Host Rick Moore speaks with Courteney Stuart (Senior editor of The Hook) about current events. Topics covered include: death of a local teacher by a motored vehicle, the latest with Morgan Harrington, lyme disease, and more!
Host Rick Moore speaks with Lindsay Ideson (Branch manager at the Jefferson Madison Regional Library (JMRL) of Northside), Meredith Dickens (Branch manager at JMRL Gordon Avenue Library), Patrick Kilmer (Reference Specialist at JMRL Central Library), and Sandy McAdams (owner of Daedalus Used Books in Charlottesville) about summer reading and some great book suggestions. Some suggestions are: The Women Jefferson Loved by Virginia Scharff, All That Is Bitter & Sweet by Ashley Judd, Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf , Bossypants by Tina Fey, The Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling, The Jack Reacher series by Arthur Lee Child, and books by Michael Scott, books by Kurt Vonnegut, books by David Sedaris, and The Inheritance series by Christopher Paolini. For the kids: Hank the cowdog, The Beverly Cleary books, The Strange Case of Oragami Yoda, The Berenstain books and much more!
Host Rick Moore speaks with Mayor Dave Norris of Charlottesville about local politics and politics in general. Topics covered include: the western bypass, federal budget, free speech monument, and more.
Host Rick Moore speaks with Don Crosby (above knee amputee; Vietnam War Veteran), Dawn Cornell (below knee amputee; fork lift accident), Judy Martin (below knee amputee; medical, diabetic/vascular) and Mary Grant (Orthopedic Surgery Prosthetics [Limbs on the Go support group]) about their stories, the problems that come with being an amputee, and more.
Rick Moore speaks with Cale Jaffe (Senior Attorney at Southern Environmental Law Center) about uranium mining and the negative aspects of mining in Virgina. Uranium mining was banned in 1982 by the Virginia general assembly. Uranium is radioactive and can be very dangerous, especially to bodies of water during major storms, and it has been linked to cancer.
Find out more about the Southern Environmental Law Center at cvillepedia.
Rick Moore speaks with professor RK Ramazani (UVA professor of government and foreign affairs and spiritual father of the international center of Jefferson Studies at Monticello ) about Osama Bin Laden’s death and how it will effect America’s relationships with the Middle East.
Host Rick Moore speaks with Cartie Lominack (executive director for the shelter), Mark Humbertson (design house committee), Moyanne Harding (designer), Ami Smith (designer), and Michelle Willis Adams (designer) about the purpose of the shelter for help in emergency and the design house fundraiser. The shelter helps people that are victims of domestic violence, finds safe shelters for people, has a 24 hour hot line, provides counseling and children’s programs, etc. The design house fundraiser benefits the shelter and starts on May 6 with the top hat gala from 7-10 PM.
Rick Moore speaks with Rusty Cempre (Price Automotive), and Steve Bullock (Price Automotive) about things you should pay attention to with your cars. Rusty and Steve also answers callers’ questions about their cars that could answer your questions too.
Host Rick Moore speaks with Margie Howell (Facilitator of Survivors of Suicide/Charlottesville Chapter and mother of a victim of suicide), Nat Howell (father of a victim of suicide), Mary O’Leary (mother of a victim of suicide), and Jenny Oliver (former director of Mental Heath America ) about suicide, how it effects people after the occurrence, and ways to prevent it. About 90 Americans commit suicide daily. For more information you can call Margie Howell at (434) 974-9314 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (434) 974-9314 end_of_the_skype_highlighting. The national suicide hot line # is 1-800-273-8255 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1-800-273-8255 end_of_the_skype_highlighting, Veteran’s Support in Charlottesville: 434-409-8246 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 434-409-8246 end_of_the_skype_highlighting, and Region Ten Emergency: 434-972-1800 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 434-972-1800 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.
Mar 202011
Host Rick Moore speaks with author, Barbara Nordin, about Pat Collin’s mystery. In 1986, Pat Collins was a graduate student who disappeared from UVA. UVA tried to prove that Collins left UVA voluntarily. What happened to Pat Collins is still unknown today.
Host Rick Moore speaks with Keith Drake (Chairman of ATTA), and Chuck Lebo (Lebo Comm Properties, Alb. Co. Architectural Review Board) about national issues and tax issues in Albemarle. Some problems in Charlottesville and Albemarle are balancing the school budgets, and the amount of money tax payers pay. People all around the nation are taking steps to save money in this financial crisis.
Host Rick Moore speaks with R k Ramazani (Professor Emeritus, UVA Government & Foreign Affairs Professor, author, has advised President Jimmy Carter, etc.) about the recent events in Egypt. The president of Egypt, Honsi Mubarak, stepped down from his position earlier this week after serving many years in office. They talk about things such as how the role of Egypt’s military could change, how change to Egypt’s government can take a long time, and how the new role of government may not be what the people want.
Recent comments