WGLT's Sound Ideas - Full Episodes

On today's episode, we'll mark Arbor Day by checking in with the Ecology Action Center's ambitious Tree Corps initiative. Plus, a visit to a Heartland Community College art exhibition inspired by Japanese art and culture. You'll also hear about a show at the ISU Planetarium that examines how the ancient Mayans viewed the night sky.

On today's episode, McLean County administrator Cassy Taylor discusses carbon capture technology, pay raises, the county's mental health plans and bipartisanship; the latest edition of Sound Health and the call for more organ donation; plus a philosopher who coined the term 'himpathy' comes to ISU with a lecture on mansplaining and gaslighting.

On today's episode, Illinois Wesleyan University President Georgia Nugent discusses the university's restructuring plans, some Illinois State University students are working on plans to attract a grocery store to Uptown Normal, plus Midwest Food Bank sees increased demand as expanded SNAP benefits have expired.

On today's episode, the town of Normal plans for construction of a new eastside fire station, famous alum Jane Lynch returns to the ISU campus to pay it forward to aspiring actors during a three-week residency, a sexual assault survivor shares the stories of survivors through love letters in Uptown Normal, plus the federal bribery trial of four former Commonwealth Edison executives and lobbyists is expected to go to the jury this week.

On today's episode, a report on how Illinois State athletics moves past workplace culture concerns following athletics director Kyle Brennan's departure, a preview of this weekend's Gamma Phi Circus, plus a Bloomington-based rockabilly band keeps it old school.

On today's episode, a conversation with ISU interim president Aondover Tarhule about university athletics following athletics director Kyle Brennan's sudden departure, an ISU student produces a feature length dystopian thriller that's coming to the Normal Theater, plus 80s rockers The BoDeans return to their Midwest roots with a concert in Bloomington this weekend.

On today's episode, former Illinois Republican Party chair Pat Brady explains today's political divisiveness, Bloomington's mayor pushes state lawmakers to bring more tax money back to local governments, two ISU students create a fashion exhibit that transports you back in time, plus Part II of a conversation on Bloomington's circus history.

On today's episode, Bloomington and Normal consider relaxing hiring rules to address a firefighter shortage, a library curator details the role Bloomington and other central Illinois communities played in the history of the circus, plus an ISU professor presents the making of a Major Leaguer's bat.

On today's episode, McLean County Sheriff Matt Lane discusses a new contract and recruiting incentives for corrections staff, one of the defendants in the ComEd bribery trial takes the stand in her own defense, plus Heartland Community College marks Lesbian Visibility Week with a film screening.

On today's episode, Illinois State University professor and punk rocker Rose Marshack discusses her new book 'Play Like a Man: My Life in Poster Children,' plus Normal Community High School student Bradley Ross Jackson reflects on his trip to the DDisney Dreamers Academy.