Past Topics and Experts
2020 / 2019 / 2018 / 2017 / 2016 / 2015 / 2014 / 2013 / 2012 / 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008 / 2007
Science Café Cleveland 2020:
Date: March 9, 2020
Topic: The 2019 Nobel Prizes
Experts: Dan Scherson, Ben Monreal, Cynthia Beall
Date: February 10, 2020
Topic: Powering the International Space Station for 20 Years
Experts: David McKissock and Spencer Furin
Date: January 13, 2020
Topic: The Genetic Basis of Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Are We Seeing 20/20?
Experts: Andrea Waksmunski and Jonathan Haines
Science Café Cleveland 2019:
Date: December 9, 2019
Topic: Electric Propulsion: An Emerging New Paradigm for Space Propulsion
Expert: James Gilland
Date: November 11, 2019
Topic: The Mind's Essential Tension: How Neuroscience Can and Must Drive a New Renaissance
Expert: Tony Jack
Date: October 14, 2019
Topic: Beyond the Smoke: The Changing Landscape of Tobacco Products
Expert: Monica Webb Hooper
Date: September 9, 2019
Topic: A Tale of Two Food Cities
Expert: Darcy Freedman
Date: August 12, 2019
Topic: Rocks in Motion: Earthquakes and Tectonic Plates
Expert: David Saja
Date: July 8, 2019
Topic: How to Live in the Greenest Way Possible
Expert: Kurt Rhoads
The Sound of Ideas episode, 90.3 WCPN Ideastream, July 8, 2019
Date: June 10, 2019
Topic: Not So Eerie Anymore? The Science behind Lake Erie’s Most Critical Environmental Issues
Experts: Scott Hardy & Sarah Orlando
Date: May 13, 2019
Topic: Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains: What are they, and how are they connected?
Expert: Vincenzo Liberatore
Date: April 8, 2019
Topic: "Quantum Entanglement: How "Spooky Action at a Distance" Led to Quantum Computers and Teleportation"
Expert: Harsh Mathur
Date: March 11, 2019
Topic: "Decoding the Brain to Restore Movement After Paralysis"
Expert: Bolu Ajiboye
Date: February 11, 2019
Topic: "Stone Age Technology and Life in Ohio 13,500 Years Ago"
Expert: Metin I. Eren
Date: January 14, 2019
Topic: "Eliminating Childhood Lead Poisoning: Is it Worth the Cost?"
Expert: John Sobolewski
Science Café Cleveland 2018:
Date: December 10, 2018
Topic: "How Cyber Criminals Are Obtaining and Exploiting Our Data—And What We Can Do About It"
Expert: G. Ryan MacFarlane
Date: November 12, 2018
Topic: "Why Do Knuckle-Walking African Apes Knuckle-Walk?"
Expert: Scott Simpson
Date: October 8, 2018 — Postponed due to power failure at event location
Topic: "Eliminating Childhood Lead Poisoning: Is it Worth the Cost?"
Expert: John Sobolewski
Date: September 10, 2018
Topic: "How the Earth's Inner Core Formed"
Experts: James Van Orman and Steven Hauck
Date: August 13, 2018
Topic: "Controversies over whether students' beliefs in the sources of intelligence influence their school achievements?"
Expert: Brooke Macnamara
Date: July 9, 2018
Topic: "Understanding and Managing Obesity in Cleveland Children"
Expert: Shirley M. Moore
Date: June 11, 2018
Topic: "Big Batteries for Powering Our Homes and Businesses"
Expert: Robert F. Savinell
Date: May 14, 2018
Topic: "How We Finally Figured Out the Age of the Earth"
Expert: Mano Singham
Date: April 9, 2018
Topic: "Tiny Brains at High Speed: The Neuroscience of Fly Flight"
Expert: Jessica Fox
Date: March 12, 2018
Topic: "Using Artficial Platelet Nanotechnology to Better Regulate Blood Clotting"
Expert: Anirban Sen Gupta
Date: February 8, 2018
Topic: "Deep Learning Artificial Intelligence: What is it, how does it work, and why does it matter?"
