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On the Feb. 07 Wake-Up Call, the scheduled guest was snowbound and unable to appear, so host Rick Moore and producer Sean McCord — aided by WNRN Station Manager Mike Friend and Bluegrass Sunday Morning host Rusty Cempre — take calls and talk about local news events. Topics include the community response to this winter’s snowstorms, the Morgan Harrington case, Virginia’s new Governor, and other stories in the news.
On the Jan. 31 episode of the Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore talks with Beth Panilaitis of Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, a statewide citizens’ organization dedicated to educating the public about alternatives to the death penalty.
On the Jan. 24 Wake-Up Call, Rick talks with Rachel Unkefer, Vice-President and founding member of Writerhouse, a local initiative to promote the creation and appreciation of literature and to encourage the development of writers. Joining the conversation are Carey Morton, instructor, and Abbey Egner, young writer.
Rick Moore (host of Wake-up call) talks with Jim Sofka (used to teach international relations at UVA, now part of adjunct faculty at the Federal executive institute and at the American Military University) and Pete Ronayne (part of senior faculty at the Federal executive institute and an adjunct professor at UVA). Their discussion contains topics such as health care, Obama’s presidency, Ted Kennedy’s seat, and the balance of Democrats and Republicans in the house.
Rick Moore talks with Lee Channing, an intuitive analyst or psychic. Channing has had skills like these all her life, and reads into people’s energy. She answers questions about the new year, and talks about feelings with colors. Her advice is to wear colors you feel comfortable in more often, and pink, blue, and purple have been found to help people’s energy the most.
Rick Moore and Jim Duncan, Charlottesville real estate broker look back at the Charlottesville real estate market in 2009. They discussed trends that impacted the market in 2009 and make predictions and prognostications for 2010. Ranging from home sales to short sales to new urbanism, it was as a wide-ranging discussion.
On the Dec. 13 Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore chats with Marc Smith, High Quality Beer Consultant for Virginia Eagle Distributing (and host of WNRN’s Saturday morning Grateful Dead and Friends) about different kinds of beers, the difference between micro and craft brewing, as well as trends and marketing. Joining the show on the phone are Andrew Miller of Magic Hat Brewing Co. and Hugh Sisson of Clipper City Beer.
Rick Moore talks with Carol Abel (editor) and Jenifer Stertzer (editor of the digital version) who are working on collecting papers of George Washington for a project called the papers of George Washington. This project has been going on since 1969. He also talks with Erica B. Mitchell (student leader of project), Carolyn Needham (committee leader), and Crystal Yi (committee leader) about their civility project. When George Washington was sixteen years old he followed a set of civility rules. The civility project is trying to modernize the rules. You can submit rules at the civility project website: http://pgwdocdatabase.org/civility/
On the November 29, 2009 edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, Dr. Mike Fietz of the Georgetown Veterinary Hospital joins Rick Moore to answer questions about pets.
Host Rick Moore talks with Dr. Joseph Allen and Dr . Claudia Worrell Allen (from the UVA department of family medicine) about today’s adolescents and how they need to grow up before they grow old. Both Dr. Claudia Worrell Allen and Dr. Joseph Allen have come out with a book called Escaping The Endless Adolescence.
On the Nov. 15 Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore helps the Sexual Assault Resource Agency (SARA) celebrate its 30th anniversary with Michele Zehr, Outreach Advocate and Sexual Assault Resource Team (SART) Coordinator; and Aaron Miller, Child Advocate.
Rick Moore talks with David C. Smith, an associate professor at UVA’s McIntire School of Commerce, about the current state of the economy, how it has improved greatly, and how it affects you.