Cleveland Magazine

Had a great night last night after the show, went to Cleveland Magazine's Best of Cleveland at the Great Lakes Science Center with my man, The Maniloff, Scott Davidson.

Sold out, by the way.

Cleveland Magazine, Denise Pulverine Maniloff did a great job, or Mrs. Maniloff, as she's knows-- known around here.

Disco Inferno was the band, and I was trying to think of a description for you to describe this band, and this is what I came up with.

If Mötley Crüe and Big & Rich had babies, that would be Disco Inferno.

Met Mike Polk Jr. for the first time.

Betsy Kling, I've interviewed her, I never met her face to face, got to meet Betsy last night.

My man Flash Ferencz was there, along with Tony Massagio, Jen Pachana and her mama, Dylan Stewart, editor of Cleveland Magazine, Ken Mather, Paul Davis Restoration, had a great conversation with Ken.

Trust me, it works.

And then my friend Cletus, who's been in the past Singer-Songwriter of the Year from Cleveland Magazine, he has like 14 albums out, um, just a, a well-known regional treasure of an artist and a songwriter.

He comes over, and just as, you know, two guys w- you know, two songwriters, you know, we're, we're swapping songs.

And I play him the song, and he goes, "You know that B section doesn't work." I mean w- totally without talking to your mom about it, [laughs] it was sort of like, okay, I guess I have to change it.

Oh, let's see here.

What do I have to give away? I have a pair of tickets To join Cleveland Magazine and Cleveland Scene for the 2020 se-- 2026 Best of Cleveland party, featuring the very best in food, drinks, shopping, and more, live music, you name it.

It's at the Great Lakes Science Center on Thursday, October 15th.

Uh, you can get tickets and info at cletix.com, cletix.com, or you can win them if you call our 30 right now, 866-YROVER, 866-967-6837.

We're going to take a quick break now.

When we get back, we'll talk to some of the business owners featured in Cleveland Magazine and Cleveland Scene's 2026 Best of Cleveland Issues, which are out now.

This is The Sound of Ideas.

I'm Stephanie Haney.

I'm Stephanie Haney.

Thank you for staying with us.

Last week, Cleveland Magazine announced the honorees for the 2026 Best of Cleveland Awards.

Cleveland Scene announced their winners in July.

Tomorrow on The Sound of Ideas, we'll chat with NPR Marketplace's David Brancaccio about the impacts of artificial intelligence on the economy and his new role as future effects correspondent.

Then we'll highlight some of this year's best of Cleveland winners from Cleveland Magazine.

I'm Stephanie Haney.

Thank you for keeping the conversation going.

We'll also take a look at changes that will be taking effect on October 1st when it comes to Medicaid.

We'll round things out on Thursday with Cleveland Magazine's Best of Cleveland Awards.

Shout out to the Sound of Ideas and the Sound of Ideas Reporters Roundtable for being named Best Radio Show Podcast for 2026.

We'll also talk about the food-related winners in our menu portion on Thursday with the folks from Cleveland Magazine.

Back to you in the studio, Mike.

Thank you so much, Stephanie, and way to go with that humble brag.

All right, you're back with The Sound of Ideas, and it's great, by the way.

The Sound of Ideas, including the roundtable, got recognized by Cleveland Magazine, and that's all great stuff.

Now, before we go, we have exciting news to share.

Cleveland Magazine readers voted the Sound of Ideas Best Radio Show and Podcast for this year's Best of Cleveland Awards.

On behalf of all of us here at the Sound of Ideas and the Sound of Ideas Reporters Roundtable, we thank you very much for that.

We appreciate it.

You got little Patty Heaton, her brother Mike, both very talented in their own way, is Lily Reinhart.

Anyway, she is in, they have the Cleveland Magazine Best of Cleveland, by the way.

Yeah.

Congrats to our buddy Mike Polk, who's in there as Best Comedian.

Congrats to the lovely Mrs. Polk, by the way, who she hosts a show over there on NPR.

They've got best radio show, Rob.

Listen, the readers of Cleveland Magazine, this is both hoity and toity, right? With respect, this ain't Cleveland's scene, right? They operate on two different strata here.

Cleveland Magazine, we're not even on their radar when they're looking at radio shows, right? I don't know that the bulk of those readers are even aware that there is a world beyond IdeaStream.