Program Highlights

Television Highlights

Coming Up On WVIZ/PBS

Civilization: The West and the Rest with Niall Ferguson – Part One

Airs Tuesday, May 22 at 8:00 PM

Examine the West’s rise to global dominance based on Ferguson’s six principles of prosperity.

Frontline: Cell Tower Deaths

Airs Tuesday, May 22 at 10:00 PM

The hidden cost of better and faster cell phone service.

Nature: Salmon – Running the Gauntlet

Airs Wednesday, May 23 at 8:00 PM

Examine a wildly creative, hopelessly complex and stunningly expensive approach to managing salmon.

NOVA: Killer Subs in Pearl Harbor

Airs Wednesday, May 23 at 9:00 PM

Join an exclusive dive beneath the waters of Pearl Harbor to trace new clues to the sinking of the USS Arizona.

NOVA: Missing in MiG Alley

Airs Wednesday, May 23 at 10:00 PM

Families attempt to trace what happened to pilots who were shot down during the Korean War.

Radio Highlights

90.3 WCPN Regional Talk Shows

Foreign Films in Cleveland & The Davenport Collective

Around Noon
Airs Tuesday, May 22

Dan Polletta welcomes The Cinematheque's John Ewing and Cleveland Cinemas' Dave Huffman to spotlight the Oscar-nominated foreign films all onscreen for the first time in Cleveland over the next few weeks. Plus, we share the story of how some internet spam led to an international music incident with Cleveland's Davenport Collective.

Bike Northeast Ohio

The Sound of Ideas
Airs Tuesday, May 22

Something about the arrival of warmer weather and the prospect of four dollar gasoline increases interest in bicycling. Tuesday on The Sound of Ideas we’ll saddle up for a conversation about what’s new in northeast Ohio two-wheeling, including bike friendly changes to the Hope Memorial bridge, moves to foster cooperation between riders and motorists and construction of a new velodrome in Slavic Village. It all rolls your way Tuesday at 9:00 on 90.3.

Transforming our Schools

The Sound of Ideas
Airs Wednesday, May 23

A radical reconstruction of Cleveland's schools aims to properly educate kids and elevate the city. But obstacles remain for the plan even though administrators, the teachers' union and politicians from both sides of the aisle like it. Lawmakers will have to pass new state laws, get charter school advocates on board and the schools will have to solve their budget woes. Get schooled on Cleveland's education transformation plan with host Mike McIntyre Wednesday at 9 on the Sound of Ideas.

Bonnie Raitt, BW Art Song Fest, Rembrandt in America and Road Trip!

Around Noon
Airs Wednesday, May 23

Dan Polletta shares his interview with Grammy-winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bonnie Raitt, who performs tonight at The Akron Civic Theater spotlighting her latest album in seven years - Slipstream. Plus, we meet one of the stars of The Baldwin-Wallace Art Song Festival - Gidon Saks. Also we remind you about Rembrandt in America, in its final weeks at The Cleveland Museum of Art. And we take another Road Trip through the Buckeye State.

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