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On the April 26 edition of the Wake-Up Call, Rick talks with UVA McIntire School Professor Tom Bateman, a specialist in organizational behavior who conducts research on leadership, motivation, decision making, personality, stress, and managerial goals. Professor Bateman recently wrote on article entitled Leading for Results: Brief but powerful lessons from Katrina and Iraq, an examination of how successful leadership can be identified by its impact.
On the April 12 edition of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore opens with a conversation with Ari Daniels of the Earth Week Eco-Fair, scheduled for this coming Saturday, April 18, at the Charlottesville Pavilion, a free event spreading knowledge about how to repair and conserve our environment, with green-minded businesses, government organizations, conservationist societies, local food producers, natural health care practitioners, along with live music, speakers, children’s activities, and more.
Rick then turns to a conversation with John Cruikshank of the the Piedmont Group of the Sierra Club and Stratton Sallidis of the Coalition to Preserve McIntire Park about efforts to stop the controversial Meadowcreek Parkway, a project to build a road through Charlottesville’s largest public park that has been in the planning stages for 40 years.
On the April 5 edition of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, Rick talks with Herman Schwartz, UVa professor of international relations and author of “Subprime Nation: American Power, Global Capital and the Housing Bubble.” In a wide-ranging discussion covering global lending practices, Prof. Schwartz explains how the entire financial crisis is actually the fault of a single homeowner in Modesto, California.
On the March 29 edition of the Wake-Up Call, Rick Moore returns to talk with Jacqui Cecalupo and Karen Bobbitt of Blue Star Families of Central Virginia, a non-partisan, non-sectarian, non-profit and multi-racial group supporting friends and family of those currently serving or who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America.
On the March 22 Wake-Up Call, guest host Pete Ronayne talks with Ralph Alan Cohen, Founding Executive Director and Director of Mission at the American Shakespeare Center, and Sarah Ellen Enloe, Director of Education. The American Shakespeare Center is an internationally acclaimed theatre company that performs Shakespeare’s works under their original staging conditions — on a simple stage, without elaborate sets, and with the audience sharing the same light as the actors — right in Central Virginia.
On the March 15 Wake-Up Call, Rick talks with Albemarle Board of Supervisors members Ann Mallek and Dave Slutzky. Issues discussed include transportation, state funding, and taxes.
On the March 8 Wake-Up Call, Rick talks with Dr. P.M.H. Atwater, an expert on near-death experiences. Dr. Atwater experienced near-death herself over thirty years ago, and has since written nine books on the phenomenom.
On the March 1st edition of the Wake-Up Call, Rick talks with Jeanne McCusker and Una Ezell of Home Instead Senior Care, a home health care agency devoted to keeping seniors in their own homes as they grow older. Along with local real estate expert Jim Duncan, they talk about the challenges for seniors and their families as the economy tightens.
It’s an Oscar tradition! On the February 22nd edition of the Wake-Up Call, Rick chatted with Adam Greenbaum, owner of Visulite Cinemas; Tom DuMontier, frequent reviewer on WNRN’s 91 Seconds on Film; and Ben Nuckols of Ill Informed Gadfly. The entertaining trio give their Oscar picks for tonight’s Academy Awards.
On the February 15th edition of the Wake-Up Call, Rick talks to guests about their experience with divorce and marriage. Does growing up in a family with married parents increase your own chances for healthy relationships? Does a failed first marriage help lead to a healthier second marriage? Or do you always carry the baggage of earlier relationships? Rick’s guests and his callers discuss their personal experiences.
On the February 8 edition of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, Rick talks with Kay Slaughter and Deborah Murray of the Southern Environmental Law Center about offshore drilling in Virginia.
On February 1, 2009, Host Rick Moore talks with John Halliday and Krista Farrell, the director and assistant director of Jefferson-Madison Regional Library about how the public library is affected by the changing technological landscape. They also discuss this year’s selection for The Big Read, “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston.