WCPN

The World’s Family Choices Series Prompts Debate Around Family Size in US

Prompted by The World’s series on family choices in Africa, public media stations across the US debated issues around family size. WFAE, WVXU, WCPN, and KCUR discussed the economics of family size, the changing ideals around the perfect number of children, and to what extent “choice” over family size realistically factors in for American women and parents-to-be.

The World

Airborne Pesticides

The World

School Yard Turns Wild

The World

Savvy Sixth Graders: Young Citizens Purchase E.P.A. Pollution Credits

The World

Cuyahoga River Clean Up

The World

Cleveland’s plan to fight foreclosures

Global Politics

In Ohio, Cleveland’s Cuyahoga County expects at least 13,000 new foreclosures this year, but state Treasurer Jim Rokakis has a plan ? he wants to buy up bad mortgages and sell them back to homeowners in order to keep people in their homes.

The World

President Obama Packs The House in Ohio

Global Politics

President Obama is heading to Ohio today on a campaign swing for his health care plan. Dan Bobkoff, reporter for WCPN in Cleveland, is getting ready to join the crowds at Shaker Heights High School and he joins The Takeaway with his take.

The World

Catch a Fire: The Cuyahoga River Lit Up

Environment

Forty years ago, the Cuyahoga River, riddled with pollution, burned for 30 minutes. How far has the river’s environment come since then? Dan Moulthrop, host of the Sound of Ideas on WCPN in Cleveland, joins The Takeaway from the Cuyahoga to consider this.

The World

Around the nation with The Takeaway: Cleveland and South Dakota

Global Politics

The Takeaway’s look at how the inauguration is viewed across America continues with Dan Moulthrop, host of The Sound of Ideas on WCPN in Cleveland, and Johanna Sailor, a reporter for South Dakota Public Broadcasting.

The World

Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Ohio’s first black congresswoman, dies at 58

Global Politics

Guest: Dan Moulthrop, host of ‘The Sound of Ideas’ on WCPN public radio in Cleveland