WGLT's Sound Ideas

About WGLT's Sound Ideas

Sound Ideas is WGLT's signature local news series. Every weekday, WGLT reporters go beyond soundbites for deeper conversations with newsmakers, musicians, artists, and anyone with a story to share. New episodes air throughout the day on WGLT.

Publisher

WGLT

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 May 2024

Latest episode

24 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

2,124 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Oct 2026

   Penguin Project of McLean County features debut grown-up cast in a show packed with spooky, silly fun

   Longtime members of the Penguin Project of McLean County are returning to new roles as part of the organization’s debut community theater program for adults aged 22 and above with disabilities. Night of the Macabre opens at 7 p.m. Friday at the Astroth Community Education Center auditorium at Heartland Community College in Normal with a pay-what-you-can performance. Additional shows set are set for 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Support the show: https://donate.nprstations.org/wglt/wglt-choose-donation (https://donate.nprstations.org/wglt/wglt-choose-donation) See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

2. 

   23 Oct 2026

   Ahead of ISU visit, former '60 Minutes' correspondent Scott Pelley says 'there is no democracy without journalism'

   Journalist Scott Pelley said he hasn’t watched 60 Minutes since he was fired four months ago for challenging the show’s new leadership and sticking up for its independence — and that he probably would’ve quit by now even if he hadn’t been fired. Pelley, one of the most accomplished and recognizable journalists in the U.S., will visit Illinois State University on Tuesday night for a Presidential Speaker Series appearance. It’s free and open to the public. Support the show: https://donate.nprstations.org/wglt/wglt-choose-donation (https://donate.nprstations.org/wglt/wglt-choose-donation) See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

3. 

   23 Oct 2026

   A B-N physician's new Spanish-language podcast aims to share tools for coping with stress

   A new Spanish-language mental health podcast based in Bloomington-Normal aims to help the community understand how to deal with stress. Support the show: https://donate.nprstations.org/wglt/wglt-choose-donation (https://donate.nprstations.org/wglt/wglt-choose-donation) See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

Who has been a guest on WGLT's Sound Ideas

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Christian Mitchell
• Leaders of the Bloomington-Normal Community Land Trust
• Fully Free BloNo chapter representatives
• Ben Pounds
• Nancy Pounds

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

262,598

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

4.5 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 72 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

98

Social presence

0

YouTube

82

Engagement

32

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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