Expert: Wyatt Newman
Date: January 8, 2018
Topic: "The Electrical Excitability Phenomenon of Nerves Opens Opportunities for Engineers to Create Tools to Control the Nervous System"
Expert: J. Thomas Mortimer
Podcast: The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, January 8, 2018
Science Café Cleveland 2017:
Date: December 11, 2017
Topic: "The Antibiotics Resistance Problem and Some Potential Solutions"
Expert: Herman O. Sintim
Date: November 13, 2017
Topic: "Beyond 0's and 1's: Using chemical-based memory devices for large scale data storage"
Expert: Emily B. Pentzer
Podcast: The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, November 13, 2017
Date: October 9, 2017
Topic: "Opioid Epidemic: A Major Evolving Health Crisis"
Expert: Thomas Gilson, M.D.
Date: September 11, 2017
Topic: "To catch a (white collar) thief: The art and science of high-tech crime detection"
Experts: Tom Corrigan and James Boazzo
Date: August 14, 2017
Topic: "How the Science of Paleontology Brings Dead Bones to Life"
Expert: Darin A. Croft
Date: July 10, 2017
Topic: "Why We Can (Sometimes) Get Along: Parasites, pathogens and human evolution"
Expert: Scott M. Williams
Date: June 12, 2017
Topic: "Getting by with a little help from our friends: The hidden forest microbiome and its important role in species conservation"
Experts: David Burke and Kathy Krynak
Podcast: The Sound of Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, June 12, 2017
Date: May 8, 2017
Topic: "The Illusion of Harmlessness: Misconceptions and Realities of Antibiotic Use"
Experts: Robin L.P. Jump and Rebecca R. Carter
Podcast: The Sound of Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, May 8, 2017
Date: April 10, 2017
Topic: "Some like it hot: A taste of phytochemicals in spices and their properties"
Expert: Rekha Srinivasan
Podcast: The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, April 10, 2017
Date: March 13, 2017
Topic: "Dark Matter of Modified Gravity? What Acceleration Scale in Galaxies Suggest"
Expert: Stacy McGaugh
Podcast: The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, March 13, 2017
Date: February 13, 2017
Topic: "To Catch a Criminal: The Use of DNA Testing in Criminal Investigations"
Expert: Emily Feldenkris
Podcast: The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, February 13, 2017
Date: January 9, 2017
Topic: "Science Goes Down the Drain"
Experts: Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells and Matthew Scharver
Podcast: The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, January 9, 2017
Science Café Cleveland 2016:
Date: December 12, 2016 - Annual Distinguished Lectureship
Topic: "Sleep: The Pattern of Life"
Expert: June J. Pilcher
Podcast: The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, December 12, 2016
Date: November 14, 2016
Topic: "Risk Factors for Aging and Age-Related Diseases"
Experts: Vincent M. Monnier
Date: October 13, 2016
Topic: "The Scienctific Study of Voters: Culture Wars, Gender Gaps, and Other Divisions in the 2016 Presidential Electorate"
Experts: Ryan L. Claassen and John C. Green
Podcast: The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, October 10, 2016
Date: September 12, 2016
Topic: "From Big Data to Big Discoveries: How Medical Records Can Support Scientific Research"
Expert: William S. Bush
Date: August 8, 2016
Topic: "Hoards of Insects: The Value and Use of Natural History Collections"
Experts: Gavin Svenson and Nicole Gunter
Date: July 11, 2016
Topic: "Open-Heart Surgery is Now Closed: Big Operations with Little Catheters"
Experts: Alan Markowitz and Stacey Mazzurco
Date: June 13, 2016
Topic: "What can that age-old disease tuberculosis (TB) teach us in 2016?"
