You may not want to think about this, but we're all covered in microscopic organisms. Don't panic! Many are friendly microbes that help us, and plants and animals, to stay healthy. I'm Mike McIntyre. Let's talk science for a Science Cafe edition of The Sound of Ideas. We'll cover the hidden forest microbiome and its role in species conservation. Then, let's talk books! What are YOU reading this summer? What should WE read?


The Sound of Ideas Summer Reading List
-I Will Find You by Joanna Connors
-The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle by Lillian Faderman
-The Cultural Matrix - Understanding Black Youth by Orlando Patterson
-Boycotts Bussing and Beyond: The History and Implications of School Desegregation - James L. Hardiman, Donna McIntyre Whyte, Ronnie A. Dunn, Mittie Davis Jones
-They Can't Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery
-100 Things to Do in Cleveland Before You Die by Nikki Delamotte
-Electronic Health Records and Medical Big Data: Law and Policy by Sharona Hoffman
-How to Speak Midwestern by Edward McClelland
-Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
-Uplifting Leaders* (Who Happen to Be Women) by Margie Flynn & Barbara Brown
-Juniper: The Girl Who Was Born Too Soon by Tom & Kelley French
-Locking Up Own Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Forman Jr.
-Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work by Dave Isay
-On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder
-Grocery - The Buying And Selling Of Food In America by Michael Ruhlman


Guests:
-David Burke, Scientist and Research Chair, The Holden Arboretum
-Kathy Krynak, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Ohio Northern University
-Sheba Marcus-Bey, Executive Director, East Cleveland Public Library
-Laura DeMarco, Arts & Entertainment Reporter, The Plain Dealer
-Karen R. Long, Manager, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
-Ken Schneck, Author, "Seriously...What Am I Doing Here?: The Adventures of a Wondering and Wandering Gay Jew," Podcast Host, "This Show is So Gay" & Associate Professor, Baldwin Wallace University