http://www.wcpn.org The Sound of Ideas is WCPN's weekday morning call-in program. (c) Copyright 2013 ideastream - For Personal Use Only http://www.ideastream.org/soi/entry/53887 http://www.ideastream.org/soi/entry/53887#When:13:00:01Z Critics argue safety is not top of mind when it comes to $100 tickets for blowing a traffic signal - yet Cleveland looks to more than double its stationary red light cameras. Friday morning on the Sound of Ideas - we'll be discussing the week's top stories. From traffic cameras - to who's out and who's in at the statehouse, and how that decision was shaped by the race for the top seat in Cuyahoga County. Join host Rick Jackson at 9 on 90.3. Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:01 -0400 http://www.ideastream.org/soi/entry/53871 http://www.ideastream.org/soi/entry/53871#When:18:05:00Z We're on the verge of Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of summer and a holiday often associated with picnics and cookouts. But Memorial Day has a much more profound purpose: It's a day to reflect, to mourn and to memorialize those brave men an women of the military who gave their lives defending America's Democratic ideals. We'll tell you how that is being done this year in Northeast Ohio and we'd love to hear your thoughts, Thursday morning at 9:00 on The Sound of Ideas. Thu, 23 May 2013 18:05:00 -0400 http://www.ideastream.org/soi/entry/53840 http://www.ideastream.org/soi/entry/53840#When:13:00:00Z Want to bolster your faith in the future? Check out the Sound of Ideas Wednesday morning at 9. We'll have a conversation with four incredibly impressive members of the high school class of 2013, recently featured in the Plain Dealer's Senior Standout section. We'll learn of their accomplishments, their inspiration and their aspirations. And we'll check in with a standout from last year, Cleveland Public Schools product David Boone, to find out how he's doing at Harvard. Wed, 22 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400 http://www.ideastream.org/soi/entry/53804 http://www.ideastream.org/soi/entry/53804#When:18:33:00Z Henry Ford is credited with saying at one point during the production of the Model T: "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black." Choices are much broader now. And car buying is much more complicated. Tuesday morning at 9:00 on The Sound of Ideas, we'll talk about what's popular among local buyers, how to avoid purchasing potholes in our region and what to do if you hit one. We've got plenty of room; come along for the ride. Tue, 21 May 2013 18:33:00 -0400 http://www.ideastream.org/soi/entry/53786 http://www.ideastream.org/soi/entry/53786#When:19:44:00Z Jobs are top of mind for Ohioans: Creating jobs, keeping jobs and balancing work with life. Yahoo this year touched a nerve by ordering its tele-commuting employees to return to the office. Communication and collaboration can't be done from home, the company said. But legions of work-from-home employees, nationwide and in our region, disagree. Monday at 9 on the Sound of Ideas, an encore presentation of our discussion about whether working from home works. Mon, 20 May 2013 19:44:00 -0400 http://www.ideastream.org/soi/entry/53760 http://www.ideastream.org/soi/entry/53760#When:18:30:00Z Seymour Avenue tries to regain its status as just another street, while the world continues asking 'what happened there?' More than a dozen Cleveland firefighters are indicted for taking the cash, without doing the work….Local Tea Partiers ponder a lawsuit against the IRS…And Cleveland’s Horseshoe Casino closes out year one as a success, and as a work in progress. Join host Rick Jackson for the Reporter’s Roundtable--Friday at 9 am on 90.3. Fri, 17 May 2013 18:30:00 -0400 http://www.ideastream.org/soi/entry/53742 http://www.ideastream.org/soi/entry/53742#When:18:30:00Z People in northeast Ohio are wheezing, sneezing and honking their way through one of the worst spring allergy seasons in recent memory. Thursday on The Sound of Ideas we'll dig into what makes it such a troubling season, what we can do to minimize the misery and whether the worst is yet to come. Join host Mike McIntyre with your questions. Thu, 16 May 2013 18:30:00 -0400 http://www.ideastream.org/soi/entry/53691 http://www.ideastream.org/soi/entry/53691#When:13:00:00Z As three Cleveland women held captive for a decade begin to heal and to reconnect with their families a week after their rescue, a community is left to ponder questions beyond the initial shock of "how did this happen?" The question now is: How many other missing people might be in captivity like they were? On the next Sound of Ideas, we'll talk about how authorities search for missing people, the role of neighbors and the media, and how it might be done better. Join us Wednesday at 9 with host Mike McIntyre. Wed, 15 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400 http://www.ideastream.org/soi/entry/53677 http://www.ideastream.org/soi/entry/53677#When:18:40:00Z Ohioans have made it clear in opinion polls and at the polls that they want the chance to elect the judges who serve in various courts in the Buckeye State. But Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor says reforms can be made to improve judicial elections without taking the choice out of voter's hands. One idea: Removing partisanship from primary elections. The case for judicial election reform and, of course, the rebuttal with Mike McIntyre Tuesday at 9:00 on The Sound of Ideas. Tue, 14 May 2013 18:40:00 -0400 http://www.ideastream.org/soi/entry/53653 http://www.ideastream.org/soi/entry/53653#When:13:00:00Z Join host Mike McIntyre Monday at 9 to discuss sex, drugs and pleasure. Or, more specifically, the chemical in our brains associated with those things: Dopamine. It's also associated with addiction and certain diseases. In a special science café edition of the program, we'll get the straight dope on dopamine. If you join us, it will be an even more pleasurable discussion. Mon, 13 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400