Dr. Amy Acton), several ousted Republican incumbents and there's no longer a GOP supermajority.

But first, there's a lame-duck session. How will lawmakers respond to voters' concerns in the few weeks that remain?

How will lawmakers pass meaningful data center legislation even as communities take matters into their own hands?

How will affordability issues be addressed?

Will Republican lawmakers try to thwart Amy Acton's powers?

U.S. Senator-elect Sherrod Brown could return to D.C. as soon as December.

We're talking about it all on this week's edition of the Reporter Roundtable.

Guests:

1. Jeremy Pelzer, chief politics reporter, Cleveland.com
2. Haley BeMiller, state government and politics reporter, Columbus Dispatch
3. Andrew Tobias, state government and politics reporter, Signal Ohio

photo: Carolyn Kaster / AP

The Grill Dads are two guys who became friends through the Columbus music scene and began cooking together.

They now share their recipes and their friendship with the world through their social media presence and TV appearances on the Food Network.

I Know I Can is a nonprofit organization that works with Columbus students to provide support, advice and financial aid for the college application process and career preparation.

We learn how Tibetan Buddhist teachings can help people become more compassionate in an increasingly hostile world?

It's all coming up on this week's Fascinating Ohio.

Guests:

1. Mark Anderson and Ryan Fey, Grill Dads
2. Bob Weiler, founder, I Know I Can
3. Katina Fullen, CEO, I Know I Can
4. Doug Swift, producer/editor of the Compassion Wheel podcast/Denison University professor

We've spent a lot of time talking about the governor's race, the U.S. Senate, and the "Blue Wave," but there were lots of other issues on Tuesday's ballot.

Down ballot races range from school levies to data center referendums to statehouse races to social service levies.

Some specific races on voters' ballots were secretary of state, attorney general, Ohio Supreme Court and Issues 8 and 9 in Columbus.

Voters in Columbus voted to change the structure of city council.

We will have more results and analysis from Tuesday's midterms on this hour of All Sides.

Guests:

1. Sarah Donaldson, reporter, Ohio Public Radio Statehouse News Bureau
2. George Shillcock, reporter, WOSU Public Radio
3. Katie Geniusz, reporter, WOSU Public Radio
4. Cole Behrens, education reporter, The Columbus Dispatch

It was what Ohio Democrats longed for and what Ohio Republicans dreaded. The blue wave crashed ashore and swept Amy Acton over Vivek Ramaswamy in the bitter race for governor.

That same wave in two short years turned Sherrod Brown from ousted U.S. senator to ousting current U.S. Sen. Jon Husted after a campaign that cost half a billion dollars.

Democrats ousted three sitting Republican congressmen. Brian Poindexter beat Max Miller of suburban Cleveland. Don Leonard beat Mike Carey of Columbus. And in perhaps the biggest surprise, Kristina Knickerbocker beat Mike Turner of Dayton.

Democrats won every statewide office but one. They won both contested Ohio Supreme Court seats.

It was the biggest wave election in Ohio since 2010, when Republicans reversed the Democratic wave of 2006.

Lots to break down, and to do that, we welcome Sandy Theis, former Statehouse journalist and now a Democratic communications strategist.

Snollygoster of the week

In a 600-word post on social media, JD Vance blamed the Republican defeat on the war with Iran.

He wrote, in part:

"If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest."

Now, it was carefully worded. And he reportedly ran it past the president before posting it, but it’s a clear break from Trump, less than 24 hours after the election and 24 hours into the 2028 campaign. The conservative New York Post reported on the story with a picture of Vance under the headline "Hillbilly Eulogy." Ouch.

Nonetheless, if he hopes to escape Trump’s unpopular shadow, it was pretty shrewd. JD Vance is our snollygoster of the week.

photo: Carolyn Kaster / AP

What are Republican and Democratic leaders learning from the message Ohio voters delivered on election night?

For a state that once was blue, then purple, then red under Trump, last night the color wheel spun blue again.

It was a huge night for Democrats, who won the governor's race with Dr. Amy Acton and returned Sherrod Brown to the U.S. Senate, and flipped key Ohio congressional seats blue.

Turnout was heavy across the U.S. and Ohio was no exception.

Voters at the polls here expressed a range of emotions about the state of our democracy, the Trump administration, the high cost of their everyday lives and partisan politics.

We're talking this hour with a longtime political scientist and Democratic and Republican strategists about what it all means.

Guests:

• Paul Beck, political science professor emeritus, Ohio State University
• Morgan Harper, Democratic strategist and former congressional and Senate candidate
• Gene Krebs, former Republican lawmaker in Ohio/co-chair, Better Choices for Ohio
• Allison Russo, Ohio Secretary of State-elect and member of the Ohio House of Representatives

photo: Carolyn Kaster / AP