Expert: W. Henry Boom
Date: May 9, 2016
Topic: "There is more to mosquito-borne diseases than Zika"
Expert: Geneviève Sauvé
Podcast: The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, May 9, 2016
Date: April 11, 2016
Topic: "Plastic Solar Cells for a Greener Future"
Expert: Geneviève Sauvé
Podcast: The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, April 11, 2016
Date: March 14, 2016
Topic: "The Mathematics of Crime"
Expert: Andrea Bertozzi
Date: February 8, 2016
Topic: "A CRISPR Way to Alter the Genome"
Experts: Ronald Conlon, Insoo Hyun, and Rebecca Darrah
Date: January 11, 2016
Topic: "Emphysema: It's bad if you get it, but help is on the way"
Expert:: James Stoller
Science Café Cleveland 2015:
Date: November 9, 2015
Topic: "What Can Foxes Tell Us About Human Behavior?"
Expert:: Anna Kukekova
Date: October 12, 2015
Topic: "Why we aren't discovering dark matter, black holes, supersymmetry - or anything else exciting - at the world's largest accelerator"
Expert:: Glenn Starkman
Date: September 14, 2015
Topic: "Rethinking How an MRI Scanner Works"
Expert: Mark Griswold
Date: August 10, 2015
Topic: "Cats, cars, windows and wind turbines: human-induced mortality in wild birds"
Expert: Travis L. DeVault
Date: July 13, 2015
Topic: "Origins of Life: Solving the Puzzle of How Life on Earth Began"
Expert: Nita Sahai
Date: June 8, 2015
Topic: "Fracking-It's Not as Bad as People Think"
Expert: Beverly Z. Saylor
Date: May 11, 2015
Topic: "Mercury and Beyond: How and Why We Explore the Planets"
Expert: Steven A. Hauck
Date: April 13, 2015
Topic: "New Discoveries in the Biology and Treatment of Breast Cancer"
Experts: Ruth Keri and William P. Schiemann
Date: March 9, 2015
Topic:"Demystifying Color: Distinguishing between science and folklore"
Expert: Shermila Singham
Podcast: The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, March 9, 2015
Date: February 9, 2015
Topic: "Breaking Ice for Wind Energy in Lake Erie"
Expert: David Zend
Date: January 12, 2015
Topic: "From Smallpox to Ebola: Vaccines and Health"
Experts: James W. Kazura and Arlene Dent
Podcast: The Sound of Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, January 13, 2015
Science Café Cleveland 2014:
Date: November 10, 2014
Topic: "Water on the Moon"
Expert: James A. Van Orman
Date: October 13, 2014 - Annual Distinguished Lectureship
Topic: "Investigating Sickle Cell Disease"
Expert: Gilda Barabino
Date: September 8, 2014
Topic: "The Evidence for Big Bang Inflation"
Expert: John Ruhl
Date: August 11, 2014
Topic: "Getting Back in Touch with the World: Restoring Sensation after Limb Loss"
Expert: Dustin Tyler
Podcast: The Sound of Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, August 12, 2014
Date: July 14, 2014
Topic: "Corneal lenses and c orneal infections - causes and prevention"
Expert: Eric Pearlman
Date: June 9, 2014
Topic: "Why do Ohioans live longer than West Virginians but shorter than Minnesotans?"
Expert: Jennifer Karas Montez
Podcast: The Sound of Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, June 9, 2014
Date: May 12, 2014
Topic: "A Rational Approach to Finding a Cure for Arthritis"
Experts: Charels Malemud
Date: April 14, 2014
Topic: "Freeze drying clay to make biodegradable oil sponges and kitty litter"
Experts: David Schiraldi
Date: March 10, 2014
Topic: "Soil: the surprising diversity under your feet"
Experts: Jean H. Burns and Colin Cope
Date: February 10, 2014
Topic: "Moving as with one mind: Mathematical models for collective animal behavior"
Expert: Alethea Barbaro
Date: January 13, 2014
Topic: "Living High"
Expert: Cynthia Beall
Science Café Cleveland 2013:
Date: December 9, 2013
Topic: "How 'useless' mathematics has revolutionized our lives"
Expert: Colin McLarty
Podcast: The Sound of Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, December 9, 2013
Date: November 11, 2013
Topic: "Ice Crystal Icing in Turbofan Engines May Explain Loss of Powe Events"
Expert: Micahel J. Oliver
Date: October 16, 2013 - Annual Distinguished Lectureship
Topic: "American Indian Health: A History of Disparities"
Expert: Dennis K. Norman
Date: September 9, 2013
Topic: "Mammalian Sex Determination at the Edge of Amiguity"
Expert: Michael A. Weiss
Date: August 12, 2013
Topic: "Gorilla Health: Getting to the Heart of the Matter"
Experts: Drs. Kristen Lukas, Pam Dennis, and Elena Less
Podcast: The Sound of Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, August 12, 2013
Date: July 8, 2013
Topic: "Living on a Dusty Moon"
Expert: Dr. Kenneth W. Street
Date: June 10, 2013
Topic: "Genetically Modified (GM) Foods - too big to fail?"
