http://www.wcpn.org/WCPN/soi/ The Sound of Ideas is WCPN's weekday morning call-in program. (c) Copyright 2010 ideastream - For Personal Use Only http://www.ideastream.org/common/images/itunes/small_soi.jpg http://www.wcpn.org/WCPN/soi/ en-us The Sound of Ideas is WCPN's weekday morning call-in program. The All-Day Brain Food - 90.3 WCPN ideastream 90.3 WCPN ideastream 90.3 WCPN ideastream news@wcpn.org No http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/soi/31843/ http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/soi/31843/#When:17:49:00Z Stan Brock started the remote area medical program to bring free health care to third world countries where people didn't have access to care. Now, his focus is desperate people much closer to home, including places like Los Angeles and New Orleans. To date, these mobile health clinics have served nearly half a million people and over 70,000 animals. This week, Brock will be awarded a major ethics prize from Case Western Reserve University. Wednesday morning at 9am, we'll meet the humanitarian who's been a cowboy, an Amazon bush pilot and co-star of NBC's "Wild Kingdom." Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:49:00 -0400 90.3 WCPN ideastream The Sound of Ideas Stan Brock started the remote area medical program to bring free health care to third world countries where people didn't have access to care. Now, his focus is desperate people much closer to home, including places like Los Angeles and New Orleans. To date, these mobile health clinics have served nearly half a million people and over 70,000 animals. This week, Brock will be awarded a major ethics prize from Case Western Reserve University. Wednesday morning at 9am, we'll meet the humanitarian who's been a cowboy, an Amazon bush pilot and co-star of NBC's "Wild Kingdom." http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/soi/31804/ http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/soi/31804/#When:19:22:00Z When you put a milk jug or a pop can on the curb for recycling, it's just the start of a journey. It's what happens next that's really interesting. On the next sound of ideas, we'll follow the milk jug all the way through the recycling process and let you judge for yourself: Is it worth the effort? The market for recycled materials is strong --you might actually be wearing the water bottle you drank from--and our will to recycle is growing stronger, too, even without the threat of fines. All about recycling in Northeast Ohio, Tuesday at 9 on 90.3. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:22:00 -0400 90.3 WCPN ideastream The Sound of Ideas When you put a milk jug or a pop can on the curb for recycling, it's just the start of a journey. It's what happens next that's really interesting. On the next sound of ideas, we'll follow the milk jug all the way through the recycling process and let you judge for yourself: Is it worth the effort? The market for recycled materials is strong --you might actually be wearing the water bottle you drank from--and our will to recycle is growing stronger, too, even without the threat of fines. All about recycling in Northeast Ohio, Tuesday at 9 on 90.3. http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/soi/31783/ http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/soi/31783/#When:19:26:00Z Last week the last provisions of what's known as the Credit Card Bill of Rights took effect in Ohio and across America. It puts an end to credit card companies imposing unexpected interest rate hikes, ridiculous late penalties and hidden fees. And the reforms don't stop there. The law Congress passed last year also tackles gift card practices that have hurt consumers. A lot of the new transparency though is still written in fine print and some companies took some preemptive strikes, jacking up interest rates just before the new rules took effect. Plain Dealer consumer columnist Sheryl Harris will walk you through it, along with an industry guest and Host, Mike McIntyre, Monday at 9AM on The Sound of Ideas. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:26:00 -0400 90.3 WCPN ideastream The Sound of Ideas Last week the last provisions of what's known as the Credit Card Bill of Rights took effect in Ohio and across America. It puts an end to credit card companies imposing unexpected interest rate hikes, ridiculous late penalties and hidden fees. And the reforms don't stop there. The law Congress passed last year also tackles gift card practices that have hurt consumers. A lot of the new transparency though is still written in fine print and some companies took some preemptive strikes, jacking up interest rates just before the new rules took effect. Plain Dealer consumer columnist Sheryl Harris will walk you through it, along with an industry guest and Host, Mike McIntyre, Monday at 9AM on The Sound of Ideas. http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/soi/31758/ http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/soi/31758/#When:15:42:00Z In the news this week - the District of Columbia and nine states, including Ohio, finished in the money in the federal government's $3.4 billion education reform stimulus known as "race to the top." Ohio's share? A cool $400 million. State officials are calling it validation that our schools are on the right track. In Akron, the mayor wants to use school money to pay for safety forces. In Stark County the man in charge of money, the County Treasurer, is ousted after $2.5 million went missing on his watch. And Cleveland prepares to carry a big stick to enforce recycling. Some are calling it, "a garbage Gestapo." Join ideastream's David Molpus and tell us what you call it on The Sound of Ideas Reporters' Roundtable Friday at 9AM on 90.3. Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:42:00 -0400 90.3 WCPN ideastream The Sound of Ideas In the news this week - the District of Columbia and nine states, including Ohio, finished in the money in the federal government's $3.4 billion education reform stimulus known as "race to the top." Ohio's share? A cool $400 million. State officials are calling it validation that our schools are on the right track. In Akron, the mayor wants to use school money to pay for safety forces. In Stark County the man in charge of money, the County Treasurer, is ousted after $2.5 million went missing on his watch. And Cleveland prepares to carry a big stick to enforce recycling. Some are calling it, "a garbage Gestapo." Join ideastream's David Molpus and tell us what you call it on The Sound of Ideas Reporters' Roundtable Friday at 9AM on 90.3. http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/soi/31761/ http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/soi/31761/#When:19:06:00Z The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority has encountered choppy waters over the past few years, but its new skipper, CEO William Friedman, says he's charting a fresh course, one that concentrates on where the port is now instead of some distant dream on the horizon. Friedman wants to beef up shipping, deftly dispose of Cuyahoga River dredgings without breaking the bank, and restore confidence in an agency that has done plenty to lose it. Can the port really become ship-shape again? Join us for the conversation Thursday at 9:00 on 90.3. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:06:00 -0400 90.3 WCPN ideastream The Sound of Ideas The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority has encountered choppy waters over the past few years, but its new skipper, CEO William Friedman, says he's charting a fresh course, one that concentrates on where the port is now instead of some distant dream on the horizon. Friedman wants to beef up shipping, deftly dispose of Cuyahoga River dredgings without breaking the bank, and restore confidence in an agency that has done plenty to lose it. Can the port really become ship-shape again? Join us for the conversation Thursday at 9:00 on 90.3. http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/soi/31752/ http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/soi/31752/#When:17:09:00Z Each year Case Western Reserve University picks one book above others that entering freshmen are especially encouraged to read. This year that book is "Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It" by Elizabeth Royte. Discussions started on campus last week...part of a year-long focus on water...and Royte will join Mike McIntyre on the Sound of Ideas to explain how the bottled water craze caught on in places where tap is abundant and safe and all the harm all that plastic is doing. Could it be our view is changing again, as one wag put it, from "the height of urban sophistication"...to "just another cog in the carbon-spewing, globe-warming industrial machine." Wednesday at 9AM on 90.3 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:09:00 -0400 90.3 WCPN ideastream The Sound of Ideas Each year Case Western Reserve University picks one book above others that entering freshmen are especially encouraged to read. This year that book is "Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It" by Elizabeth Royte. Discussions started on campus last week...part of a year-long focus on water...and Royte will join Mike McIntyre on the Sound of Ideas to explain how the bottled water craze caught on in places where tap is abundant and safe and all the harm all that plastic is doing. Could it be our view is changing again, as one wag put it, from "the height of urban sophistication"...to "just another cog in the carbon-spewing, globe-warming industrial machine." Wednesday at 9AM on 90.3 http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/soi/31740/ http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/soi/31740/#When:18:27:00Z As residents move out and businesses close in older cities like Cleveland, Akron and the inner-ring suburbs around them, they have little chance of renewal without help. So say some mayors in the region who are advocating that tax revenue be shared across city and county boundaries. Burgeoning Avon helps prop up withering Brooklyn? A pipe dream, or a partial solution for saving Northeast Ohio's older and newer communities? The debate Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. on 90.3. Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:27:00 -0400 90.3 WCPN ideastream The Sound of Ideas As residents move out and businesses close in older cities like Cleveland, Akron and the inner-ring suburbs around them, they have little chance of renewal without help. So say some mayors in the region who are advocating that tax revenue be shared across city and county boundaries. Burgeoning Avon helps prop up withering Brooklyn? A pipe dream, or a partial solution for saving Northeast Ohio's older and newer communities? The debate Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. on 90.3. http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/soi/31733/ http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/soi/31733/#When:19:00:00Z Imagine being bipolar since the age of 17 but avoiding treatment for years despite a nearly successful suicide attempt and relationships shattered beyond repair. Then imagine becoming a professor of psychiatry, an author of best sellers and co-author of the standard medical textbook on bipolar disorder. That's the story of clinical psychologist Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison. She describes her own profound mood swings and how her marriage survived them in a new memoir, Nothing Was the Same. She writes: "At times he was enraged...at others bewildered or cooly distant." Jamison joins host David Molpus Monday at 9:00 AM to discuss how her late husband handled her illness and what others touched by bipolar disorder can learn from their experience. This is an encore presentation of The Sound of Ideas. Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:00:00 -0400 90.3 WCPN ideastream The Sound of Ideas Imagine being bipolar since the age of 17 but avoiding treatment for years despite a nearly successful suicide attempt and relationships shattered beyond repair. Then imagine becoming a professor of psychiatry, an author of best sellers and co-author of the standard medical textbook on bipolar disorder. That's the story of clinical psychologist Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison. She describes her own profound mood swings and how her marriage survived them in a new memoir, Nothing Was the Same. She writes: "At times he was enraged...at others bewildered or cooly distant." Jamison joins host David Molpus Monday at 9:00 AM to discuss how her late husband handled her illness and what others touched by bipolar disorder can learn from their experience. This is an encore presentation of The Sound of Ideas. http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/soi/31718/ http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/soi/31718/#When:13:00:00Z President Obama went to Columbus this week to shore up his faltering popularity and lend a hand to Governor Ted Strickland who's in a tight re-election race. Obama said the economy is slowly but surely getting stronger. Strickland's Republican opponent John Kasich said he'd bring more jobs to Ohio by privatizing the state's main agency for economic development. Democrats call that "outsourcing economic development to corporate interests." Clean energy in Ohio powers up with an 80-acre solar farm and the world's largest hydrogen fuel cell; meanwhile, some Ohio lakes encounter a sea of algae Join the discussion with ideastream's David Molpus and The Reporters' Roundtable, Friday at 9AM. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:00:00 -0400 90.3 WCPN ideastream The Sound of Ideas President Obama went to Columbus this week to shore up his faltering popularity and lend a hand to Governor Ted Strickland who's in a tight re-election race. Obama said the economy is slowly but surely getting stronger. Strickland's Republican opponent John Kasich said he'd bring more jobs to Ohio by privatizing the state's main agency for economic development. Democrats call that "outsourcing economic development to corporate interests." Clean energy in Ohio powers up with an 80-acre solar farm and the world's largest hydrogen fuel cell; meanwhile, some Ohio lakes encounter a sea of algae Join the discussion with ideastream's David Molpus and The Reporters' Roundtable, Friday at 9AM. http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/soi/31711/ http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/soi/31711/#When:13:00:00Z Looking at the numbers, it turns out blue collar workers have lost their jobs faster than the rest of the nation. When the economy fell off a cliff, you might say it landed on them. Certain work force sectors have been hit so hard by the recession, the rate of job losses there match the plunge in overall employment during the Great Depression. Thursday morning at 9:00, Plain Dealer Metro columnist Regina Brett and guests discuss what the fallout may be and whether the needs of the long-term unemployed can be met. This is an encore presentation of The Sound of Ideas. Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:00:00 -0400 90.3 WCPN ideastream The Sound of Ideas Looking at the numbers, it turns out blue collar workers have lost their jobs faster than the rest of the nation. When the economy fell off a cliff, you might say it landed on them. Certain work force sectors have been hit so hard by the recession, the rate of job losses there match the plunge in overall employment during the Great Depression. Thursday morning at 9:00, Plain Dealer Metro columnist Regina Brett and guests discuss what the fallout may be and whether the needs of the long-term unemployed can be met. This is an encore presentation of The Sound of Ideas. http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/soi/31699/ http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/soi/31699/#When:18:53:00Z When a woman finally decides to leave an abusive man, she has just entered the most dangerous period of the relationship. How does she get out without becoming badly injured or worse -- as we have seen in two recent cases in Cleveland -- killed? Wednesday on the Sound of Ideas, we'll talk with advocates for battered women, learn what tools exist for them to protect themselves and hear about a new idea to bring services for abused women together under one roof. Protecting abused women, Wednesday at 9 on 90.3. Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:53:00 -0400 90.3 WCPN ideastream The Sound of Ideas When a woman finally decides to leave an abusive man, she has just entered the most dangerous period of the relationship. How does she get out without becoming badly injured or worse -- as we have seen in two recent cases in Cleveland -- killed? Wednesday on the Sound of Ideas, we'll talk with advocates for battered women, learn what tools exist for them to protect themselves and hear about a new idea to bring services for abused women together under one roof. Protecting abused women, Wednesday at 9 on 90.3. http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/soi/31693/ http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/soi/31693/#When:16:58:00Z The county's new charter establishes economic development as the primary goal of the county government voters will elect this fall. We'll ask candidates for county executive how they plan to foster economic progress while restoring public faith in county government. Mail-in voting has already begun for a September primary that will narrow the field of candidates This might be your best chance to question leading contenders yourself. Join us for the conversation Tuesday at 9:00 on 90.3. Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:58:00 -0400 90.3 WCPN ideastream The Sound of Ideas The county's new charter establishes economic development as the primary goal of the county government voters will elect this fall. We'll ask candidates for county executive how they plan to foster economic progress while restoring public faith in county government. Mail-in voting has already begun for a September primary that will narrow the field of candidates This might be your best chance to question leading contenders yourself. Join us for the conversation Tuesday at 9:00 on 90.3. http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/soi/31645/ http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/soi/31645/#When:13:00:00Z It's been just over a year since Ronald Berkman took the helm as President at Cleveland State. Since his arrival he’s tried to capitalize on CSU's location in the heart of downtown by bringing new business to the area that caters to the student population. Join the conversation with Mike McIntyre to find out what else Berkman’s been up to and his hopes for both the future of the school and the region. Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:00:00 -0400 90.3 WCPN ideastream The Sound of Ideas It's been just over a year since Ronald Berkman took the helm as President at Cleveland State. Since his arrival he’s tried to capitalize on CSU's location in the heart of downtown by bringing new business to the area that caters to the student population. Join the conversation with Mike McIntyre to find out what else Berkman’s been up to and his hopes for both the future of the school and the region.