Sep 222009
Brian Wheeler, Executive Director of Charlottesville Tomorrow joined Charlottesville Right Now to discuss growth and development.
Sep 212009
Ron Wilson
Regular listeners of our podcast or our live streaming feed might know Rick Britton. He’s a historian and cartographer and a frequent guest on WINA’s Charlottesville Right Now with Coy Barefoot. Rick also organizes a Civil War lecture and day-trip series in conjunction with the Charlottesville Senior Center.
On Wednesday, September 16th Ron Wilson, who was the Appomattox National Park historian for twenty-five years, delivered a fascinating talk on the Battle of Five Forks (and the three actions that immediately preceded it). Fought on April 1st, 1865, Five Forks — often called the "Waterloo of the Confederacy" — pitted Confederate Gen. George Pickett with approximately 10,000 men, against Union Gen. Philip Sheridan with twice that number. General Pickett — not particularly the sharpest knife in the Confederate rack — missed the opening of this very important engagement because he was attending a shad bake a few miles to the rear. The Southern defeat at Five Forks spelled doom for Lee’s Petersburg defenses and was truly the beginning of the end.
On Wednesday, September 23rd, Rick Britton (along with Ron Wilson) will conduct a tour of the siege lines at Petersburg and the Five Forks battlefield. Bus tour departs from the Charlottesville Senior Center at 9:00 AM. There is a fee for the tour. Call 974-6538 for more information
This is part six of a seven part series. The event is held every third Wednesday at the Charlottesville Senior Center.
Laura Pearson
In this week’s headlines
: “Saying Goodbye to a Darden Friend,” “A Dramatic Approach to Diversity,” and “A Meaningful Discussion.” In the interview segment, Laura Pearson, President of the Darden Student Association, discusses the role of the DSA at Darden and gives some insights into this year’s agenda.
Sep 202009
On the Sept. 20 edition of the Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore talks with Jack Marshall, President of Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population (ASAP).
Sep 172009
Nicholas Schmidle
Nicholas Schmidle spoke to the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society on Friday, September 11, 2009 on the subject of his new book, To Live or To Perish Forever: Two Tumultuous Years Inside Pakistan.
In early 2006, Nicholas moved to Pakistan, backed by a writing fellowship from the Institute of Current World Affairs. He lived and reported in Pakistan for two years, before being deported from Pakistan in January 2008. He has also worked in Iran, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan. Nicholas received the 2008 Kurt Schork Award for freelance journalism, based on his work in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He speaks Persian and Urdu, and is a graduate of James Madison University and American University.
Mr. Schmidle is a freelance writer whose work focuses on the intersection of culture, religion, politics, and security in the developing world. He is a fellow at the New America Foundation. Mr. Schmidle contributes to The New York Times Magazine, Slate, The New Republic, The Washington Post, The Virginia Quarterly Review, Smithsonian and others. He has written on a range of topics, including Sufi festivals and Taliban lashings in Pakistan, rising sea levels in the Maldives, women’s boarding schools in Saudi Arabia, and al-Qaeda’s franchise in Mauritania.
Sep 162009
John Moen
Anne Williams chatted with John Moen from The Decemberists this week as they prepare to make their way into Charlottesville with their “Hazards of Love” Tour. WNRN proudly presents The Decemberists with special guest Laura Veirs at Charlottesville Pavilion on September 24th.
Check out the new episode of the UVA Today Radio Show, a weekly five minute segment on WTJU radio. Look for new editions of the show every Wednesday at 11:55 a.m. on WTJU. Afterward, all of the segments will be posted on UVA Today.
Read more about the stories featured in this week’s program:
• Emergency Drill (Marge Sidebottom)
• Smithsonian Fellowship Helps Environmental Historian Understand Moral Economy of Food Production (Ben Cohen)
• U.Va. Launches Consolidated Arts Box Office (Andrew Burnett)
Air Date: 9/16/09
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Sep 152009
David Shreve of the Miller Center for Public Affairs , joined Charlottesville Right Now to discuss history and economics.
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