Expert: Christopher Cullis
Podcast: The Sound of Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, May 13, 2013
Date: May 13, 2013
Topic: "Dopamine - how we fuel the rush for drugs, sex and everything else"
Expert: George E. Jaskiw, M. D.
Podcast: The Sound of Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, May 13, 2013
Date: April 8, 2013
Topic: "Using the hands to see inside the head: How studying gestures can reveal the way we think"
Expert: Fey Parrill
Date: March 11, 2013
Topic: "Brain Wiring: The crucial role of early activity"
Expert: Lynn T. Landmesser
Podcast: The Sound of Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, March 11, 2013
Date: February 11, 2013
Topic: "Mars: Curiosity, Opportunity, and Spirit of Exploration"
Expert: Geoffrey Landis
Date: January 14, 2013
Topic: "Networks - Patterns of Similarity and Difference"
Expert: Valdis Krebs
Science Café Cleveland 2012:
Date: December 10, 2012
Topic: "Fat Cells: The Loyal Friends You Despise"
Expert: Paul Ernsberger
Podcast: The Sound of Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, December 10, 2012
Date: November 12, 2012 - Annual Distinguished Lectureship
Topic: "The Science of Speed: Why Driving Fast Isn't as Easy as You Think!"
Expert: Diandra L. Leslie-Pelecky
Date: October 8, 2012
Topic: "Do WIMPS Rule? The Search for Cosmic Dark Matter"
Experts: Dan Akerib & Tom Shutt
Date: September 10, 2012
Topic: "Seeking to understand invasive plants, or secretly wanting to kill them?"
Experts: John Cardina and Jennifer Hillmer
Date: August 13, 2012
Topic: "Wind Power: Hot air or energy for the future?"
Expert: Iwan Alexander
Podcast: The Sound of Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, August 20, 2012
Date: July 9, 2012
Topic: "Ecological Footprints - What's your shoe size?"
Experts: Sandra Albro and Geri Unger
Date: June 11, 2012
Topic: "Prove It! Who Says Theoretical Math is Hard?"
Experts: Dr. Daniel Solow
Date: May 14, 2012
Topic: "The Perfect Host for Parasites - the Human Body"
Experts: Dr. Emmitt Jolly
Podcast: The Sound of Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, May 14, 2012
Date: April 9, 2012
Topic: "Remembrance of Things Past: Reversing the Causes of Memory Loss That Characterizes Alzheimer's Disease"
Experts: Dr. Gary Landreth and Paige Cramer
Podcast: The Sound of Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, April 9, 2012
Date: March 12, 2012
Topic: "Our Radioactive World: Putting Fukushima in Perspective"
Experts: Peter Faulhaber, Kathleen Farhang, Raymond F. Muzic, Jr., Nancy Oleinick, and Pejavar Sridhar Rao
Podcast: The Sound of Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, March 19, 2012
Date: February 13, 2012
Topic: "Science on the Fly: learning about human biology from the fruit fly"
Expert: Dr. Helen Salz (Professor, Department of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University)
Podcast: The Sound of Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, February 13, 2012
Date: January 9, 2012
Topic: "Antioxidants: Direct from the Fountain of Youth? Are antioxidants the magic elixir of immortality, or poisons in disguise?"
