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Sound Ideas is WGLT's flagship news program. Every weekday, WGLT reporters go beyond soundbites for deeper conversations with Bloomington-Normal newsmakers, musicians, artists, and anyone with a story to share. This 30-minute newsmagazine is produced Monday through Friday.

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Sound Ideas is WGLT's flagship news program. Every weekday, WGLT reporters go beyond soundbites for deeper conversations with Bloomington-Normal newsmakers, musicians, artists, and anyone with a story to share. This 30-minute newsmagazine is produced Monday through Friday.

    WGLT's Sound Ideas - Thursday 5/16/24

    WGLT's Sound Ideas - Thursday 5/16/24

    On today's episode, some educators at ISU are raising concerns about safety threats they didn't feel were sufficiently addressed, public schools in Bloomington plan to beef up their communications when it comes to security risks, and a Woodford County farmer provides an oasis in a food desert.
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    • 22 min
    WGLT's Sound Ideas - Wednesday 5/15/24

    WGLT's Sound Ideas - Wednesday 5/15/24

    On today's episode, an ISU scholar authors a book on how autocrats use rhetoric to rise to power, ISU students push for easier voting access on Election Day, and a Bloomington church rebuilds and adds a school.
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    • 22 min
    WGLT's Sound Ideas - Tuesday 5/14/24

    WGLT's Sound Ideas - Tuesday 5/14/24

    On today's episode, a new report makes a host of recommendations to address Bloomington-Normal's housing shortage, a student group at Illinois Wesleyan University aims to help women shatter the glass ceiling in politics, plus a Bloomington record store becomes a mini-concert venue for one night.
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    • 23 min
    WGLT's Sound Ideas - Monday 5/13/24

    WGLT's Sound Ideas - Monday 5/13/24

    On today's episode, students at ISU take a new course on how to discern misinformation in media, Bloomington-Normal residents are polled about how much they care about recycling, and the state of Illinois steps up testing to prevent the spread of bird flu in its dairy cattle.
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    • 23 min
    WGLT's Sound Ideas - Friday 5/10/24

    WGLT's Sound Ideas - Friday 5/10/24

    On today's show, you'll hear more about how Bloomington-Normal is responding to homeless youth in the community. Plus, a Heartland Community College professor and poet shares her experience of becoming a parent for the first time as her own mother was dying. And an interview with We The Kingdom ahead of their show at Grossinger Motors Arena.
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    • 23 min
    WGLT's Sound Ideas - Thursday 5/9/24

    WGLT's Sound Ideas - Thursday 5/9/24

    On today's episode, McLean County schools struggle to identify and help homeless students, a Bloomington-based healthcare provider turns to the faith community to help provide mental health and substance abuse counseling, plus a task force explores whether Illinois should adopt ranked choice voting.]
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    • 22 min

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