The Civic Commons Radio Show

Read (listen) all about it--books that changed lives

Tue, 29 May 2012 03:00:00 -0400

Summer books, some are life changers.

Another Listen: Make Lemons into Lemonade

Wed, 23 May 2012 03:00:00 -0400

Another listen to a show broadcast in late winter, since we're coming into lemonade season. When life gives you sludge, old medical equipment and poop...make nature preserves, life saving supplies and energy.

Development Baklava

Tue, 15 May 2012 03:00:00 -0400

Complicated commercial development can have as many layers of financing as Turkish pastry has layers of phyllo.

Hacking the Economy

Tue, 08 May 2012 03:00:00 -0400

Alternative economic strategies are growing--go Kickstart your Cash Mob into the TimeBank.

Roll Call for Reform

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:00:00 -0400

Yes we need quality teachers...but do we really know what that means?

Deep in the heart of fracking

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:00:00 -0400

Texas has been fracking for years...so what does Ohio's gas exploration future look like?

Mayor Jackson: I'm calling the roll

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:00:00 -0400

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson sat down with The Civic Commons on Friday, April 20, to talk about his education reform plan. This is the raw tape of the interview, and we'll be using it in an upcoming program.

A good teacher a day keeps ignorance away

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 03:00:00 -0400

Good teachers are akin to saints, so do they need a union contract to protect them?

Bullies be Gone

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:00:00 -0400

Bullies are everywhere, but we have ways to make them stop.

When we talk about race

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 03:00:00 -0400

How do YOU talk about race? And why can it be so touchy?

Another Listen: A Spiritual Feast

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 03:00:00 -0400

Local chefs make food that's out of this world.

Rocked and Loaded, part 2

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:00:00 -0400

Hydraulic fracturing is a complex issue. Is it more like Satan's ploy to ruin the environment or God's answer to structural unemployment?

Lights, Camera--Forums!

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 03:00:00 -0400

The Cleveland International Film Festival starts March 22, here's the low down on the cool documentaries.

Make Lemons into Lemonade

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:00:00 -0500

When life gives you sludge, old medical equipment and poop...make nature preserves, life saving supplies and energy.

Remain Sustainable

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:00:00 -0500

Sustain or die. Some folks think it's pretty simple.

Rocked & Loaded

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:00:00 -0500

An earthquake rocked Youngstown, and now everybody wonders if it has to do with fracking.

And so with Trust so shall ye reap Collaboration

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:00:00 -0500

Sometimes you want to get up in the grill of certain politicians and shout, "Get over it! Collaborate or get the hell out of the way!" But then you realize that angrily shouting in an elected official's face might just land you on a watch list somewhere. So don't indulge, just take the biblical view of things...as in you reap what you sow. Elected officials who decide to trust and build relationships with fellow pols will increase their support with smart-minded voters like Civic Commons Radio listeners. And will be rewarded both here and the hereafter, or at least possibly reelected for another term or two.

Recycle that trashy attitude

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:00:00 -0500

Trash talk isn't just for sports--it's for everybody who ever uses anything anywhere. Because there is no "away" when it comes to garbage, it always has to go somewhere, and how we deal with it is a measure of our commitment to our natural world and each other. So grab your bottles and cans, throw the coffee grounds on the compost heap and join Dan and Noelle as they talk all things trash with bureaucrats, students and an eco-conscious auto mechanic who doesn't like driving cars.

Guests: Jenita McGowan, Cleveland's Chief of Sustainability; Ivan Henderson of Cleveland Public Power; Ron Owens, Commissioner, City of Cleveland's Department of Public Service; Sam Bell, owner, The Lusty Wrench and John Carroll University students Caitlyn Falsaco and Chris Razek. .

Prosecution, not Persecution

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:00:00 -0500

Fresh off the smashing success of the Civic Commons on-line forum that featured candidates vying to be the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor and citizens who wanted to know what they stood for (www.http://goo.gl/5af5v), Dan and Noelle bring a bunch of new perspectives to prosecute in the studio. Well, really they just had some great conversation.

Guests: Jonathon Witmer-Rich; Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Russell Johnson; Richmond Heights City Council, Michael Jones; Breaking the Cycle, Jim Dixon; Citizen's League, Felicia Haney; The Call & Post; Wes Millican; The Akronist.

Show #45: Still Seeking Civility

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:00:00 -0500

Back in show #2 we decided that "civility" is an action word, and now, a year later, we take our act to Akron to see some more of it in action. Join Dan and Noelle as they learn about the stellar efforts of Akronites to make their community more civil, more inclusive and more affirming. There are positive vibes bouncing throughout the Rubber City, and not all of it is emanating from the nationally celebrated rock music of Akron's own The Black Keys. But they are helping.

Show #44: Mommy, where do jobs come from? (Part 2)

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:00:00 -0500

Well, in part 1 we figured out how incubators, accelerators and certain marketing companies create jobs but we're still left with lots of questions. Join Dan and Noelle as they continue on their quest for knowledge about just where jobs come from, and what we all can do to make more of them.

Show #43 Mommy, where do jobs come from?

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:00:00 -0500

Perhaps this query is not quite as sensitive as the one having to do with reproduction but still...the mechanisms that create actual jobs can be mysterious and complex. This is true despite all the political pontificating about "my jobs platform," and claims to be "the jobs candidate," or even the tried and true, "putting America back to work" declarations. Join Dan, Noelle and Luke in part 1 of an examination of the oh so simple it's convoluted topic of job creation.

Another Listen: show #34 A Conversation with Connie Schultz

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 03:00:00 -0500

Let's start the new year with Another Listen to a wonderful show from last Fall...Join host Noelle Celeste, Civic Commons’ good friend Jill Miller Zimon and nationally syndicated columnist Connie Schultz for a very special show featuring three smart women sharing their personal and political passions. Connie even explains the Jack & Jesus wall found in her childhood home.

Show #42 Sometimes navels do need gazing!

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 03:00:00 -0500

The Civic Commons is active civic engagement with an attitude. It is information and analysis delivered straight to the head and heart. Take a listen to Civic Commons' President Mike Shafarenko as he sits down with Dan and Noelle and describes the work and the mission of The Civic Commons. Navel gazing? So what, sometimes navels do need gazing--especially when there's lots of important content to be found inside.

Show #41 I'll remember if you will--2011 in Civic Commons Radio land

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:00:00 -0500

You know, you'd think that after 40 shows we'd have a bunch of brilliant and intriguing interview excerpts from fascinating guests to share with you in one of those "looking back on the year" cliche-ridden programs proliferating during these last weeks in December. Well, we do. Join Dan, Noelle and Luke as they reminisce and 'remember when" 2011 because, well, tis the season.