Experts: Dr. John Mieyal and Dr. Mike Maguire (Professors of Pharmacology at Case Western Reserve University)
Podcast: The Sound of Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, January 9, 2012
Science Café Cleveland 2011:
Date: December 12, 2011
Topic: "Fire, fish, and flow: from burning rivers to living rivers"
Expert: Jeff Opperman (Senior Freshwater Scientist, Global Freshwater Program, The Nature Conservancy)
Date: November 14, 2011
Topic: "Prions: From Cannilbalism to Mad Cows and New Mechanism of Brain Diseases"
Experts: Pierluigi Gambetti, MD (Professor and Director, Division of Neuropathology, CWRU School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland) AND Witold Surewicz (Professor, Department of Chemistry, CWRU School of Medicine)
Date: November 3, 2011-Annual Distinguished Lectureship
Topic: "Patchy Micelles, Phase-Shifting Peptides and Nanolayer Assemblies for Tailored Delivery"
Expert: Dr. Paula Hammond
Date: October 10, 2011
Topic: "Dinosaurs in Technicolor: the evolution of plumage color since the Jurassic"
Expert: Dr. Matthew Shawkey (Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Akron)
Date: September 12, 2011
Topic:"Combustion: from candle, rocket to wildfire"
Experts: James S. T'ien (Leonard Case Jr. Professor of Engineering, CWRU) and Dr. Fumiaki Takahashi (Research Professor, CWRU)
Date: August 8, 2011
Topic:"The Most Amazing Animal Park You Have Never Seen: A trip to prehistoric South America"
Expert: Dr. Darin Croft (Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, CWRU)
Date: July 11, 2011
Topic: "Mars, Meteorites, and Microbes: an update on the continuing search for life on Mars"
Expert: Ralph Harvey (Associate Professor of Geological Sciences at CWRU)
Podcast: The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, June 11, 2011
Date: June 13, 2011
Topic: "Liver or Leave'er"
Experts: John Fung (Chair of Digestive Disease Institute at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
Lisa Yerian (Director of Hepatobiliary Pathology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
Podcast: The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, June 13, 2011
Date: May 9, 2011
Topic: "Bending Science: How Science can be Corrupted by Legal Processes"
Experts: Paul Giannelli (Albert J. Weatherhead III and Richard W. Weatherhead Professor of Law, CWRU School of Law) AND Wendy Wagner (Joe A. Worsham Centennial Professor of Law, University of Texas School of Law)
Podcast: The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, May 9, 2011
Date: April 11, 2011
Topic: "Birds and aircraft: fighting for airspace in even more crowded skies""
Experts: Richard A. Dolbeer (Science Advisor, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services)
Sandra E. Wright (National Wildlife Strike Database Manager, U.S. department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services)
Podcast: The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, April 11, 2011
Date: March 14, 2011
Topic: "Modeling Memory: Understanding the normal brain""
Experts: Alan Lerner, MD (Professor of Neurology CWRU)
Wojbor Woyczynski, PhD (Professor of Statistics CWRU)
Podcast: The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, March 15, 2011
Date: February 14, 2011
Topic: "Cloaking Cupids Arrow: contraception and reproductive science"
Experts:James M. Edmonson, PhD (Chief Curator of the Dittrick Medical History Center and Museum of Case Western Reserve University)
Anthony P. Tizzano, MD (Medical Director of The Cleveland Clinic Family Health Center of Wooster)
Podcast: The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, February 14, 2011
Date: January 10, 2011
Topic: "Spider Silk: an evolutionary experiment in a biological supermaterial"
Experts: Dr. Todd Blackledge (Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Akron)
Sam Evans (MS Candidate, University of Akron)
Podcast: The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, January 6, 2011
Science Café Cleveland 2010:
Date: December 13, 2010 (Podcast Only)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, December 13, 2010
EVENT CANCELLED! Please check back for reschedule information sometime in the Spring
Topic: Fire, fish, flow: from burning rivers to living rivers
Expert: Jeff Opperman (Senior Advisor for Sustainable Hydropower, The Nature Conservancy)
Date: November 11, 2010-Annual Distinguished Lectureship
Topic: Michelango's laser
Expert: Dr. Evelyn Hun
Date: November 8, 2010
Topic: Event Vehicle Data Recorders-"Can I trust
my Big Brother"?
