On the July 10 Wake-Up Call, Rick talks with David Hannah of Wild Virginia, a local group dedicated to forest conservation and preserving the wilderness.
WNRN Wake-Up Call: Summer Reading
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!
Wake-Up Call: Brian Wheeler on Charlottesville Tomorrow
On the June 26 Wake Up Call, host Rick Moore talks with Brian Wheeler about the history and importance of his organization Charlottesville Tomorrow.
WNRN Wake-Up Call: Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris
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.
WNRN Wake-Up Call: Local Food
Producer Sean McCord steps in as host to talk with Joel Slezak and Erica Hellen of Free Union Grass Farm, two young entreprenuers who started their own farm specializing in pastured chicken and duck, 100% grass-fed beef, and free-range eggs. In an age when global industrial production brings concern about food-borne bacterial infection, one of the appeals of local food is that “you know where the food is coming from.”
WNRN Wake-up Call: Amputees
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.
Real Estate Today
On the May 29 Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore talks with realtor Jim Duncan and home loan officer Matt Hodges. Topics include questions of renting vs. owning, mortgage loans, and the changing real estate market.
WNRN Wake-Up Call: Uranium Mining
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.
WNRN Wake-Up Call: The death of Osama Bin Laden and Middle East relationships
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.
Mother’s Day with Lee Channing
On a special Mother’s Day edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, Rick Moore welcomes returning favorite guest Lee Channing, Intuitive Consultant. The many people who called the show had questions about jobs, travel, relationships, and the future.
WNRN Wake-Up Call: Shelter for help in Emergency and Design House Fundraiser
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.
Wake-Up Call: On Liberal Narratives of Conservatives
On the 4/24 Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore talks with Professor Gerard Alexander of UVA’s Dept. of Politics about his two Washington Post op-eds Why Are Liberals So Condescending and Conservatism Does Not Equal Racism. So why do many liberals assume it does?.