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Dahlia Lithwick is a senior editor at Slate.com, where she writes “Supreme Court Dispatches.” She is also the legal correspondent for NPR’s Day to Day. Lithwick joins Coy Barefoot in the studio to discuss “the Supreme Court version of the Super Bowl” — the Justices’ 2008 decisions.
Ted Genoways, the editor of the award-winning Virginia Quarterly Review, joins Coy Barefoot to talk about the Summer 2008 issue. According to Genoways, “all of the pieces deal with outsiders and outcasts, and we’ve called it ‘No Way Home.'” In this interview, Genoways highlights the contributions of Natasha Tretheway, Tom Sleigh, and Dimiter Kenarov.
Hook Reporter Courtney Stuart joins Coy Barefoot on to talk about her recent article on how many smoke detectors do not necessarily do what their name describes. Ionization smoke detectors are in 90 percent of American homes, and Stuart says they can only detect smoke from an open flame. The Hook news team conducted fire tests with both ionization and photo-electric detectors to find out which ones would provide the most early warning. Read the article for pictures and to find out more.
After 8 long years of partisan politics and endless discussions of a red-state/blue-state divide in this country, many Americans are anxiously awaiting the end of a presidency defined by fringe politics, one that persistently and systematically moved away from the will of the center. According to historian Gil Troy, great American presidents can be defined by their willingness to move away from partisan extremes to the center. Troy’s new book is called Leading from the Center: Why Moderates Make the Best Presidents. He also explains the concept of a ‘muscular moderate.’
“It’s an ability to compromise while also having core values,” Troy said. “If you look at the greats – Lincoln, Washington, the Roosevelts, Reagan, Kennedy, the ones who were effective – they were able to have a certain sense of their core values, their defining principles, their fundamental beliefs. But at the same time they knew that as leaders of a very complicated country… they had to be nimble and they had to adapt.”
Ralph Nader defines political activism for many Americans, though many also attribute George W. Bush’s presidency to Nader’s presidential run in 2000. Now, Nader is running again as an independent and will be at the Gravity Lounge on Sunday from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM for a rally. Coy Barefoot spoke with Nader before the event to get a preview of what he’ll be saying this time around. Nader says Wall Street is ruining the country by taking too many risks, and points to the credit crisis as evidence. He also weighs in on the possibility of an Iranian invasion, the oil crisis, and outlines what a Nader presidency would do for the country. (photo by David Shankbone)
John Piller is the Director of Mind-Body Programming at ACAC, and he joined Coy Barefoot on the July 8, 2008 edition of WINA’s Charlottesville-Right Now! Coy begins the interview by confessing he’s always wanted to do tai chi, and then asks John how he came to get involved with his area of expertise.
Architect and Architectural Historian Ed Lay has been teaching at the University of Virginia since 1967, and he joined Coy Barefoot on the July 9, 2008 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville-Right Now!” Coy and Ed talk about how he got interested in his field, the evolution of architecture, and what makes a good architect.
Lowell Feld is the founder and editor of Raising Kaine and the co-author of 
Net Roots Rising: How a Citizen Army of Bloggers and Online Activists Is Changing American Politics. In this July 7, 2008 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now with Coy Barefoot,” Feld talks about how he got his start online, and why Virginia’s blogosphere is a little different, and predictions on the presidential race.
Brian Wheeler, Executive Director of Charlottesville Tomorrow, joins Coy Barefoot every Tuesday for an update on growth and development issues in greater Charlottesville. On the July 8th edition of the show:
Kathy Thornton is Associate Dean in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia. Thornton took four trips aboard the space shuttle, and has been in Charlottesville since 1996. She was a guest on the July 7 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville-Right Now!” with Coy Barefoot. Topics include how she became an astronaut, how to encourage kids to study math and science, and what her first flight was like in 1989.
There’s a new era in global competition, and it’s about to supersede the old model of international business. Fast disappearing are the days of globalization. In its place, a new and more challenging reality — Globality: Competing with Everyone from Everywhere for Everything. Co-author James Hemerling is a senior partner of The Boston Consulting Group, coleader of its Global Advantage initiative, and a core member of its Strategy and Operations practices. He joined Coy Barefoot on the June 27th edition of WINA’s Charlottesville-Right Now with Coy Barefoot.
What is “globality”? According to Hemerling: “In globality, what we have is the rise of a new set of competitors, rising up from China, Indian, Russia, Central Eastern Europe, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, the Middle East. Across the world, a whole new set of companies is rising up, challenging the Western companies. So now, business is no longer globalization flowing in one direction; it’s really flowing in every direction at the same time.”
As evidenced by the controversy now ranging between Bill O’Reilly of FOX News and Keith Olbermann of MSNBC, Roger Ailes is the rare example of a newsman who makes headlines even while he and his minions cover the politics, entertainment and personalities of our time. Ailes has been instrumental in every notable advance in TV and broadcast news and many of the political and media milestones of the past generation. Kerwin Swint has a new book about Ailes called Dark Genius: The Influential Career of Legendary Political Operative and FOX News Founder Roger Ailes. Swint is an associate professor of political science at Kennesaw State University.