Experts:Chuck Veppert (Crash Reconstructionist, Valley
Technical Services)
Victor Vigluicci (Portage County Prosecutor, Ohio)
Podcast: The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, November 8, 2010
Date: October 11, 2010
Topic: Drug Delivery
Experts:Dr.
Ruth
Keri (Dept. of Pharmacology, CWRU)
Dr. Agata Exner (Dept. of Radiology, CWRU)
Date: September 13, 2010
Topic: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: What Kinds of Treatment do People Want?
Experts:Dr. Norah
Feeny (Dept. of Psychology, CWRU)
Ms.
Loren Post (Dept. of Psychology, CWRU)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, September 13, 2010
Date: August 9, 2010
Topic: Looking at Art Inside and Out: An Art Conservator's Perspective
Experts:Ms.
Shelly Reisman Paine (Cleveland Museum of Art)
Ms.
Moyna Stantoninsti (Cleveland Museum of Art)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, August 9, 2010
Date: July 12, 2010
Topic: Does the U.S. export eating disorders along with Coca-Cola and McDonald's?
Experts:Dr.
Eileen
Anderson-Fye (Dept. of Anthropology, CWRU)
Dr.
Lisa
Damour
(Dept.
of
Psychology,
CWRU and John Carroll)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, July 12, 2010
Date: June 14, 2010
Topic: Researching
the Business of Selling Drugs in the Illegal Drug Economy
Experts:Dr.
Lee Hoffer (Dept. of Anthropology, CWRU)
Dr. Rhonda
Williams (Dept. of History, CWRU)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, June 14, 2010
Date: May 10, 2010
Topic: The
Metabolism of a Computer Mouse
Experts: Dr. Daniela
Calvetti (Dept. of Mathematics, CWRU)
Dr.
Joseph LaManna (Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics, CWRU)
Date: April 12, 2010
Topic: Capturing the Cosmic Ray Monsters: Big Science in a Big Universe
Experts: Dr. Corbin Covault (CERCA, CWRU)
Ms. Yvette Cendes
(Dept. of Physics, CWRU)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, April 12, 2010
Date: March 8, 2010
Topic: Canadian Imports: How Expanding Ice Sheets Influenced Ohio's Settlement, Economy, and Recreation
Experts: Dr.
John Szabo (Dept. of Geology & Environmental Science, U. of
Akron)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, March 8, 2010
Date: February 8,
2010
Topic: Developing Latent Fingerprints: The Real CSI
Experts: Mr. Dan Winterich (Senior Special Agent, Crime Scene
Unit, Ohio BCI)
Ms. Michelle Snyder
(Forensic Scientist, Latent Print Unit, Ohio BCI)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, February 5, 2010
Date: January 11,
2010
Topic: Sleep
and Counting Sheep
Experts: Dr.
Ziad
Shaman (Pulmonary & Critical Care, MetroHealth Med. Center)
Dr.
Vidya
Krishnan (Ctr. for Sleep Medicine, MetroHealth Med. Center)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, January 12, 2010
Science Café Cleveland 2009:
Date: December 14,
2009
Topic: Deafness
and Zebrafish
Experts: Dr.
Brian McDermott (CWRU Dept. of Otolaryngology)
Dr. Cliff Megerian (Otology and Neurotology Dept., University Hospitals)
Date: November 9, 2009 (Postponed due to GLBC fire)
Date: October 12, 2009
Topic: Hurricanes, Climate Change, and Columbus: How Bahamian Lakes Archive Ancient Storm Events
Experts: Dr.
Lisa
Park (Geology Dept., U. of Akron)
Mr.
Andrew Michelson (Geology Dept., U. of Akron)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, October 12, 2009
Date: September
14, 2009
Topic: Bugs and Bots: Getting Around Complex Terrain by Agile Agents
Experts: Dr. Roy
Ritzman (CWRU Dept. of Biology)
Dr. Roger Quinn (Ctr. for
Biologically Inspired Robotics Research)
Date: August 10,
2009
Topic: Running the Gauntlet: Bird Migration and a Changing World
Experts: Dr.
Sarah
Mabey (Environmental Studies, Hiram College)
Mr. Harvey Webster (Cleveland Museum of Natural History)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, August 7, 2009
Date: July 13, 2009
Topic: Swarms (in
conjunction with Ingenuity Festival)
Experts: Dr. Dan Palmer (Computer Science, John Carroll
University)
Mr. Dave Williams (GamerTrainer.com)
Mr. Kal Ivanov (Biology,
Cleveland State University)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, July 13, 2009
Date: June 8, 2009
Topic: Rocket Propulsion: Aiming Toward the Stars
Experts: Mr.
Bryan
Palaszewski
(NASA
Glenn Research Center)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, June 8, 2009
Date: May 11, 2009
Topic: An Innerbelt: Traversing the Rustbelt
Experts: Dr. Arthur Huckelbridge (CWRU Depts. of Civil
Engineering)
Mr. Jeff Broadwater
(Michael Baker Jr., Inc.)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, May 11, 2009
Date: April 13,
2009
Topic: Can we ESKAPE antibiotic resistance?
Experts: Dr. Robert Bonomo (CWRU Depts. of Medicine and
Pharmacology)
Dr. Louis Rice (Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, April 13, 2009
Date: March 9, 2009
Topic: Intelligence begins at infancy: How we know it, and what difference does it make?
Experts: Dr. Joseph Fagan (CWRU Dept. of Biomedical
Engineering)
Dr. Cynthia Holland (Director, MRI, University Hospitals)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, March 9, 2009
Date: February 9,
2009
Topic: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) from the Inside Out
Experts: Dr.
Jeffrey
Duerk (CWRU Dept. of Biomedical Engineering)
Dr. Jeffrey Sunshine (Director,
MRI, University Hospitals)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, February 9, 2009
Date: January 12, 2009 (Due to restaurant expansion, GLBC has cancelled all events for the month of January. We'll pick back up in February at the usual time and place.)
Science Café Cleveland 2008:
Date: December 8,
2008
Topic: Deep Brain
Stimulation
Experts: Dr. Jerrold Vitek (Dept. of Neurosciences,
Cleveland Clinic)
Dr. Jay Alberts (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, December 8, 2008
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Date: November 10,
2008
Topic: The Origin
of Life on Earth
Experts: Dr. Saba Valadkhan (CWRU Ctr. for RNA Molecular
Biology)
Dr.
Patricia
Princehouse (CWRU Dept. of Philosophy)
Dr.
Neil Greenspan (CQRU Dept. of Pathology)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, November 10, 2008
Download a pdf flyer for your office!
Date: October 13,
2008
Topic: Vertebrate
Paleontology
Experts: Dr. Catherine Badgley (U. of Michigan, Dept. of
EEB)
Dr.
Michael
Ryan (Cleveland Museum of Natural History)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, October 13, 2008
(including Dr. Darin Croft, CWRU
Dept. of Anatomy)
Download a pdf flyer for your office!
Date: September 2,
2008
Topic: Brewing Beer
Experts: Mr. Mark Hunger (Brewing and Quality Control, GLBC)
Mr. Pat Conway
(Co-owner, GLBC)
Download a pdf flyer for your office!
Date: August 11,
2008
Topic: Political
Polling
Experts: Dr. Karl Kaltenhaler (U. of Akron Dept. of
Political Science)
Dr.
Daniel
Coffey (U. of Akron Dept. of Political Science)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, August 11, 2008
Download a pdf flyer for your office!
Date: July 14, 2008
Topic: Cleveland
Sewer System
Experts: Mr. Terry Meister (Northeast
Ohio
Regional
Sewer
District)
Mr. Richard Switalski (Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, July 14, 2008
Download a pdf flyer for your office!
Date: June 9, 2008
Topic: Cryptography
Experts: Dr. David
Singer (CWRU Dept. of Mathematics)
Mr. Ari Singer (NTRU
Cryptosystems)
Download a PDF of the slide
presentation
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, June 9, 2008
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Date: May 12,
2008
Topic: Batteries
Experts: Dr. Daniel
Scherson (CWRU Dept. of Chemistry)
Dr. George Blomgren (Blomgren Consulting Services,
Inc.)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas,
90.3
WCPN
ideastream,
May
12,
2008
Download a pdf flyer for your office!
Date: April 14,
2008
Topic: Nutritional
Supplements
Experts: Dr.
Susan
Joy (Women's Sports Health, Cleveland Clinic)
Dr.
Lisa
Yerian (Anatomic Pathology, Cleveland Clinic)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas,
90.3
WCPN
ideastream,
April
14,
2008
Download a pdf flyer for your office!
Date: March 14,
2008
Topic: Malaria
Experts: Dr.
James
Kazura (CWRU Ctr. for Global Health and Diseases)
Dr.
Moses Bockarie (CWRU Ctr. for Global Health and Diseases)
Dr.
Peter
Zimmerman (CWRU Ctr. for Global Health and Diseases)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas,
90.3
WCPN
ideastream,
March
11,
2008
Download a pdf flyer for your office!
Date: February
11, 2008
Topic: Genetics
of
Reading
and
Writing
Experts: Dr. Lee
Thompson (CWRU Dept. of Psychology)
Dr.
Barbara Lewis (CWRU Dept. of Pediatrics)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas,
90.3
WCPN
ideastream,
February
11,
2008
Download a pdf flyer for your office!
Date: January
14, 2008
Topic: Declining
Amphibians
Experts:Mrs.
Kathy
Krynak (Animal Keeper, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo)
Mr.
Tim
Krynak (Naturalist, Cleveland Metroparks)
Dr.
Tim
Matson (Curator, Cleveland Mus. of Natural History)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas,
90.3
WCPN
ideastream,
January
14,
2008
Download a pdf flyer for your office!
Science Café Cleveland 2007:
Date: December
10, 2007
Topic: Nanotechnology
Experts:Dr. Alexis
Abramson (CWRU Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering)
Dr.
Steven Eppell (CWRU Biomedical Engineering)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas,
90.3
WCPN
ideastream,
December
10,
2008
Date: November
12, 2007
Topic: Why are so many people violent?
Experts:Dr.
Mark
Singer (CWRU Mandel School of Applied Social Sci.)
Mr. Michael
Walker (Partnership for a Safer Cleveland)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas,
90.3
WCPN
ideastream,
November
12,
2008
Date: October
8, 2007
Topic: Weird
insect behavior.
Expert:Dr.
Joe
Keiper (Cleveland Museum of Natural History)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas,
90.3
WCPN
ideastream,
October
8,
2008
Date: September 13, 2007
Topic: Dark Matter.
Experts:Dr.
Chris Mihos (CWRU Astronomy Dept.)
Dr. Dan
Akerib (CWRU Physics Dept.)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas,
90.3
WCPN
ideastream,
September
10,
2008
Date: August
13, 2007
Topic: How humans started walking upright.
Experts:Dr.
Bruce
Latimer (Cleveland Museum of Natural History)
Dr.
Scott Simpson (CWRU Anatomy Dept.)
Podcast:
The
Sound
of
Ideas,
90.3
WCPN
ideastream,
August
13,
2008
Date: July 9, 2007
Topic: Biodiversity: What's the big deal?
Experts:Dr.
Joe Koonce (CWRU Biology Dept.)
Dr.
Paul Drewa (CWRU Biology Dept.)
Date: June 11, 2007
Topic: The science of global information systems (GIS)
Experts: Dr.
Mark Salling (CSU College of Urban Affairs)
Ann
Vander Schrier (CWRU Center for Statistics and Geospatial
Data)
Date: May 14, 2007
Topic: Stem cells: What are they and what are they good for?
Expert: Dr.
Horst von Recum (CWRU Dept. of Biomedical Engineering)
Date: April 9, 2007
Topic: Physical and economic impacts of global warming
Experts: Dr.
Bev Saylor (CWRU Dept. of Geology)
Mr.
Gary
Murphy (CWRU Dept. of Economics)
